How Trash Talk Could Change the Outcome of the NBA Finals

In the end, it was a female-canine analogy and an ill-placed fist to LeBron James’ nether regions that swayed the 2016 NBA Finals in the Cavaliers’ favor. Draymond Green, it seemed, had miscalculated his trash talk. During a scuffle late in Game 4, the Warriors’ do-it-all forward found himself on the ground and being stepped […]

In Ordinary Trash, Volvo Sees Autonomous Treasure

– Far from the sleek and futuristic concept cars often showcased by automakers, the first iterations of self-driving vehicles to reach the road may be no more glamorous than garbage trucks. That’s because they may literally be garbage trucks. – Volvo has started work on joint research and development with Renova, a waste-disposal company in […]

Facebook can keep your trash talk private during live events

Facebook wants to be a serious destination for online video, and it’s fleshing out its Live streaming experience to help it get there. Consider the process of talking about up-to-the-minute events unfolding in a Facebook Live stream. Rather than just throwing your comments into a huge, messy pool of commingled conversations, you’ll soon be able […]

Facebook Thinks Saying “Men Are Trash” Is Hate Speech

Image: Erin La Ninfa As the old saying goes, “men are trash.” If you’re a twenty-something woman, you’ve probably said this phrase to your friends at least once, possibly over alcoholic drinks after a man has done something bad. Or perhaps you’ve said it to coworkers after your dumb boss makes a boob joke in […]

Pegida activists stage protest over €60K ‘trash art’ monument in Dresden (VIDEO)

Published time: 26 Apr, 2017 15:48 A sculpture worth €60,000 ($ 65,000), meant to symbolize diversity and complexity in the modern world, has caused a furor among activists from the Pegida movement in Dresden, eastern Germany. The ‘Monument for a Permanent New Beginning’ from a pair of Hamburg artists, Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth, was […]

Adidas will sell more shoes partially made with ocean trash

In honor of tomorrow’s Earth Day celebrations, Adidas is unveiling yet another collaboration with Parley, an organization that focuses on protecting oceans from being polluted. This includes three new models of its flagship running shoe, the original Ultra Boost, Ultra Boost Uncaged and Ultra Boost X, all of which feature a Primeknit upper made mostly […]

Deadly trash: 50 people killed in garbage landslide at Ethiopia’s biggest dump

At least 48 people, mostly women and children, died, while dozens are feared to be buried under piles of waste after a colossal rubbish dump outside Ethopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, collapsed on Saturday night, devouring makeshift homes and waste pickers alike. What triggered the landslide at the Koshe landfill that for over 50 years has […]