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US Call Centre Worker Suspended For Answering With Robot Voice
Working at a call centre sucks. Like, it universally sucks and everybody knows it. That’s what makes the story of the loyal New York City employee who was just suspended for 20 days for allegedly answering incoming calls with a robot voice so frustrating. C’mon guys, let the bored employees have a little bit of…
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Mystery Drones Have Been Flying Over France’s Nuclear Power Plants
Le Monde reports that quadrotors of various shapes and sizes have been flying over some of France’s (numerous) nuclear power plants over the course of the past few weeks, causing mild alarm, embarrassment for the Air Force that’s supposed to police the air space and a judicial enquiry.
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Snapchat’s First ‘Non-Creepy’ Ad Is For A Horror Movie
Video: Snapchat recently announced that it was getting ads, and it’s followed through on that promise, with the first paid-for ephemeral advertisements landing this weekend. However, I’m not so sure that Snapchat’s made good on its promise for its ads to be ‘non-creepy’, since horror film Ouija was the first subject.
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The Underwater Search For Malaysia Air Flight 370 Resumes This Weekend
After a four-month pause to scan the ocean floor, search ships will once again launch in the Indian Ocean to look for wreckage from the lost MH 370 flight. The first of three ship, the GO Phoenix, will reach the search field on Sunday, the AP reports.