Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips dominate mobile — you’ll find them in almost every Android phone and tablet — and now they’re ready to invade Intel’s main turf: PCs.

On the third day of its annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, the world’s largest mobile chipmaker unveiled the Snapdragon 8cx system-on-a-chip (SoC). It’s created with a 7-nanometer process, similar to Apple’s A12 and A12X chips, which are in the iPhone XS/XS Max/XR and new iPad Pros.

Qualcomm previously tested the PC waters with the Snapdragon 835 and 850 chips, but now it’s ready for a full assault on Intel’s territory. This could very well be the beginning of the end to Intel’s vice-like grip powering PCs.

SEE ALSO: 8 ways Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chip will change smartphones for the better

The new “Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform” (as it’s officially called) is significant because Qualcomm’s designed it from scratch just for PCs — specifically, thin-and-light laptops and 2-in-1s that are meant to be always-on and always-connected.

While it shares many of the fabrication techniques from Qualcomm’s mobile-first chips past, present, and future (hello, Snapdragon 855), the 8cx chip has many elements and features that meet the more demanding tasks of PCs.

Built for PC needs

For example, laptops usually have larger screens with more pixels to push. So Qualcomm included a beefier Adreno 680 GPU (that bests even the new 855 chip’s Adreno 640), capable of outputting to two 4K HDR displays.

The Kryo 495 CPU has eight cores and a larger cache for better multi-tasking performance. Because, you know, PCs users are juggling more apps and more Chrome tabs than on Android phone or tablets. Qualcomm says the 8cx chip offers comparable performance to an Intel U-series processor running on 15 watts (found in laptops like Dell’s XPS 13) and up to 3x faster than Apple’s latest MacBook Air, which uses a lower-powered 7-watt Y-series Intel chip. 

Qualcomm says it’s optimized the 8cx chip to get more CPU and GPU performance with greater power efficiency. Windows 10 is supposed to run up to 2x faster than on the Snapdragon 850 chip and 3.5x faster than on the 835. At the same time, the 8cx is up to 60 percent more power efficient.

Other geeky tidbits, like support for faster LPDDR4x 2,133MHz memory configurable up to 16GB and ultra-fast NVMe SSD storage read/write speeds, will surely sate PC power users.

The chip supports second-generation USB-C 3.1, but not Thunderbolt 3, which is a technology developed by Intel.

Enhancing PCs with mobile’s strengths

But rivaling Intel’s performance with smaller and fanless silicon (Intel has struggled to release a 7-nanometer chip) aren’t the only advantages Qualcomm has over its leading competitor. The Snapdragon architecture was designed for mobility and the wireless lifestyle it enables.

As such, battery life on 8cx-powered laptops should be much better than on Intel-powered machines, and it has support for Quick Charge 4+. Qualcomm says PCs with its 8xc will have “multi-day” battery life.

The integrated X24 LTE modem allows for always-connected cellular connectivity. Despite phones and tablets having built-in cellular connectivity for years, laptops are just adding them in now. Part of the reason has the incompatibility of LTE modems with Intel chips, which would’ve drained battery life a lot quicker. However, Qualcomm’s expertise integrating LTE modems into the same silicon on mobile gives it a leg up on in this area.

Similarly, Qualcomm’s Aqstic audio tech allows for better wireless audio and improved hands-free voice commands with voice assistants such as Alexa and Cortana.

Eating Intel’s lunch

Intel’s remained the undisputed supplier of processors for PCs for decades. But that time could be coming to an end.

The work Qualcomm has done for mobile has changed the way we all live, work, and play. Mobile’s been transformed and now the chipmaker’s taking its knowledge it’s gained and bringing it to PCs.

There’s a huge opening for the company to disrupt Intel’s rule. If Intel can’t deliver power and energy-efficient chips, then Qualcomm will. 

