Scientists Reveal What ‘Massive Hairy Sea Beast’ Washed Up On Shore Actually Is

Here’s one for all of you Internet detectives out there: What the hell is this massive blob?

The huge white and hairy sea creature washed up on shore in Cagdainao, Dinagat Islands and has attracted quite a lot of attention from locals.

It appeared after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Philippines on Sunday. Since then, several unusual sea creatures have been washing up on the South East Asian country’s shores.

The Philippines sits off the so called ‘Ring of Fire’, a vast Pacific Ocean region where many of Earth’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. Because of its proximity to the area, the country is no stranger to typhoons and earthquakes – and the aftermath of strange, dead creatures washing ashore.

People on Mindanao’s northern coast have reportedly spotted a number of giant oarfish measuring up to 30ft long following the quakes, but the mysterious white blob has been the latest in a string of unusual finds.

Many have speculated that it could be a large deep sea creature or, bizarrely (but not entirely inaccurate), a giant English sheep dog.

But the ‘beast’ is actually a 20 foot long whale carcass, according to local scientists. The body of the whale, which weighs approximately 2,000 kilograms, is believed to have turned white due to an advanced stage of decomposition.

It is thought to have died approximately two weeks ago, possibly after being hit by a ship.

Scientists later released a statement, claiming:

A report yesterday said that the dead body of sea creature was believed to be a Sea Cow or Dugong but the team’s finding is unanimous that it is a whale, or Balyena and confirmed also by the BFAR Personnel, but is uncertain as to what particular whale species due to its advance decomposition.

So there you have it. It’s not a giant English sheep dog. It’s a whale.

Mystery solved.

Apple is ‘looking into’ the viral video showing iPhone 7 burst into smoke

Apple might be pulling a Samsung. This Wednesday, an Arizona-based teenager shared a distressing video that shows her iPhone 7 Plus excessively release fumes after spontaneously heating up to the point of melting.

The footage reveals a gaping hole on the side of the handset as the screen has almost fully melted away from the aluminium frame anchoring. The post, shared on Twitter by Brianna Olivas, has since gone viral, accumulating over one million views and 24,000 retweets. Now Apple has taken notice.

In a brief statement to Mashable, the Cupertino titan said the company is “in touch with the customer and looking into” the malfunction.

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Olivas told Mashable the issues with her iPhone device, which she copped from Sprint earlier in January, began manifesting the day before. After experiencing problems turning on the phone, she took it to the Apple Store where employees ran diagnostics and told her nothing seems to be wrong with the handset.

While the iPhone appeared to be functioning properly, things took a turn for the worse on the next morning when it started melting down.

“I was asleep with my phone charging next to my head, my boyfriend grabbed the phone and put it on the dresser,” the teenager further told Mashable. At some point, the boyfriend saw the “phone steaming and [making] a squealing noise.”

“By the time he got over to the phone it had already caught fire,” she added. “[H]e quickly grabbed the phone and threw it in the restroom […] [where it] blew up and more smoke started coming out of the phone.”

Olivas has since handed over the faulty handset to Apple. The company is yet to comment on the issue in more detail, but as of now nothing seems to suggest the flaw is more widespread.

While the Cupertino giant has previously dealt with complaints about unexpected shutdowns and flickering screens on the iPhone 6, reports about fire-catching Apple devices have been scarce – though not entirely non-existent.

In the heat of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery disaster, a surfing instructor from Australia claimed his iPhone 7 burst into flames and set his car ablaze. The man said he left his phone wrapped in a pair of pants only to discover his car filled with smoke when he returned.

Unlike him, though, Olivas claims she did nothing to her device that could’ve chained the meltdown.

Donald Trump threatens to use US military to deport undocumented immigrants

Donald Trump has threatened to deploy US military forces to remove undocumented immigrants from the country. 

The US President claimed his administration’s efforts to remove “bad dudes”, including “gang members”and “drug lords”, was a military operation to reduce crime, despite little evidence indicating undocumented immigrants are disproportionately responsible. 

“You see what’s happening at the border, all of the sudden for the first time, we’re getting gang members out, we’re getting drug lords out, we’re getting really bad dudes out of this country,” Mr Trump said.

And at a rate that nobody’s ever seen before, and they’re the bad ones, and it’s a military operation because that has been allowed to come into our country. And you see gang violence that you’ve read about like never before, all of the things, much of that is people that are here illegally. And they’re rough and they’re tough but they’re not tough like our people.”

However, despite the US President's incendiary claims, security chief John Kelly said there would be "no use of military force in immigration operations.” Press secretary Sean Spicer also issued a denial after the meeting, claiming Mr Trump’s use of the word “military” was as an adjective to highlight the precision used in the deportation operations. 

His comments came as Mexico’s foreign minister expressed "worry and irritation" about US policies at a meeting in Mexico City with Mr Kelly and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. 

Luis Videgaray said it was a "complex time" for US-Mexico relations, which have gone downhill quickly since Mr Trump was elected president last November.

