The Sochi Olympics could have one of two very different legacies for LGBT activists. Each would bring powerful consequences.

Your future iPhone will tell you your heart rate, blood pressure and even glucose levels, a new report suggests.

Let's start with the cheerleaders, because I'm constantly surprised by how little people mention them. For a foreign-born U.S. resident such as myself, cheerleaders are possibly the most American thing about football (which, in deference to my reader...

Thanks to the Internet, enthusiastic football fans and sports novices alike can enjoy the Big Game's commercials long before kickoff. While some brands are keeping their ads under wraps until Sunday, a whole slew of companies have uploaded ads, or at...

California is in its third straight year of drought conditions, with 2014 as the driest year on record -- setting the stage for disastrous consequences for people, animals and the environment. Reservoirs all over the state are experiencing low water ...

Super Bowl XLVIII, which pits the Denver Broncos against the Seattle Seahawks on Feb. 2, will take place at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. It will be the first NFL title game held outdoors in a city where it snows. As a result, this yea...

In recent years, the NFL has made many rule changes in the hopes of increasing player safety and decreasing the number of sustained injuries. According to most analysts, however, these changes don't seem to be having an all too positive result. New E...

Today's artists aren't limited to creating with paint or clay. Many of the most inventive people in the art world are thinking on a much larger scale and using unexpected materials in their work. And the best thing is that you can find many of them s...

People who love Dogecoin really love Dogecoin. It's to the point where aficionados of the meme-themed cryptocurrency will hand out dogecoins to pretty much anyone on the off chance that person will respond, ‟Such money. So currency. Wow." That genero...

We all "like" Facebook Pages for two main reasons: to show support and to get news. It makes sense, then, that some pages have more likes than others. What doesn't make sense is the arbitrary way in which the Facebook community decides which pages to...

Super Bowl ads are like a miniature version of the film industry. There's (relatively) huge money at stake and the creators are torn between creating something new and noteworthy or falling back on established formulas. Ads in the Super Bowl don't us...

The old "flowers and candy" tradition is so cliché. If you are planning on sticking to this so-called "tried and true" standby gift for Valentine's Day, prepare to be judged. It doesn't have to be that way, though. Couples all over are putting deep, ...

This Sunday is the biggest day of the year for football fans. But the Super Bowl is a marathon event and between tracking each play, watching commercials and the halftime show, even the most devoted fans may need some help following the game. Luckily...

In nearly 40 years in the radio business and 60 years on Earth, Howard Stern has accumulated quite an array of celebrity friends. The prominent "shock jock" hosted a 60th birthday party at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom Friday night. The event ...

The Super Bowl is an American pastime, whether you enjoy football or not. For some, the halftime show is just as (if not more) important as the wings, commercials, and the game itself. The performance is a high honor for artists, on par with winning ...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans beyond 140 characters. We can brew a cup of coffee...

At least 14 people died when an Indonesian volcano erupted Saturday, following months of increased activity. As of Saturday afternoon, the reported death toll was 14, but that number could increase, according to the Associated Press, citing officials...

Saturday's U.S. Google Doodle features Civil War-era abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman, marking the start of Black History Month. Tubman is most well-known for leading more than 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad over a peri...

Contacts+ Contact management is often a mess, especially with the multiple accounts that people often have to juggle. Contacts+ is a good solution for cleaning things up and linking those in your contact list to social and communication networks. The...

UPDATE - Feb. 1, 2014, 6:20 p.m. ET: Anuj Nayar, PayPal's senior director of global initiatives, told Mashable, "For a brief period today, a very limited number of people visiting certain PayPal and eBay marketing pages in the UK, France and India we...

Perusing the metaphorical tomes of modern civilization, we can already speak to some of the Great Questions -- the ones that might define our era. "How do we balance security and liberty?" captivates our public discussions. Scientists struggle to res...

Non-sports fans: If you're going to a Super Bowl party on Sunday, and have no clue how to join your friends' football banter, have no fear because Logo TV wants to help you. Throughout the game, the channel's Twitter account (@LogoTV) is planning a "...

Although Amazon's drone delivery system isn't expected to launch until 2015, one enterprising businessman is trying to speed up the program's debut by offering something that might inspire a bit more urgency: beer. Jack Supple, president of Lakemaid ...

Woody Allen's Golden Globe lifetime achievement award reignited a debate about past charges of child sexual abuse against the Hollywood director, and now his alleged victim has decided to add her voice to the debate. Dylan Farrow, daughter of Allen's...

Super Bowl XLVIII may be one of the coldest in NFL history, but Nike's latest innovation may make it one of the fastest, too. The sports apparel company recently announced that Broncos and Seahawks players will wear its newest football cleats, the Va...

The journey to a coveted internship program isn't easy. For job seekers, an internship can be a great way to test the waters of a new company or industry, as well as gain invaluable experience; but opportunities are often competitive and can be elusi...

While it's not the most conventional form of artistic expression, Snapchat has enabled a whole new wave of artists to share their creative works for 10 seconds. Meet Shaun McBride. He's a sales rep for snowboarding companies, and he's all about Snapc...

Not everyone believed in Facebook. The company, which turns 10 years old Feb. 4, has blossomed into one of the most famous and frequented websites in the world. What started out as a social online tool for college kids transformed into a mass network...

If pressing play on a shuffled playlist isn't enough for you, it's time to step up to the DJ deck. With these music mixing apps, you can loop, cue, crossfade, pitch-shift and more to remix your digital library. Even apps for tablets and smartphones a...

Jake Woolley remembers the day he got his fourth concussion. It was nice weather for football on Nov. 9 in Pocatello, Idaho: a clear sky, about 55 degrees at kickoff. Nearly 5,000 people had gathered to see the Idaho State Bengals take on the visitin...