#1 Lego to release playable Lego foosball table inspired by fan’s creation
This table football set was inspired by the winner of a competition that Lego ran last year; the foosball table submission was so popular that Lego decided to build its own take on the idea.
#2 WhatsApp stops the traffic with mind-bending 3D billboard
Meta owned WhatsApp has taken over London’s Piccadilly Circus with a 3D billboard activation. The mind-bending, 3D Ad promotes its revamped privacy and safety features and messaging serviceChoice Links - see the full display here.
#3 BMW wants to beat boredom with in-car video games
Ever been bored in your car waiting for a friend or family member? Or, for our electric drivers, while waiting for a full charge? Well, BMW have got the solution to kill your boredom with a brand new video gaming system.
#4 McDonald’s fights back against fry theft
McDonald’s have brought in a law firm to combat the issue of fries being stolen, offering the opportunity to help people claim back their stolen fries.
#5 Bumble launches Ted Lasso inspired dating app
Inspired by the Emmy award-winning comedy series Ted Lasso, Bumble is launching their own version of the dating app ‘Bantr’, which works on the ‘love is blind’ approach where users cannot see the pictures of a potential partner.
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News, trends, blogs, culture and content that caught my eye this week.
⭐️ Can Liz Truss outlast the decomposition of a lettuce? The Daily Star is running a YouTube live stream to find out
⭐️ Just Stop Oil activists have thrown Heinz soup over a priceless painting by Vincent Van Gogh in the National Gallery. [LadBible]
⭐️ Goodbye WFH, hello WFP (that’s working from pub) this winter - Pubs face a tough time as the cold bites. But one answer to rising overheads could be to cater for laptop workers wanting to save on their own bills [The Guardian]
⭐️ Subway have engaged professional greeter Troy Hawke - and made a poster star of passerby Deirdre
⭐️ Yep, Tom Cruise is going to shoot a film in space [GQ]
⭐️ Samsung staging a free event in London next week - looking at the future of tech as a force for good
⭐️ Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play 1970s video game, Pong. [BBC]
⭐️ Artist Damien Hirst will burn thousands of paintings in NFT experiment [Smithsonian]
Thought for the week…
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