YouTube is back with a vengeance and is now more popular than cable

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During Google’s recent earnings conference call, Google chief business officer Omid Kordestani said that YouTube is now bigger than any individual US cable network when it comes to attracting 18-49 year olds, advertising’s most sought after demographic.

Despite YouTube’s apparent inability to generate much of a profit, the popular video sharing site has seen user engagement metrics skyrocket in recent months. Speaking to this, Kordestani relayed that viewers are spending more time watching YouTube videos than ever before. Year over year, the amount of time users, on average, spend watching videos is up an impressive 60%. Underscoring this tremendous growth, Kordestani added that this is the fastest growth rate in viewing time YouTube has seen in over two years.

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Watch: The best wedding toast we’ve seen all year

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It’s summer, which means it’s wedding season. You or your friends have probably already attended or are invited to at least one wedding. There’s going to be crying, there’s going to be strange dance moves, there’s going to be booze and cake. There’s also going to be wedding toasts from best men and women. Some will be funny, some will be awkward. But most of them will have a hard time beating the wedding toast you’re about to see in the following video.

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Incredible Video: Colorblind man sees new colors for the first time, is overwhelmed

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It’s easy for people who aren’t colorblind to take the colorful, rich, and vibrant world we live in for granted. Though it may be hard for some to comprehend, individuals who suffer from colorblindness often see a duller version of the world, with something as commonplace as green grass, for example, taking on a more brownish hue.

Earlier this year, we covered an incredible partnership between Valspar Paint and glasses manufacturer EnChroma. Together, the two companies manufactured a special type of glasses which help colorblind individuals see the full gamut of colors on the visible spectrum.

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How Tesla transformed the Model S into a speed demon

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Tesla yesterday made a number of important product announcements, not the least of which is a new $10,000 upgrade to its already impressive Model S P85D. That extra 10 large will now provide drivers with even more speed and acceleration as Tesla’s top of the line sedan will be able to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.8 seconds flat and drive a quarter of a mile in 10.9 seconds.

In typical Tesla fashion, tapping into the Model S’ improved acceleration is accomplished by turning on “Ludicrous Mode”, a fitting name for a car that already has an “Insane Mode.”

Improving acceleration by 10% on a car that’s already wicked fast is no small feat, which is why Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s explanation regarding how Tesla engineers managed to do it is worth highlighting.

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Video: You never want to make an elephant this angry

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Making elephants angry is not a smart thing to do, as a video posted on Friday by Barcroft TV makes clear. Apparently a circus went through a town in Denmark last week and it decided to take three of its elephants out for a bath in the ocean. On their way back to their enclosure, a worker strikes one of the elephants on its trunk, which predictably turns out toe be a major mistake. As a result, the elephant starts rampaging and at one point even partially lifts up a car.

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What’s the most popular swear word in your state? Find out with these maps

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Like it or not, life constantly brings you in the sort of scenarios where you need to swear, and thanks to the Internet, you can do that online nowadays. While not everybody uses the same bad words, it turns out that some people tend to have similar cursing habits depending on where they live. A linguist looked at what kind of curse words people tweet and created heat maps of the U.S. for them.

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Watch nearly an hour of new ‘Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’ gameplay footage

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Earlier this week, I had a chance to play Assassin’s Creed Syndicate for the first time. It was one of countless games I missed at E3 this year, but after spending about 20 some odd minutes with it earlier this week, I’m beginning to think it might be a step in the right direction following the catastrophe that was Assassin’s Creed Unity.

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