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Monday May 12, 2025. 01:03 PM
President Trump fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office just two days after it posted a report suggesting that Big Tech's mass piracy of books, movies and other works to train AIs was copyright infringement. Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter is out; the firing is...
A design flaw in the tow handles of rolling coolers made by Igloo before last year has resulted in dozens of crushing injuries and even amputated consumers' fingers. The coolers were finally recalled (there's more than a million of them in circulation!) — Read the rest The p...
An unreleased pilot episode of Thomas and Friends, dating to 1983 and featuring the voiceover work of Ringo Starr, was chanced across in storage. Fans of the sentient tank engine and his heartwarmingly servient chums—there are now more than 500 episodes, 207 books and 20...
Ben Drowned was one of the great fables of the web: a haunted Nintendo cartridge, unsettling glitches and footage, and a tragic backstory emerging over time. Posed originally in the hoax mode of storytelling, it was the creation of Alex Hall. — Read the rest The post Ben...
Sunday May 11, 2025. 06:30 PM
James Gunn's Peacemaker was a breath of fresh air amidst a landscape of overwrought, overly-dramatic superhero projects for a simple reason: it remembered that comic books are supposed to be silly. Also, wow, John Cena can act. With Gunn now in charge of the entire DC...
Xbox's first foray into handheld gaming that isn't just 'Game Pass on your phone.' With the Switch 2 and the Steam Deck kicking around, handheld gaming is having a bit of a resurgence lately – although there's a big difference between 'portable' and 'actually convenient to...
TL;DR: Upgrade your daily computer with this MacBook Pro, now only $424.97 (reg. $1,499) through June 1. It's not every day you can score a MacBook Pro for under $500. But if you're in the market for one of these powerful devices, you're in luck. — Read the rest The post P...
I absolutely love this beautiful floral-laden stoop on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It's overflowing with bright, colorful flowers and is breathtakingly gorgeous! If you look closely, though, you'll realize that these aren't just any flowers—they're actually made out of...
People seem to forget that fascism lost last time – or at the very least, that knowledge hasn't stopped unelected President Elon Musk from hitching his wagon to the movement all the same. As a helpful reminder, English WWII veteran Ken, 98, has illustrated this point in the...
Remember when Kanye West was just your garden-variety megalomaniac who occasionally interrupted awards shows? Those were the days. As reported in NBC News, Ye (the artist formerly known as both Kanye West and 'somewhat stable') has dropped his latest masterpiece: a Hitler...
Saturday May 10, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Create better visualizations with premade templates, stencils, customizable shapes, and starter diagrams when you get a lifetime licenses for your PC to Visio 2021 Professional. Originally $249.99, you can now get this version of Visio for life for just $14.97. —...
The dying may be the worst people to tell you how to live. On his blog, Rikard Hjort writes about what he calls the 'Deathbed Fallacy' — our misguided tendency to treat end-of-life regrets as universal life guidance. While palliative nurse Bronnie Ware's famous list of...
The Trump administration has decided to go full authoritarian-thirst-trap by considering the suspension of habeas corpus — you know, that pesky little legal right that's only been around since the Magna Carta. As reported by CNN, Stephen Miller — Trump's personal Lord...
Remember when Trump swaggered around claiming trade wars were easy to win? Well, grab your binoculars and stare at the Pacific Ocean, where precisely zero ships are currently sailing from China to California's biggest ports. As reported in CNN, the San Pedro Bay Complex is...
Former colonial rulers are now 'refugees' in Trump's America. As reported in CBS News, the administration is rolling out the red carpet for white South Africans faster than Elon Musk can tank a stock price. Remember when refugee processing took longer than Jupiter's orbital...
TL;DR: Enjoy new and old Microsoft Office favorites with this Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 license for Windows, now only $29.97 through May 18. Summer is almost here. Are you in need of a little extra motivation when it comes to tackling responsibilities? — Read...
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Friday May 9, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Score a 1-year Sam's Club membership for just $20 (reg. $50) through March 12. Ready to start saving on everyday items? If you're looking to stretch your dollar a little further, this membership to Sam's Club may do the trick. — Read the rest The post Save time and mo...
Somewhere in the hallowed halls of Congress, Senator John Fetterman is… well, nobody's quite sure where he is, actually. As reported by Axios, the Pennsylvania Democrat has turned 'playing hooky' into an art form, missing more votes than any other senator this year while his...
The mayor of New Jersey's largest city walked into a federal immigration facility Thursday and refused to leave until authorities arrested him, causing a showdown between local and federal law enforcement. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody after allegedly...
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