But Qualcomm’s not the only one using its mobile chip expertise to give Intel a kick in the pants. Apple’s widely rumored to be working on MacBooks powered by the company’s A-series chips instead of Intel processors. Intel might have scoffed at being unseated years ago, but now it’s starting to look like the company’s completely out of touch with future technology trends.

With mobile chips like Apple’s A12X Bionic are rivaling performance from a 15-inch MacBook Pro, there’s a big opportunity for Apple to dump Intel altogether in the future as its silicon gets even more powerful and more power-efficient. Windows PC makers won’t dump Intel overnight, but Qualcomm’s 8cx and its successor will inevitably make it harder for them to ignore.

Intel’s backed itself into a corner. It missed the mobile revolution and it might miss the next-generation of portable laptops and 2-in-1s because of Qualcomm and Apple’s chip innovations. If it doesn’t do something drastic soon, it won’t be doing much except powering really high-end machines.

Audeze has a pitch for the audiophile gamers of the world, and it’s called Mobius. 

The high-end headset is packed with bleeding-edge sound tech from one of the top players in the space. The listening experience is further enhanced by 3D audio plugins from Waves and head-tracking capabilities that are meant to combine for an immersive soundstage.

SEE ALSO: 10 of the best wireless headphones for watching TV

The big catch? It costs $400. That’s roughly $100 more than even the most expensive gaming headsets on the market. Even if Mobius is better than any of those, is it really better enough to justify the added cost?

For me, yes. After spending a couple of weeks tooling around with the headset, I’m ready to return this loaner unit and buy one for myself. For anyone else, it really depends on what you want — and, vitally, what you need — out of your gaming cans.

Hot cans

Let’s start with the hardware. The Mobius is fitted with planar magnetic drivers, an audio delivery system that conducts sound through a flat diaphragm rather than the coil found in more common dynamic driver headphones. 

If you’re not a sound geek, all you really need to know is you’re generally going to notice better separation between the distinct audio sources in whatever you’re listening to. It’s a question of clarity; 3D audio helps you pinpoint the direction a sound is coming from, but clearer audio keeps busier moments from becoming a muddy cacophony.

After spending a couple weeks with the headset, I’m ready to return this loaner and buy one.

Planar magnetic headphones also tend to be a little heavier, though the same could be said of gaming headsets in general. The Mobius didn’t feel appreciably different on my head than the Astro A50s I’ve been using for the past seven years. 

The comfy leather earcups form a snug fit, allowing only minimal outside noise to get through. I didn’t have any discomfort during lengthy gaming sessions, even in cases where I was running three Destiny raids back to back in the space of a night, a four-hours-minimum commitment.

The build quality in general is top-notch. The headphones are made out of thick plastic with a matte finish. They’re hefty and solid in a way that suggests durability, and the padded headband that extends over the top of your head can be twisted and bent without fear of it snapping in two.

Visually, the Mobius has an understated look. It’s chunkier than your typical set of studio reference monitors (think Sony’s venerable MDR line), and more colorful. But with either of Audeze’s color options — blue-on-black or copper-on-black — you’re not getting gaudy, overstylized headphones that scream “I PLAY ALL THE GAMES.” Pluck out the detachable mic and you can wear a Mobius on the street with confidence.

All that said, the ideal Mobius listening experience depends on being wired into a nearby computer (USB-to-USB-C cord included). While you can ditch the USB connection and connect via either Bluetooth or (through an Aux port) analog stereo cable, you’d lose the headset’s biggest benefit in the process: Simulated 7.1 surround sound.

For PC gaming, the Mobius is tremendous. I play a lot of Destiny 2, and immediately noticed the Mobius’ impressive soundstage the first time I fired up the game. Playing through one of the game’s public events, I could easily pinpoint the direction new threats were approaching from and I felt the impact when a badly bounced grenade blew up at my feet.

