CNN reports that Iran has claimed to successfully launch a monkey into space and back. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “So, wait, that monkey I saw in space wasn’t a hallucination?” – Sandra Bullock’s character from Gravity 2…. Read More ›
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Search Engine Apparently Willing To Help Get Male Musician Pregnant
Alt-rockers Matt & Kim posted a screenshot on Instagram of what happened when they tried to do a Google search for “is there a way to download flash videos.” As you may be aware, search engines often suggest searches as… Read More ›
Is Cafe In France Raking It In By Charging Rude Customers More?
The Local reports that a cafe in Nice, France, charges extra for “rudeness.” Specifically the cafe has a menu board with the following rates (as translated from French): “A coffee” – 7 Euros “A coffee, please” – 4.25 Euros “Hello,… Read More ›
CNBC Reporting Team May Want To Report Back To Math Class!
In a CNBC written and video report yesterday entitled online “The Rich Pay All The Taxes,” CNBC reporter Jane Wells yesterday examined a Congressional Budget Office report released this week. The Report broke down individual wage earners’ share of total individual… Read More ›
Man Wakes Up In Dark, Empty Commercial Airliner, And It’s Not A Zombie Movie!
QMI Agency reports that a man fell asleep on a United Express plane, and woke up in a “cold, pitch-black cabin” in a parked plane in Houston after nobody noticed he was asleep in his seat when the passengers and… Read More ›
Yahoo Keeps On Acquiring Companies With Few Vowels In Their Names!
Gigaom reports that Yahoo has acquired a company with live concert-streaming capabilities called “Evntlive,” which adds another company with few vowels to its stable after its purchases of Flickr, Tumblr, and a company we just wrote about days ago called… Read More ›
Snow In Las Vegas? Will That Reduce Demand For All The Indoor Ice Bars?
CNN reports that a winter storm may bring snow to Las Vegas. 3 Comments We Would Expect If It Snows In Las Vegas 1. “Snow has been around since at least 1600, but I want to bring in an expert,… Read More ›
If Your Password To Your Email Accounts Is “1,” Just Email Money To Random Scam Artists, And Save Your Friends And Family The Time Of Worrying If You Lost Your Wallet In Amsterdam!
Reuters reports that 2 million passwords to accounts of such stalwarts as Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, and Google have been hacked using a server in the Netherlands. Common passwords included “123456,” “123,” “password,” and “1.” Three Questions That Arise From This… Read More ›
Yahoo Acquires All Of The Consonants!
Yahoo reports that it has just acquired a company called Ptch, a mobile video and editing app. It added this to its recent acquisition of Tumblr, and not so recent acquisition of Flickr. Three Questions That Arise From This Story… Read More ›
If A Basketball Team Bumps You Out Of Your Airline Seat, Will A Referee Call “Traveling?”
The Gainesville Sun reports that Delta bumped all of the passengers off a flight from Gainesville to Atlanta to allow a University of Florida basketball team to fly on the plane instead. Reportedly the passengers noticed something was up when… Read More ›
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