Heather Hayes
Pool Float Is Motorized: You Can Cruise While You Lounge
We Have Reached Peak Laziness. It wouldn’t be Summer without epic new pool floats. This year may actually win the award so far for peak laziness for those that desire to not have to paddle at all or move an arm or leg while floating. You can just float around and lounging luxuriously in this Poolcandy Splash Runner Motorized Swimming Pool Lounger ($199). Basically, this is your classic pool lounger, with one very important twist: at each arm, there’s a controller that allows you to move 360 degrees. No moreRead More
Movie Theater Drinks Found To Contain ‘Unsafe’ Bacteria
You may want to think again before buying a carbonated drink at the movie theater after recent research revealed soft drinks served at several major cinemas contained up to ten thousand times the safe level of bacteria. These revelations came as part of an investigation by BBC One’s Watchdog Live that highlighted the “unacceptable” levels of bacteria found in soft drinks sold at three major cinema chains. Worse still, two tests conducted on drinks from Odeon cinemas reportedly found traces of Salmonella. BBC researchers visited 10 branches of Odeon, CineworldRead More
Avoid Being Scammed by Uber Impersonators
Last year, a man pretending to be an Uber driver assaulted a woman in Atlanta. Uber has been receiving similar reports from law enforcement and launched a campaign to prevent it. Although it’s still a huge problem especially when people are leaving a popular venue and it’s harder to know which car is picking you up. A lot of cars look the same with most being white or grey and Uber drivers tend to drive cars that are harder to differentiate. Make sure you check the make and model ofRead More
You may soon have to stop sharing your Netflix password
While the headlines right now are that Netflix is raising prices in the United States as the streaming service invests heavily in new programs there is also more bad news. Sharing your Netflix password could soon be much harder to get away with. At CES 2019 in Las Vegas, video software provider Synamedia unveiled a creepy new AI-powered system designed to crack down on account sharing. Roughly 26 percent of millennials give out the credentials for video streaming services to other people. The new software will be able to analyzeRead More
Madonna ‘Madame X’ Tour Postponed Until September 17
Madonna is departing from her usual stadium and arena venues for her coming Madame X Tour. Instead, the singer plans a series of residencies in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami Beach. Madonna’s idea of a residency isn’t like Las Vegas, where stars like Celine Dion, Elton John, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears stay in one place, like Caesar’s Palace, for months or years. What Madonna wants in a residency is more than a one-night stand but several nights in different major cities. The “intimate” Madame X residency opensRead More