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The Ingredient Which Gives Your Pizza Its Flavour, Officially Banned In The US
Once ubiquitous in everything from frozen pizza to coffee creamer to popcorn, artificial trans fats are - as of Monday - banished from U.S. restaurants and grocery stores.
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McDonald's Flipped Its Logo To 'Celebrate' Women. Then Came The Backlash.
Fast-food behemoth McDonald's is temporarily flipping its iconic logo and switching its packaging in some U.S. locations - a move meant to celebrate International Women's Day, the company says.
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Trump's Budget Hits Poor Americans The Hardest
President Donald Trump proposed a budget Monday that hits the poorest Americans the hardest, slashing billions of dollars in food stamps, health insurance and federal housing subsidies while pushing legislation to institute broad work requirements for families receiving housing vouchers, expanding on moves by some states to require Medicaid and foo...
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The Dark Side Of Your $5 Footlong: Business Owners Say It Could Bankrupt Them
A Subway sandwich is far more than the sum of its fillings, franchisee Keith Miller says. Those ingredients cost roughly $2. Then he pays labor. Electricity. Gas. Royalties. Credit card transaction fees. Rent.
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'Obesity Not An Issue': India Courts Junk-Food Makers In US
Despite growing evidence that the Westernization of the world's diets has had ruinous affects on public health, India has one message for the Cokes, Pepsis, Hersheys and Cargills of the world: It is open for business.
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Melania Trump's Grandfather Was An Onion Farmer. This Company Wants To Make His Onion Famous.
It just took a devoted seed executive and a glamorous first lady who's expressed little overt interest in the famous White House Kitchen Garden that her predecessor left.
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McDonald's Just Announced One Of Its Biggest Menu Changes In Years
McDonald's announced a major change to the Quarter Pounder on Thursday: By next year, it will contain fresh - rather than frozen - beef patties.
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What the Internet Loses When Vine Shuts Down
Without small, non-professionalised places such as Vine, is there anywhere your average 16-year-old can banana-peel his way to viral fame?
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Facebook Found to Repeatedly Trend Fake News Since Firing Human Editors
In the six weeks since Facebook revamped its Trending system, it has repeatedly promoted "news" stories that are actually works of fiction.
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4chan Is Facing Collapse, but Not for the Reasons You Think
4chan's current operating expenses exceed the money it brings in from advertisements and sales of special memberships called "4chan passes."
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You Can Finally Vote on the New Emoji You Want to See Next
If enough people vote for an emoji, EmojiXpress will sponsor a full, technical proposal and submit it to the Unicode Consortium on their behalf.
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YouTubers Are Accusing the Site of Rampant 'Censorship'
The controversy springs from confusion over YouTube's policy of disabling ads on videos that could draw advertiser complaints.
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98 Personal Data Points That Facebook Uses to Target Ads to You
The social network just revamped its ad preference settings to make them significantly easier for users to understand.
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Twitter Expands 'Quality Filter' Moderation Tool to All Users
It's essentially an automated moderation tool, which hides tweets that are abusive, threatening or spammy.
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You Think You're Using Your Smartphone - but It Also Uses You
Washington Post catches up with Ben Grosser to ask him more about the weird, tactile relationship between people and their phones.
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The Ingredient Which Gives Your Pizza Its Flavour, Officially Banned In The US
Once ubiquitous in everything from frozen pizza to coffee creamer to popcorn, artificial trans fats are - as of Monday - banished from U.S. restaurants and grocery stores.
-
McDonald's Flipped Its Logo To 'Celebrate' Women. Then Came The Backlash.
Fast-food behemoth McDonald's is temporarily flipping its iconic logo and switching its packaging in some U.S. locations - a move meant to celebrate International Women's Day, the company says.
-
Trump's Budget Hits Poor Americans The Hardest
President Donald Trump proposed a budget Monday that hits the poorest Americans the hardest, slashing billions of dollars in food stamps, health insurance and federal housing subsidies while pushing legislation to institute broad work requirements for families receiving housing vouchers, expanding on moves by some states to require Medicaid and foo...
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The Dark Side Of Your $5 Footlong: Business Owners Say It Could Bankrupt Them
A Subway sandwich is far more than the sum of its fillings, franchisee Keith Miller says. Those ingredients cost roughly $2. Then he pays labor. Electricity. Gas. Royalties. Credit card transaction fees. Rent.
-
'Obesity Not An Issue': India Courts Junk-Food Makers In US
Despite growing evidence that the Westernization of the world's diets has had ruinous affects on public health, India has one message for the Cokes, Pepsis, Hersheys and Cargills of the world: It is open for business.
-
Melania Trump's Grandfather Was An Onion Farmer. This Company Wants To Make His Onion Famous.
It just took a devoted seed executive and a glamorous first lady who's expressed little overt interest in the famous White House Kitchen Garden that her predecessor left.
-
McDonald's Just Announced One Of Its Biggest Menu Changes In Years
McDonald's announced a major change to the Quarter Pounder on Thursday: By next year, it will contain fresh - rather than frozen - beef patties.
-
What the Internet Loses When Vine Shuts Down
Without small, non-professionalised places such as Vine, is there anywhere your average 16-year-old can banana-peel his way to viral fame?
-
Facebook Found to Repeatedly Trend Fake News Since Firing Human Editors
In the six weeks since Facebook revamped its Trending system, it has repeatedly promoted "news" stories that are actually works of fiction.
-
4chan Is Facing Collapse, but Not for the Reasons You Think
4chan's current operating expenses exceed the money it brings in from advertisements and sales of special memberships called "4chan passes."
-
You Can Finally Vote on the New Emoji You Want to See Next
If enough people vote for an emoji, EmojiXpress will sponsor a full, technical proposal and submit it to the Unicode Consortium on their behalf.
-
YouTubers Are Accusing the Site of Rampant 'Censorship'
The controversy springs from confusion over YouTube's policy of disabling ads on videos that could draw advertiser complaints.
-
98 Personal Data Points That Facebook Uses to Target Ads to You
The social network just revamped its ad preference settings to make them significantly easier for users to understand.
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Twitter Expands 'Quality Filter' Moderation Tool to All Users
It's essentially an automated moderation tool, which hides tweets that are abusive, threatening or spammy.
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You Think You're Using Your Smartphone - but It Also Uses You
Washington Post catches up with Ben Grosser to ask him more about the weird, tactile relationship between people and their phones.
