Robert J. Shapiro advised senior members of the Obama administration on economic policy, and served as an Under Secretary of Commerce under Bill Clinton. Now a senior fellow at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown, he’s suspicious of the surge in GameStop’s stock price:
Allegedly, this is the tale of scrappy, small online day traders buying shares of a beleaguered company…
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Puppy prints and wall illusions found in 1,500-year-old house in Turkey
Archaeologists have discovered a fantastical-looking, 1,500-year-old house in Turkey that was decorated with illusory wall paintings and terracotta tiles on the floor with puppy prints and possible chicken decorations pressed into them. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-house-turkey-puppy-prints.html
Spinning egg yolks hint at how concussions warp the brain
Scientists used chicken eggs as a model for the human skull and brain. Source: https://www.livescience.com/egg-yolk-concussion-study.html
KFC Launches 4K, 240FPS Gaming Console With a Built-In Chicken Warmer
KFC unveiled what they’re calling the KFConsole — a VR-ready high-end gaming PC that comes with a built-in chicken warmer. GamesRadar reports: Back in June, just after the PS5 reveal, KFC released a ridiculous trailer for the KFConsole, but everyone just figured they were joking. Turns out, they were dead serious. KFC, the chicken place, has teamed up with Cooler Master…
‘I Tried the World’s First No-Kill, Lab-Grown Chicken Burger’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: PhD in genetics might seem like an unusual requirement for the role of head chef. It makes more sense when the man running the kitchen is not just in charge of frying your chicken burger — he created the meat himself. “This burger takes something between two to three days to grow,”…
Singapore Becomes First Country To Approve Lab-Grown Meat
Singapore has granted San Francisco start-up Eat Just Inc. regulatory approval to sell its laboratory-grown chicken in the city-state — the world’s first government to allow the sale of cultured meat. CNN reports: The product, created from cultured chicken cells, has been approved as an ingredient in chicken bites following Singapore Food Agency (SFA) approval, Eat Just said Tuesday. Initially, the…
Hundreds More Movie Theatres Close As Attendance Plummets
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: It seems like it’s inadvisable to sit in a movie theatre during a pandemic. Thousands of theatres still tried showing movies this weekend — but the number of open theatres is dropping, perhaps because the number of people actually buying tickets appears to be plummeting. For example, there were 2,154 movie theatres open in America this…
Amazon’s Alexa Can Now Guess What You Want Before You Ask For It
“Amazon’s engineers are tweaking Alexa’s algorithm to help the virtual assistant guess users’ requests, and offer to resolve them, before the demand is even uttered,” reports ZDNet: After being asked, for example, how long a cup of tea should brew for, Alexa will be able to suggest setting a timer for the number of minutes that are recommended. Alexa engineers Anjishnu…
McDonald’s To Launch a Plant-Based Burger: The McPlant
According to USA Today, McDonald’s has developed a new plant-based platform dubbed McPlant that will debut in markets around the world early next year. From the report: “McPlant is crafted exclusively for McDonald’s, by McDonald’s,” Ian Borden, McDonald’s international president, said at the investor meeting. “In the future, McPlant could extend across a line of plant-based products including burgers, chicken substitutes…
Man cooks chicken in Yellowstone hot springs
A visitor has been banned from the park after being caught attempting to use the hot springs to cook chicken. The natural beauty and hot springs of Ye… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340671/man-cooks-chicken-in-yellowstone-hot-springs…