Carnival Cruise gave a free vacation to a teen in exchange for the @carnivalcruise Snapchat handle (SNAP)

Carnival Cruise offered 15-year-old Darian Lipscomb a free vacation for his Snapchat handle. He had been posting as @carnivalcruise since he was nine. The company mounted an ad campaign fronted by Shaquille O’Neal dedicated to finding him — and offered the cruise package when they tracked him down. Lipscomb accepted, and is being taken to […]

Kim Jong Un may have visited Xi Jinping to figure out how to handle Trump

China has confirmed that Kim Jong Un traveled to China this week in his first overseas trip since  becoming North Korea’s leader in 2011.  Experts say Kim probably met with China to talk about how to deal with Trump and his negotiating style during future talks. China knows well how to appease the US president […]

Waymo Chief Says His Company’s Self-Driving Tech “Would Be Able to Handle” Fatal Uber Crash Scenario

– Waymo chief executive John Krafcik said he is confident his company’s technology “would be able to handle” a scenario like the one that resulted in a fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber vehicle, the first such death on a public road. Krafcik was speaking Saturday at a National Auto Dealers Association (NADA) convention in Las Vegas […]

Bucks: we didn’t handle the heat

COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley says his side “didn’t handle the heat”, but said he wasn’t feeling any despite a deflating season-opening loss to Hawthorn. Asked if he felt the pressure was already building from an impatient supporter base, Buckley said: “Circumstantially, no. We’ve dropped a game, it was a game we would have liked to […]

SteamVR’s auto resolution knows what your GPU can handle

Valve updated SteamVR today with a new feature that automatically adjusts your headset’s resolution up to what your GPU can optimally render. This should function like autofocus, taking the decision-making out of the user’s hands and reassuring developers that their content is being enjoyed at the best resolution. But it could also make VR more […]

Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy kissed his boyfriend on live TV — and the internet can’t handle the love

Ker Robertson / Getty On Saturday evening, US skier Gus Kenworthy competed in the men’s slopestyle at the Winter Olympics.  Prior to his qualifying run, the 26-year-old grabbed a good luck kiss from his boyfriend Matthew Wilkas.  NBC caught and aired the kiss on live TV, which led to a lot of positive chatter on Twitter  Kenworthy, […]

Hawaii senator wants feds to handle future nuclear attack warnings

On January 13th, a statewide alert warned Hawaiians about an incoming nuclear attack — which turned out to be a mistake caused by human error. Whoops! The resulting finger-pointing revealed serious shortcomings about the state government’s disaster response, including the governor’s difficulty logging in to his Twitter account to tweet out an all-clear. But US […]

Ronaldo to Man Utd: Real Madrid star will not handle Premier League now – Merson

Reports in Spain this week have strongly suggested Ronaldo will seek to leave Real in the summer with relations with Florentino Perez at an all-time low. The Real president is said to be willing to let Ronaldo leave in order to form a new, young front three to rival that of Barcelona. Harry Kane, Neymar, […]

Scorchers too hot to handle for Strikers

Video Scorchers too hot to handle for Strikers1:38 BBL: The Scorchers have beaten the Strikers in the BBL. January 14th 2018 an hour ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Cricket news and galleries/ Cricket Scorchers too hot to handle for Strikers1:38 January 14th 2018 an hour ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Cricket news and galleries/ Sixers win the […]

Assange’s handle re-emerges after ‘Twitter oddities’ & weird US Navy post

Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 18:46 The Twitter account of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has re-appeared after mysteriously disappearing Monday morning. The whistleblowing site has also confirmed that Assange is safe and well, despite some Twitter “oddities.” People trying to access Assange’s Twitter page Monday were directed to an ‘error message’ page. Tech site Gizmodo […]