If you’re struggling with gambling, please don’t hesitate to call the national gambling hotline at 1-800-GAMBLER or take steps to find a counselor near you. In a definite sign of the economic decline of the United States, the kiddie and adult arcade establishment; Dave and Busters, is testing out video game gambling. Betting on Skee...
The Recording Industry of Association of America (RIAA) reported it sold 43 million records in 2023. Vinyl record sales are on a 17-year growth curve. Last year’s numbers are 6 million more units than CD sales for the year. Vinyl records also brought in more revenue than CDs. Records raked in $1.4 billion compared to...
Chic Fil A finds itself playing catchup once again. After the world went nuts for Popeyes’ spicy chicken sandwich Chic Fil A had to ratchet it up with its own spicy line. The company with the cows urging us to, “eat more chikin,” are doing a food #MeToo by introducing its own fried chicken pizza....
This is an article I wanted to write. If there is anyone who would be scared of AI supplanting them, it would be Tyler Perry. The producer of the hilariously mocked, A Fall from Grace, and latest project, Mea Culpa, saw a demo of Sora that changed his outlook on movie making. I don’t knock...
Fast food companies are trying everything to differentiate themselves in a market mixing technology, media, and carbohydrates. For every new experiment a junk food company makes with AI, another is pushing the limits of what’s edible without shaving years off our lives. From the same company that allows us to use Double Down Dog and...
We Americans are a spoiled lot. The vast majority of the world haggles for their goods and services at the market or in the store. Demand pricing has been the norm at UK’s Tesco (British Wal-Mart) stores for decades. Newly emigrated Americans are used to wheeling and dealing for everything from apples to electronics as...
We’ve reported how streaming companies have consistently ruined their services and Amazon is the latest company to ruin what was once a good thing. Earlier this month, Amazon began charging Prime customers an extra $3 to avoid commercials that weren’t previously shown. In a further dig to its customers, Amazon removed Dolby Vision and Atmos...
I don’t know what’s worse, the behavior of Air Canada’s Chatbot, or Air Canada’s hubris. It all started with Jake Moffatt wanting to book a flight from Vancouver to Toronto for his grandmother’s funeral. Jake didn’t know how Air Canada’s bereavement rates worked, so he did what every company is forcing its customers to do,...
Once upon a time, the Internet was a great place for discovering new stuff. The Weird Wild Web of the 90s had multiple directories (Yahoo), cringe fringey communities (Geocities), and places to solve problems (UBB). Thirty-five years after the World Wide Web was born (whoa!) finding new things has gotten damn near impossible. It’s tempting...
In his other life, El Jefe wrote a magnificent data science article about Valentine’s Day data statistics. I refuse to link to it because nerds are delivering him more click through rates than me. According to him, 52% of Americans will be celebrating Valentine’s Day and will spend $192 to celebrate, or makeup, their love....