The Globe and Mail reports that Microsoft created a “chatbot” named Tay that learns language from Twitter users. The project didn’t work so well… From the article: “Another user asked, ‘Do you support genocide?’ Tay responded to @Baron_von_derp: ‘i do indeed.’”… Read More ›
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3 Useless Ways People End Emails and Other Messages
1. “Cheers.” If you end an email with the word “Cheers,” we can only conclude two things: (i) You are drinking at the time of sending your office email at 10:30 a.m.; and (ii) You think the recipients are also… Read More ›
Oxford Dictionaries Names Emoji “Word Of The Year”
Complex reports that the Oxford Dictionaries has named the Emoji with tears coming out of its eyes and a smile the “Word of the Year.” Three Better Headlines For This Story “Obsolete Dictionary Maker Does Something Lame That Hopefully Goes… Read More ›
CNN: Sarah Palin Urges Legal Immigrants To “Speak American”
In an interview on CNN today, when asked about Donald Trump’s comments about Jeb Bush speaking Spanish, Sarah Palin said: “On the other hand, I think we can send a message and say, ‘You want to be in America, A,… Read More ›
Facebook Confirms Nobody LOLs Any More. What’s Your Excuse Texas And California?
Business Insider reports Facebook conducted a study in which they studied posts and comments in the last week of May. The most popular way of laughing online was: “Haha.” “LOL” was used by just 2% of users, and saw highest… Read More ›
Instagram Gets Rid Of Fake Followers In Case You’re Wondering Why Porn Spambots Have Lost Interest In Your Restaurant Pics
CNN reports that Justin Bieber has lost 3.5 million fake Instagram followers as the social photo sharing app conducted a mass purge of spam and other fake accounts. 3 Observations About This Story 1. 3.5 million people is around the… Read More ›
Canada: Not Talking Like Hosers Any More
The National Post reports that use of the word “eh,” is down among young and urban people in Canada! That’s why you don’t hear the word used in Justin Bieber songs, or when he is allegedly leaving a brothel! 3… 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 ›
“Trending” Among Words People Don’t Want To See Trending In 2013
CNBC reports that the phrase “fiscal cliff” and word “trending” have made the 2013 Lake Superior State University’s annual list of Banished Words. 3 Things We’d Like To See People Stop Saying In 2013 1. “Happy 1913!” Look, we get… Read More ›
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