Casio to release G-SHOCK with integrated bezel and band construction
Aug 29, 2022 19:30 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
Casio Computer Co Ltd will release four GA-B001 and GA-B001G G-SHOCK shock-resistant watches, featuring an all-new integrated bezel and band construction, in September. These are the first G-SHOCK watches to use this...
KFC Japan to offer Tsukimi sandwiches as its autumn special beginning Aug 31
Aug 29, 2022 16:24 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
KFC Japan is bringing back its tsukimi sandwiches with fried eggs topping the fried chicken based on the autumn tradition of tsukimi, or moon-viewing on August 31. In addition to meaning moon-viewing, tsukimi is also...
Burger King Japan measures chicken sandwiches against diners' phones in weird promo
Aug 29, 2022 14:06 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
Burger King Japan is offering a Big Chicken Fillet, which it says in a weird promo is bigger than their diners phones. The chains new Big Chicken Fillet and Big Chicken Filet Deluxe sandwiches have fried chicken fillets...
Will the UK experience blackouts? Three scenarios for this coming winter
Aug 29, 2022 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Life
The UK could experience its first large scale blackout in decades this winter, if gas shortages combine with particularly cold weather. Thats according to the governments reasonable worst case scenario, a warning which was...
Researchers from S. Korea's Wonkwang University develop insect-based meat-flavored seasoning
Aug 28, 2022 23:59 pm UTC| Life Science Economy Business
South Korean researchers from Wonkwang University have developed a new process that uses edible insects to create meat-flavored seasoning. The research team came up with 98 volatile compounds with varying amounts of...
McDonald's offers Popeye-style chicken sandwich in Canada
Aug 28, 2022 22:17 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
McDonalds has introduced the McCrispy, another try at selling giant Popeye-style fried chicken sandwiches, but only in Canada. The fast-food giant describes McCrispy as a crispy chicken sandwich made with 100 percent...
Samsung creates prototype toilet for the poor with Gates Foundation
Aug 27, 2022 23:42 pm UTC| Business Economy Life
Samsung Electronics Co. has wrapped up a project to develop a prototype toilet for the worlds poorest communities billed Reinvent the Toilet (RT) project with the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. The South Korean tech...
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