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Berlin-based colormass, one of the startups presenting today at TechCrunch Disrupt as part of the Battlefield, has developed a platform that lets you recreate an IKEA-style experience for your own merchandise: highly realistic, but digitally manipulated 3D facsimiles. Read More View the full article

The makers of Index are hoping they’ve created the only app you’ll need to access all your files, notes and links. “We’re giving people a full control panel for the digital world,” founder Brian Cox told me. Cox said he actually developed Index for his own personal use five years ago. Read More View the full article

Great form, terrible timing. A cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs found herself in the wrong sport when she was accidentally knocked down by a camera operator on Sunday. SEE ALSO: Dude crashes his parachute in a packed stadium of football fans Before the collision, the cheerleader did a somersault, sending her forward a few feet, and separating herself from the group. The cameraman, who was running across the field at the time, didn't notice, and took her out. The crowd collectively reacted with a loud "ohhhhhh." According to local outlet Fox4, the cheerleader is doing OK, and was not seriously injured in the takedown. Read more... More about Sports, Funny, Culture, Culture, and Sports View the full article

In a major upset for Apple’s smartwatch brand, it appears that it was a Fitbit, not an Apple Watch, that the Red Sox used as a medium for their sign-stealing in a recent ball game. The news comes from “a major league source” speaking to Boston Globe sports reporter Nick Cafardo. It’s unclear at this time whether the source himself or herself is major league or if they… Read More View the full article

A man attending their show in Belgium jumped onstage and invaded Rankin’s space View the full article

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Technically, Todd Beaty and the rest of the team at Cruz Bay Landing should have left St. John more than a week ago. Nonessential occupants were asked to get off the island ahead of Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that obliterated much of St. John, the smallest of the three U.S. Virgin Islands. That storm raged over the island earlier this month, but Beaty and his restaurant staff remain open, and they plan to stay open even as Hurricane Maria swirls toward the island. SEE ALSO: Hurricane Maria rapidly intensifies, aims for a rare direct hit on Puerto Rico Maria is a Category 5 storm that, if the island's luck sours even more, might steamroll whatever is still upright on Saint John this week. The storm is projected to track south of St. Thomas and St. John, which might spare the island from Category 4 or 5 intensity winds. Maria is more likely to make landfall on the island of St. Croix, but it'll probably still harass St. Thomas and St. John with powerful winds and buckets of rain. Read more... More about Science, Science, and Climate EnvironmentView the full article

Following a directive from the Department of Homeland Security last week banning the use of Kaspersky Lab security software in the executive branch, the U.S. Senate has followed suit. On Monday, the Senate passed an amendment against Kaspersky Lab pushed forward by New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. Read More View the full article

Put down the in-flight magazine, Icelandair has invented a new way to stave off traveling boredom: live theater starring your some of flight's crew (and a few professional actors). Earlier this month the curtain raised on a show that took place on a transatlantic trip. The three-act play, Ahead of Time, was performed by some of the crew who studied with the British immersive theater group, Gideon Reeling, in their time off. The pilot flying the plane didn't step out to traipse down the aisles in costume, but the cabin staff and other airline employees were all in on it. SEE ALSO: Singapore Airlines' latest safety video is the most beautiful we've seen yet Read more... More about Travel, Air Travel, Theater, Planes, and Live Entertainment View the full article

Equifax was hacked this past summer. You already know this. However, according to a new report, the company's computer systems were also allegedly broken into in March. And here's the kicker: The same crew might be responsible for both incidents. That's right, the same culprits behind the theft of personal information on potentially 143 million Americans might have been poking around in Equifax's databases months earlier. SEE ALSO: Alleged Equifax hackers demand $2.6 million Bitcoin ransom — or else... The news comes to us via Bloomberg, which notes that "three people familiar with the situation" told the publication about the alleged March intrusion. One of those three people claim "the breaches involve the same intruders." Read more... More about Cybersecurity, Hackers, Hacking, Hack, and EquifaxView the full article

Scott Storch took to Instagram to share a clip of the upcoming collab. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/scott-storch-previews-new-music-with-jazz-cartier-news.37410.htmlView the full article

Roll up, roll up… there’s another e-commerce mega deal in Southeast Asia courtesy of a Chinese investor. Following on from Alibaba’s $1 billion deal with Lazada and a $1.1 billion round in Tokopedia led by Alibaba, rival Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com has announced a $500 million investment that will create e-commerce and fintech businesses in Thailand. Southeast Asia, a… Read More View the full article

Drivers will soon be able to blast Spotify directly from Waze on their iPhones. This new iOS app integration was announced Monday. It lets users control Spotify directly from Waze, so they don't have to switch between apps. SEE ALSO: BMW and other carmakers team up to take on Waze and Google Maps "No setup required—and no more annoying, app-switching interruptions while you drive," Waze wrote in a blog post. The update makes it impossible for drivers (or at least people who tell the app they're driving) to sort through Spotify playlists while the car is in motion. Additionally, Spotify playlists can now be set to autoplay once a Waze navigation has started, so a driver doesn't need to bother browsing music for the road. Read more... More about Tech, Iphone, Ios, Spotify, and Driving View the full article

