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On the third game of his Jeopardy! run, Manny Abell scrawled down the incorrect answer to Tuesday night’s “Final Jeopardy” question. Still, through sheer luck, he managed to secure an unlikely win. With $1,000 on his board and a bet of $999, he was left with just $1 – a risky bet, but one that wound …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelIt was just a matter of time, really. Motorola’s been teasing Alexa integration since Mobile World Congress in February. Back then, the company previewed a sort of “experimental” Mod for the Moto Z sporting Amazon’s insanely popular smart assistant. The add-on is finally really real and set to start shipping next month. The AI has …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelWattpad, the company behind a suite of apps for reading and sharing stories – including a fairly popular “chat fiction” app Tap, a rival to Hooked – is today adding its first ever subscription plan for its flagship application. The option, called Wattpad Premium, will remove the ads from Wattpad’s otherwise free app – a …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelPinterest began rolling out targeted ads based on searches for its partners earlier this year, giving it another moment in time to catch potential customers as they try to sniff out new things they might buy — and now everyone else will get a piece of that. The company said it is adding search ads …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelWhere were you on the day of the world’s first giant robot duel? Maybe you were working at your desk, brushing your teeth, labouring over your tax return, ironing the perfect pleat in tomorrow’s pants. Meanwhile, giant robots were chainsawing other to shreds in a Japanese shed. SEE ALSO: Robotics expert Dr. Ross Mead reveals …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelEveryone loves to hear how shit a place is. Not everyone is into the humour though. Take the kerfuffle brewing recently around a Facebook page called “Shit Towns of New Zealand.” SEE ALSO: Librarians recreate a classic Kardashian family photoshoot The owner of the page has received 20 death threats in the past two years, …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelIt’s the most anticipated piece of headwear this year. Back in March, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk teased a hat for the Boring Company, his new whimsically named tunnel digging firm that hopes to alleviate bad traffic and also make Hyperloop adoption viable. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk unveils his plans to build cities in …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelPresident Donald Trump already has been criticized for falsely claiming that former President Barack Obama never called the families of fallen soldiers. Now he’s being slammed by Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson after he talked on the phone with the widow of a solider killed in Niger. SEE ALSO: Sports teams are deserting Trump’s hotels, and …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelThe NBA opening basketball game between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday evening had many intrigued about how the league would handle the ongoing protests from the NFL over police brutality and racial injustice. Just before tip-off, we saw how the two teams handled the national anthem and other peaceful protests. One strong …
October 18, 2017 | by RaheelStealing a million dollars worth of any food seems like a difficult task in itself. Yet somehow, an employee by the name of Gilberto Escamilla, who works for the Cameron County Juvenile Justice Department in Texas, was alleged to have stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over a nine year period, as reported by the Brownsville …
October 18, 2017 | by Raheel