Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Churchill Downs Bode Miller said that Anna Veith’s struggles could be due to her decision to get married. Miller’s comments came under fire in social media circles. Miller later apologized and called the comment “an ill-advised attempt at a joke.” The bad boy of skiing is in trouble at the Olympics […]
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CNN is blaming Apple for a bug that spammed iPhone users with a barrage of the same push notifications (AAPL, TWX)
REUTERS/Rick Wilking A glitch caused some iPhone users to repeatedly receive the same headline notification from CNN. CNN says it’s Apple’s problem. At about 5pm ET on Tuesday, numerous of people with iPhones received an Apple News push notification with a CNN headline about the false missile alarm in Hawaii. Then they got the […]
Investigate chemical incidents in Syria instead of blaming Damascus & distorting our views – Moscow
Russia has called for an investigation of all chemical incidents in Syria, as the US has ignored all evidence of terrorist involvement while portraying the allegations against Damascus, based on shady sources, as the truth. “All the ongoing attempts by the US to accuse the Syrian government of using chemical warfare agents in combat against […]
Britain needs electoral reform – and guess who they are blaming?
Picture the scene. Doris and Edna voted at their local primary school this year. The 82-year olds backed May, after voting Brexit, because they were brainwashed by Russian bots sometime between their blue rinse and the last episode of Eastenders. Well, that’s essentially the picture being painted by the head of the UK elections watchdog. […]
The FBI warned Bobby Kennedy a book was coming out revealing his affair with Marilyn Monroe and blaming him for her death
AP In 1964, the FBI sent then-Attorney General Robert “Bobby” Kennedy information about a forthcoming book purporting to reveal his affair with Marilyn Monroe. The author, who often dabbled in “extremely questionable” allegations, according to the Bureau, published the 70-page book for $ 2 a copy. This unexpected bit of history comes from the release of […]
Suit blaming iPhone for student’s death by texting driver is defeated by Apple
Enlarge (credit: Kevin Schafer via Getty Images) A California judge is dismissing a lawsuit brought by the family of a 20-year-old Minnesota college student who blames Apple for his 2013 death by an iPhone-wielding texting teen. The dead boy’s family claims that Apple had a legal duty to help prevent texting while driving and that […]
2 Venezuelan opposition leaders have reportedly been taken from their homes — and their families are blaming Maduro
Reuters, Jorge Silva CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been taken from their homes, where they were serving house arrest, family members said on Tuesday, adding that President Nicolas Maduro was responsible for their fates. Both leaders in recent days have called on Venezuelans to join protests against Maduro […]
‘Saying it’s Russians’ fault like blaming everything on Jews’ – Putin’s best quotes at SPIEF
Russian President Vladimir Putin has largely resorted to irony at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) as reporters seemingly failed to come up with new questions, focusing on Moscow’s alleged meddling in the US elections, and Donald Trump. ‘No secret deal’ There have been no secret agreements between the Russian ambassador to the US, […]
Marvel Comics VP issues, retracts statement blaming sales slump on diverse books
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Google's Algorithm Is Lying to You About Onions and Blaming Me for It
Photo via Getty A little under five years ago, I got angry about a piece of fake information, and I decided to do something about it. I was reading a recipe in the New York Times, and the recipe told me, as many, many recipes had told me before, that it would take about 10 […]