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What Happens When You Run Over Microsoft's Surface With a Car. Behind the Scenes of Uncle Drew's Viral YouTube Sequel [PICS] Back in June, a YouTube mini-doc of a bearded, bespectacled old fogey called "Uncle Drew" dominating pickup basketball players with ankle-breaking crossover dribbles and ferocious slam dunks went massively viral.

But the decrepit old man was actually a disguised Kyrie (middle name Andrew) Irving, last season's NBA Rookie of the Year, and the five-minute movie was actually an ad for Pepsi Max. The ad was so successful, in fact — gaining nearly 10 million views in its first three weeks online — that Pepsi decided to buy short primetime advertising spots during the NBA Finals after being surprised at just how popular it became. The Inspiration for Nyan Cat.

Marty, the cat which inspired the 8-bit rainbow meme Nyan Cat, passed away Thursday, leaving many heavy hearts in the Internet world.

Nearly 3 years old, the cat was diagnosed with Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), a fatal, incurable disease. Marty's owner, and Nyan Cat creator, Chris Torres adopted Marty in 2010 — along with another cat, Buster, who died of FIP soon afterwards. Torres tweeted that Marty began acting strange last week, so he immediately took him to the vet. "Even with the medical treatment he received he still deteriorated quickly. YouTube’s 20 Most-Shared Ads in October. German Robot Learns How to Play Ping-Pong. Unlike in Hollywood Sci-Fi thrillers, humans and robots have only really battled in games like chess and Jeopardy.

Now the struggle moves to the Ping-Pong table. Researchers have taught a robot how to play table tennis, proving once again that robots may be able to learn how to imitate humans by observing them perform actions and then mimicking them. Katharina Muelling and other scientists at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany mounted a robotic arm equipped with a camera to the ceiling. Then, to train it, Muelling guided the arm through a series of shots.

After some practice, the robot was left on its own to play against a human player and, after the training, it was able to improvise, learning on the fly how to counter shots it hadn't seen before. SEE ALSO: Watch This Human-Like Robot Endure Crazy Obstacles After an hour without any help, the robot was able to return 88% of the shots. Watch the video above to learn more about this amazing robot. Steve Ballmer Shows Off His Windows Phone in New Ad. Microsoft has launched a new ad for Windows Phone 8, and it features none other than Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Narrated by Ballmer, the ad focuses on the platform's personalization capabilities, and also features Bill Gates — if only as an image — who gives some Surface-related design advice to Ballmer. The phone featured in the ad is the powerful HTC Windows Phone 8X — a bit of a slap in the face of Nokia, who is Microsoft's biggest Windows Phone partner. As far as Ballmer starring in a Microsoft video ad, the last time that happened was 1986, and the product being advertised was Windows 1.0.

Check out the result here. Pumpkin Tetris Is So Clever It's Scary. Can your Jack O'Lantern do this?

A man named Nathan Pryor rigged up a large pumpkin with 128 LEDs for the display so you can play Tetris on it. Using the stem as a controller, you can actually play a game, as demonstrated in the video. On his blog, Pryor recounts that he wrote "Make Tetris pumpkins" in a notepad sometime last year. The original idea was to make a giant game using the pumpkins as Tetris pieces. SEE ALSO: MIT Students Hack Building, Play Tetris [VIDEO] This Is How Your Cat Spends Halloween [ME-BOO-W] Your cat leads a secret life.

And that secret life is hairball-flying exciting on Halloween. And, FYI, your cat has been planning for the ghoul-tastic evening since early August (the things you learn!). Nokia Ad Takes Colorful Jab At The iPhone 5. TV Anchor Gets Called Fat, Has an Awesome Response. An anchor for a CBS affiliate in LaCrosse, Wisc., took what could have been a hurtful comment from a viewer and turned it into a powerful tirade against online bullying.

Jennifer Livingston of WKBT-TV read a letter from a viewer who took issue with the fact that she is overweight. "Obesity is one of the worst choices a person can make and one of the most dangerous habits to maintain," the viewer wrote. "I leave you this note hoping that you'll reconsider your responsibility as a local public personality to present and promote a healthy lifestyle. " Livingston's husband, fellow WKBT anchor Mike Thompson, posted the emailed letter on his Facebook Page and received an outpouring of support. Emboldened by this, Livingston singled the writer out as a bully.

She continued: "We are better than that bully. Mark Zuckerberg: I Wear the Same Thing Every Day. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview on NBC's Today set to air on Thursday that he lives a "simple" life and proudly wears the same thing every day.

Zuckerberg — who has appeared on GQ and Esquire's worst-dressed list in 2011 — confessed in an interview taped last week with Today host Matt Lauer that he owns "maybe about 20" identical grey t-shirts. "I mean, I wear the same thing every day, right? I mean, it's literally, if you could see my closet at home…," Zuckerberg said. "My wife has a bunch of stuff. Although she has her drawer — primarily scrubs for the hospital — I get one drawer. Action! 15 Jaw-Dropping Videos Shot on a GoPro. YouTube's 10 Most Shared Ads in September. Learn the Surprising Reason Why the Sky Goes Dark at Night. The sky is dark at night.

