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Thursday July 10, 2025. 10:48 PM
Writer A.J. Jacobs has transformed a digital picture frame into a philosophical life coach, creating what he calls a 'Wisdom Jukebox' to combat mental fatigue and negative thought patterns. He calls it his 'cure for brain rot' — 'I resent that Mark Zuckerberg has so much...
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Old TVs make the coolest drums. In this video, you can see and hear what happens when these TVs are drummed on. This has to be one of the most delightful videos I've seen where something unconventional is repurposed into an instrument. — Read the rest The post This musician...
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Birthright citizenship is specified by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—'All persons born or naturalized in the United States'—and interpreted plainly by 150 years of Supreme Court precedent. Now that Trump wants rid of it, though, the New York Times is among...
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My friend Uri Bram created a deceptively simple party game that challenges players to describe complex ideas using only basic words like 'person,' 'do,' and 'thing.' Called 'Person. Do. Thing.' it transforms ordinary conversation into a mind-bending exercise that's equal...
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According to recent polls, a hell of a lot of Americans are considering leaving the United States for life abroad. A Harris poll shows nearly 50% have considered moving abroad within two years; an Expatsi survey found 66% expressing interest in relocation, a 2024 Gallup...
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Richard Reid, the British 'shoe bomber' who concealed explosives in his kicks but was subdued before he could detonate them, will spend the rest of his life in prison. But soon travelers will be free after 24 years removing footwear at U.S. — Read the rest The post U.S....
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I loved this silicone Apple watch band for its simplicity and its magnets, but I've learned it's durable. When I wrote about this watch band before, I just liked playing with it, and it was easy to clean. It has since withstood hours of wear and tear. — Read the rest The...
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An excellent read, Murderbot has also become fantastic television. Ahead of Murderbot's season 1 finale out July 11th, Apple TV Plus announced today that the show has been renewed for a season 2. In a statement about the renewal, Murderbot co-creators / executive producers...
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The next U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia might want to check if there's a Hooters in Kuala Lumpur. President Trump has nominated Nick Adams, a social media influencer and Trump sycophant whose diplomatic qualifications appear to consist mainly of eating multiple steaks per day...
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The recent anti-semitic remarks made by Musk's pet AI, Grok, have earned it a promotion. At the launch event, Musk announced that Grok will 'soon' be integrated into Tesla vehicles. This is something that the CEO has been discussing since founding xAI, which has been...
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Have you ever used a folding Murphy sink? These antique sinks don't have a drain int heir basin, so how do they work? They fold up into the wall when you're done washing your hands, and the water pours out into a compartment inside of the wall. — Read the rest The post...
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Clowns are tired of hearing Donald Trump called one of them; he is 'not one of them,' say clowns. 'Let's find a better metaphor to despise and depose fascism,' Cunningham wrote in an op-ed published Thursday in The Washington Post. — Read the rest The post Offended...
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As if the drama at the FAA has not been enough, Trump's unqualified Transportation Secretary will temporarily helm NASA as well. If you haven't become a bit afraid to fly the friendly skies since the Trump administration came to town, you haven't been paying attention. —...
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The engineer who helped create Apple's iconic Macintosh interface spent his final years developing a vape pen for administering psychedelics. Bill Atkinson, who died on June 5, 2025 at age 74, was famous for being the creator of MacPaint and QuickDraw. — Read the rest The po...
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Ah, Ubisoft. There's no better company to represent the soulless, cynical triple-A video game industry, although Xbox seems to be trying to take that crown as of late. In between making waves with their aggressively mediocre games, they occasionally take time out to make...
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Few, if any, web sites or web-based services have gone unscathed by the locust-like hordes of AI crawlers looking to consume (and then re-consume) all of the world's content. The Anubis project is designed to provide a first line of defense that blocks mindless bots—while...
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Because workers don’t want to be in meetings all day — especially if they’re unproductive — Zoom is packing more AI features into its software so attendees get more value from conversations and can use agentic AI to finish projects. “The vision that our CTO has...
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Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the 6.15.6, 6.12.37, 6.6.97, 6.1.144, and 5.15.187 stable kernels. As is the usual case, each contains important fixes all over the kernel tree.
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As artificial intelligence moves from tech circles into daily life, Americans are sharply divided over what it means for the future. A new Gallup survey finds that 49 percent of U.S. adults see AI as “just the latest in a long line of technological advancements that humans ...
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