11 puppies that are better than people, to celebrate National Dog Day

Dog's are "man's best friend" for a reason. They're smart, unflinchingly loyal and have more personality in their paws than most reality TV stars will ever muster.

Aug. 26 is National Dog Day. In homage to the greatest animal to ever roam the earth and sleep at the end of our beds, here are 11 puppers who prove beyond reasonable doubt that dogs are better than humans. 

This eager pooch not only races to greet their kid friend when they returned from school, but carries their bag like the world's most courteous and hospitable pet-porter

"I love you I love you I love you oh my gosh I can't believe you're home oh my gosh I love you."

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Teensy Buck struggles with hiccups. He has the confusion of a brandy soaked professor and the cutes of... well, a puppy struggling to understand what the hiccups are.

Remorseful doggo struggles with how reluctant his owner is to forgive him. "Please just looove me."

A puppy comforting and older dog through a nightmare just might be enough to turn your concrete heart into a plush pillow of feelings.

Rev's been played the same Adele song since being a tiny pup. According to their owner, whenever this tune plays, the pitchy pooch joins in with tenacity of a late-night karaoke sesh.

If anyone acts this excited to see you, you must marry, adopt, or kidnap them and keep them forever.

Free diving? No problems! Breathing is for suckers.

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This dog understands the importance of secrets.

When dogs remind humans of our their purpose in life. To serve dogs.

This pup proves useful in case your fire alarm fails - she's got a hybrid woof/wail absolutely nailed.

Ride sharing is so 2015. Hop in for a spin with Porter the driving dog.

Look even this cat wishes it was a dog (though it doesn't want you to know)

Finally, a reminder that while dogs acting like humans is oft' adorable, humans barking at dogs is just confusing. Happy Dog Day!

Minor league baseball player's windshield destroyed by his own grand slam

Hitting a grand slam is typically cause for celebration. 

However, it was bittersweet for minor league baseball player Brandon Thomas, who hit a baseball out of the stadium and straight into the front windshield of his own car.

Thomas is an outfielder for the Gateway Grizzles, a minor league baseball team based in Sauget, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis.

The minors may not pay as well as the majors, but Thomas doesn't seem to mind that he's responsible for repairing his own windshield. 

He tweeted that it was "Definitely worth it!!" – especially because his run helped the Grizzlies beat the Joliet Slammers 17-6.

The proud ball player shared a video of his powerful and coincidental grand slam on Twitter:

Hopefully someone gave Thomas a ride home from the game.

Bonus: Are These Tweets by Donald Trump or a Troll? Adam Pally Takes a Guess.

Student slams short skirt, make-up and selfie rules in 'porn ring' school

A high school student attending a school named in a recent "pornography ring" scandal has hit back at her school's short skirt ban in a passionate online video. 

Fifteen-year-old Faith Sobotker attends Kambrya College in Melbourne, Australia, where it's alleged girls were told to cease wearing short skirts to "protect their integrity," as well as to stop wearing make-up and refrain from sending "sexy selfies."

In a clip recorded on her friend's phone and shared by Fairfax Media, Sobotker responds by saying "My self respect is doing what makes me happy," adding "You can't tell me what ladylike is because we don't live in the '50s any more. I am looking for equality. 

"I am 15 years old. You do not get to sexualise me like that, you do not get to tell me that my body is sacred, because it isn't." 

Catherine Manning, a concerned mother of another student, accused the school of slut-shaming the girls by calling an assembly to discuss their appearance. 

The meeting was held after students at the school were found to be victims of the online "porn ring," reported in News.com.au, on which young men shared and traded non-consensual nude images of young girls. 

"Instead of laying blame directly where it falls — with the perpetrators — it seems [my daughter's] school decided the best line of defence was to haul the girls into a meeting and not just police their appearance, but thoroughly insult and denigrate them," she said in a Facebook post.  

Kambrya College has been approached by Mashable Australia for comment.

The website, which has been called grossly abusive, has since been taken down by authorities and investigations are ongoing. 

Instagram is testing a new 'Channels' section for binging on videos

Instagram is known as a place to post still photos, but the future is video. 

Mashable has discovered a new video "Channels" section located within the app's "Explore" section. 

An Instagram spokersperson told Mashable "We're always testing new ways to improve the Instagram experience."

The feature was discovered on an Android phone running 6.0.1 Marshmallow. It couldn't be duplicated on an iPhone or another Android phone running the same system.

Normally, when you enter the Explore page, you're brought to a thumbnail view of  photos and videos that "you might like." There are certain categories that group together certain genres of posts, but not to the extent seen in the new Channels view.

