Citi launches Facebook Messenger chatbot
The chatbot is able to address a range of customer needs, including account-specific enquiries such as checking of account balances and transactions, providing credit card bill summaries, rewards and points balances and answering frequently asked questions. “It responds in a manner that is … Read More
Rihanna Might Have Just Cost Snapchat $600 Million With a Single Instagram Story
Shares of Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, fell once again on Thursday after Rihanna took the company to task for a tasteless advertisement displayed on the app. The advertisement for a game called Would You Rather asked if users would rather "Slap Rihanna" or "Punch Chris Brown. Read …
Fans deleting Snapchat at Rihanna’s urging
"SNAPCHAT I know you know you ain't my fav app out there! But I'm just trying to figure out what the point was with this mess!," the singer wrote on Instagram on Thursday. "You spent money to animate something that would intentionally bring shame to [domestic violence] victims and made …
Rihanna Told Everyone To Delete Snapchat, So Now Everyone’s Deleting Snapchat
“Now SNAPCHAT I know you already know you ain't my fav app out there! But I'm just trying to figure out what the point was with this mess! I'd love to call it ignorance, but I know you ain't that dumb! You spent money to animate something that would intentionally …
Arizona’s Charlotte Brascia realizes dream, signs with Skövde KIK in Sweden
When Arizona soccer's season ended in mid-November, senior forward Charlotte Brascia was prepared to give up her cleats and shinguards for good. The Las Vegas native figured her playing career, which started when she was just four years old and has been a staple of her life ever since, was …
When does chit-chat between Earl Thomas, Cowboys become reality?
And a few reports indicate the Dallas Cowboys have some interest in one of the NFL's best safeties. There is a hook. Sort of. Thomas, an Orange, Texas, native conveyed his interest in joining the Cowboys when the two teams met this past season. Thomas is the latest, and one …
Telegram Forbids People, Nations Under Sanction From Buying Gram Cryptocurrency
People who are on the sanctions list of the US, UK, European Union or United Nations will not be allowed to take part in Telegram Open Network initial coin offerings (ICOs) and will be forbidden from buying Gram cryptocurrency by the official Telegram group investor agreement, Russian news agency … Read …
Iditarod dog with signs of pneumonia dies
Alaska musher Katherine Keith has had dogs die in the last two Iditarod Trail Sled Dog races, but a race official said he could find no fault in how she cares for her team. A release from the race said the 5-year-old dog named Blonde had been dropped from the …
Woman Who Shot Her Partner for a YouTube Video Receives Jail Time for Manslaughter
In 2017, Monalisa Perez shot and killed her partner, Pedro Ruiz, while filming a video they intended to put on YouTube. (The couple expected the bullet to be stopped by a book held up in front of Ruiz's chest.) On Wednesday, Perez plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced …
Woman who shot boyfriend dead in YouTube stunt jailed
CHICAGO • A judge in the US state of Minnesota has sentenced a YouTube prankster to six months in prison for fatally shooting her boyfriend in a botched video stunt that they hoped would go viral. Monalisa Perez, a 20-year-old mother of two children, believed that her boyfriend, Mr Pedro …