Go inside Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant with 360 VR

Always wanted to hang out with Heston in his restaurant? Or take centre stage on a LGBT Mardi Gras float? Your time has come, you lucky thing. On Friday, amid the dirty swamp of April Fools’ Day jokes, came a new offering from Australian broadcaster SBS. The channel has launched a 360º VR video app […]

Australian restaurant calls smaller meal ‘lady’ sized, people are fuming

What does a meal for a “lady” mean to you?  Well, according to one pub in Melbourne, Australia, it means a smaller, healthier version — and people aren’t down with that. SEE ALSO: Redfoo only sold 144 copies of his debut album in Australia The Duke of Wellington features a “Lady Parma” on its menu, […]

People think this David Cameron tweet is April Fools’ joke

LONDON — It’s April Fools’ Day again and people are suspicious of everything they see online. SEE ALSO: April Fools’ prank asks you to mail in your used condoms for good of the planet Maybe too suspicious as the irked reaction to Prime Minister David Cameron’s tweet on Britain’s new National Living Wage (NLW) shows:  […]

North Korea’s ‘Catholic church’ blasts South’s president Park as ‘satanic’

North Korea’s regime-approved Catholic church has issued a fiery screed against South Korea’s president, describing her and her supporters as “satanic hordes” and “villains worse than worms.” Its invective-laden diatribe was carried by state media. SEE ALSO: North Korea Fires Projectiles as Pope Visits South Korea Perhaps unsurprisingly, North Korea’s Catholic church is not recognised by […]

Microsoft’s Tay chatbot returns briefly, swears a lot and brags about smoking weed

Oh, Microsoft. Last week, the company pulled its Tay chatbot from Twitter after some users trained it to become a racist jackass.  On Wednesday, Tay was brought back online, sending thousands of tweet replies. The vast majority of these were just “you are too fast” messages indicating the bot is overwhelmed with messages, many of them […]