Sentences with phrase «recent fiasco»

The recent fiasco with Cambridge Analytica is a perfect example of how Facebook slithers through the lives of every individual whether they know it or not, and why many people simply want to be done with the social network.
After Apple's recent fiasco, it's now common knowledge that smartphone batteries degrade over time.
We know that flying has a big carbon footprint, but when you do have to fly, you may have noticed that air travel isn't as glamourous as it used to be: shrinking seats, meals not included, extra fees up the wazoo, and even pre-flight fisticuffs due to «overbooking» (like the recent fiasco with United Airlines).
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd most certainly have heard about the recent fiasco involving guide dog team Cassandra and Esme.
The news gets things started with a fan favorite segment, plus info on the Gamefly postal worker, Best Buy opening Xbox 360s and charging more for them, Pachter predicting $ 100 price tag for Xbox Live, record breaking GTA IV experience, Modern Warfare 2's recent fiasco and boycott, and much more.
Of course wasteful and inefficient programmes aren't limited to the MoD; the recent fiasco over the national fire control service is testament to that.
Then there was the recent fiasco of World Vision USA allowing and then un-allowing those in gay marriages to be employees.
Maybe you have slept through the recent fiasco but anyone who doesn't have their stuck up the churches ass or in their buybull knows that what is happening isn't due to him attempting to tax the rich but more so due to the republitards putting his back against a wall every step of the way... they are the ones screwing your country in to the ground, not Obama.

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That theoretically means they'll be able to design even more powerful games that can offload some computing to Microsoft's servers, but it will also inevitably lead to more boondoggles like the recent SimCity fiasco.
Just as with other recent large - scale data manipulations, from the recent Strava app fiasco to the widescale distribution and spread of fake news on social media, Cambridge Analytica didn't «hack» our internet usage and our Facebook information so much as exploit the way the system was naturally designed to work.
The recent Wells Fargo cross selling fiasco is a good example of when a board of directors lets its ethical mandate slide.
I did have my eye on QCOM, but the recent China's fiasco (QCOM's chipmaking volume is now depend on China's consumption), I'm wondering if I should initiate a position and average, stock went up on me in a blink of an eye.
Atehism most recent contributions were communism and socialism which were total fiascos in mankind's history.
Even at the height of the recent financial fiasco, Glacier Restaurant Group (GRG) was able to remain loyal to its most fundamental goal: to provide customers with the ultimate dinning experience.
«The government should learn its lesson from the recent Dengvaxia fiasco.
Well, that was until I found myself with 2 dozen chocolate chip cookies that weren't all that great on their own (thanks to a recent oven fiasco — more on that later) but weren't mediocre enough to be thrown away.
The LPGA Tour, with the weather - related fiascos of two recent events still fresh in players» minds, somehow can't seem to avoid controversies of Mother Nature's making.
The centre of this outburst is manager Arsene Wenger, who has been criticised for his recent decision during games, more particularly the Chamberlain - Arshavin fiasco in the Manchester United game.
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu, has described Ghana's recent ECOWAS Parliament fiasco as an act borne out of betrayal of trust.
Mr O'Flynn said that recent days had been a «fiasco» for Ukip.
Admittedly, we're in plush L.A. suburbia here, not the red - state heartland, but in light of the recent Proposition 8 fiasco, Cholodenko wouldn't have had to look further afield to comment more overtly on intolerance.
So, sure, with the recent Colbert Report fiasco, this era is more aware of how language is used.
By then, the seeds had been planted for an eventual recall fiasco that would rival the Ford Explorer / Firestone recall of 2000 and Toyota's more recent «unintended acceleration» debacle, even as American consumers began to get used to product recalls.
The recent 1984 fiasco was a very good example of How Not to Manage Your Consumer Facing Brand.
Sorry if I am wrong on this, but the recent JSPL fiasco or earlier amtek auto rating downgrade has affected the performance of many debt funds who were holding these securities.
The recent Wells Fargo cross selling fiasco is a good example of when a board of directors lets its ethical mandate slide.
