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Saturday December 28, 2024. 12:17 PM
The CDC recently reported findings from an analysis of specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who became severely ill from H5N1 avian flu, and found genetic mutations that, according to Politico, 'may enhance the virus' ability to infect humans.' — Read the rest ...
Costco's most recent 'Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders,' which contains information about business matters that will be voted on at the January 23, 2025 meeting, included an anti-DEI shareholder proposal that was submitted by the National Center for Public Policy...
TL;DR: What's better than one drone? Two drones for the price of one! Capture group photos, landscape shots, and more for only $99.97 through December 29. Whether you're at your extended family's holiday gathering or on vacation with friends, you're going to want to remember ...
Friday December 27, 2024. 09:21 PM
This 1957 (or possibly 1968) television commercial will hypnotize you into trying a new Spud menthol cigarette. 'It has a fresh taste like it was air conditioned.' 'You're going to buy a pack. Tomorrow.' Previously:• Film festival to attempt mass hypnosis of...
While billionaires stash fortunes in offshore havens, the IRS is targeting gig workers who make a few bucks answering questions on a platform where people earn side income by sharing expertise. A federal court in California has authorized the IRS to demand records from...
For many US youngsters in the 1980s, pizza day at the school cafeteria was highly-anticipated and deeply satisfying. Now, you can nosh nostalgic on those gooey rectangles of goodness at home. In the video below, Tasting History's Max Miller tackles the recipe found in the...
They don't call jawbreakers 'jawbreakers' for nothing, as one 19-year-old Canadian student painfully learned when she tried to bite down on the large candy ball. 'Has anyone else ever wondered if a jawbreaker can actually break your jaw?' Javeria Wasim asked on a TikTok...
An AI experiment that transforms The Beatles' 1965 album Rubber Soul into Motown-style arrangements, reimagines all 14 tracks from the 1965 album. 'It's like a Pandora's box has been opened,' wrote one of the 130,000+ viewers, capturing the mix of wonder and worry in the...
Like a little boy who lost his daddy at the carnival, a confused Donald Trump wandered around the internets, looking for Elon Musk. But rather than send a private message to his superior, he seems to have accidentally broadcast it on Truth Social. — Read the rest The post...
Congratulations to our nation's most prestigious media outlets, who are currently locked in a thrilling race to see who can normalize Trump's fascism with the most cowardly headlines! NBC took an early lead with their masterful 'House Republicans say Liz Cheney should be...
The House Hippo—an adorable miniature hippopotamous domesticated in Canada and the U.S.!—set out to teach cable TV viewers a lesson in identifying fake news a generation ago. The hippo was portrayed with the use of modified stock footage: video from 'various sources'...
Jonathan Leung made The Video Game Atlas, a site that collects backdrops, maps, level art and other similar resources from classic arcade and video games. Pictured above, for example, a perfectly-stitched rendering of the second level from Capcom's 1987 arcade hit Black...
After Trump loyalist Laura Loomer criticized Elon Musk over his support for H1B visas, the 'free speech absolutist' gagged her on X, not only taking away her verification badge, but temporarily suspending her as well. 'I'm being silenced for supporting Trump policies…,' she...
On the matter of 'lucid dreaming with technology,' I was too young to get 1984's Dreamscape fresh but too old for the newer stuff (Nolan's Inception) to golden age me. That end-century drought of material at the threshold of paranormality and hardware—I'm sure, in some...
TL;DR: Want to make your car smarter? Add this 10-inch touchscreen wireless car display with Apple and Android compatibility to your ride for less than $100. While it seems like everyone and their mom are driving a Tesla these days, not everyone has the kind of cash needed...
If you died in an airplane in 2024, chances are you were hit by a missile. Wednesday's crash of an Azerbaijani jet, taken out by an air defense system in Russia, gave that cause the largest slice of the pie in the chart. — Read the rest The post Missiles now biggest killer...
Federal agencies must now share their own source code with one another. A bipartisan bill (H.R. 9556) requiring them to do came into affect this week. This bill requires federal agencies to ensure that custom-developed code (i.e., source code that is produced under an...
It's been several years since we highlighted the work of Kevin Parry, who has over fifteen years of experience in the film and animation industry and who describes himself as a 'stop-motion animator and video wizard.' In the meantime, he's continued making awesome videos...
When I unwrapped the Tiny Arcade Atari 2600 on Christmas morning, er, afternoon, I could not believe how cute it was. Then I played it, and it blew my mind. The Tiny Arcade Atari 2600 is billed as the world's smallest playable Atari 2600, and boy, is it tiny. — Read the rest...
Thursday December 26, 2024. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Babbel can help you learn the local language of your destination with its 14 language offerings, now $129.97 (reg. $599) until December 31! As much as we'd like to deny it, Americans have earned worldwide recognition for being bad travelers and (generally)...
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