For competitive online activities like Destiny’s Crucible or the new Blackout mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, you walk into each match with an immediate edge over the competition. You can hear the world around you, and in the process pick up intuitively on where in the virtual space a nearby enemy’s footsteps are padding around.

You can ostensibly shape the makeup of your game audio even more by selecting one of the included sound profiles. In my own experience, this comes down to personal taste. I barely touched the “Ballistics” profile despite the fact that I play lots of shooting games; the “Flat” and “Music” profiles both delivered a better experience.

Plenty of gaming headsets offer positional audio and multiple sound profiles, but the Mobius is just plain better at it. The bass response is impressive, conveying deep, low rumbles clearly when explosions rock the virtual landscape, even while bullets are whizzing by and other players are barking orders in voice chat.

The Mobius is also a fine option for movies/TV and music listening thanks to its spacious virtual soundstage. The 7.1-channel surround sound works just as well with Netflix or Google Play Music, though I found the latter more useful since I don’t normally watch movies at my desk.

Slumming with stereo

Unfortunately, it’s not quite the same experience once you untether. Switch to Bluetooth (or analog cable) and you’re stuck with stereo sound. It’s not terrible; the Mobius is still a high-end headset, so you benefit from its precise sound and wide frequency response. But you’re losing what is arguably the most impressive feature.

Plenty of headsets offer positional audio and multiple profiles, but the Mobius is just plain better.

Over Bluetooth or analog stereo cable, the soundstage feels flatter. That difference is very noticeable when you swap back and forth between 7.1 and stereo. You get used to it over time, but there’s not nearly as much depth and detail in what you’re listening to when you’re not wired via USB.

This means that those who game primarily on a console, whether it’s Nintendo, PlayStation, or Xbox, will want to look elsewhere for a headset. There’s not currently support for USB-wired audio on any modern consoles, and while Audeze is apparently trying to change that, it hasn’t happened yet.

The included USB cord is perfectly fine for a PC gaming rig or workstation where your desktop or laptop is nearby. But at 5 feet, it’s not going to be long enough for most home theater setups.

The only feature I struggled to find a real use for was the head tracking. It’s built right into the Mobius, and an included app even allows you to customize the accuracy of the tracking by inputting the dimensions of your head, in centimeters.

It’s a neat gimmick. With tracking active, you can swivel your head around and still have a sense of where your “front” speakers are (as opposed to the “front” moving with you as you turn). I just don’t see much purpose here, practically speaking. 

Head tracking has its uses with virtual reality systems, though the mainstream VR headsets have that functionality built in. Since the Mobius loses surround sound support when it’s not tethered — and there’s no way to wire it into an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive directly, anyway — it’s not really built for VR.

Fortunately, head tracking is easily ignored. I ended up leaving it on, but you can turn it off easily with a long press of the 3D Audio button (there are also manual and automatic modes that take different approaches to setting the “center” reference point).

Control freaky

The on-headset controls are actually where you’ll find the steepest learning curve in the Mobius experience. It doesn’t look daunting initially: There are two volume dials, one for the headphones and one for mic monitoring (i.e. how much of yourself you hear; the game/chat audio mix is handled on the PC side). There’s also the aforementioned 3D Audio button, a power button, and a mute switch.

Each of the volume dials actually doubles as a button. So spinning a dial up or down changes the volume, but pressing the dial down and then spinning it has a different effect — and those effects sometimes change, depending on whether you’re connected via Bluetooth or using the headset for non-gaming media.

These advanced controls are detailed in the manual. You can use the volume dials to answer calls, change tracks, and switch the currently active audio profile. There are two problems with this.

I got used to ignoring the headset controls and relying on keyboard shortcuts instead.

One: It’s too much of a good thing. There are so many different commands and command modifiers, getting used to all of them is a confusing chore. It’s inconvenient to open a manual and double-check how things work anytime you want to answer a call or switch to another song. And with the two dials positioned so close together, it’s all too easy to interact with the wrong one.

