The actual research was simply a proof of concept of this "genome knife" process could be applied to a polyploid cell (such as S. cerevesiae). This simply means that they are able to remove target genes from all copies of a cell's DNA - which is a novel development for cells that have multiple copies of their genome. They haven't actually engineered a hangover-free yeast. They have been mentioning in interviews that this is a possible application of this new genome knife technique, among other things, but that wasn't the true goal of their research.
This is one of those articles where it seems that the further you get from the actual source publication, the more sensational the claims seem to be.