There's a new "Channels" icon in the upper right.

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When you tap on the Channels icon, you're brought to this, a menu with 64 different categories:

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Instagram is likely testing this feature on a small group of users. The company frequently does this for new features like the recently discovered edit drafts option.

For what it's worth, at least one other person has seen it within the last 24 hours:

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Wow @instagram has video channels now? Wow war at@YouTube

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TV reporter nails a backwards basketball shot and his reaction is priceless

Backward basketball shots and pieces to camera are both pretty difficult, so putting them together is surely utter madness, right?

Well, TV journalist Patrick Reincke makes doing both look too freaking easy. And he knows it.

Reincke was finishing off a piece about the Olympics for Southern Cross News in South Australia, when suddenly — ball in hand, back turned — he went for a shot of the basket behind him.

The video was uploaded by Alison Drower on Friday, but the reaction from Reincke will live on forever.

Let's just see that reaction one more time.

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Pirates fan attempts to catch foul ball, catches face full of nachos instead

This is nacho ordinary foul ball.

A dedicated but hungry Pittsburgh Pirates fan who attempted to catch a foul ball during their game at PNC Park against the San Diego Padres wound up catching a face full of nachos, instead.

It appears as though the fan was so captivated by the idea of catching a foul ball hit by Pirates player, Jung Ho Kang, that he forgot he was already holding a beer and a plate of nachos.

Pirates announcers, Greg Brown and Bob Walk, eloquently described the catastrophic scene which played out as, "Nachos. Face full of nachos, cheese and salsa. Beer went flying. That is a classic."

Luckily, the graceful display of true American spirit was captured on camera and replayed in slow motion for all to enjoy.

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This is NACHO ordinary @Pirates fan! Beer goes flying, nachos to the face trying to catch foul ball! #NachoMan

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After the nacho man recovered from his legendary attempt at partaking in sports, he was given a free clean T-shirt to change into, a baseball and a new plate of nachos.

The official Pirates Twitter account shared a photo of the man captioned, "We got you dude. Good effort."

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We got you, dude. Good effort. 

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To watch the live footage of the event check out the video below, and please, remember to handle your nachos with care.

Apple Music videos no longer use up your data, if you're on T-Mobile

T-Mobile's Binge On service, which excludes certain video services from counting toward a user's monthly data plan, now includes music videos from Apple Music.

In a blog post on Tuesday, T-Mobile CEO and president John Legere announced Apple's music streaming service along with a dozen additional video services including ABC, DISH Anywhere, Nat Geo TV and Fox Now are now a part of the carrier's growing list of Binge On service.

Though Apple Music is already a part of T-Mobile's Music Freedom program, which allows the carrier's Simple Choice plan customers to stream music from participating music services without it counting toward their data plans, the latest addition includes the video content in the app, making the entire service essentially data-free.

With the new additions, more than 100 video services are now part of Binge On, which was created eight months ago, and exempt from eating up a user's monthly data plan.

According to T-Mobile, more than 765 million hours of video have been streamed through Binge On since its launch.

The full list of new video content providers added to Binge On follows below:

• ABC
• Apple Music
• Big Ten Network
• CEEK VR
• DISH Anywhere
• Disney Channel
• Disney Jr.
• Disney XD 
• D-PAN.TV
• DramaFever
• FOX NOW
• FXNOW
• NAT GEO TV
• Shalom World
• Sioeye 
• Tubi TV 

Following the Pokémon Go hype train, T-Mobile announced a week after the game's launch it would be giving customers a full year of free unlimited data toward playing the game.

Twitter adds support for videos in direct messages

Twitter is on a roll: Shortly after enabling users to search for and send GIFs in tweets and direct messages, the company introduced the ability to capture and share videos in direct messages.

The feature, which moves Twitter one step closer to video-heavy services such as Snapchat, is accessible through the old "camera" button, which now gives you an option to record videos as well as photos. 

If you don't see the new option yet, don't worry: Twitter said it's currently rolling out globally for iOS and Android. 

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Starting today, you can capture & share videos in your Direct Messages. It’s rolling out globally on iOS & Android.

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Twitter hasn't had the best of times lately — four top executives left the company, shares have been in a decline for more than a year, and there's been a user backlash against the new (currently optional) timeline changes, where tweets are listed based on importance instead of time. 

Users can't complain about the lack of new features, though. Besides the changes to timeline and GIF support mentioned above, the service replaced its "fav" star icon with a "like" heart in November 2015, and company CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey hinted in January that the company might extend the character limit in messages beyond 140 characters.