Kabosu, the shiba inu dog whose quizzical expression starred in an array of “doge” internet memes, has died, its owner said Friday. A picture of Kabosu with a slight side-eyed look went viral around 2013 on Tumblr and various online chatrooms, before it became known as “doge,” one of the most iconic and recognized images […]
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Bitcoin Pizza Day
Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day to all who celebrate. Celebrate what, you might ask? Wednesday’s “holiday” marks the anniversary of the day when, in 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz got two pizzas delivered to his house from Papa John’s, which he paid for using Bitcoin, Quartz reports. (How exactly he did so is a bit confusing; you can […]
Continue ReadingFacebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Suffer Worldwide Outage
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours Facebook Inc. blamed a global service outage that kept its social media apps offline for much of Monday on a problem with its […]
Continue ReadingAunt Jemima Rebranded as Pearl Milling Company
Quaker Oats has announced the new name for its “Aunt Jemima” products in response to criticism that was levied at the brand for featuring a racist stereotype of a Black woman. The name “Aunt Jemima” and the picture of a Black woman shown on the packaging, based on a former slave named Nancy Green, will […]
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