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Tuesday October 22, 2024. 01:51 PM
A Vermont man was so bladdered when arrested by Ontario Provincial Police that he did not realize he had made his way into another country. CNC News reports that the 52-year-old man was charged with impaired driving in Cobden, Ontario after the truck he was driving was found ...
The Federal Trade Commission's rule prohibiting fake, paid-for or AI-generated reviews went into effect yesterday. The rule also bans business from making threats against people posting real reviews—a surprisingly common occurence. 'Fake reviews not only waste people's...
I haven't seen Alien: Romulus yet, but it was clearly a successful antidote to things viewers disliked about the seemingly-abandoned Prometheus trilogy, which ground to a halt after the oddly mispitched Alien: Covenant in 2017. Romulus made a lot of money on a modest budget...
Carpet Gallery is a free online exploration game by ivy sly with music by fibr/faec. Though incredibly simple—a toy—I was struck by the evocative minimalism of its screens and the startling vastness of its map. Filed under 'Games that might be incipient religions.' —...
Intuit sells TurboTax, an app that does your taxes for you, and lobbies to keep it complicated and difficult to give the government money without its help. After it deceptively marketed its tax-filing services as free of charge, the Federal Trade Commission took it to court...
A 17-year-old kayaker went missing in the ocean for 12 hours off the Honolulu coast before an off-duty lifeguard — who was friends with the boy's father — spotted him. The teen, Kahiau Kawai, had been paddling after a day of classes with his high school team last...
Elon Musk's handpicked judge, a proud Tesla shareholder, was humiliated when a federal appeals court yesterday overruled him, ruling that Xitter couldn't inspect donor information from the nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters. As Reuters reports, 'In a ruling on Sunday,...
A major sinkhole spread across both sides of a highway in southern Italy today, swallowing up a car along with its passengers in the process. The hole opened up in the Calabria region after a storm of heavy rains and a mudslide, according to the UK's Channel 4 News. — Read t...
TL;DR: Relax with a PulseMax Extended Handle Massager for $59.99 (reg. $179). When a friend tells me they want to start working out, I don't go for the obvious holiday gifts. Running shoes? Gym memberships? Amateur hour. Any time I work out after going without for months,...
A novel training approach could help older adults stay mentally sharp and physically fit even when fatigued, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Extremadura in Spain investigated the effects of Brain Endurance Training (BET) on cognitive and physical...
A few weeks ago, adjudicated rapist and convicted felon Donald Trump declared North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson 'Martin Luther King on steroids.' Now, Trump can't remember him. That is how it goes when a Trump lackey gets in trouble. Donald suddenly...
The attorneys general of Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas have sued over their right to pregnant teens and the funding that comes with them. This is as creepy as creepy gets. Three Republican Attorneys General have sued the FDA that mifepristone is robbing them of valuable...
Monday October 21, 2024. 11:51 PM
In 1998 when Steve Jobs recruited current CEO Tim Cook to Apple, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. In this Wall Street Journal video interview below, Tim explains why he took a job there anyway. Among other stories, he also reflects on his 'first job as a paperboy...
TL;DR: See nature up close and personal with this microscope that has a 4-inch LCD screen, now $69.97 (reg. $100) until October 27! Microscopes quite literally gave us a whole new way of looking at the world, and now you can bring that power anywhere with this portable one....
Triphalia—a physical abnormality in which an individual has three distinct penises—is so rare that it's only been reported once in the medical literature. As of this month though, there is a second documented case of the strange syndrome. Physicians from the University...
Thursday October 17, 2024. 02:01 PM
If there are more hopeful Kamala Harris presidencies than one she owes to Fox News viewers, it'd be better than one he owes to Elon Musk! And Harris did well in last night's grilling by a testy Bret Baier [Fox News], with direct and forthright answers to hostile questions— ...
This video of paint being removed from a metal container is so satisfying to watch. I want to cover things I own in paint now, just so I can remove it like this. When the paint remover is poured on the container, all the paint bubbles up from the metal and looks like it's...
TL;DR: Want to treat someone to a gift that always gets used? Give them this Microsoft bundle for their PC for only $45.97 (reg. $428)! Did your sister or brother-in-law end up never using the incredibly thoughtful gift you got 'em last year? — Read the rest The post The...
Sebin Saji—a maker in Kerala, India—built the world's smallest washing machine and it actually runs a full cycle of wash, rinse, and spin. Demo video below. Measuring 1.28' x 1.32' x 1.52', it weighs about as much as a AA battery. — Read the rest The post This is the...
Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee's estate is for sale in Los Angeles. Sitting on a modest half-acre lot overlooking the Sunset Strip, the 5,200 square-foot home features 3 bedrooms and 6.5 baths. Walk inside and you're greeted by three Spider-Men in all their web-slinging...
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