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Thursday August 29, 2024. 03:09 PM
Low Cost Mini PCs is an automatically-curated list of cheap, used Lenovo Tinies, Dell Micros and the like on eBay, presented in the perfectly functional format of Diskprices. Web brutalism! Find the best deals for mini PCs on eBay. With many of them entering the used...
Speaking in Asheboro, North Carolina, Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance said something deserving of a round of applause—applause for one, from one. Whoever was captioning at CSPAN felt obliged to specify that only a single member of the audience was...
Tom Girardi, 85, stole millions from his clients—some of whom were as famous as he. Already disbarred, Girardi was found guilty of embezzlement yesterday by jurors in California. After a 13-day trial and less than a full day of deliberations, the federal jury in Los...
Tuesday August 27, 2024. 06:10 PM
Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. have been named honorary co-chairs of Donald Trump's Presidential Transition team. Both Gabbard and RFK jr are known for their out-there opinions. Gabbard claims the US is using biological weapons in Syria, and has enjoyed discussing Great...
A Boeing 757 plane tire exploded at Georgia's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this morning, killing two workers and seriously injuring a third. The accident occurred around 5:00am in a maintenance area of the airport, when workers were removing a tire from...
The National Park Service once again brings its 'A' game and showcases how awesome and talented its Rangers are! This time, the NPS brilliance comes in the form of a concert series called 'NPS Front Desk,' a clever riff on NPR's Tiny Desk series. — Read the rest The post...
FDA officials say to get vaccinated whenever possible; timing the COVID shot for a seasonal swing isn't nearly as important as just being vaccinated. With only 22.5% of adults and 14% of children having received the 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine, it is no surprise we're seeing...
TL;DR: Move aside, Microsoft Office! Ashampoo Office 9 is a dupe that gives you similar productivity tools for $19.99 (reg. 99)! What immediately comes to mind when you think of productivity suites? Probably Microsoft Office. Everyone and their mother seems to use this suite...
Update: This morning's scheduled launch of Polaris Dawn was scrubbed due to a ground-side helium leak and has been rescheduled for 3:38 AM on August 28th. Polaris Dawn will launch on Tuesday no earlier than 3:38 AM EDT. There is a four-hour launch window and an additional...
Six Jupiter-sized worlds may be seen in images captured by the Webb space telescope of NGC1333, a stellar 'nursery' full of young celestial objects. In the young star cluster NGC1333, located about 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, a team of...
Is the 'earthy' scent of Crayola unique to that brand? The company filed for U.S. trademark protection on a distinctive sensory aspect to its crayons, and it was awarded last month, capping at least six years of attempts by the company. — Read the rest The post Crayola...
'Chocolate breakthrough' sounds like a euphemism for something unpleasant, but in this case it's good news: Swiss scientistists report successfully making chocolate with the entire cocoa fruit rather than just the beans. They say traditional chocolate production, using...
Christopher Reeve was Superman. The physicality of his dual performances as Clark Kent and Superman has never been matched by the others who have come after him. How he responded to tragedy made him great, however. When a horseback-riding accident left him paralyzed and...
Trump-appointed Federal Judge Aileen Cannon was expected to do it all along and eventually did, tossing the case against him for refusing to return classified documents that he took from the White House. Special counsel Jack Smith, who she decided should not have been...
U.S. Navy computer scientist and COBOL inventor Grace Hopper gave a famed lecture in 1982 that was recorded using an obsolete video medium for which no player now exists. Yesterday, the NSA posted it on its YouTube channel, reflecting years of demand for it to be made public ...
TL;DR: The 2024 Microsoft Tools Essential Bundle is just $29.99 (reg. $800) and is designed for professionals to learn at their own pace. In this tech-forward world, mastering Microsoft tools like Excel and Word isn't just a nice-to-have—it's essential. Whether you're...
Monday August 26, 2024. 11:07 PM
A woman who says she was sexually assaulted on an American Airlines flight is now suing the company for 'failing to promptly intervene when the assault occurred.' The lawsuit states that the woman, from New Jersey, fell asleep on a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina to...
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Teflon was accidentally discovered in 1938 by DuPont chemists while they were trying to develop new refrigerants to replace dangerous, explosive ones used in the 1920s-30s. Rudy Molinek wrote a piece for The Smithsonian titles 'The Long, Strange History of Teflon, the...
A deadly mosquito virus has hit Massachusetts, killing a man and causing at least 10 towns near Boston to sound the alarm. Many have called off public activities and events, and closed their parks after sundown. The 80-year-old victim was a man in Worcester (next door to...
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