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A McDonald's chicken nugget shaped like Among Us is selling for $40,000 on eBay [Update]

Usama Jawad — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 04:32:02 +0000

If you have $40,000 to burn, you should give a look at the eBay listing of a McDonald's chicken nugget that resembles Among Us characters. The item will also ship with szechuan sauce. Read more...

Swedish McDonald's locations are including build-able VR headsets into Happy Meals

Chris Schroeder — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:52:04 +0000

McDonald's franchises in Sweden are piloting a new Happy Meal offering that will include a DIY kit to turn a Happy Meal box into a VR container meant to house your smartphone. Read more...

Leaked memo suggests Android Pay could launch on 26 August

Phi Ha — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 16:40:01 +0000

You might soon be able to buy a Big Mac with your Android Phone, if this leaked McDonald's memo is anything to go by. Android Pay is reportedly set to roll out in US stores on August 26. Read more...

7 Days: A week of new Windows Phones, old games, Sonytastrophes and virtual burgers

Andy Weir — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:54:40 +0000

From free music and festive deals, to Lenovo's global recall, Flight Sim's return, the end of the Nexus 5 and the cheapest Windows Phone ever, we look back at highlights from the week's top tech news. Read more...

McDonald's to roll out in-store tablets to let customers configure their own burgers

Andy Weir — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:08:01 +0000

30 McDonald's restaurants in the US are to be equipped with tablets allowing diners to design their own burgers, with plans to expand to 2,000 of the chain's 14,000 US locations by the end of 2015. Read more...

McDonald's adopting NFC payments; bets on iPhone 6 rumors

Vlad Dudau — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 08:42:01 +0000

McDonald's is supposedly adopting a new NFC payment method. The company seems to be betting on the rumors that the new iPhone 6 will have this feature and NFC will finally become mainstream. Read more...

McDonalds Twitter campaign goes terribly wrong

Andy Weir — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:22:21 +0000

Social media campaigns can connect brands with their customers in new, interesting ways. But web users are an unpredictable bunch, as McDonalds discovered with its recent disastrous Twitter campaign. Read more...

McDonald's orders 7,000 touchscreen kiosks to replace cashiers

Michael Collado — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:19:31 +0000

McDonald's recently added 64,000 people to its payroll in the United States, but job prospects in Europe for those so inclined to work in the fast food industry are looking pretty grim right about now.... Read more...

NFC payments coming to McDonalds in the UK

Mike Brown — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:32:30 +0000

McDonalds has revealed plans to install contactless payment technology in all of their UK restaurants this summer, The Mirror reports. Around £1.5 million is being invested into the scheme, which will see the system being... Read more...

McDonald's customer database hacked

Alan Cone — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:16:54 +0000

Following the previous week of DDoS attacks and the database leak of Gawker, McDonald's has fallen victim to a similar fate. McDonald's is now warning customers that signed up for any promotions or registered at... Read more...

Nintendo and McDonalds to Offer Wireless DS Access

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:54:58 +0000

Nintendo and McDonalds have joined forces to provide free wireless access for the Nintendo DS handheld in nearly 6,000 McDonalds restaurants around the world. While McDonalds offers wireless internet access at many of its... Read more...

McDonalds goes Wireless

Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:22:44 +0000

Wehey... :S Get your Bigfat with lard and a bit of wireless web browsing on the side. "In a further sign of the spread of wireless Internet technology, McDonald's restaurants in three U.S.... Read more...