What’s more, the button aspect of each dial is too sensitive. I’ve lost count of the number of times I tried to change the volume, only to accidentally switch to a different sound profile. Granted, these are issues that are bound to improve over time and with heavy use, but it’s not the most intuitive setup.

That said, the Mobius is built primarily for use with a computer. Most power users, and gamers especially, probably have keyboard shortcuts (or built-in media controls) for changing volume. During my short two-week review window, I just got used to ignoring the headset controls and relying on the keyboard shortcuts I’ve always used instead.

Changing the audio profile is also easy to do without touching the headset. Whether you’re using the the Windows app or the mobile app, it’s just a quick menu selection. 

Next level audio

I’ve used a lot of different gaming headsets over the years. My trusty Astro A50s served me well for a long time, and they were great. I recently switched to a Turtle Beach Atlas for wired PC gaming, and no complaints there either. The market is littered with gaming headsets that range from good to great.

The Audeze Mobius is on another level. It’s a cleaner, clearer surround sound experience than I’ve run into before, and the wide frequency response delivers high-quality audio whether you’re in 7.1 or stereo. 

That $400 price tag is going to be steep for lots of gamers. But just speaking personally, this is the first gaming headset I’ve found that’s enhanced my play while also delivering a listening experience that tickles my nerdy inner audiophile.

Can you believe it’s already the end of 2018? YouTube is celebrating its biggest creators with a collaborative video featuring over a hundred vloggers in YouTube Rewind. 

The video opens up with Will Smith at the Grand Canyon, a throwback to his wild birthday jump from September. With the power of rewind, he takes a school bus on a wild adventure. The group of creators dance out a remake of BTS’s viral “Idol” video, act out the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, conduct a science experiment, and film a massive mukbang. 

Even the Walmart yodel boy makes an appearance!

Sitting around a campfire, the YouTubers highlight channels who discussed mental health and other sensitive topics.

“It takes so much bravery to be that vulnerable and I am so proud of this community,” Gabbie Hanna says in the video. 

Keep an eye out for YouTubers like Molly Burke, Liza Koshy, Simone Giertz, and dozens more in this year’s YouTube Rewind. 

The Great Dying was as nasty as it sounds. 

Some 250 million years ago, around 95 percent of ocean species vanished during the planet’s largest-known extinction event, also called the Great Permian Extinction. 

The culprit is suspected to be extreme climate change, as epic volcanism filled the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, which gradually heated both the air and the seas. 

Ultimately, the vastly warmer ocean temperatures, which likely climbed by 20 degrees Fahrenheit or more near the surface, left vast swaths of the ocean with little oxygen. New research, published Thursday in the journal Science, illustrates that this doomed the critters swimming therein. 

“It basically caused life to suffocate,” Curtis Deutsch, a University of Washington oceanographer and study coauthor, said in an interview. 

When liquids heat up, they hold fewer gases. Critically for the oceans, this means less oxygen.

“Warmer oceans hold less oxygen — that’s fundamental chemistry,” said Deutsch.

Creatures living in higher latitude oceans, farther from the tropics, were particularly doomed. Their bodies naturally demanded more oxygen. But there was only less, and less.

“It’s sort of a double whammy,” noted Deutsch. “They need more and they get less.”

Eventually, many species didn’t just dwindle but went completely extinct. If this warming happened gradually enough, perhaps marine life could have adapted to the changing climes. But the climate likely changed too fast for nature to evolve. 

Everyone was penned in. 

“It gets so warm they have nowhere to go,” Jeremy Owens, who researches marine biogeochemistry at Florida State University and had no role in the new study, said in an interview. “If it changes fast, then where do you go?”

To see just how the heated seas affected the hapless sea critters, Deutsch and his team considered the known oxygen and temperature sensitivities of over 60 marine species alive today, like sharks and corals. 

Then, the scientists used computer models to simulate what would happen to today’s species under the ocean’s extreme temperature rise. 

