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Someone needs to give Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bauman their own comedy show. SEE ALSO: Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Stronger' is the second feature film about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing The pair have been touring together to promote the movie Stronger (in which Bauman, a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing, is played by Gyllenhaal) — but they recently took some time out to ask each other the big questions. Questions like: "You know Van Wilder right? Ryan Reynolds? I really wanted him to play me. I was just wondering why he didn't?" And also: "You ever thought about doing a good movie?" Bauman even sneaks in a question about Taylor Swift, just for good measure. Read more... More about Funny, Interview, Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger, and Jeff BaumanView the full article

Well, GoCardless co-founder and CEO Hiroki Takeuchi knows how to work a non-denial denial. When I interviewed him a few weeks ago for an extensive profile piece we ran yesterday, he wouldn’t be drawn on if the hot London fintech was raising a new round. Today, the company is announcing $22.5 million in new funding. Read More View the full article

Acquia, the commercial arm of the open-source Drupal web content management tool, has long offered a cloud-based user interface designed to make it easier for customers to build web sites. Today, the company announced a new way of interacting with Drupal where it will be exposing the different parts of the platform as a set of services, while supporting node.js for scripting. This will… Read More View the full article

This guy deserves to win Father of the Year. A Chinese man decided to drive 30,000 km (18,641 miles) from home in China, all the way to Washington in the U.S., because he promised he'd send his daughter to college if she got in. SEE ALSO: This gadget makes road trips more tech-friendly The epic road trip took 108 days, taking Huang Haitao and his daughter, Huang Xinyi, from their home in Nanjing, eastern China to Seattle University (SU). The trip took them through 26 countries. Here's an approximate tracing of their incredible journey. Image: google maps/mashable art Their first stop was Russia, before making their way across the rest of Europe, including places like Turkey, Macedonia, Slovenia and Switzerland before finally ending up in the British town of Southampton. Read more... More about Us, China, College, Washington, and ParentsView the full article

The woman spotted with Kevin Hart earlier this Summer in his car is NOT the same woman in the extortion video. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/woman-caught-in-kevin-harts-car-earlier-this-summer-not-in-the-extortion-video-news.37415.htmlView the full article

Twilio has long made a name for itself as a service that lets developers easily add audio, video and text communication to their applications, but with Twilio Studio, which is launching as a closed preview today, the company is now also targeting non-developers. Read More View the full article

Before you hit the update button to grab iOS 11 it’s worth checking which apps you’ll be consigning to the digital dustbin of history. All old 32-bit apps are incompatible which means a lot of content is going to reach the end of the road here… Read More View the full article

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Young RJ drops off new song "Motion" featuring Joyner Lucas & Statik Selektah. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/young-rj-calls-on-joyner-lucas-and-statik-selektah-for-new-song-motion-new-song.1975726.htmlView the full article

Feel free to file this in the "unlikeliest covers ever" folder. Lil Wayne covered the Friends theme song, poking fun at the San Francisco 49ers' poor start to the NFL season in a promotion for the league's second week on Fox. Well, as fans would know the 49ers did indeed go 0-2 with their loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, but the upshot is that we've got this utterly bizarre Lil Wayne cover to store in our minds forever. Read more... More about Music, Movies, Nfl, Football, and CultureView the full article

You don't need to suck in that gut anymore, because now you can wear it proudly out of your shirt. The Dadbag is a fanny pack (or bum bag, depending on where you're from) that looks like a hairy belly sticking out from under your t-shirt. SEE ALSO: Yes, Vladimir Putin has gone shirtless again to remind you of his dad bod power Made by London-based art director Albert Pukies, the currently one-of-a-kind waist pouch may soon become mass produced too, after Pukies' pictures of it started going viral on social media, including Weibo in China. Image: albert pukies Pukies told Mashable he's already received several enquiries from manufacturers, and buyer response seems strong enough that he's considering launching a Kickstarter campaign. Read more... More about Fashion, Wtf, Fanny Pack, Dadbag, and Dad BagView the full article

Watch Pharrell deliver a powerful speech about our social climate during VH1's "Hip Hop Honors" ceremony. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/pharrell-delivers-a-woke-speech-about-social-injustice-at-vh1s-hip-hop-honors-news.37414.htmlView the full article