Try This Physics Defying Origami Trick. Football Players Can Be Ridiculously Photogenic [PICS] Brandon Lloyd is a wide receiver with a mile-wide grin.

A lucky photographer on Reddit managed to snap a photo of the New England Patriots football player, as he soared across the end zone to score his first touchdown of the 2012 season. SEE MORE: Ridiculously Photogenic Guy Answers Questions on Reddit In the middle of his leap, Lloyd has a shining grin on his face, and seems to be posing for the camera. It is a photo strikingly similar to the one taken of Zeddie Little — better known as Ridiculously Photogenic Guy — in April 2012.

Thus, a meme was born. Live Twitter Feed Appears in 'Entertainment Weekly' Print Ad. The History of Scrollbars [PIC] Scrollbars help gadget users pinpoint their location in the vast computer sea. Are you at the top of the page or the middle of a document? The trusty scrollbar will let you know. 10 Reasons to Smile From Mashable Readers.

Just one smile can brighten up a room. A smile is a universal symbol: It's one of our first means of communication as babies and requires no translation across cultures. Although smiling may seem like a uniquely human trait, it's not uncommon to see smiles from animals — or even inanimate objects. Thanks to the proliferation of Internet communication, smiles have even become a part of our written language. SEE ALSO: 5 Mashable Readers with An Eye for Fashion. 'Nekci Menij Show' Parodies Pop Stars With Crude Animations. "The Nekci Menij Show," a sharp parody of pop music, began in Microsoft Paint and depicts today's biggest pop stars as crudely drawn ducks and blobs.

The YouTube series has earned a devoted following and spawned a multi-tiered web presence, including a stable of intricate parody Twitter accounts. The series is a biting, yet adoring look at female entertainers such as Madonna (Medoner), Lady Gaga (Gags), Katy Perry (Kety Purr) and Nicki Minaj (Nekci Menij). While inspired by "The Uncle Dolan Show," "The Nekci Menij Show" has evolved into its own self-contained universe. Characters are extremely self-referential and love to trash talk their competition. In this episode of the YouTube series, Ke@$h£r's throws a house party for the other characters. 'Replacement Google' Imagines NFL's Sub Refs Ruling the Internet. The NFL's crew of replacement refs has drawn avalanches of criticism both online and off for getting things wrong while the league has been mired in a labor standoff with its regular officials' union this season.

Now the website Replacement Google expresses officiating angst in an appropriately web-based way for Mashable readers — by imagining if the current NFL situation applied to the search engine. The site caused a brief sensation among the Twitterati when it first popped up Tuesday, and its premise is simple: Enter a search term and get some results that are completely wrong.

My name, for example, turned up returned results for "Lunchables. " Siri Refuses Romantic Advances From Duet Partner. Facebook Bug Creates Wall Posts That Can Never Be Deleted. Can Gaming Help Kids Learn? [INFOGRAPHIC] Inconceivable! A Tribute of an Unusual Size to 'The Princess Bride' A six-fingered man. Prince Humperdinck. Cliffs of Insanity. Mawage. Miracle Max. On Sept. 25, 1987, Rob Reiner invited film goers to the fictional land of Florin for a romantic adventure filled with sword fights, outlaws and undying — or mostly undying — true love. Memes Tackle NFL Over Fumbled Interception Call. Mini Man's Super Slam Dunks Will Boggle Your Mind. Let's cut to the chase here: Standing just five feet five inches, Porter Mayberry is closer in height to Peter Dinklage than to the average NBA star. Social Media's Biggest Screw-Ups [INFOGRAPHIC] The list of celebrities and major brands burned by social media blunders is long and ever-growing.

Who could forget former U.S. Watch a Bad Lip Reading of 'The Hunger Games' Go From Intern to Full-Time Employee in 8 Easy Steps. Emily Miethner is the founder and president of NY Creative Interns, an organization dedicated to helping young creatives discover and achieve their dream careers through education, events and networking. Waiting in an iPhone 5 Line: The True Story. I left my apartment at 1:53 a.m. Everybody Get Up, It's 'Gangnam Style' and 'Space Jam' Even Hitler Hates Apple's iOS 6 Maps. Apple's glitchy new Maps app and decision not to include the much beloved Google Maps in the iPhone 5 and its iOS 6 update have caused a lot of people to take some serious umbrage. If Social Sharing Determined Emmy Winners [INFOGRAPHIC] Sunday night's Emmy results disappointed Breaking Bad and Mad Men fans everywhere.

Viral Video Recap: Funniest Memes of the Week. Let's face it: There are tons of videos on YouTube — way too many for you to ever make it through them all. The Next Generation of Crash Test Dummies Has Arrived. General Motors is taking the world of crash-test dummies to the next level. The Emmys in Damn You Auto Correct Style. The 10 Best Tech Rivalries of All Time. Play Minecraft in Real Life. Rapper Gets Mad Using Search Engine: 'WTF Is a Google?' Soccer Player Nearly Blown Up by Grenade Thrown on Field. Mario Gets Medieval in Blood-Soaked Parody. Homer Simpson Votes for Mitt Romney.