Many animals fled the warmest oceans, in the tropics, and moved to cooler waters. But even here, the temperatures became too great, and the oxygen too little. 

“They show that warming can cause a major effect on the oxygen these animals need,” said Owens. 

What about human-caused climate change?

The salient question is, can such a severe ocean extinction happen again, under the watch of human civilization?

“That really is the million dollar, probably actually the trillion dollar, question,” said Deutsch.

It’s certainly plausible. 

Under our current carbon-emitting rates, oceans are expected to warm between 3.5 to 5.5 Fahrenheit more (2 or 3 Celsius) by the century’s end — unless we begin rapidly decarbonizing society, and weaning ourselves off antiquated energy production (notably coal). 

“There is a link to what’s happening to our current climate,” said Owens. “That could eventually cause this loss of oxygen.

SEE ALSO: Greenland is in hot water

Ocean surface temperatures, on average, have warmed around 2.7 Fahrenheit since the mid-1800s. We’re not on track or expected to reach Permian-type climate change this century — or anytime too soon. Yet, the change in the oceans has already begun. 

“The very same pattern of warming and oxygen loss is happening today,” said Deutsch. “It’s really a cautionary tale.”

Importantly, it’s unknown at what temperatures Permian-era creatures started dying in great numbers. Perhaps this started well before temperatures near the surface — where much life dwells — hit 20 Fahrenheit (around 10 Celcius) higher than normal. 

“We don’t know how quickly species will go extinct,” said Deutsch. “Will it really take all 10 degrees [Celsius] for them to go extinct?”

For now, carbon dioxide levels on Earth are likely the highest they’ve been not just historically, but in some 15 million years. 

It’s the warmest it’s been in 120,000 years, and top U.S. government officials, up to the president himself, don’t accept or simply deny in-depth, heavily-vetted climate reports assembled by many of their own scientists. 

“We’re on the same road of ocean conditions that cause extinction,” said Deutsch. “We don’t know how far down the road we’ll get.”

Is there anything more real than bonding over shared trauma through Pikachu memes? 

When a friend added me about a month ago, subtle asian traits had about 300,000 members. Every Asian person I know — from middle school classmates to second cousins to a handful of people I’ve matched with on Tinder — appeared to be in this massive meme conglomerate. The Facebook group has nearly tripled in membership since I joined and has ballooned to a whopping 869,000 since its creation in September.

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The group, founded by a group of Asian-Australian teenagers from Melbourne, is flush with memes about boba tea, clever linguistic puns, and a joint sense of otherness. It has inspired countless spin-off groups like subtle asian eats, a platform to share mouthwatering photos of food and swap restaurant recommendations, and subtle asian dating, a matchmaking group so your mother will get off your back about finding a significant other. There’s even a subtle asian kevin traits, poking fun at the name’s inexplicable popularity among Asian parents. 

The geographic spread of its members is striking — subtle asian traits is made up of young people from Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and a variety of other countries. Despite coming from all over the world, a majority of the members share a common experience: being the children of Asian immigrants.

“The second gen Asian experience is so universal,” Will Park said over Facebook Messenger. “Because they fit in super well until they’re abruptly reminded they don’t.”

Like Park points out, growing up with immigrant parents is an experience tinged with constant otherness — subtle asian traits denizens bond over being shuttled between piano lessons and test prep academies while their white friends attended slumber parties. They joke about Western teachers’ inability to pronounce their names, and about being embarrassed when they brought pungent homemade lunches to school. 

What better way to discuss the Asian diaspora than through memes? Petrana Radulovic and her cousins send each other the posts focused on “cultural disconnect.” 

“We’re the only parts of my mom’s side in the U.S. so it’s been a way to bond,” she said over Instagram DM. “And it’s also been reassuring to me personally to see other mixed-raced people identifying with their Asian side.” 

