Here's What Obama Thinks About Mitt Romney Running For President Again
President Barack Obama held a press conference on Friday and he was asked his "reaction to the news that Mitt Romney is thinking about running for president again." The question, which came from ABC...
View ArticleThis Robot Waitress In China Serves Food, Takes Selfies, And Is Super Busty
Footage has emerged from Henan Province, China of a restaurant using a robotic waitress to serve food and greet customers. The video shows the human-sized robot is automatically carrying dishes around...
View ArticleOil May Explain Why China Is Sending Its Infantry To A UN Peacekeeping...
An advanced party of Chinese peacekeepers is in South Sudan and the rest of the 700-strong contingent is due to arrive by early April, a UN official told Reuters on Friday, part of a surge in a UN...
View ArticleThis Is The 'Passion Project' George Lucas Is Releasing Out Of Nowhere...
Next weekend George Lucas will be releasing a new film, but it won't be to a galaxy far, far away.Instead, "Strange Magic," a fairytale musical about fairies, goblins, and elves, will be the "Star...
View ArticleHere Is AT&T's Epic $8 Billion Friday-Night News Dump (T)
The running joke in news is that companies dump news when people aren't looking, like before holidays or on Friday nights before long weekends.AT&T met the latter criteria this week.On Friday...
View ArticleHere's What We Know About Where The Justices Stand On Gay Marriage
It's not easy to know exactly where each Supreme Court justice stands on the issue of same-sex marriage.But it's important to find out what we can, now that we know the Supreme Court is going to rule...
View ArticleThe Creator Of Linux Has An Attitude And A Foul Mouth, And People Are Angry...
Linus Torvalds, the internationally famous creator of the Linux operating system (which powers your Android phone and most of the internet), does not in way, shape or form suffer from Imposter's...
View ArticleNice ease relegation fears with Bordeaux scalp
Bordeaux (AFP) - Nice eased their relegation concerns with a shock 2-1 win at high-flying Bordeaux on Friday.The hosts, who could have moved up a place to fifth with victory, made light of their...
View ArticleHow E-Commerce Is Finally Disrupting The $600 Billion-A-Year Grocery Industry
At $600 billion a year in sales, food and beverage is by far the largest retail category in the U.S. by a wide margin. However, it's also the category that has been the least disrupted by e-commerce;...
View ArticleEnergy Is Becoming Cleaner And More Plentiful — Whatever The Price Of Oil
A careful observer might note the chunky double glazing on the elegant windows and the heat pump whirring outside the basement entrance. From the outside the five-storey house in London's posh Notting...
View ArticleThe Cost Of Living In Every Part Of The World In One Infographic
We think about cost of living all the time, especially when we're looking to move from one location to another. Our perspective is, therefore, generally rather narrow.The folks at Movehub.com have...
View ArticlePope Francis arrives at Philippines' typhoon-ground zero
Tacloban (Philippines) (AFP) - Pope Francis on Saturday arrived at a central Philippine city that was one of the worst hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, the strongest storm ever recorded on land...
View ArticlePope begins emotional day with Philippine typhoon survivors
Tacloban (Philippines) (AFP) - Pope Francis arrived on Saturday in the central Philippines for what is expected to be an emotional day with survivors of a catastrophic super typhoon that claimed...
View Article130-year-old 'gun that won the West' found in US park
Los Angeles (AFP) - US experts are scratching their heads after finding a more than 130-year-old Wild West rifle leaning against a Juniper tree in a remote area of a national park.The Winchester Model...
View ArticleToo white, too male: Oscars accused over nominees
Los Angeles (AFP) - Too white and too male. That is the charge facing the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after it unveiled its nominations this week for the 2015 Oscars...
View Article15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Dubai
Dubai has been one of the most exciting and volatile economic stories of the 21st century.It's global, glitzy, and growing like crazy.It also has a red-hot property market that has experts warning of a...
View ArticleUS condemns ICC war crimes probe of Israel as 'tragic irony'
Washington (AFP) - The United States condemned as "tragic irony" the International Criminal Court's decision to open a preliminary probe into possible war crimes committed by Israeli forces against...
View ArticleRussian Oscar-nominated drama stirs controversy at home
Moscow (AFP) - Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev's sombre social drama "Leviathan" may have been nominated for an Oscar, but at home the film has sparked heated debate, with the arts minister...
View ArticleFabregas confident Chelsea over Spurs' shock as Swansea await
Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas believes the Premier League leaders have put their stumbling form over the festive period behind them as they bid to strengthen their title...
View ArticleThe 13 Best Tasting Menus In NYC
New York City is home to some of the world's most celebrated restaurants, with the most celebrated dishes — and that can get a little overwhelming. That's why we have tasting menus.The Infatuation...
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