Новости за 12.01.2024

Netflix's sci-fi series The OA ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2019. This resulted in a massive fan campaign to save the show, or bring it to another streaming platform.

A Starbucks employee recently went viral when she showcased how workers will transfer mobile orders into customers' personal cups.

One server proved she could turn lemons into lemonade with her funny reaction to getting a bad review.

Trading in a phone for a discount on a newer one is a tool used by many phone service providers to create a stock of used devices or devices to refurbish, while giving new and returning customers a discount on an upgrade.

Artificial intelligence has infiltrated the workforce, from writing scripts in the entertainment industry to working in restaurants. Different fast food places, such as McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, and Checkers, have implemented AI. Now, a woman has gone viral for filming her interaction with Carl's Jr.'s AI drive-thru assistant. Needless to say, the system has glitches.

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A user on TikTok has sparked discussion after explaining why he didn’t split the check at a birthday dinner.

Italian influencers will soon have the same legal responsibility as publishers, as the Italian Regulatory Authority of Telecommunications (AGCOM) announced new guidelines on Wednesday extending the legal definition of “producers of audio-visual content” to include social network users with over 1,000,000 followers.

A franchise owner posted a viral video saying the parent company is trying to arrest her and her husband with the support of a "billionaire-backed private equity firm."

A user on TikTok has sparked discussion after claiming that she waited an hour and a half for a curbside grocery order from Walmart. 

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The course to true love never did run smoothly, and no one knows that better than TikToker Lindsey (@patronsmuva). In a video that has now amassed 466,000 views, the creator, who was preparing for her second date, shared that she was considering canceling because her potential match didn't offer to pick her up.

TikToker @hellokittymari’s video begins with a warning: “If anyone is thinking about buying the Sundays furniture couch….” She doesn’t need to continue; the video of the lumpy, crumpled, worn couch speaks for itself.

In a world where shopping has arguably been made more convenient for consumers than it's ever been, TikToker Doty (@nldoty) turns the camera on Best Buy's controversial new policy. With a cool 340,000 views, his video isn't just about buying a microphone, it's a wake-up call to shoppers everywhere.

With fast food prices on the rise, it's getting harder for customers to overlook a bag full of soggy fries and a cold burger. One stay-at-home mom recently decided to demand full value for her hard-earned dollars after a disappointing trip to McDonald's. But was her second trip through the drive-thru worth the anxiety?

A woman says she was asked to leave a bar because she was wearing a vintage fur coat.

A CVS customer and TikTok user named Mariel (@btswithmariel) says that she never wants to use the pharmacy's self-service photo kiosk again after a creepy encounter with an employee of the chain who she believes lifted her phone number from the kiosk's database to text her repeatedly.

One jobseeker is fed up with having to do "free labor" during the interview process and believes he has the perfect response to such requests.

A woman confronted a man who she assumed was staring at her in the gym. "I would appreciate if you stop looking at me," she said to him, interrupting his workout. Only, she wasn't prepared for the plot twist he was about to throw at her.

An image of descending colored lines on a black background—like a faulty digital TV screen or, if you listen to some posters, the brain of an artificial intelligence—is going viral after people discovered that whenever you input it into ChatGPT it crashes the program.

Time theft is a term companies use to describe when workers use company time to do non-company-related tasks. One TikToker shares how they were fired for allegedly committing time theft as far back as three months ago.

Even with the most careful planning and creation of contingencies, factors beyond anyone's control can impact important events like weddings.