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The Tin Can phone, a “landline” designed for kids, is having growing pains.It’s become so popular that its service crashed on Christmas, leaving kids upset that they couldn’t make calls on the gifts they’d just opened under the tree.Tin Can has emailed customers at least three times since the holiday…
A Chinese AI chatbot embedded inside the country’s most widely used app briefly went off the rails, snapping at a user.Tencent’s AI assistant, Yuanbao, which is built into WeChat — China’s dominant super app used daily by tens of millions of people — called a user’s coding request “stupid” and…
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What is MrBeast’s secret to YouTube popularity?During a court deposition last November, YouTube’s top creator, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, boiled his videos’ success to three main factors:High-budget spectaclesOriginalityObsession over content qualityAt a high level, the creator’s dominance is rooted in the work of hundreds of creative staffers who…
Streaming services may have a problem: their Black Friday deals are wildly popular.The Friday after Thanksgiving has long been known for its blockbuster sales, marking the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. Streamers have spent the last few years celebrating in style, with massive markdowns of more than 70%,…
Apple pie is a classic fall staple, but recently, I realized I didn’t have a go-to recipe.So, I decided to test some from celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, Ree Drummond, and Alton Brown.Here’s how it went.Ramsay’s recipe uses caramelized apples For many pie recipes, you can throw in the raw apples…
