Humans already find it unnerving enough when extremely alien-looking robots are kicked and interfered with, so one can only imagine how much worse it will be when they make unbroken eye contact and mirror your expressions while you heap abuse on them. This is the future we have selected.
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Woman says her ex-boyfriend STOLE HER TOILET after she broke up with him
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There are hundreds of break up horror stories online — tales of vindictive exes destroying property, spreading rumors, or even trying to ruin careers. But this story takes the cake.
Redditor u/shelblikadoo broke up with her (now ex) boyfriend, and when she woke up, her toilet was gone. “I split up with my boyfriend yesterday,” she wrote. “I fell asleep while he was packing and he stole my toilet.”
“The toilet in my apartment broke,” u/shelblikadoo said while dishing out some of the backstory. “My better judgement said call the landlords and they’ll fix it.” Read more…
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Elon Musk tweets he’ll “bet ya a signed dollar” that Thai cave rescuer is a “pedo”
Elon Musk seems not only intent on burning all the goodwill he earned for trying to help last week’s Thai cave rescue, but rolling around in its ashes, too. In a series of extraordinarily offensive, now deleted tweets, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO called a British diver who participated in last week’s dangerous rescue mission […]
View More Elon Musk tweets he’ll “bet ya a signed dollar” that Thai cave rescuer is a “pedo”Taste test: Burger robot startup Creator opens first restaurant
Creator’s transparent burger robot doesn’t grind your brisket and chuck steak into a gourmet patty until you order it. That’s just one way this startup, formerly known as Momentum Machines, wants to serve the world’s freshest cheesebuger for just $6. On June 27th, after 8 years in development, Creator unveils its first robot restaurant before opening […]
View More Taste test: Burger robot startup Creator opens first restaurantGuy at World Cup lights his cigarette with a literal flaming wallet
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There’s something admirable about the fiery passion that World Cup fans have.
In some cases, it’s literal fire.
A fan at the World Cup lit his cigarette with a FLAMING WALLET. Yes, you read that right. He lit it with cigarette with a whole wallet that lights on fire.
To quote the Fox Sports commentator, “Oh good lord, son!”
The commentator continued: “That is so unhealthy for you on multiple levels.”
As the Independent points out, lighters would probably be confiscated at stadium security checkpoints. There’s no written policy on flaming wallets — the same kind that magicians usually use for tricks — so this guy slipped through. Read more…
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View More Guy at World Cup lights his cigarette with a literal flaming walletWTF are CDRs? (other than a potential trillion-dollar market)
Over the past few days, the Chinese government announced the potential creation of a new trillion-dollar investment market, and it isn’t an April Fools’ joke. China’s tech giants like Alibaba and Tencent are some of the most valuable in the world, and upcoming potential IPOs by the next generation of startups like Xiaomi are causes […]
View More WTF are CDRs? (other than a potential trillion-dollar market)Dancer rides white horse onto nightclub floor, chaos ensues in Florida
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Like many of you, I’m tired of Florida jokes, but sometimes they make it so easy.
In Miami Beach over the weekend, for example, authorities shut down Mokai Lounge nightclub after a dancer rode a white horse onto the nightclub floor.
Narcs.
Panicked by the crowd, the horse threw the dancer off her and onto the floor. Hysteria ensued and was thankfully captured on camera.
“What kind of idiot would do something like to this to an animal?” said Miami Beach mayor @DanGelber after someone paraded a horse around in one of the city’s nightclubs. Mokai Lounge’s license is now revokedpic.twitter.com/ATDiIGc2uH
— Madeleine Wright (@MWrightReports) March 10, 2018 Read more…
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View More Dancer rides white horse onto nightclub floor, chaos ensues in FloridaAmazon Alexa’s creepy, spontaneous laugh is weirding people out
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Some people are creeped out enough having an Amazon Echo constantly listening to their every move in their home. But it gets even more disturbing than that.
As first reported by BuzzFeed, some Amazon Alexa users are reporting that their virtual assistant has been randomly laughing. Yes, randomly laughing.
Twitter user anniebonannieTN says they were alone in their kitchen in the dark when Alexa let out this disturbing chuckle. Thankfully, they were able to record the laugh by commanding Alexa to “replay.”
@amazonecho alone in the dark kitchen, with no trigger, a sudden creepy laugh emerges and freaks out owners #justwrong. Replay: pic.twitter.com/vR684u8mbN
— anne (@anniebonannieTN) February 21, 2018 Read more…
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View More Amazon Alexa’s creepy, spontaneous laugh is weirding people outApple’s glass walls result in 911 calls
Apple should definitely avoid throwing stones as its glass houses have been causing some problems of late. The lights inside the new Apple Store in Chicago were attracting birds to fly into the large glass windows. And it seems humans aren’t immune to that crystal clear glass either. Employees at Apple Park have been walking into glass doors at the new campus, and SF Chronicle has… Read More
Don’t worry, Jennifer Lawrence couldn’t get into ‘Phantom Thread’ either
Jennifer Lawrence tried to watch Phantom Thread, and, well, just couldn’t.
On an episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast Monday, Lawrence revealed that she attempted to watch Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest movie Phantom Thread, but stopped after just thre…
Apple devices are butt dialing 911 from its refurbishing facility – 20 times per day
Since October, emergency responders in Elk Grove and Sacramento County, California have received over 1,600 false alarm 911 calls coming from an Apple repair and refurbishing site in the area.
It’s not clear if the calls are coming from Apple’s iPhones or Watches but each time a call originates out of the Elk Grove facility, there’s no one on the other end of the line and… Read More
The iced tea company that changed its name to include ‘blockchain’ retracts on bitcoin mining operation
Remember the iced tea company that changed its name to Long Blockchain and immediately shot up by 500 percent on the stock market? Well, it turns out it may not be getting into the blockchain after all. The company has decided to backoff from its pledge to buy 1,000 bitcoin mining machines — just six weeks after it said it would be doing so. Of course, six weeks ago bitcoin was worth a… Read More