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Friday April 11, 2025. 05:18 PM
Anti-Musk protestors armed with sledgehammers and baseball bats took out their frustrations by smashing up a used Tesla in London. The 'Everyone Hates Elon' group then found a way to turn the heap of Tesla junk into joy. The second-hand Model S was 'safely and legally'...
Albert Saniger is about to learn that AI stands for 'Actually Incarcerated.' The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Saniger, the 35-year-old CEO of nate (lowercase 'n' because disruption), has been charged with fraud for allegedly tricking investors into believing his ...
TL;DR: Enjoy pro-level photo editing software for a one-time low price with this Corel AfterShot Pro 3 PC lifetime license, now just $15.97 (reg. $59) through April 27. We all carry smartphones in our pockets, which means we can capture moments anywhere. — Read the rest The...
Elon Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI, but the AI startup (then posing as a non-profit) soon parted ways with the talkative Tesla CEO. Since then there's been a war of words and lawsuits—from Musk, at least. OpenAI has finally retaliated, asking a court to deal with what it ...
A clever restaurant owner flooded his own building with clean water to prevent dirty flood water from seeping in. During the recent flooding in Georgia, the restaurant wonder had to act fast. This was far too much water for sandbags to keep out, and the flood waters were...
Sigma is famed for lenses but also makes odd compact cameras such as the stretchy DP series and the tiny full-frame FP. The BF is its latest in this lineup, and the mix of stunning looks, minimalist UX and high-end features won a lot of attention. — Read the rest The post...
Reuters reports that Apple chartered enough cargo flights to ship 600 tons of iPhones to the U.S.—'as many as 1.5 million'—having rushed production in anticipation of President Trump's on-again off-again tarriff regime. Analysts have warned that U.S. prices of iPhones...
This video from Wired shows every type of eye in the animal kingdom. All kinds of eye facts are covered. For example, the video explains why some animals have horizontal pupils, while others have vertical ones. Predators often have vertical pupils to stalk their prey, while...
A restauranteur in Evansville, Indiana, disputed a plumber's bill after the worker had to return to repeat an unclogging: the second call out was not only billed for, but with an upcharge. Thusly stiffed, the plumber returned to re-clog the drain. — Read the rest The post...
Danger Mouse might soon have new, solar-powered digs: some of Britain's classic red postboxes are getting code scanners, larger slots, and photovoltaic 'berets' to power the new digital guts. As other national mail services are removing their last public dropboxes, the Royal ...
This video makes me itch: up-close footage of a mosquito drinking someone's blood is the kind of thing that I can't stand watching, but somehow can't look away from because it's totally fascinating. The video shows a crystal clear view of a mosquito inserting its proboscis...
John C. Todaro, 49, of Amherst, N.Y., was charged Wednesday with promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing a sexual performance by a child, both felonies. Who is Todaro? Todaro is vice president of the Buffalo chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse. — Read the...
TL;DR: This week only, get an AI Magicx lifetime subscription at its lowest price ever: $59.97 (reg. $972)! ChatGPT was fun while it lasted, but creatives are quietly moving on. The reason? A new platform that doesn't just respond to prompts — it collaborates, visualizes,...
LAPD in the headlines again! And Weezer! What unlikely scenario might link these two otherwise disparate entities? I'm glad you asked. On April 8, LAPD chased down a suspect from a car crash on the 134 Freeway into the affluent Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles. — Read t...
New York City's subway map, famous but illegible to tourists, has finally been redesigned. The new map is much like one briefly used in the 1970s, rejected then for making it too easy to get around. 'Reviled by traditionalists,' as the New York Times puts it. — Read the rest...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement today identified four things that it considers its job to stop crossing the U.S. border 'illegally': people, money, products and ideas. We wrote the ICE media office to learn more: 'Do we have a list of these ideas? — Read the rest...
TL;DR: Outfit your PC with Windows 11 Pro and then get an education on all its perks with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro and The Essential Windows 11 Pro Course bundle for just $24.99 (reg. $237). Not a big fan of change? — Read the rest The post Learn as you upgrade with...
Thursday April 10, 2025. 10:09 PM
Picture a town square in 1600s Europe. A smooth talking stranger promises to cure your relative's 'folly' by removing stones from their skull, for a fee. Crowds gather to watch as the good 'doctor' digs into the writhing, screaming patient's head with crude implements. —...
For humanity to become a spacefaring civilization, there are a sh*t-ton of problems to solve—one of which is how to deal with our poop. Already, there are nearly 100 plastic bags of human crap on the Moon alone. To spark solutions, NASA launched the LunaRecycle Challenge, ...
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