Ashley Madison warned users they’d be flirting with fembots right in the terms of service
Ashley Madison users who are annoyed that they wasted money chatting with robots have no reason to be upset — it turns out the company told them all about it in its terms of service. The Guardian points out that before signing up with Ashley Madison, users had to agree that they understood that not all profiles on the site would be of real people and that the website created its own profiles for its own purposes.
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Ashley Madison warned users they’d be flirting with fembots right in the terms of service
Ashley Madison users who are annoyed that they wasted money chatting with robots have no reason to be upset — it turns out the company told them all about it in its terms of service. The Guardian points out that before signing up with Ashley Madison, users had to agree that they understood that not all profiles on the site would be of real people and that the website created its own profiles for its own purposes.
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Video: Stephen Colbert wastes no time burning Donald Trump to a crisp
Stephen Colbert has been host of The Late Show for less than two weeks but he’s already spent ample time taking shots at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. This isn’t that surprising given that Trump’s presidential campaign was tailor made for comedy but we’re nonetheless happy to see Colbert hasn’t lost his touch after switching over from Comedy Central to a major broadcast network.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s ‘Snowden’ movie won’t be released this Christmas
Edward Snowden probably needs no introduction, as long as you’ve been following the news at any point for the last couple of years. The former NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower revealed to the world the advanced powers of government agencies when it comes to conducting smart mass-spying operations.
Evidently, someone made a movie about it. And when Snowden, the movie, is made by none other than Oliver Stone and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the film becomes all the more appealing. Sadly, Snowden isn’t hitting theaters on Christmas Day, as had been planned, and is instead being pushed back to 2016. As Variety explains, the movie is now out of the 2015 awards season race.
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Apple is forcing developers to make their games compatible with the Apple TV remote
Sadly, the fourth-generation Apple TV is not going to shake up the game industry as many fans and bloggers predicted before Apple’s ‘Hey Siri’ event last week, but it’s still a noteworthy upgrade over the previous model. It features an updated UI, a new operating system and, perhaps best of all, comes with an incredibly neat looking remote.
But is Apple too attached to the remote?
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Meet CUJO, the device that promises ‘business level’ security for all your home devices
You have so many different devices in your home now that you might have a tough time keeping track of security for them. This is where CUJO, a new IndieGoGo project created by many longtime industry security vets, hopes to come in handy. CUJO is a small device that sits on your desk and that aims to secure all the devices in your home, including laptops, tablets, smartphones and more.
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Tim Cook to appear on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ tonight
Stephen Colbert’s transition to network late night television is off to a good start. On the premiere episode of his new CBS show, Colbert delivered monster ratings. And while things have leveled off a bit since, Colbert is still performing much more ably than his predecessor David Letterman was.
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Forget the Apple Pencil: Amazon is offering $20 off a FiftyThree Digital Stylus for iPhone and iPad
Prior to Wednesday, Apple was not in the stylus market… but then came the Apple Pencil. FiftyThree had the market nailed down with its innovative take on a stylus, the Pencil. And now you can grab a Pencil by FiftyThree Digital Stylus designed for the iPhone and iPad for up to $20 off from Amazon.
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The hilarious Tinder profiles ‘Game of Thrones’ characters would create
Most Game of Thrones fans are anxiously waiting to see whether a certain character will return for more adventures with The Watch in the upcoming season, but there’s not that much Game of Thrones action going on right now. The sixth season of the show is months away, so until then we’ll just need to get our Game of Thrones fix by looking at fan-made creations like the following hilarious Tinder profiles that some of your favorite characters from the series would make if they had access to online dating.
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Apple’s huge car ambitions are reportedly a thorn in Tesla’s side
Apple has already disrupted major industries with the iPod, iPhone and iPad, and it might be eying the car as the next major consumer product that needs reinventing. Many reports claimed in the past months that Apple’s secret Project Titan team – which has around 1,000 employees, including former Tesla talent – is making an Apple car rather that improving the company’s mapping and navigation products, and new reports seem to indicate that’s exactly the case.
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