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The Pushcart Press Bookstore, claiming to be the world's smallest bookstore, is an enchanting literary destination in Sedgwick, Maine. Located atop Christy Hill overlooking Acadia National Park, this tiny bookshop was created by Bill Henderson, founder of the independent...
After announcing in February that Skype would be discontinued, Microsoft has officially killed off the once-popular communications platform. Users accessing any of Skype’s services will now be encouraged to use Microsoft Teams instead. Microsoft originally bought Skype for ...
These Medieval illustrations perfectly capture the hilariously strange powers of the Bonnacon, a mythological being from European folklore that sprays explosive diarrhea onto its victims. When threatened, it expels a stream of caustic dung that can scorch anything it...
'Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly' (1919) is one of the early animated shorts from the Out of the Inkwell series, created by Max Fleischer and starring his iconic character, Koko the Clown. The series is known for its innovative techniques and experimental animation,...
After what feels like an eternity, Google has finally brought a native Gemini app to the iPad. No more stretched-out iPhone version or clunky compatibility mode. This release is the real deal, folks -- a proper iPad app that takes full advantage of the larger display and...
The trailer to Steven King's The Long Walk opens with heartwarming guitar tinklings as young men share their names and set out on a walk. The creator's name notwithstanding, a few clues might soon be observed that not everything is lovely in the country—but when the mood...
The openSUSE team has decided to remove the Deepin Desktop Environment from openSUSE, after the project’s packager for openSUSE was found to have added workaround specifically to bypass various security requirements openSUSE has in place for RPM packages. Recently we...
The first release candidate of Python 3.14 is now available. This article presents a rundown of the most significant new features in the next version of Python and what they mean for Python developers. Major new features in Python 3.14 These are the most significant new...
Anton Protopopov led a short discussion at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit about amount of memory used by hash tables in BPF programs. He thinks that the current memory layout is inefficient, and wants to split the structure that holds...
Pennsylvania newscasters debate whether the big bird caught on a Pennsylvania highway is an ostrich or an emu. ChattyG offers the following criteria for judging: Main differences between ostrich and emu: 1. Size: • Ostrich: Taller (up to 9 ft), heavier (up to 320...
Fortnite's Star Wars season has been stellar. The Force has overtaken Fortnite's island. The new map includes Rebel and First Order/Sith hideouts, and all the weapons have been replaced with blasters or lightsabers. X-wings and TIE-Fights take to the skies. Time to kill ...
Google is teaming up with Range Media Partnerships on initiatives that support creative expression and explore the possibilities of technology through storytelling. The two initiatives, AI on Screen and 100 Zeros, will fund and co-produce films and TV projects that integrate ...
Should Apple have abandoned its lawsuit against Israeli mercenary spyware vendor NSO Group — the company it once described as, “21st century mercenaries who have created highly sophisticated cyber-surveillance machinery that invites routine and flagrant abuse.”...
Police have apprehended the driver who attacked a motorcyclist. That this motorcyclist escaped with only a concussion is amazing. The video describes a situation where the auto driver had endangered the motorcyclist several times, eliciting the biker's response seen at the...
Dynabook is back with a trio of new business laptops. These aren’t some wild experiments or overpriced ultrabooks pretending to be workhorses. Actually, the new Portégé X40-M Series 2, along with the Tecra A40-M and Tecra A60-M Series 2, bring practical hardware, solid...
In preparation for the 2025 FIFA World Cup, couch enthusiast and one of the last people to see the Pope alive, Trump's tiny right-hand JD Vance is threatening international tourists. 'We will have visitors probably from close to a hundred countries,' he said at a White...
The Angled Sunbeam larva has an unusual defense mechanism. When it feels threatened, this larva extends two small, wiggling sprouts from its head. They look like dandelions, or little pom-poms. This is the cutest defense mechanism I've seen. This curious adaptation works as...
With ten thousand trucks, around eight hundred million dollars in inventory, sitting around collecting dust as the glue weakens, why is Tesla still making Cybertrucks? Having produced over six thousand new trucks in Q1 of 2025 at its Austin Gigglefactory, Tesla seems unable ...
The Debian project has the concept of essential packages, which provide the bare minimum functionality considered absolutely necessary (or 'essential') for a system to function. Packages tagged as essential, and the packages that are required by the set of essential...
When an Ohio police officer pulled over a vehicle registered to someone with an active warrant, he probably thought the odds were high he'd find drugs. Officer Austin Branham surely did not expect to find a raccoon in the driver's seat holding a meth pipe. — Read the rest ...
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