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Saturday December 20, 2025. 04:20 PM
Facebook is experimenting with 'limiting the number of links users can post' without a $14.99 'Meta Verified' subscription. Over the last week, several users have spotted Meta's test, which impacts link posting. Social media strategist Matt Navarra noted that users part of...
If you've noticed sentiment turning sharply against generative AI—images, chatbots, and the like—you wouldn't be alone. A survey of gamers conducted from October to December puts it in stark numbers: 85% reported a negative view of its use in games, with 62% holding a...
A software update pushed to LG smart TVs added a button for Microsoft Copilot, the tech giant's AI assistant, and offered no way to remove it. The implication was that Microsoft paid them to do this, to pump its AI numbers, and users were displeased. — Read the rest The...
A few months ago, I got two sticks of RAM for my kid's laptop, an 8GB model staggering under the weight of hundreds of Minecraft mods. 64GB cost about $150 and maxxed out his HP Victus. Now the same set is $580 at Amazon, with cheapo brands pushing $400. — Read the rest The...
There's a Japanese phrase for the kind of meal you remember years later, even though it cost eight dollars and you found it by asking a taxi driver: B-kyuu gurume, or 'B-class gourmet.' The Japan or Die newsletter explains the concept: B-kyuu gurume is everyday comfort food...
Friday December 19, 2025. 11:58 PM
New York's Elise Stefanik has announced she's suspending her run for New York governor, will not seek reelection to Congress, and appears to be exiting the political stage entirely. This hopefully concludes a career arc that now reads less like strategic repositioning and...
What could be more cosy this holiday season than a roaring yule log, crackling away in an emulated PlayStation 1. It's the work of RetroGameRevival. What is the greatest Christmas movie ever? Die Hard! So I made a Home Alone scene for the PS1, Merry Xmas ya filty...
Trump Media, which operates his Twitter clone Truth Social, is to merge with TAE, a company developing nuclear fusion technology. The all-stock deal values the pair at $6bn and, for obvious reasons, requires some explanation. CBS News, now under Trump-friendly management,...
Science has confirmed what anyone who has ever sworn at a stuck jar lid already knows: yelling a well-timed expletive can make you stronger. According to researchers, swearing helps people push harder during physically demanding tasks by lowering inhibitions, boosting...
TL;DR: For $29.97 (reg. $229), Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows hands you the full suite of classic, offline, no-subscription apps—aka the grown-up version of 'having your life together,' but in software form. If your PC has been quietly judging you for...
Between 1978 and 1996, a water park in northern New Jersey operated under a simple philosophy: let the guests control the action, and accept that some of them would get hurt. Action Park in Vernon Township delivered on both promises with remarkable consistency. — Read the...
The AARP runs ads claiming that any request to pay by gift card is always a scam. Patrick McKenzie, writing at Bits About Money, points out this is technically false — gift cards are a legitimate payment method used by billions of dollars worth of businesses serving...
When New York State banned phones in public schools bell-to-bell this September, Governor Hochul pitched it as a way to improve classroom focus. What nobody expected was the lunchroom renaissance. According to New York Magazine, teachers across the city are watching scenes...
Get ready for empty theaters. Melania Trump has released a trailer for a new documentary about herself, a film that appears to consist primarily of dramatic lighting, slow-motion walking, and the firm belief that the public is at all curious about her inner life. — Read the...
Google.ai is a new front-end for Google's AI services. Currently, it's free, ad-free, and delivers uncluttered answers to questions. It won't work this well for long, though. It's destined for enshittification, but how soon? I asked Google.ai to give me its own...
Journalist Gil Duran's podcast 'The Nerd Reich' does what tech journalism largely failed to do for two decades: treat Silicon Valley's libertarian ideology as a powerful and well-funded political movement rather than a quirky personality trait of genius founders. — Read the...
Threats of prosecution loom as Democratic lawmakers rattle sabers and the Trump DOJ ignores the deadline set by Congress to release the Epstein files. With images of Trump condoms now released as part of the photo dump, Trump's well-understood close friendship with Epstein...
An impressive 3D-printed LEGO-inspired Christmas tree, measuring almost 6 feet tall, now holds the Guinness World Record for 'Tallest 3D-printed interlocking plastic brick Christmas tree (supported).' This highly specific award implies the existence of a taller, unsupported...
The Trump administration is breaking the law it just signed, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday that the Justice Department won't release all Jeffrey Epstein files by the deadline set in the Epstein Files...
Samuel Saxon, a 47-year-old ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations supervisor based in Cincinnati, now faces federal charges on top of state felony counts for allegedly strangling a woman he lives with. Police responded to a Corryville apartment on December 5 after witnesses ...
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