Yahoo News Digest reports that NBC News Anchor Brian Williams has been suspended for sixth months after after admitting a story he told while embedded with American troops was untrue. 3 More Things We Wonder If Brian Williams Will Lie… Read More ›
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Stop Worrying About If The TV Offends You… Worry About What You Say In Front Of The TV…
Yahoo reports that new Samsung TVs come with a warning that the TV may be spying on you. Here is part of the privacy statement: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that… Read More ›
Hotel to be run by robots.
The Daily Mail reports that Japan is set to open a hotel where robotic-humanoids check you in, porter your luggage, and clean your rooms. The robots resemble Japanese women, speak many languages, and blink. 3 More Jobs We’d Like To… Read More ›
Chipotle Twitter Account Hacked
ABC News reports that Chipotle Mexican Grill apologized this morning for offensive Tweets posted from its Twitter account, which also included a Tweet suggesting that all restaurants would close by the end of the year. In 2013, Mashable reported that… Read More ›
Japan Introduces Legislation To Force Employees To Take Holidays
The Associated Press reports that the Japanese government is set to introduce a law that makes taking holidays mandatory, in a country where many people work long hours and don’t take the vacation days owed to them. 3 Vacation Destinations… Read More ›
Starbucks Wants Canadians To Drink Alone
The Globe and Mail reports that Starbucks will be testing serving alcoholic beverages in some of its Canadian locations. Apparently a Starbucks menu promo said this: “Say hello to a new way to enjoy Starbucks after 4 p.m. Drop in… Read More ›
Twitter Announcing You Can Send Private Messages To Groups…
Twitter has been sending out emails telling users they can now send private messages to groups. Hey, Twitter, if you’re going to disrupt our days by delivering useless information, please do it on Twitter, not in our email inboxes. 3… Read More ›
Just Don’t Fat Finger It And Order All The Tea In China
Yahoo Finance reports that Chinese Internet giant Alibaba is planning on delivering packets of ginger tea to customers via drones. 3 Slogans We Propose For Drone Tea Delivery Service 1. “For when you absolutely have to have tea in 30… Read More ›
Driverless Uber Cars?
The Wall Street Journal reports that Uber is working with Carnegie Mellon University to develop driverless cars, in direct competition with Google, which also is doing similar work. 3 Interesting Observations About This Story 1. So Uber is driving cab… Read More ›
Beauty Pageant Brawl.
The Daily Mail reports that a Brazilian beauty contest ended with the runner-up grabbing the winner’s crown and throwing it on the floor. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. Was the runner-up asked earlier what she would do… Read More ›