Starbucks customers are freaking out about its newest product (SBUX)
Demand for avocados has been rising rapidly in the US for the last couple years, so it's no surprise the green fruit has finally made it to the menu at America's most ubiquitous coffee chain. The spread is made with organic Hass avocados, sea salt, onion, garlic, jalapeño pepper and lime juice, according to the company. It hasn't been around long. but it's already a big hit among customers who have tried it, according to social media reviews.
The 7 Biggest Challenges Twitters New CEO Faces
Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino took over the helm at the company from owner Elon Musk this week. The media executive inherits a slew of challenges as she begins leading the company.
In the roughly seven months since Musk bought and began running the social media company, it has faced various challenges—including figuring out how to monetize its blue-check offering, and an exodus of advertisers amid concerns about hate speech on the site—all while Musk slashed staff numbers.
The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials of 2014
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Putting the pig in pigskin, the insurance company brings back its frequent mascot Maxwell the pig. He’s getting his driver’s license photo taken — which is, let’s face it, a scary thought for any driver. While pigs can’t quite smile like the rest of us (unless you live in New Jersey, where the law forbids you from smiling), at least we can take comfort in knowing that they get the same gruff treatment as the rest of us at the DMV.
The Best Minecraft Homage to BioShock Infinite Yet
May 1, 2014 9:45 AM EDT
Minecraft renditions of BioShock Infinite‘s cloud-cruisin’ Columbia are a dime a dozen nowadays, but I’ve never seen one as embellished as this. Just look at the colors in that skybox, at the arcing sky rails, at the towering statuary, and at all the fussy little details like flower boxes beneath windows — and those windows with their exquisite tracery, and the way the designers used subtly different colors to block-texture the buildings and walkways.
The New Shape of Retail
Sara Blakely understands the power of show-and-tell. The inventor of Spanx shapewear and founder of the company that sells it, Blakely recalls pitching her first product, a pair of slimming, footless pantyhose designed to be invisible even under a pair of pants. A cold call to Neiman Marcus in 2000 got her a meeting, but after five minutes the buyer started to lose interest. Blakely ditched the prepared pitch and moved the meeting into the bathroom.
The Protestant Reformation (Historic Document)
Historical Context In 1517, an obscure German theologian by the name of Martin Luther published a document criticizing the Catholic selling of 'indulgences', or actions performed to reduce the amount of punishment for sin.
Luther could not have known that his document and the subsequent events would change the face of Europe and Christendom forever. Over the next 150 years, Europe split between the Catholic faith of the Roman popes and the new, reformed religion known as Protestantism, of which there were many branches.
The Risks of Getting a Tattoo Are Rare, But Real. Here's What to Know
Nearly three in 10 Americans have a tattoo, yet ink is still somewhat stigmatized. Many job seekers and office workers hide their body art rather than risk disapproval from higher-ups.
Research also finds that tattoo stigma is widespread. A recent study, published in the journal Stigma and Health, found that when hypothetical patients with HIV or lung cancer had tattoos, others were more likely to blame them for their high health care costs compared to tattoo-free folks with the same illnesses.
Triclosan is Allowed in Toothpaste and Accumulates Over Time
The chemicals in your toothpaste can accumulate on your toothbrush — and even after you change to a different brand, the original chemicals can stick around, a new study found.
Researchers examined the antibacterial compound triclosan, which federal authorities banned in over-the-counter products like antibacterial soaps and gels in 2016 after manufacturers were unable to prove it was safe for long-term use or more effective at preventing infection spread than soap and water.
Uber to Offer NYC Air Conditioners On Demand
May 30, 2014 1:54 PM EDT
If you live in New York City, odds are good that at some point this summer you’ll be fanning yourself in your sweltering, air conditioning-less apartment, wondering how on earth a city that can get so cold can possibly get so hot and hating whoever it was that decided most apartments in the city don’t need air conditioners.
Uber, GE and a company called Quirky have a solution for you: air conditioners on demand.
What Octavia Butlers Kindred Teaches About Human Behavior
By the time Octavia Estelle Butler published Kindred in 1979, she had begun to solidify her place in the science-fiction genre—no small feat for a Black woman in a world dominated by white men and their stories of colonizing planets and alien invasions. She had achieved moderate success with her first three books, Patternmaster, Mind of My Mind, and Survivor—a series set in a far future world of telepathic humans and highlighting the power dynamics between masters and the enslaved.