The 6 most Streamberry-ish parts of Netflix’s real user agreement
With the fictional streaming service known as Streamberry from Black Mirror’s “Joan Is Awful” episode, Netflix gently ribbed itself for being a somewhat dystopian black box that entertains the viewer while making an awful lot of customer-unfriendly decisions at the corporate level. But Streamberry, the…
Healthy pet: Keeping beloved animals safe as heavy wildfire smoke drifts across parts of US
The air quality in several areas of the U.S. may be unhealthy for millions of Americans right now due to a surge in Canadian wildfires in Quebec and northern Ontario, and this could mean serious health consequences not only for humans, but for beloved pets, too….
Twitter takes legal action after parts of its source code were leaked online
Parts of the computer code used to run Twitter have been leaked online, according to legal filings, in the latest mishap for the social media platform since it was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk. According to the court document, the code was posted on…
Woman’s hilariously honest obituary for her dad goes viral: ‘Equal parts dare devil and lush’
A woman from Georgia has gone viral for the candid and humorous obituary she wrote for her father eight days after his death. Halliea Milner, the owner of Go With It Farm in Sandy Springs, Georgia, shared a 715-word obituary on Facebook that honored her…
Parts of California drying out from massive storms as more rains coming soon
Northern California braced for more downpours on Wednesday as southern and central regions of the state got a break from torrential rains and prepared for another strong system just days in the offing. Flood alerts still impacted about 5 million Golden State residents on Wednesday,…
Colorado funeral home operators sentenced for selling body parts without permission
Two Colorado funeral home operators who sold body parts or bodies in a scheme a prosecutor called “horrific” were sentenced to prison Tuesday, officials said. Megan Hess, 46, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and her mother, Shirley Koch, 69, was sentenced to 15…
Google alleges India antitrust body copied parts of EU order on Android abuse
Indian visitors talk on their mobile phones outside the Google stall at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on Sept. 27, 2017. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Google has told a tribunal in India that the country’s antitrust investigators copied parts of…
Winter storm expected to bring snow, freezing rain and tornadoes to parts of U.S.
A winter storm moving across the central Plains and Upper Midwest this week is expected to bring heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of the United States, while tornadoes could form farther south, officials have warned. The storm is expected to bring snowfall…
Parts of U.S. face ‘life-threatening’ cold as snow causes travel headaches
Cold weather, combined with wind gusts of up to 60 mph could bring “life-threatening” wind chill values as low as -40 degrees to parts of the central and north-central U.S., the weather service said. “This level of cold can be life threatening and lead to…
Extreme cold expected across parts of the U.S. over the holiday week
From ice accumulation in the Washington, D.C. area to more than a foot of snow recorded Saturday in parts of Massachusetts, fall is beginning to look a lot like winter. The first day of winter arrives Wednesday and it will be accompanied by bitter cold…