Sean Spicer is trying to rehabilitate his image after resigning as President Trump's press secretary, but we shouldn't let him off that easily. He's already appeared on talk shows, showed up at the Emmys where he mocked himself and his lies told on behalf of the president, and Monday even gave an apologetic interview to the New York Times. Except he hasn't really apologized at all - and Twitter has noticed. SEE ALSO: Sean Spicer isn't a joke, he's a disgrace. Stop applauding. In a Monday interview with Times reporters Glenn Thrush and Dave Itzkoff, Spicer admitted that he regretted at least one of the falsehoods that he pushed about the president. Read more... More about Entertainment, Politics, New York Times, Sean Spicer, and CultureView the full article

Another celebrity is calling out the use of photo editing in magazines — this time in French publication Madame Figaro. Emily Ratajkowski, the magazine's latest cover star, says she's disappointed that her lips and breasts appear edited in the final photo. To illustrate her point, the model and actress shared what she says is the un-retouched original photo alongside Madame Figaro's cover. SEE ALSO: This Forever 21 shirt looks just like another shirt designed to benefit Planned Parenthood Everyone is uniquely beautiful in their own ways. We all have insecurities about the things that make us different from a typical ideal of beauty. I, like so many of us, try every day to work past those insecurities. I was extremely disappointed to see my lips and breasts altered in photoshop on this cover. I hope the fashion industry will finally learn to stop trying to stifle the things that make us unique and instead begin to celebrate individuality. A post shared by Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) on Sep 15, 2017 at 8:12am PDTRead more... More about Watercooler, Culture, Celebrities, and Web Culture View the full article

The Global Learning XPRIZE, an international competition to create educational software, has reached its penultimate stage: 5 teams out of an initial pool of nearly 200 have been selected to receive $1 million and compete for the $10 million grand prize. Read More View the full article

Porsche is coming for Tesla's grip on the high-end electric car market with its own battery-powered sportster, and it's hitting the streets even sooner than expected. The Mission E concept was unveiled and confirmed for a full production run back in 2015, but now Porsche is ready to share some more concrete details about the fully-electric, four-door sports car, which will be the first from the luxury automaker. Porsche chairman Oliver Blume spilled the details to CAR Magazine during the Frankfurt Motor Show. He said the car is in the latter stages of development and will be ready for launch by 2019, a year ahead of the initial 2020 estimate. At $85,000, it'll cost about as much as Porsche's entry-level Panamera and Tesla's Model S 75D iteration. Read more... More about Tesla, Porsche, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, and Model SView the full article

Westside Gunn & Conway release "RIP Bobby." https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/westside-gunn-and-conway-pay-respects-to-bobby-heenan-on-rip-bobby-new-song.1975720.htmlView the full article

A back lot at Paramount Studios shook from the bass of classic rap records pumping through speakers as members of the crowd picked up free bandannas, sunglasses and faux gold chains. The strip of brownstones and storefronts that often stand in for New York — or whatever metropolis filmmakers see... View the full article

Bill Skarsgard stars as the terrifying villain known as Pennywise the Clown in It. Recently he talked to Variety about a scene that was cut from the smash hit movie. Skarsgard says: “There was a scene we shot that was a flashback from the 1600s, before Pennywise [was Pennywise]. The scene turned out really, really disturbing. And I’m not the clown. I look more like myself. It’s very disturbing, and sort of a backstory for what It is, or where Pennywise came from. That might be something worth exploring in the second one. The idea is the ‘It’ entity was dormant for thousands and thousands of years. The [flashback] scene hints on that." The actor hinted that the scene might appear in the sequel. We heard previously that some scenes were cut from... Read More View the full article

If you remember watching the original DuckTales, congratulations, you're old! (JK, we're right there with you.) Sept. 18 marks the 30th anniversary of the animated favorite, which introduced us to the world's most addictive theme song (woo-oo!), and followed the adventures of the crotchety trillionaire Scrooge McDuck and his trio of troublesome grandnephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie. Disney XD has revived the show for a new series which premieres on Sept. 23 with two back-to-back episodes, airing at 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. SEE ALSO: Slow Jam to an R&B Remix of 'DuckTales' Theme Song Read more... More about Disney Xd, Ducktales, Entertainment, and Movies Tv ShowsView the full article

Equifax learned about a major breach in its systems in March, well before it disclosed a massive breach earlier this month that included sensitive information for 143 million consumers, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Read More View the full article

Apple and Google are ready for an augmented reality tidal wave, but what of developers? Over the past several months, the availability of ARKit and ARCore have proven there’s plenty of interest in the technology on the developer side, and some big brands from Ikea to Disney have been publicly exploring the ways in which the technology can enhance existing applications. But developers… Read More View the full article

Since the advent of the modern ticket era, speed has been the name of the game. Whether it was the first person to get in line, or the first ping to hit the server, the winners in the world of ticketing have always been a step ahead. Over the last 15 years on the internet, that competition has risen to super-human levels, with bots becoming virtually unbeatable. For average fans, that… Read More View the full article

Noted Silicon Valley investor and SpaceX investor Steve Jurvetson is probably better positioned than most to know what Elon Musk is thinking with The Boring Company, his project to build a better tunnel boring concern, which he created essentially because he was fed up with sitting in traffic in L.A. Though The Boring Co.’s most recent headlines have hailed Musk’s plans to… Read More View the full article