With the recent Watch Dogs fiasco concerning the reality that the game may not run at 60 fps in 1080p, it still remains that gaming is very much concerned with buzzwords.
Dealspwn writes: Recent news has seen gamers lash out over the launch fiasco surrounding EA's latest SimCity title.
So, yes the MCC was a fiasco of the highest order and perhaps one of the biggest botched releases in recent history, inexcusable in many ways; however gestures like ODST and a months Xbox Live Gold for free are much appreciated and go a long way to making up for the issues.
So, yes the MCC was a fiasco of the highest order and perhaps one of the biggest botched releases in recent history, inexcusable in many ways; however with gestures like ODST and a months Xbox Live Gold for free are much appreciated and go a long way to making up for the issues.
This week on the Max Level Podcast, Bryan and El Frankero discuss the recent SNES Classic Pre-Order fiasco.
It is understandable that customers would focus on predatory microtransactions after recent events such as the loot boxes fiasco, but it is definitely true that GaaS need not be a nightmare when done right.
But the content fiascoes of that older game, called Indigo Prophecy in the U.S. and Fahrenheit in its native Europe, are a thing of the past, the co-CEO of its development studio, Quantum Dream's's Guilaume de Fondaumiere, told Kotaku in a recent interview.
Also, I'm guessing in light of the recent Sim City fiasco, and the less recent but still painful Diablo 3 debacle, they'll opt out of an «always on» connection.
While the early days of DLCs were little more than quick cash - grabs (Oblivion's horse armor fiasco of ’06 comes to mind), recent forays into the world of downloadable content have been much more worthwhile investments and can be a great way to reinvigorate games, giving players a reason to go back to the titles they have already finished.
This week's patch, though, not only included a brand new champion (Destiny «The Sky Ranger») but also included a very classy stab at Electronic Arts for their recent Star Wars Battlefront II loot box fiasco.
For some, this means the golden age of post-punk record label Touch and Go or the raw production of Steve Albini; for others, it's the sultry «four to the floor» of 1980s - era house producer Frankie Knuckles or the flow of recent MCS, such as Lupe Fiasco.
Much like the case of 2035 in the Himalaya passages of IPCC AR4, or the whole BRazilian fiasco so recent in all our minds.
Or will there be a repeat of the recent Bonn Climate Summit fiasco, when the US team was composed entirely of Obama retreads?
or that the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson had this to say back in December, before all the recent secret prediction news, about the second transport fiasco due to weather in London and at Heathrow in 2 years:
Almost on a weekly basis there is new research revealing the climate model failure fiasco, which likely will remain the case for the foreseeable future, per a recent study.
This reminds me of the recent election prediction fiasco a mere two months ago, when self - described «statisticians» formulated election prediction models based upon aggregating polling data from various sources and then by somehow mashing them altogether they were able to produce a result that said Hillary Clinton had a 98 % probability of winning the election.
Tom Moriarty's blog at http://climatesanity.wordpress.com has several recent entries on this fiasco.
Widespread concern over salmonella reemerged this year with the recent peanut butter fiasco.
Great timing, what with the recent Microsoft Wikipedia fiasco...
The move is certainly understandable considering the recent rise in ransomware attacks, but it'll be interesting to see how the public responds, keeping in view the «Get Windows 10» fiasco.
The recent cryptocurrency exchange ban fiasco, which turned out to be false, further increased the presence and popularity of cryptocurrencies in South Korea.
But the sad truth is that the world we live in is far from perfect, and that there are people who are not just looking for user information but, as the recent FB fiasco has revealed, are also able to get it.
While Cupertino's unusually prompt reaction to relatively widespread iPhone 6 and 6s «bricking» issues in China was certainly praiseworthy, Samsung's recent Galaxy Note 7 explosion fiasco and especially the confusion still surrounding the phablet's discontinuation taught Apple quick answers were also imperative.
However, sometimes achieving the buyer's goal of receiving clear or «marketable title» to that property can be difficult, especially after the recent foreclosure fiasco.
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