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Tuesday September 10, 2024. 12:17 AM
Perhaps 'Venice Beach' sounded edgy and exciting to Nike's ad buyer, but they should have checked the exact location of their billboards. As a resident of the neighborhood where these billboards were placed, I can say that Nike has achieved a new level of obtuse...
Monday September 9, 2024. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Say goodbye to ads for one year and protect up to 10 devices with iProVPN, now less than $10! Remember when you could read Reddit and watch dog videos on YouTube without any pesky ads popping up? No? We don't either. — Read the rest The post Bye-bye, ads! This VPN...
James Earl Jones, famed for his deep, powerful voice and commanding screen presence, is dead at 93. Deadline reports that he died at his home in Dutchess County, New York. He probably is best known for his voice role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. —...
The iPhone 16 series, with Plus, Pro and Pro Max editions alongside the base model, were announced today by Apple. Top of the bullet list are a new A18 processor, camera upgrades, improved battery life, and integration with Apple's new AI software, which it calls Apple...
Republican candidate for Vice President JD Vance is falsely claiming people are having their pets kidnapped and eaten in Springfield, Ohio. JD Vance picked up a story from social media about someone claiming they know someone who knows someone who knows about a thing. —...
Beyond intellectual or geopolitical legacies, some of history's most influential figures have left behind more… personal mementos. Yes, you can visit Einstein's brain, Rasputin's penis, and Galileo's middle finger, among other historic human curiosities. Here are a few of my ...
In the United States, we waste approximately 30-40% of our food supply, or approximately 133 billion pounds of food. While some of this is caused by storage issues or over-purchasing, up to 20% of produce waste is perfectly good food considered too ugly for Americans to...
The X-ray images above were making the rounds in recent weeks. They purportedly depict a Chinese woman's legs teeming with parasites that took up residence in her body after a decade of eating raw pork. Is this for real? Snopes investigated and, yep, the images are real. —...
52-year-old Michael Smith of North Carolina was indicted on federal charges on Thursday, September 5, 2024 for allegedly making millions of dollars off of streaming services by using AI-generated music over the last seven years. Charges include wire fraud and money...
The Harris campaign has released an ad showcasing that Donald 'Adjudicated Rapist' Trump has lost the support of all his 'best people.' I hope all the Republicans who have experienced a Trump administration and said 'no' at least give moderates more room to abandon the...
Happiness may be a warm gun, but this one couldn't take the heat. Firefighters in Chesterfield, Virginia, responded to a reported explosion only to find it caused by a gun left in an oven. The owner had forgotten to remove it before turning the appliance on. — Read the rest ...
Researchers have bridged the gap between mushrooms and machines. Cornell University and University of Florence engineers demonstrated how a mushroom's mycelium, the thread-like networks comparable to roots, can be woven into electronics. The mycelium generate electrical...
A young golden eagle in Norway reportedly attacked a toddler on Saturday, seemingly the bird's fourth run at a human. Just last week hiker Francis Ari Sture tangled with the feathered menace and got a nasty cut on his face—he 'thought a human was trying to shove him down...
Beleaguered Boeing has conceded a 25% pay raise and many other concessions in an agreement union leaders say is 'the best contract we've negotiated in our history.' After successfully landing its uncrewed due to safety issues, Starliner, Boeing has also managed to keep its...
Scientists have found that massaging tartrazine—aka 'Yellow 5,' aka the food dye used in Doritos—into the skin of mice can temporarily make the mice transparent. The Washington Post explains that in a recent study, researchers found that about five minutes after applying ...
The Mashco Piro, an Indigenous tribe in the Peruvian Amazon, have had almost no contact with the outside world and we should leave them alone. Unfortunately, logging companies are now operating just miles from their home. The Mashco Piro have been frequently emerging from...
I love niche museums that are dedicated to one specific thing. The Mississippi Spoon Gallery, which came onto my radar through Atlas Obscura, is a lovely collection of over 10,000 spoons, both new and old. They say they are the world's largest souvenir spoon collection on...
Retroid's Pocket Mini and Pocket 5 gaming handhelds come with official support for Linux, including Armbian and the all-in-one retrogaming distro Batocera. I love the little 4:3 AMOLED display on the Mini–what's the largest OLED in that aspect ratio you can buy? — Read the...
American support for banning Tik Tok has collapsed, according to data released by Pew Research, falling from 50% to 32%. Meanwhile, opposition to the ban has gone up from 22% to 28%. Those who are not sure are up to 39% from 28% last year. — Read the rest The post Support...
TL;DR: This HP EliteBook 840 G6 is the laptop upgrade you never knew you needed, now available for $299.99 (reg. $499)! Aw, come on! Your clunky dinosaur-age laptop is already dying within 10 minutes of you sitting down at your favorite café. — Read the rest The post It's...
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