Like Radulovic, being part of subtle asian traits has opened the door for conversation starters in my family. I’ll send my mother memes about Hong Kong culture, and it’s a lighthearted way to check in despite living on opposite coasts. When I sent her a “tag yourself” meme with dim sum dishes, she concluded that she identified most with sautéed veggies. 

“Guai means good,” she texted back, filling in the gaps for my woeful Cantonese. 

(My friends insist that I’m much closer to siu mai, but I would never admit that to my own mom.) 

Like most of the millennial and Gen Z population, the members of subtle asian traits turn to dark humor to discuss serious topics, like the insurmountable pressure to be successful. In one post, the OP writes out a mugging where the perpetrator asks for “your money or your life.” 

“You’re an Asian American struggling with the pressure of trying to prove yourself academically and occupationally so that the sacrifices your parents made to give you a better life by working late nights and saving money are not in vain,” the OP jokes before quipping, “And not to mention, you’re also lactose intolerant.” 

Loving dairy products despite the genetic predisposition to lactose intolerance is another frequently meme’d bonding experience. 

Aside from just laughing about the stress second generation kids face, the posts open up conversations about more complex topics. In darker examples, subtle asian traits members casually discuss parental abuse and mental health issues through jokes. 

One OP, who asked to remain anonymous for this piece, joked about friends asking why they flinch before high fives. Fellow members tagged each other in the comments and traded stories of corporal punishment — for many people with Asian parents, that trauma is a shared experience. 

Casually discussing trauma has its benefits. In another meme, an OP reminded members of subtle asian traits to visit their schools’ mental health centers. Considering how stigmatized therapy is in the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, any encouragement to seek help — even if through memes — is an improvement. 

Spicy memes, but no spicy discourse

At times, subtle asian traits can be problematic. 

Beneath the jokes about lactose intolerance and attending raves, there’s a slimy layer of misogyny and racism. The group is dominated by people of East Asian descent who often casually use racial slurs for black people while complaining about white people appropriating Asian culture. 

Jeung Bok Holmquist points to examples like an East Asian guy tagging is Indian friend in a meme and calling him “not Asian.” 

“When I first joined the group I thought it was kind of cute because it was an Asian meme group and there were just jokes about boba and food,” they said via Twitter DM. “But now I think it’s mostly moderate East Asians buying into stereotypes and not thinking critically about themselves.” 

If anything, subtle asian traits is emblematic of the East Asian community itself, and participates in the very Asian practice of avoiding uncomfortable discussions.

“Asians don’t wanna discuss spicy discourse because then we’d have to recognize our own privilege and how often we benefit from the marginalization of other races,” Nicole Segovia, another group member, reasoned over Instagram DM. “And a lot of people aren’t ready to admit it yet.” 

Although growing up with immigrant parents may be something all of subtle asian traits has in common, there’s really no such thing as a pan-Asian experience. 

The geographic diversity of its members makes it more difficult. The United States, for example, has a history of both xenophobia toward Asian immigrants and a horrific past of slavery and segregation toward African Americans. Many have criticized the anti-blackness that permeates the Asian-American community as a symptom of the “model minority” myth. But do people of Asian descent outside of the United States understand that context? 

How do you discuss the nuances of race, colorism, class, and privilege in a meme group? Is policing problematic content even possible in a group of nearly one million people?

Segovia says she “can’t imagine a very serious discourse post going well in a meme group.” But she did find a meme calling out members for using slurs hopeful because it started a thread discussing why people shouldn’t use it if they aren’t black. 

“I hope these posts would spark a larger conversation and that the group would uplift the voices speaking out against them,” Radulovic said, referring to the more decisive comments in subtle asian traits. “But I know the internet is not always kind and that can devolve into something else entirely.” 

The sheer size of the group makes it incredibly difficult to moderate, but a more diverse set of mods and admins can encourage posts that open up discussions. But just introducing the topics — like with the meme above — is taking a step forward. People dedicated to their shitty opinions probably won’t be swayed, but exposing otherwise clueless members to context can’t hurt. 

