Burger King pulled a pretty juicy marketing stunt last month that drew plenty of attention—not just to the Whopper, but also to the intrinsic vulnerabilities of a new type of voice-activated gadget.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 5, 2017
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The combination of lucrative incentives and pressure to meet sales goals led to a perfect storm that resulted in Wells Fargo employees creating millions of fraudulent bank accounts, said David King, an associate professor ...
Economics & Business
Apr 24, 2017
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Google's voice-activated assistant can now recognize who's talking to it on Google's Home speaker.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 20, 2017
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Researchers have concluded that King George III was probably suffering from a mental illness after computer analysis of hundreds of his letters.
Other
Mar 24, 2017
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The tomb of a medieval king whose murder changed the course of Scottish history in a real-life "Game of Thrones" could be unearthed in a new hi-tech project launched Saturday.
Archaeology
Feb 25, 2017
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Some believe that the fabled mines of King Solomon were located among copper smelting camps in Israel's Timna Valley. The arid conditions at Timna have seen the astonishing preservation of 3,000-year-old organic materials, ...
Archaeology
Jan 17, 2017
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A YouTube video showing an oven-gloved Burger King employee struggling with a burning Galaxy Note 7 has become a viral illustration of the crisis facing Samsung over its troubled smartphone.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 11, 2016
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Actors yearn for Oscars, athletes crave Olympic gold—but for scientists, writers and champions of world peace, there's no bigger honor than a Nobel Prize.
Other
Oct 2, 2016
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Philanthropy watchers such as Forbes, Business Insider and the Chronicle of Philanthropy regularly produce rankings of the most generous philanthropists in the United States.
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2016
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Medieval scholars at the University of Lincoln, UK, have authenticated a 700-year-old king's charter that put an end to a tax scandal blighting the historic city.
Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2016
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