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Monday August 25, 2025. 04:33 PM
TikTok is replacing hundreds of human moderators in the U.K. and Asia with software. The staff whose roles are being eliminated will get priority in hiring 'if they meet unspecified criteria.' The move came as workers were about to vote to unionize, if you're speculating...
The Space Invaders Generator creates little digital beasties in the classic arcade game's distinctive style, complete with crawly pixel appendages. There's a set of customization tools (color, size, generation seed, animation, a mysterious thickness curve) and an explanation ...
Sunday August 24, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Your cat will love this interactive, self-rolling Cheerble Ball — now at 46% off at just $14.97 (Reg. $27.99). It's a classic: your cat chasing a light on the wall. Sure, you can buy a laser pointer for your furry friend to mimic that phenomenon, but what if you...
TL;DR: Get 20,000 words a month translated from voice to text with VoiceType AI for $49 (MSRP $260). When your fingers don't move as quickly as your thoughts, it can be frustrating to write emails, articles, and any kind of text. — Read the rest The post Tired of writing...
Saturday August 23, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Tired of little kids breaking your tech? This open box onn 8' Kids Tablet is on sale for $69.99 (reg. $118). If you're around kids often enough, you know it's only a matter of time before your phone becomes theirs. — Read the rest The post This kid-friendly tablet...
TL;DR: Get the easy-to-use Tinymoose Pencil Pro Plus for iPad for $29.99, 24% off the $39.95 regular price. Creative power users, this is the tool you've been looking for. The Tinymoose Pencil Pro Plus can turn your iPad into the sketchpad or notebooks of your dreams by givin...
Haden Pentecost, 41, was found naked in the toilet of a British Airways jet heading from California to London after being seen agitated, sweaty and babbling in the cabin. As relatable as this may be for international travelers, Pentecost was a flight attendant on the...
Bluesky, a decentralized-ish Twitter clone for people who liked Twitter before Elon Musk turned it into a Nazi bar, is no longer accessible in Mississippi. The state's 'age verification' law–a mass-surveillance program posed as 'think of the children' safety regulation (previ...
Friday August 22, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Get a 20TB Internxt Cloud Storage lifetime subscription on sale for $499.99. Your digital life is probably scattered everywhere. A couple old resumes in Google Drive, thousands of blurry cat photos on your phone, maybe some 'do not open' folders sitting on a dusty lapt...
When researchers increased levels of an iron-storing protein called FTL1 in young mice's brains, they began showing memory problems typically seen only in old age. When scientists reduced FTL1 in the hippocampus of older mice — the brain's memory center — their cognitive ...
Internet anarchy meets government control: 4chan, the message board that helped birth countless memes, now faces a £20,000 fine from UK regulators — and they're refusing to pay. The clash began when Ofcom, Britain's media watchdog, demanded information about how 4chan...
Ever been frustrated by a locked shopping cart? A security researcher has revealed how to hack those remote-controlled cart wheels using just your smartphone. The discovery, presented at DEFCON 29, exposes the vulnerability in Gatekeeper Systems wheels commonly used by...
Donald Trump's personal revenge squad (formerly known as the FBI) kicked down John Bolton's door Friday morning. As reported in Rolling Stone, Trump's hand-picked FBI Director K$H Patel authorized the raid on Bolton's Maryland home, supposedly hunting for classified...
Gov. Ron DeSantis just can't win. In fact, the Florida sad sack has struck out twice in one week, first with a judge's order to close down his flimsy 'Alligator Alcatraz,' and then with the resurrection of Orlando's rainbow crosswalk — which he thought he had erased. —...
In a revelation from his 2021 memoir All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business, comedy legend Mel Brooks shares how his mother calmed his childhood fear of Frankenstein's monster. After watching the 1931 Boris Karloff film at age five, young Brooks feared leaving...
It's been an exciting 24 hours for people who don't like seeing people treated by cattle by people who don't believe that some people are people. According to the BBC, in the early hours of Thursday morning, a federal judge ruled that President Trump's other Florida...
In a world of digital distractions, instant gratification, gaming, and 24-hour televised doom, folks seem to be reading fewer books than ever. But Denmark's not having any of it. The Nordic nation doesn't want the brains of its citizens bounded in a nutshell—it was noted...
If you're a fan of the Fallout game franchise, you're in for an easter egg-loaded treat: Amazon Prime has released the trailer for season two of their streaming hit. While it comes in at under three minutes in length, there are more than enough bits and pieces from Fallout...
I'm thrilled to report that Rosie the tarantula has finally, after decades, been relieved of her meet-and-greet duties. It's about time, but I guess as they say, it's better late than never. Rosie is a Chilean rose hair tarantula who has long lived — and worked — at the...
TL;DR: I may not be able to buy a house, but I can buy a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Home 2024 for Mac or PC on sale for $129.97 (reg. $149.99). While I'm a firm believer that you should never give up on your dreams, some dreams get shelved and revisited at a later...
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