IHOP changed its name to “IHOb” as a promotional strategy for their new burgers in June 2018. They took to Twitter recently to share a video that teases a new name, and it’s a familiar one. Read more…
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Thanks to a group of Chinese researchers and a rare genetic mutation, we’re discovering that the world’s best bear can get even more adorable.
On Sunday, scientists at Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan, China released a photo of an all-white, albino giant panda — believed to be the first of his (or her) kind known to human researchers.
The image, taken by the reserve’s motion-activated cameras in mid-April, shows the one- to two-year-old panda cub walking through brush, approximately 2,000 meters above sea-level. With white claws, white fur, and red eyes, the unnamed critter carries all the hallmark signs of albinism. Read more…
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TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, could soon be launching yet another ambitious project: their own smartphone.
The Financial Times reported the new project, citing “two people familiar with the project,” on Monday. The plan is to focus on launching the phone with the company’s many apps pre-installed to lure buyers into choosing their phone over competitors.
Besides TikTok, ByteDance also owns news app Jinri Toutiao, its Chinese version of TikTok called Douyin, and new messaging app Flipchat. It is reportedly also looking into its own music streaming service to compete with the likes of Apple Music and Spotify. Read more…
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On a set where dragons live and the dead walk again, even the most mundane of details can seem pretty magical. Luckily, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch didn’t settle for good enough — instead hunting down the best of the best behind-the-scenes nuggets to feed our mourning fandom.
On Sunday night, HBO aired the two-hour making-of special, chronicling the end of Thrones from the perspective of its creators and through the lens of documentarian Jeanie Finlay. From Kit Harington’s big finale reaction to those ridiculous makeup jobs, there’s plenty for Thrones fans to obsess over. So here are just eight of our favorite moments from The Last Watch. Read more…
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So we’re doing this again, huh, IHOP?
A year after the restaurant chain caused a stir by changing its name to “IHOb” to tease its new burgers, and experienced some pretty hilarious burns as a result, it’s right back to teasing a new name.
But, this time, no one’s having it.
On Monday, IHOP shared the following tweet:
It’s hard to make sense of this because the chain actually reverted back to its original IHOP name only a month after the June 2018 “IHOb” stunt, even shuttering its “IHOb” Twitter account. So is it doing something special with pancakes or is there more tomfoolery afoot?
Maybe the “P” will now stand for “Pancizza,” their bizarre pizza-pancake hybrid they created for a special promotion in select cities in February. Read more…
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One sharp Australian teen caught a break this week after being caught hacking tech giant Apple.
The 17-year-old Adelaide student was one of two teens who were charged with hacking Apple twice, once in 2015 and once in 2017, and downloading a digital ton of internal documents.
After putting the teen on nine months of probation instead of jail time, Magistrate David White said, according to ABC News Australia: “He is clearly someone who is a gifted individual when it comes to information technology, that being said, those who have this advantage of being gifted doesn’t give them the right to abuse that gift … You must remain on the straight and narrow and use your gifts for good rather than evil.” Read more…
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Everything is creepy in outer space.
It’s a dark, hostile environment where sound doesn’t travel and death comes quickly for those who lack the proper protection. Habitable spaces can be built, but these costly creations are cramped on the inside and fraught with danger. Even the smallest malfunction can turn deadly.
This is familiar ground for sci-fi thrillers, but none have taken quite the same approach as Observation, from No Code (published by Devolver Digital). The title is the name of a space station where most of this story unfolds, but it’s also a reference to how you spend the bulk of your time in the game. Read more…
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It’s Memorial Day and Google is doing its part to encourage users to remember those who’ve died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
All day long, Google’s logo on its homepage will be posted in gray. And starting at 3 p.m. locally, the official National Moment of Remembrance, the entire desktop version of the page will turn gray. Users will also be able to play “Taps,” the bugle call performed at Armed Forces memorials and funerals.
Clicking a U.S. folded flag featured on the homepage will take users to this blog post by Google Veterans Network Lead Nick Ralston, who shares his thoughts on the holidays. Read more…
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Adults are the worst but, thankfully, there was karmic justice for one baseball-loving kid.
At the Big Ten baseball tournament in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday, one young Ohio State fan thought he was about to snag the ultimate game token, a foul ball, when a grown-up Iowa fan swooped in to swipe the ball for himself.
The moment stirs memories of this drama that unfolded last year when an adult fan took a foul ball from a youngster at a Chicago Cubs game. There turned out to be more to that particular story, but the sight of an adult nabbing the souvenir from a kid is one that triggers a lot of reactions. Read more…
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