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Monday October 28, 2024. 03:54 PM
Nvidia 'dethroned' Apple as the world's most valuable company, reports Reuters. The company's stock price is powered by 'insatiable demand' for its A.I. hardware. The world is boiling lakes and Nvidia sells the boilers. Or, more traditionally, shovels. Nvidia's stock market ...
Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton, England, was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after using AI to transform photos of real children into child sexual abuse imagery. He was commissioned to make the images by others and made about £5,000 (~$6,500) selling them. — Read the rest ...
Mr Goodenough—'Mr. Cha Buduo'—is a figure from Chinese satire now famous for haunting the supply chain in southeast Asia. Alas, the factory making the Playdate Stereo Dock put him in charge and the results were not in fact good enough. — Read the rest The post Playdate...
Apple's iMac G4 was a great example of the company's decade-long quest to escape the beige box era: compact and attractive, it was especially beloved of anyone who needed to share a peek at the screen with others—but perhaps not so well-liked by those wanting performance,...
Although not new, 'Instant: The Story of Polaroid' is still a wonderful book all about the history of Edwin Land and his creation of instant photography. If you're old enough, you remember that sweet, acrid smell of the pink bar of photo coating from the very first b&w...
Fantagraphics has been publishing a complete multi-volume set of of what is widely regarded as one of the best runs in comic book history: cartoonist Carl Barks's 1942-1966 work on Donald Duck comics for Western Publishing. The volumes are not published in chronological...
In its early days, photography was, at best, a second thought at NASA. John Glenn had to convince NASA to let him take a camera with him on his historic mission to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7. Six years later, Apollo 8 carried a Hasselblad 500EL stripped down to save ...
Indonesia has banned the iPhone 16 and asked for people to snitch on anyone they see using one: 'If you're using an iPhone 16 in Indonesia, it means the device is illegal,' said Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, the country's Industry Minister. The pretext is that the device lack...
TL;DR: Ditch your tablet-sized smartphone for this ultra-mini smartphone that's the size of a credit card, now less than $95! For some reason, it seems like every time Apple or Google reveal their latest smartphones, they only get bigger and bigger. — Read the rest The post...
During the pandemic, digital hardcore pioneers Machine Girl, comprised of producer and vocalist Matt Stephenson and drummer Sean Kelly, experienced a massive surge in popularity. At the time, their album U-Void Synthesizer—released only weeks before COVID-19 was recognized ...
TL;DR: Save over $200 on Microsoft Office 2019 licenses for Mac or Windows, now only $24.97 (reg. $229) through October 27! You and your credit card are probably exhausted from all the subscription fees you pay day-to-day. While you probably don't want to cancel Netflix and...
Sunday October 27, 2024. 10:00 PM
TL;DR: Save 24% on these wallet tracker cards for easy holiday gifts—head to checkout now before they sell out. We all have that friend who's never on time because they lost something—their wallet, keys, or that wonky head of theirs if it wasn't screwed to their neck. —...
TL;DR: Save 70% on these ergonomic Konig Kitchen knives, now $74.97 (reg. $249) until the end of today! Did you know Thanksgiving is just about a month away? You might be excited, but are you prepared to handle all the food preparations during the most wonderful time of the...
On a recent episode of the Verge podcast Decoder, editor-in-chief Nilay Patel spoke with Sasan Goodarzi, the CEO of the financial software juggernaut, Intuit. It's a good episode overall, though perhaps not as shocking or juicy as, say, Patel's 2023 interview with Substack...
Scurvy is a potentially deadly disease with gruesome symptoms that, until the 20th century, often afflicted sailors on long voyages. It causes fatigue, bruising, bleeding gums, and wounds that don't heal. If not treated, scurvy can lead to death. Vitamin C is a cure and a...
With ads targeted to team metros, Philadelphia and Milwaukee fans will see ads aimed right at them. These ads are fantastic and speak directly to the folks in their metros. The Philadelphia one includes that excellent clip where convicted felon Donald Trump hides from an...
Any cat person will tell you that the most extraordinary honor a cat can bestow upon a human is the slow blink. Receiving a slow blink from your own cat is always lovely, but getting a slow blink from someone else's cat is magic. — Read the rest The post Study confirms what...
File under hideous things we definitely do not need: The 'Werther's Original Pocket Denim.' These jeans have 30 tiny pockets all the way up and down the sides, which Werther's Original candy company states are 'designed to fit a standard bag of Werther's Original hard...
I am notoriously bad at fishing minigames, so I can't explain why I asked my friends to try Webfishing, which they said looked like Animal Crossing but just fishing. Priced at under five bucks and with an overwhelmingly positive rating, it seemed worth a shot. — Read the...
Police became curious about the best-selling but inordinately-expensive special pizza offered by a Düsseldorf restaurant, so they ordered a 'number 40' for themselves. They received an unremarkable pie and some cocaine, then busted the joint. The bounty included 1.6...
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