Relations were put under further strain this week when the US said it would seek to deport many illegal immigrants to Mexico if they entered the country from the southern border, regardless of their nationality.

The immigration guidelines are the latest point of tension between neighbours that have also been at odds over Mr Trump's vow to build a wall on the border and his attempts to browbeat Mexico into giving concessions on trade.

Mr Kelly and Mr Tillerson were much more measured in their words than either the Mexicans or Mr Trump. Mr Kelly, who Mr Trump praised as being “unbelievable at the border” denied the military claim and insisted there would be "no, repeat, no" mass deportations.

None of the officials made direct references to the deportation of immigrants from third countries to Mexico, or to paying for the border wall planned by Mr Trump, a red-flag issue for Mexico.

How to add a frame Flag your country And team, which encourages of the image Personal Facebook

Facebook’s temporary profile picture frames are now available for more and more sports teams, causes and events, but did you know that there is actually a list?

Facebook’s temporary profile picture frames are now available for more and more sports teams, causes and events, but did you know that there is actually a list?

Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg provided this link in a Facebook post (embedded below), where users can access a pull-down menu that provides them with all of the available options for temporary profile picture frames.

The page shows all available profile frames from across Facebook, including those from charities like WWF, sports events and movies in once place.

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The new picker lets you choose your photo, then provides a drop-down of all possible frames across the service for the first time.

Meanwhile, the feature does lead to several questions. In his recent 5,000 word manifesto, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about the urgent need to create a global community and create a social infrastructure for its users. Launching national flags, while harmless, doesn’t seem to be the best way to promote inclusiveness and the idea of global community as it will give people just another way to differentiate themselves from people sporting different flags on their profile pictures.

With that said, Facebook has still played a massive role in bringing inclusiveness to the world. We see Indians interacting with Americans, Japanese interacting with Canadians and so on and so forth. That is an incredible achievement on the social media platform’s part. And it is still a business, so we can not expect all of its moves to be directed by its founder’s personal philosophy, no matter how noble and good they may be. That is something that needs to be borne in mind before judging Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, is situations where the two appear to be at variance.

YouTube Finally Announces New Feature We’ve Always Wanted

You know when you just want to show someone a specific part of a fight on Youtube, or rewind and replay the same part of a dance video so you can practice the moves (just me?)?

Then because the small red slider at the bottom of the screen is too bloody fiddly, you end up clicking the next song button and throw your phone at a wall?

Well, the video sharing site have found a solution to this problem with their new double tap feature which allows you to skip forward or backwards by ten seconds just by tapping the right or left side of your screen, Mashable reports.

The Quick Seek function also lets you skip 20 or 30 seconds with a triple or quadruple tap, but that’s a skill to master in itself.

It just takes a little look at everyone on your morning commute to see we’re in a mobile phone addiction epidemic, so Youtube are really trying to adapt their desktop-savvy website to be maneuvered by a finger instead of a mouse.

One feature that is particularly useful on desktop is that you can hover over the video slider and see stills of the video at any point.

The feature is now widely available on iOS and Android.

Go on, give it a go and fuel the lazy culture being facilitated by the constant development of shortcuts for life.

First Details Of New Nokia 3310 Have Been Leaked

Many of us will remember the Nokia 3310 with fond memories and now it’s set to take us all back to the relatively internet-free times of the early 2000s, the Daily Mail reports.

The first details of the iconic phone have just been revealed and and it looks like our minimalist, stress-free life dreams are set to come true.

Chinese technology site Vtech leaked tit-bits of tantalising information online, including the fact it will not run android, but will be a ‘feature’ phone.

According to the site, the new version will be staying very close to the much-loved original, although it will apparently be slimmer and more light-weight this time.

Alongside the classic ‘black and white’ display, there will also be a colour version, although it will be low resolution to ensure the battery life stays high.

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The new model will be revealed next week at Mobile World Congress and will come in a cheery variety of colours including red, green and yellow.

Nokia is believed to be releasing three other new handsets alongside the revamped 3310, with the cost of its re-launched version likely to be around £49.

The original 3310 gained an impressive reputation for its reliability, long-lasting battery and resilience, earning itself a loyal worldwide following and selling 100 million units.

Retro games such as Snake, create-your own-ringtones and changeable fascias and cases made the phone a long-term favourite among fans.

They’ve 100 per cent sold it to me.

There’s nothing quite like your first phone is there?

However, instead of the original  display, a monochrome 84 x 84 dispaly, there will be a new colour version, although it is not expected to be high resolution to keep battery life high.

The handset, expected to be unveiled at MWC next week,  will also come in multiple color variants including red, green, and yellow, it is claimed.

An update to the Nokia 3310 is thought to be one of a number of new models that will be announced at one of the world’s largest gatherings for the mobile industry.

The handset could bring a distinctly turn of the millennium flavour to proceedings at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). 

Once the undisputed king of the mobile market, Nokia's fortunes took a turn for the worse after its decision to support the Windows mobile operating system exclusively.