Last fall, Opera introduced Opera Touch for iOS – a solid alternative to Safari on iPhone, optimized for one-handed use. Today, the company is rolling out a notable new feature to this app: cookie blocking. Yes, it can now block those annoying dialogs that ask you to accept the website’s cookies. These are particularly problematic […]
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This plating account for Fig Newtons is genuinely *chef’s kiss*
For all their complex flavor, Fig Newtons are a deeply stigmatized cookie-cake hybrid. It’s the supermarket staple for “unhip” baby boomers, and one of the most under-appreciated snacks in the vending machine.
Some people are able to find love in their hearts for this ancient treat. Julia Bell, a 22-year-old college student has broken the code of silence around Fig Newtons and declared her love for the delicacy with her Fig Newtons plating account, @Fignudes.
The account treats Newtons like it’s part of haute cuisine, not some culinary underclass.
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View More This plating account for Fig Newtons is genuinely *chef’s kiss*Cookie decorating videos show off the most relaxing culinary art form
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I recently visited my local nail salon for a relaxing day of self-care, but things got a bit stressful when the nail technician went to town on my cuticles. To distract myself from the slight pain, I looked up at the TV screens mounted on the wall, and that’s when I found a brand new source of calm.
The salon was playing a compilation following the trend of oddly satisfying, ASMR videos: Cookie decorating videos.
I was instantly transfixed — both by the sheer amount of skill and technique of the pastry artists, and the curiosity of how the cookie design itself would evolve as they deftly filled in the icing. Read more…
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‘Google You Owe Us’ claimants aren’t giving up on UK Safari workaround suit
Lawyers behind a UK class-action style compensation litigation against Google for privacy violations have filed an appeal against a recent High Court ruling blocking the proceeding. In October Mr Justice Warby ruled the case could not proceed on legal grounds, finding the claimants had not demonstrated a basis for bringing a compensation claim. The case relates to the […]
View More ‘Google You Owe Us’ claimants aren’t giving up on UK Safari workaround suitOreo is releasing a new version of its cookie with the most stuffing ever
What I would give right now to not have celiac disease because this cookie almost makes me want to suffer through an allergic reaction just for a taste.
For the lucky majority out there who have zero gluten issues, you’ll be happy to know that Oreo i…
Student says she gave cookies containing grandfather’s ashes to classmates
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A student in Davis, California has claimed that around two weeks ago, she and a co-conspirator gave nine classmates cookies containing her grandfather’s ashes.
At least some of the students were aware there were ashes in the cookies before they consumed them, police told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday. Others were apparently unaware and were “horrified” when they found out.
So far, it is unclear why the student felt motivated to bring desserts with human remains in them to school. Since the cookies have already been eaten, it is also unclear how we can be sure they contained ashes at all — although a classmate of the alleged perpetrator did say he “didn’t believe her until she pulled out the urn.” Read more…
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View More Student says she gave cookies containing grandfather’s ashes to classmatesGoogle to give Chrome users an opt-out to ‘forced login’ after privacy backlash
Google has responded to blowback about a privacy hostile change it made this week, which removes user agency by automating Chrome browser sign-ins, by rowing back slightly — saying it will give users the ability to disable this linking of web-based sign-in with browser-based sign-in in a forthcoming update (Chrome 70), due mid next month. The […]
View More Google to give Chrome users an opt-out to ‘forced login’ after privacy backlashThe internet’s divided on Nabisco’s animal crackers box redesign
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The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals just freed five circus animals — well…kind of.
The animals pictured on boxes of Barnum’s Animals Crackers have been released from their cages after PETA pressured Nabisco to redesign the snack’s box art.
According to a report from the Associated Press, PETA sent a letter to Nabisco’s parent company Mondelēz International in 2016 criticizing the box art that it said glorified the use of circus animals.
“Given the egregious cruelty inherent in circuses that use animals and the public’s swelling opposition to the exploitation of animals used for entertainment, we urge Nabisco to update its packaging in order to show animals who are free to roam in their natural habitats,” PETA wrote in the letter, according to the AP. Read more…
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View More The internet’s divided on Nabisco’s animal crackers box redesignThe stigma against oatmeal raisin cookies is grotesque
No matter how hard it tries, no matter how many recipe formations it attempts to squeeze into, it seems the oatmeal raisin cookie can never do anything right.
The stigma against the cookie is persistent and unwavering. For as long as I can remember, …
This is the most important thing to have happened to Meryl Streep (Oscars included)
Instagram account Taste of Streep highlights Meryl Streep’s best role to date: being photoshopped into pictures of food. The artist behind the account creates hilariously absurd, but tastefully composed, portraits of the one of the greatest actresses …
View More This is the most important thing to have happened to Meryl Streep (Oscars included)Chips Ahoy! Is Garbage. But It’s America’s Favorite Cookie
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View More Chips Ahoy! Is Garbage. But It’s America’s Favorite CookieFacebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again
Another blow for Facebook in Europe: Judges in Belgium have once again ruled the company broke privacy laws by deploying technology such as cookies and social plug-ins to track Internet users across the web. Read More