Archive for: April, 2016

Women in three organs of state

KFC apologizes for ‘NSFW’ Twitter ad that got too spicy

April 15 : The Australian wing of fast food giant KFC apologized for promoting its new spicy chicken with an “NSFW” photo many derided as a bit too spicy. The Friday morning tweet from the official KFC Australia account featured a photo of a woman and a man sitting on the couch, with the woman […]

Canadian library writes letter to patrons with foul body odor

April 15 : A Canadian library looked to handle complaints about patrons’ foul body odor by drafting a letter that directed them to local public showers and laundry facilities. Newmarket Public Library wrote the letter to gently inform patrons of complaints about a “noticeable odor.” “We respectfully request that you take steps to control this […]

New Zealand hotel bans Lycra cycling shorts due to ‘unsightly bulges’

April 15 : A hotel in New Zealand implemented a new dress code that prohibits customers from wearing Lycra bicycle shorts. Mike Saunders, owner of the Plough Hotel in Rangiora, North Canterbury, told Stuff that the hotel expected more bikers after making the decision to open for breakfast and wanted to set a certain standard […]

Resident cat interrupts minor-league baseball game

April 15 : A minor-league baseball game in Florida was put on hold after the stadium’s resident cat wandered onto the field. The cat, known as Henley the Eighth, stepped onto the field at a Lakeland Flying Tigers game on Thursday night and caused the game to briefly come to a halt in the seventh […]

E-skin ‘can monitor body’s oxygen level’

April 15 : Scientists say they have developed ultra-thin electronic “skin” that can measure oxygen levels when stuck to the body. The goal is to develop such “skin” to monitor oxygen levels in organs during surgery, say researchers in Japan. Tests on volunteers found the “skin” provided stable measurements of oxygen concentration in blood. The […]

Apple, FBI to clash again in Congress over encryption

April 15: Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and the FBI will return to Congress next week to testify before lawmakers about their heated disagreement over law enforcement access to encrypted devices, a congressional committee announced on Thursday. Apple’s general counsel, Bruce Sewell, and Amy Hess, executive assistant director for science and technology at the Federal Bureau of […]

Hello, bot: Facebook Messenger wants to become your one-stop shop

April 15: At F8, its annual developers conference, the company announced Bots for Messenger. Users will be able to get everything from weather updates to shopping notifications to personalized news from a range of companies including CNN — all through Facebook’s messaging app. People will now be able to message companies and publishers like they […]

Harvard Research Shows For Life Expectancy, Money Matters

April 14 : New research from Harvard University shows that being poor in the United States is hazardous to your health, revealing that the average life expectancy of the lowest-income classes in America is now equal to that in Sudan or Pakistan. A Harvard analysis of 1.4 billion Internal Revenue Service records on income and […]

National bird on verge of disappearance for lack of habitat

Achham / April 16: The national bird, Danfe (Lophophorus), is on the verge of disappearance for lack of conservation of Ramaroshan area, the habitat of the Danfe. Ramaroshan, the major tourism site of the district, is only the habitat of the national bird. Locals said that Danfe is on verge of disappearance for lack of […]