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Monday October 28, 2024. 05:45 PM
Having somehow still managed to shock us with their open racism, bigotry, and sexism, Trump used his rally to tell us he and MAGA Mike are planning something really special. The Trump campaign hasn't seemed concerned with courting voters in a long time—their Presidential...
Neither Donald Trump nor any of the other speakers at his hate rally batted an eye last night when Tony Hinchcliffe stood on stage to call Puerto Rico a 'floating island of garbage.' (And that was only one of many ugly, racist remarks made throughout the evening.) — Read the...
TL;DR: Charge your phone, watch, and earbuds with a Clingomatic Qi2 Charging Station: check out now for $44.99 (reg. $119). Oh, what's that? You say your old 'wired' charger frayed and burned your finger? Well, I hope you're not afraid of a little change. — Read the rest ...
Looking forward to joining the team of bankruptcy enthusiast and convicted felon Donald Trump, Elon 'Leon' Musk makes a wild claim. It seems unlikely that Leon has looked at the US budget in any detail, but here he is, claiming he can cut a third of it out. — Read the rest ...
Alex Segura's Secret Identity was one of the best books I read in 2022—a gripping thriller that followed a queer Latina woman struggling to make a name for herself in the comic book industry in the 1970s, whose attempts at breaking in end up getting her tangled up in IP...
Nvidia 'dethroned' Apple as the world's most valuable company, reports Reuters. The company's stock price is powered by 'insatiable demand' for its A.I. hardware. The world is boiling lakes and Nvidia sells the boilers. Or, more traditionally, shovels. Nvidia's stock market ...
Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton, England, was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after using AI to transform photos of real children into child sexual abuse imagery. He was commissioned to make the images by others and made about £5,000 (~$6,500) selling them. — Read the rest ...
Mr Goodenough—'Mr. Cha Buduo'—is a figure from Chinese satire now famous for haunting the supply chain in southeast Asia. Alas, the factory making the Playdate Stereo Dock put him in charge and the results were not in fact good enough. — Read the rest The post Playdate...
Apple's iMac G4 was a great example of the company's decade-long quest to escape the beige box era: compact and attractive, it was especially beloved of anyone who needed to share a peek at the screen with others—but perhaps not so well-liked by those wanting performance,...
Although not new, 'Instant: The Story of Polaroid' is still a wonderful book all about the history of Edwin Land and his creation of instant photography. If you're old enough, you remember that sweet, acrid smell of the pink bar of photo coating from the very first b&w...
Fantagraphics has been publishing a complete multi-volume set of of what is widely regarded as one of the best runs in comic book history: cartoonist Carl Barks's 1942-1966 work on Donald Duck comics for Western Publishing. The volumes are not published in chronological...
In its early days, photography was, at best, a second thought at NASA. John Glenn had to convince NASA to let him take a camera with him on his historic mission to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7. Six years later, Apollo 8 carried a Hasselblad 500EL stripped down to save ...
Indonesia has banned the iPhone 16 and asked for people to snitch on anyone they see using one: 'If you're using an iPhone 16 in Indonesia, it means the device is illegal,' said Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, the country's Industry Minister. The pretext is that the device lack...
TL;DR: Ditch your tablet-sized smartphone for this ultra-mini smartphone that's the size of a credit card, now less than $95! For some reason, it seems like every time Apple or Google reveal their latest smartphones, they only get bigger and bigger. — Read the rest The post...
During the pandemic, digital hardcore pioneers Machine Girl, comprised of producer and vocalist Matt Stephenson and drummer Sean Kelly, experienced a massive surge in popularity. At the time, their album U-Void Synthesizer—released only weeks before COVID-19 was recognized ...
TL;DR: Save over $200 on Microsoft Office 2019 licenses for Mac or Windows, now only $24.97 (reg. $229) through October 27! You and your credit card are probably exhausted from all the subscription fees you pay day-to-day. While you probably don't want to cancel Netflix and...
Sunday October 27, 2024. 10:00 PM
TL;DR: Save 24% on these wallet tracker cards for easy holiday gifts—head to checkout now before they sell out. We all have that friend who's never on time because they lost something—their wallet, keys, or that wonky head of theirs if it wasn't screwed to their neck. —...
TL;DR: Save 70% on these ergonomic Konig Kitchen knives, now $74.97 (reg. $249) until the end of today! Did you know Thanksgiving is just about a month away? You might be excited, but are you prepared to handle all the food preparations during the most wonderful time of the...
On a recent episode of the Verge podcast Decoder, editor-in-chief Nilay Patel spoke with Sasan Goodarzi, the CEO of the financial software juggernaut, Intuit. It's a good episode overall, though perhaps not as shocking or juicy as, say, Patel's 2023 interview with Substack...
Scurvy is a potentially deadly disease with gruesome symptoms that, until the 20th century, often afflicted sailors on long voyages. It causes fatigue, bruising, bleeding gums, and wounds that don't heal. If not treated, scurvy can lead to death. Vitamin C is a cure and a...
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