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McDonald’s announced the release of a limited-edition milkshake straw that was designed for their new Chocolate Shamrock Shake. Only 2,000 of the innovative shake-slurpin’ device were made. The Irish holiday is just around the corner, which means the famous McDonald’s Shamrock Shakes are back. In early February, the fast food chain announced that the annual limited-time beverage would be returning …

Facebook is now allowing companies to post jobs on its platform in the U.S. and Canada. Page administrators will also be able to receive applications through Messenger. Even though Facebook is not the first place you look for a new job, it could give competition to LinkedIn, considering its much larger user base. “We know that finding the right talent …

Two former smartphone kings, Nokia and BlackBerry, have become embroiled in a lawsuit involving patents relating to networking gear. In a 96-page lawsuit, reported in ArsTechnica, the company claims Nokia infringed 11 BlackBerry technology patents “related to LTE- and UMTS/UTRAN-compliant products and services”. These include “a number of transmit antennas found in a base station” and a “scattered pilot pattern …

Heavy snowfalls have been linked to an increase in hospitalizations and deaths due to cardiac events, according to new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Researchers at the University of Montreal analysed over 100-thousand hospital admissions and almost 70-thousand deaths due to heart attack over three decades in the province of Quebec. They found the likelihood of a …

Brittney Jones, 26, accused of performing oral sex on a man inside a courthouse and then posting a video of the act online has been arrested. Jones was booked into the Duval County jail Wednesday night, according to jail records. Officers were called to her home in the 8500 block of Dylan Michael Drive about 9:30 p.m. to assist a …

Scarlett Johansson says monogamy and marriage are difficult. In an interview with Playboy, the newly-single Scarlett Johansson shared some thoughts about monogamy, relationships and whether or not it’s “natural” to want to be with the same person forever and ever. In the interview, she makes a lot of pretty good points against the institution of marriage. Even more interesting is …

According to a recent report both Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices could be used to make phone calls in the future. Amazon Echo and Google Home would effectively become the modern equivalent of speaker phones. It isn’t an alien concept but it’s still an awkward behavior for many in practice. Even more so in this case, as you will …

Aston Martin has confirmed that the AM-RB 001 hypercar will use a naturally-aspirated 6.5-liter V12 developed by Cosworth. The giant venture that has led us to see a brilliant hypercar by Aston Martin and Red bull is getting more exciting than ever. The upcoming hypercar by the companies named Aston Martin AM-RB 001 will be using a Cosworth 6.5 liter …

Gene editing tools should be used to modify human embryos and prevent inheritable disease, says a US National Academy of Sciences report. The report recommends a set of overarching principals to be used by any nation in governing human genome editing research or applications, including providing a benefit and preventing harm to those affected, transparency, due care, responsible science, respect …

The latest shooting to claim the life of a Chicago child was captured on Facebook Live, CBS Chicago reports. The video, streamed live on Facebook, was taken from inside a car driven by a young woman who was wounded in the shooting in Chicago. The man and two-year-old Lavontay White were also in the car. In a shooting caught on …

Drew Barrymore ‘almost died’ after stunt scene went horribly wrong on the set of Santa Clarita Diet. In recently released Netflix horror-comedy, Drew Barrymore plays a suburban wife and mother who winds up becoming one of the walking dead, and must feast on human flesh and blood in order to survive. While this darkly comic premise would seemingly put the …