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Sunday June 29, 2025. 07:12 PM
'The 1980s were a great time to be in L.A., and it was an especially good time to know Allee Willis. I've always maintained that Los Angeles owned the '80s much like San Francisco owned the '60s or New York owned the '70s. — Read the rest The post Remembering Willis...
TL;DR: Keep a scanner in your pocket with this lifetime subscription to SwiftScan VIP, now only $41.99 ($199.99) with code TAKE30 until July 20. We may no longer have bulky scanners in our homes, but we still find ourselves needing to scan documents fairly often. — Read the...
If some of Apple's ads lately had been tone-deaf duds, the company's decision to run ads in the iOS Wallet offers a more intimate warning about its priorities. 'I did not pay over $1000 for an iPhone to get advertised at,' complains one Reddit user (u/captain42d). — Read t...
Church of England volunteer Jay Hulme was subjected to a campaign of abuse, harassment and stalking by a lay preacher in Leicester after he turned down her advances. When he complained to his bishop, Martyn Snow, Snow not only refused to take action but accused him of...
Hundreds of thousands of people participated in Budapest's Pride festival on Saturday, defying a legal ban imposed by far-right prime minister Viktor Orban and his political allies. Attendance was estimated at about 200,000, six times last year's 35,000. Many banners...
In the absense of local human talent, Chinese soccer fans have taken to watching robots instead. Four teams of fully-autonomous humanoid machines competed in 3-on-3 matches Saturday night in a preview for the World Humanoid Robot Games soon to take place in Beijing. — Read...
NovaCustom promises heavily-customized high-end laptops, a plethora of spare parts, and an emphasis on privacy and tightly-customized operating systems. They'll even knock Windows into shape. We are switching to Dasharo coreboot firmware for our laptops, which is...
If you're old enough to remember why you resisted the move away from plain text email, you might be pleased to know there's precious little to stop you going back. Use plain text email is the plainly-named website that explains how. — Read the rest The post You can still...
Saturday June 28, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: This 12-course E-Degree on ChatGPT and automation is your AI-powered crash course in doing more with less effort, for just $19.97. So you've heard of ChatGPT. Maybe you've used it to write a snarky email or draft a birthday poem for your dog. — Read the rest The post...
Looking to consolidate multiple computers into a single device that's portable but does it all? This inevitably suggests a Windows laptop: I don't have time to play recent video games, but I might! The problem, of course, is that Windows is such a mess for anything other...
Ride along with YouTuber Stetson as he tries to get Trump Mobile's T47 plan working on a phone they approved. One thing you can be sure of that makes the MVNO experience worse is the Trump brand. The customer service people do seem to be trying to help Stetson out, but...
Neighbors, some also victimized by the raid, doubt claims by US Customs and Border Protection that the Los Angeles-area asylum-seeking Iranian nationals they dramatically arrested were running a human trafficking operation next door. Suddenly, CBP identifies this threat ...
TL;DR: Shrink your screentime with the NanoPhone, a miniaturized smartphone, now only $109.99 (reg. $199.99). Want to be more present this summer? It may be time to downsize your phone. You don't have to give up your phone entirely — the NanoPhone offers a smarter...
Erik Satie is famed for his Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, experimental piano works that have calmed, enchanted and driven listeners for more than a century. Twenty-seven lost works by the French composer are performed on a new album by pianist Alexandre Tharaud, available...
Enough stories about people losing lottery tickets ran in U.K. newspapers for readers to notice odd repetitions, not least the same guy appearing in them under different names. Moreover, you can still claim winnings without a ticket in Britain, so the stories didn't make...
Friday June 27, 2025. 11:49 PM
Federal agents are attacking US citizens in their homes in a manner sure to cause tragedy. Jenny Ramirez, who lives at the home with her boyfriend, said she received a call from a neighbor telling her Border Patrol vehicles were in the neighborhood. — Read the rest ...
TL;DR: Boost performance and productivity with the Ultimate Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows Lifetime License and Windows 11 Pro Bundle for just $54.97 (reg. $418.99) — on sale for only two more days through June 29. Would you buy a new computer for $55? —...
The bridge rarely lets anyone off this easily. Every incident is a masterpiece, but this is extra rare: a moving truck takes some damage, but doesn't get hung up on the 11'8'+8 bridge. This bridge has become like an old friend, always delivering something fun to watch. —...
It's time for the Steam Summer Sale, which means poring through the service's catalog to find the best deals, and I am here to help. The best Star Wars video game of all time is Tie Fighter, and I will die on that hill. — Read the rest The post One of the best Star Wars...
This is the story of two poor, sad, pathetic Golden Retrievers, Tucker and his son Todd, who have been forced to endure a long, cold, winter, deprived of their precious, beloved pool. They sit outside by the pool, month after month, suffering through wind, and cold, and...
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