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Finally, our Hot Pocket-related dreams have been answered.
At an event in Seattle on Thursday, Amazon officially unveiled its rumored microwave. And yes, you can control it with Alexa.
It’ll cost you $59.99, which is actually quite reasonable for a microwave. Here’s the device in action:
Not the smoothest interaction. Still, yelling at a machine to cook you a potato has to be someone’s dream … right?
Of course, Amazon integrated its Dash button tech, so you can buy stuff on Amazon.
The microwave has Alexa built in because of course, also integrates with Dash so you can replenish your popcorn pic.twitter.com/OLHBHvgwDW
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YouTube pranksters build their audience through daring and outrageous videos — but this time they might’ve gone too far.
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TGFbro, a 22-year-old prankster who has 3 million subscribers on YouTube, mixed seven bags of Polyfilla, and then, with the help of some friends, poured it on a microwave and put his head inside.
The prankster had a plastic bag around his head with an air tube for breathing. But as he started to struggle to breathe, TGFbro asked his friends to free him.
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