There’s nothing more fascinating or TV special-worthy than twins separated at birth. Whether they’re reunited at 15 or 50 it’s safe to say that there’ll be some eerily similar food preferences and a whole lot of crying. But what about two chemically identical grains of silica that haven’t seen each other for more than 4.6 billion years? More »
For some couples, deciding where to seat narcoleptic Uncle Reginald is the least of their wedding planning worries. Those with divorced parents are assured of having quite a few more hours of anxiety as they engage in additional negotiations with them.
It’s time for another round of amazing photographs and videos we stumbled on this week in Detroit.
We’re finally starting to get a little good weather, so maybe you’ve been trying to soak up every possible moment of sun and spending less time in front of your screens. If you haven’t been spending every second in the TV and computer glow, watching with crossed fingers as the Red Wings managed to make it to the playoffs for a record 22nd-straight season, or shaking your head with confusion as the Detroit bus system lost $7 million of its budget to the suburbs, we completely understand.
Luckily, we’ve compiled some of the most attention-grabbing photos and videos from the week for a “best of” punctuated with frenetic new music videos from local bands and stunning photographs of the city. Check out our top picks you might have missed, like an adorable video of Detroit boxers dancing and a BMX rider doing crazy jumps at a new DIY park.
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A bug plaguing the iMessage instant messaging feature on iOS and Mac OS X devices omits the last word of certain messages after the instant message is sent and received. This issue affects both the iPhone as well as Macs, and it appears to both the sender and the receiver. So far, The Verge has discovered two phrases that seem to be affected by the issue. The first phrase being anything that involves President Barack Obama’s name, and the second affecting the phrase, “The best prize is a surprise.”
Whenever you send a message using one of those phrases, the last word would be omitted and be replaced with a series of spaces. However, when you copy and paste the message, the original message appears unaltered. The bug seems to be affecting mainly users who use iMessage on their iPhones or their Macs running Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Users who message via their iPads seem to be safe from the issue.
This issue has existed for a few months now, however, Apple has yet to issue a fix for it. But hey, at least it’s not as dangerous as the bug that allows others to spy on your iMessages. Last year, it was discovered that you can access someone’s entire archive of iMessages just by placing their SIM card into your iPhone. Even if you completely wiped your phone, others would still have access to your messages.
There’s also a potential exploit that hackers could use to DDoS your iPhone and your Mac via iMessage. Hackers who have access to your email address could send you an unlimited amount of iMessages at a fast pace, quick enough to stall your device. The message spam could stall your device, or crash your iMessages app and prevent you from re-opening it. The only way to prevent the attacks is by disabling the iMessage app altogether. Hopefully Apple has fixes for these bugs soon.
[via The Verge]
iMessage bug omits last word of specific messages is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If ever there was a time for Chicago’s criminals to take a break, it would be this weekend. What with all the superheroes in town.
Looking good, Jen Law!
Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence, 22, took a break from her busy schedule this weekend to run some errands with a friend. While out shopping for some Vera Wang in West Hollywood (always a bridesmaid, not yet a bride), Lawrence flashed serious leg in a black, high-slit skirt.
The actress paired her black skirt with a grey T-shirt tied into a crop top, a black blazer, a hat and the mandatory giant celebrity sunglasses. The “Silver Linings Playbook” star just recently debuted her new short, wavy ‘do.
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IT’S surprising how many people still marry. As everyone knows, it’s a risky proposition; the divorce rate, though down from its peak of one in two marriages in the early 1980s, remains substantial. Besides, you can have a perfectly respectable life these days without marrying.
A historic number of Hispanic children are in the country’s foster care system, a dramatic change brought on by immigration and the assimilation of a growing Latino population into American society.
The record increase is in part also caused by families breaking apart by divorce or separations caused by incarcerations or deportations of one or both parents.
The startling phenomenon was documented by the child and youth welfare group that operates under the name The Chronicle of Social Change.
He is Iron Man for a reason. Behind Robert Downey Jr. and the red and gold suit he wears as Iron Man, “Iron Man 3” grossed an estimated $195.3 million from 42 international territories over the weekend, putting it ahead of the pace set by “Marvel’s The Avengers,” also with Downey in a lead role, last year.
According to Disney, “Iron Man 3” had the biggest opening weekend ever in Argentina, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. The film earned $21.5 million in the United Kingdom, $19.2 million in Korea, $18.4 million in Australia, $16.1 million in Mexico and $14.7 million in France. The $195.3 million is more than $100 million more than “Iron Man 2” made during its international bow in 2010. That film, however, was not released in 3D — though the extra dimension does account for the massive global interest in Tony Stark’s latest adventure.
“The surprise is the magnitude of this opening, not necessarily that audiences are responding to the movie,” Disney distribution executive Dave Hollis said in a statement to Variety. “We believe this [opening] to be a strong indication of what will lead to extraordinary word-of-mouth worldwide.”
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