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You Can Play Pac-Man on Pizza Hut's New Boxes Pizza Hut's new boxes are going to take you back to a time when you could go for pizza and play arcade games while you wait for the order to hit your table. You aren't exactly going to be able to pull up a stool with a plastic cup full of quarters, but Pizza Hut's new pizza boxes come with Pac-Man. On the box, you'll be able to play an augmented reality (AR) version of Pac-Man. You'll be dodging Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde between bites of pizza like it's [insert the year you were 13 here]. On each of the limited-edition boxes, you'll find a QR code that will help get you set up to play the AR Pac-Man right on the box top through your smartphone. The stuffed crust company will also be turning your game of Pac-Man...

Disney Is Testing Facial Recognition Technology for Easier Entry at Magic Kingdom Disney World reopened its gates in July of last year following a nearly four-month-long closure, but not without a stringent set of safety procedures in place. And while we've come a long way since summer 2020, it looks like Disney is still innovating to keep guests safe. The company's Magic Kingdom park is bringing facial recognition software to entrances in a push towards a touch-less experience while also reducing crowds filing in. But how exactly does it work? According to The Points Guy, the software is able to read visitor's faces and convert that into information into a linked ticket number. You can even keep your face mask on. All the device asks is you remove any other accessories, ...

Nerf Will Pay You $10K a Month to Make Videos on Social Media If you've been admonished for spending too much time on your phone lip-syncing, making whipped coffee, and singing Fleetwood Mac, your moment has arrived. Nerf -- yes, the company with toy blasters that shoot foam darts -- is launching a search for a dream "job." You can get paid $10,000 a month for three months to run Nerf's TikTok page. The temporary position is called the Nerf Chief TikTok Officer (CTO) and is definitely geared toward someone who lives on social media.  Nerf's job description says you'll spend "up to" three months developing "strategy (read: give our marketing team some clout), [creating] content (make 10-12 epic Nerf TikTok videos each month), and ultimately [setting] the tone for Nerf’s debu...