Finding other people with the same outfit can be annoying, but at least these guys found the humour in it. Debbie Speranza from Sydney, Australia found herself in quite an extraordinary situation with five other women wearing the same dress at a wedding, purchased at the same clothing chain — Forever New. SEE ALSO: This couple had a tech-themed wedding that was super Instagram-worthy "You really should start a bridal registry so that your customers can enquire whether anyone else has purchased one of your dresses for the same event," she wrote on the chain's Facebook page on Sunday. Too good. Read more... More about Australia, Culture, Wedding, Weddings, and Culture View the full article

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: Mashup of the Day: Who wouldn't like to see Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum in a Star Wars movie? This perfect mashup with Independence Day from PistolShrimps makes it happen: Trailer Remake of the Day: Speaking of Jeff Goldblum, Nerdist shows us what Thor: Ragnarok (aka Thor III: Ragnarok The Motion Picture) might have looked like as released on VHS in 1987: Dream Casting Rendering of the Day: Jackie Earle Haley would make a great Joker, and here's BossLogic to show us what that could look like: Forgot to post it on its own - @jackieearle Joker Thank you @ClayEnos for the epic photo... Read More View the full article

Kodak Black joins Cardi B on the remix to her Summer smash "Bodak Yellow." https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kodak-black-jumps-on-the-remix-to-cardi-bs-bodak-yellow-new-song.1975725.htmlView the full article

Her debut album is reportedly coming in October View the full article

No one likes a bully. Especially Laurence Kirk in Sydney, Australia, who decided to take matters into his own hands when he spotted two magpies giving a possum on the road a hard time. Beeping the confrontation didn't seem to work, so Kirk decides to hop out and deal with the matter — taking the possum off the road and escorting it back into nature. What a guy. Read more... More about Videos, Video, Australia, Animals, and CultureView the full article

August has updated its smart lock line with a new Pro version with Bluetooth, HomeKit, and Wi-Fi support, as well as the more basic model for $149. They’ve also announced the Doorbell Cam Pro for $199 that lets you see visitors approaching your domicile, even at night. The August is unique in that it depends entirely on the phone for usage, improving security (or reducing usability)… Read More View the full article

ATL rapper Ca$h Out drops off new song "Not Average." https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cash-out-releases-new-song-not-average-new-song.1975724.htmlView the full article

Dogs are loveable things, but they're especially adorable when they interrupt important human things. Like this soccer match between Argentinian soccer teams San Lorenzo and Arsenal on Saturday, which found itself interrupted by the appearance of a very, very eager pupper who just wanted to play too. SEE ALSO: Dog and kitten are the epitome of friendship goals Just look at how much fun it's having, giving all of the humans a hard time. While players on the field did their best to try and usher the dog off the field, it was only interested in one thing: The ball. Eventually this cheeky little fella was coaxed off the field, where someone tried to get an 'interview'. Looks like it wasn't too interested in having a chat, though. Read more... More about Sports, Dogs, Animals, Soccer, and Culture View the full article

Hurricane Maria is slamming the small Caribbean island of Dominica, and the prime minister is experiencing it firsthand — and posting about it on Facebook. The Category 5 storm hit the island on Monday night, when Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit posted these terrifying messages. SEE ALSO: Hurricane Maria rapidly intensifies, aims for a rare, devastating direct hit on Puerto Rico A little before 10 p.m. ET, things got really bad. Shortly after, he followed it up with this more reassuring post. Still, the island is getting battered by 160 mph winds. It's the first time in the country's history that it has faced a Category 5 storm. Read more... More about Hurricane, Storms, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, and ScienceView the full article

Gmail is packed with a lot of time-saving features, like Smart Replies for mobile users. So it’s a bit surprising to realize that Gmail will only now start to automatically convert addresses, phone numbers and contacts into links. Read More View the full article

French startup Younited Credit is building the biggest crowdlending platform in continental Europe. The company just raised $47.8 million (€40 million) to launch in new countries, work on new product features and more. Younited Credit is currently live in France, Spain and Italy as a consumer-facing product. Consumers can borrow anything between $1,200 and $48,000 (€1,000 and €40,000)… Read More View the full article

If you think that too many VCs these days are playing it safe and only looking to back sure bets rather than moonshots and more ambitious ventures, take a look over at what’s going on in Boston. The Engine, based out of MIT and Cambridge, has raised a $200 million fund to back and help incubate startups working on “tough tech” — new challenges in areas… Read More View the full article

Lil Durk teams up with Booka600 for a new freestyle over Meek Mill's "We Ball." https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-durk-drops-off-a-remix-to-meek-mills-we-ball-with-booka600-new-song.1975723.htmlView the full article