CBC reports that out of 200,000 applicants for a one-way trip to Mars, 100 would-be astronauts remain on a short-list, including 6 Canadians. The trip is scheduled in 2024, and the purpose of the trip is to create a human… Read More ›
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Will Apple Car Map Out David Hasselhoff’s Career Better Than KITT?
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Apple is secretly manufacturing a minivan-like electric car. 3 Features We’d Like To See On An Apple-Designed Electric Car 1. Feature that allows headlights to project movies on giant hologram simulated-screen in the… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
Wasted Prank Caller Reaches Prime Minister Cameron’s Blackberry
Reuters reports that a prank caller under the influence of drugs and alcohol was able to call British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Blackberry. The prankster allegedly impersonated a British official and convinced whoever you have to convince to give him… Read More ›
Nike reportedly developing self-tying shoes
Yahoo News Digest reports that Nike is developing shows that tie themselves called the MAG… Just like the shoes in Back To The Future 2. 3 Names We Propose For Self-Tying Shoes 1. “The Mage.” Uses magic to tie nerdy… Read More ›