Other members are trying to open up conversations by infiltrating the group and its spinoffs with memes. Ryan Okazaki, a student at the University of California, San Diego, took an ethnic studies class about Asian-Americans and politics this semester. As part of a project, he and his group have been making more divisive posts, like this highway ramp meme with “talking about race” on one side and a car labeled “Asians” careening toward the side that says “boba, raves, anime, finding your Asian love interest.” Okazaki posted it in a secret spinoff group for LGBTQ Asians because it was originally denied by the admins of the main subtle asian traits.

“I made the meme in order to make racial discourse more digestible and accessible to Asians online,” Okazaki said over Facebook Messenger. “My group members and I are trying to post more political content … so look forward to those!”

All in all, a meme group is a meme group. With the recent success of Asian representation in North American media, from Crazy Rich Asians to Kim’s Convenience to To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, it’s no surprise that it ignited a collective pride.  

“The collective sense of being Asian has made it feel more of a thing to be proud of,” Ria Kim said over Instagram DM. “I think SAT [subtle asian traits] was so successful because we were able to share and laugh at these stereotypes without fear of it being turned negatively back on us in the public sphere.” 

But that collective pride in such a rich diversity of cultural experience can still be improved and molded into a more inclusive space. 

There has to be a way to put that in meme form, right?

GoFundMe, the world’s largest social fundraising platform, released its annual “Year in Giving” report for 2018, which includes data about the most generous U.S. states and cities, global trends, and best of all, the top fundraisers by the numbers. 

The Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, founded to provide legal support to people who have experienced sexual assault and harassment in the workplace, raised $22 million to become the largest GoFundMe campaign of all time. 

The top 10 fundraisers of 2018 collectively raised $58 million. Nearly two-thirds of people who donated to GoFundMe campaigns were first-time donors. Not only were people eager to give, they were also quick. A fundraiser for the Humboldt Broncos, a hockey team in Canada involved in a fatal bus crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others, received 1.9 million views in the first 24 hours. 

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We’ve included below all 10 of the top campaigns from 2018. Although the year is almost over, you can still donate to Time’s Up and many other causes (denoted by an asterisk) on this list. As always, consider these tips to donate wisely and safely. 

1. Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund*, $22 million

Help survivors of sexual assault and harassment connect to legal resources. 

2. Funds for Humboldt Broncos, $15 million

People rallied behind the families of the Canadian hockey team who suffered from a devastating bus crash. 

3. Stoneman Douglas Victims’ Fund, $10 million

These funds provided relief and financial support to the victims and families of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 

4. March for Our Lives, $3.5 million

These donations went to the March For Our Lives Action Fund, which helped fund the March For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., and the Broward Education Foundation. 

5. Houses For Rohingya Refugees*, $2 million

Humans of New York photographer Brandon Stanton teamed up with French social media star Jérôme Jarre and his humanitarian organization, Love Army, to build homes for Rohingya refugees.

6. Tree of Life Synagogue Victims*, $1.2 million

After a mass shooting in October, people donated to support survivors, victims’ families, and the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. 

7. The Ari Fuld Memorial Fund*, $1 million

Ari Fuld, an American Israeli, was stabbed to death in September by a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank. This campaign raised money to support his wife and four children.  

8. Saving Carter, $1 million

Carter, a 6-year-old, was diagnosed with Sanfilippo Syndrome, a fatal brain disorder that currently has no cure. Donations will go to the Cure Sanfilippo Foundation, which funds Carter’s clinical trial. 

9. Help the family of Anthony Borges*, $910,000

Anthony Borges was shot multiple times during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. This campaign supports his recovery. 

10. Coleman Duck Boat Survivors, $763,000

This fundraiser was created to support Tia Coleman, who lost nine family members during a major boating accident this summer.