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Sony winding down production of recordable Blu-ray discs
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Finding recordable Blu-Ray discs might soon get tougher, as Sony is reportedly ending consumer production.
on Fri, 8PM
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This $40 AI app is like a team of ChatGPTs
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Discover the power of this $40 AI app that functions like a team of ChatGPTs, revolutionizing the way you communicate and interact.
3h ago
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Plastic surgeon who posted false reviews and threatened critics must pay $5m
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After issuing threats and posting fake positive reviews of her own, his company is now on the hook for $5m in damages.
11h ago
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Animation shows how rip currents can pull you out to sea
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Thinking of taking a splash in the ocean this summer? This animation shows the science behind rip currents, and how they can pull you out to sea if you aren't…
18h ago
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Conspiracy Theory Rock: The SNL cartoon that may or may not have been banned
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On March 14, 1988, Saturday Night Live aired a cartoon as part of Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse series: "Conspiracy Theory Rock!" In a style parodying the "Schoolhouse Rock" cartoons of…
on Thu, 2AM
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GOP Heritage Foundation: Democrats must step in line with MAGA — or expect blood (video)
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President of GOP's Heritage Foundation warns Democrats to step in line with MAGA cult — or expect blood (video)
#fascism #Politics #uspolitics
on Wed, 6PM
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The mind-bending world of nontransitive dice
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Nontransitive dice seemingly break the rules of chance. Learn to make your own set and amaze friends.
on Fri, 10PM
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The real story behind Mister Rogers' joyful flipping of the bird
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No single GIF better represents my days than Mr. Roger's throwing the double bird with a giant smile on his face. I never once bothered to doubt its legitimacy, but…
on Fri, 10PM
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Boeing whistleblower claims scrap parts went into Dreamliners
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A former Boeing inspector claims that the company allowed scrap parts to be used in new Dreamliners, potentially compromising their safety and durability.
on Fri, 8PM
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Hiker attacked with cuddles from a wild Marmot
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When this wild marmot approached a hiker, it was love at first sight. The hiker greeted the marmot with open arms, who then decided to climb atop the hiker's face…
on Fri, 7PM
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Take on the thrill of World War Z for PC for $19
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Save on this great PC game. Head directly to checkout via this link to get this World War Z Steam Key for PC Gaming for only $19
on Fri, 3PM
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Grindr fined $6m for passing user data to commercial partners
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Grindr, the hookup app mostly used by men looking for other men, has an astonishingly bad privacy record given the sensitive nature of its data
on Fri, 2PM
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Ants perform surgical amputations on other ants
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A recent study appears to show the first documented case of a species other than humans performing surgery. Ants have been observed amputating the injured limbs of their nestmates. In his…
on Fri, 1PM
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Japan says goodbye to floppy disks in official use
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Floppy disks are no longer good for government work in Japan, among the last places where the ancient storage devices remain in wide use. But these rules have now finally…
on Fri, 1AM
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Roku update turns on hated motion-smoothing feature, with no off switch
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Motion-smoothing weirds me out, and I'm no cinephile. It'd be interesting to learn what factored into the "no off switch" decision.
on Fri, 1AM
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Four months for six inches: British man jailed for carrying bladed Legend of Zelda "fidget toy"
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Anthony Bray, 48, of Nuneaton in England, is off to jail for four months for possession of a prohibited knife: a six-inch Legend of Zelda toy
on Thu, 10PM
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Things that exist but probably shouldn't: Drive-thru daiquiri stands
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If you're not from Louisiana or have never visited, you might be surprised to find out how popular and ubiquitous drive-thru daiquiri stands are. Yes, you read that correctly, in…
on Thu, 9PM
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This terrifying video reveals the damage COVID-19 causes throughout the body
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Ok, I admit that this video showing the damage caused by COVID-19 is pretty terrifying. But, as I've repeatedly said, I'd rather live in reality than be in denial about COVID and…
on Thu, 2PM
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Black mold on Delta Air Lines meal sickens passengers — and prompts emergency landing
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Black mold on spoiled Delta Air Lines meal prompts emergency landing at JFK — 70 out of 277 passengers get sick
on Thu, 1AM
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Sinkhole opens inside Trader Joe's
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The Trader Joe's in Larkspur California closed suddenly last week to shoppers dismay. The reason has been a mystery and fodder for NextDoor conspiracies.
on Wed, 11PM
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Face blindness: more widespread than we thought
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If you have trouble recognizing people by their faces, you're not alone. A recent study published in the journal Cortex reveals that prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness, may be…
on Wed, 8PM
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Harris-Newsom 2024? Biden meets VP for lunch today, followed by face-to-face with Gov. Newsom
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Harris-Newsom 2024? President Biden is meeting VP Harris for lunch today, followed by face-to-face with Gov. Newsom
on Wed, 7PM
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Candace Owens: "I'm not a Round Earther... science is a pagan faith"
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Examine Candace Owens' self-proclaimed expertise on various topics, from geology to history. Is she a polymath or spreading misinformation?
on Wed, 7PM
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Paramount axes Comedy Central website, with decades of video clips, in latest cut
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Paramount has been ridding itself of subsidiaries' websites, including MTV News, Country Music Channel and now Comedy Central. At MTV decades of quality music journalism went dark, and at Comedy…
on Wed, 12PM
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Elderly person has used live hand grenade as a hammer for 20 years (video)
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A 90-year-old woman in China's Hubei province has been using a live hand grenade as a makeshift hammer for 20 years. She had found the object on her farm. "I've…
on Wed, 12AM
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Artist Graham Ebner makes mind-blowingly stunning cowboy boots
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Austin, Texas-based artist Graham Ebner makes the most gorgeous, intricate luxury cowboy boots. They're absolute stunning! I wonder if the folks who commission the boots actually wear them or just…
on Wed, 12AM
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Atari 400 Mini minier than expected
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If the Atari 400 isn't so famous as other classic game consoles, in 1979 it (and its properly-keyboarded big sibling, the 800) was the gaming computer to have. And now…
on Wed, 12AM
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Schoolteacher busted for livestreaming her own upskirt video during class
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The Teacher's Council of Thailand has booted an instructor at the Ban Bua Chum middle school in Lopburi province after she was caught taking video up her own skirt and…
on Tue, 11PM
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Akamai: 42% percent of web traffic is bots
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The good news is that the 42% of web traffic determined to be bots is less than earlier research has found. The bad news is that it's AI scraping the…
on Tue, 7PM
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A brief history of the recycling lies told by the plastics industry
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Plastics industry busted for fake recycling claims. Turns out trash isn’t the only thing they’re full of.
on Tue, 7PM
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Tom the Dancing Bug: A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at presidential immunity
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Announcing the brand new Tom the Dancing Bug book: Volume 8 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book program is IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG! Release date 7/24/24……
on Tue, 2PM
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Watch: Trump–Putin 2024 fan proves she's a "small government conservative" (parody)
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Disguised in a Trump-Putin 2024 T-shirt, political commentator Kat Abughazaleh mocks MAGAworld by proudly listing what makes her a "small government conservative." For instance: "I'm a small government conservative. That's…
on Tue, 5AM
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Over-bonded hound dog won't even let his human go potty alone without a howling hissy fit (video)
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An over-bonded hound dog was none-to-pleased when his human left him alone for a few seconds at a park so that she could squeeze into a porta-potty on her own.…
on Tue, 4AM
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Perplexity AI has nearly stopped my Google use
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For the last several months, I've been using Perplexity, a search engine that returns search results in the form of short articles with citations to the websites it draws on…
on Tue, 2AM
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Trailer for Cobra Kai's final season
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The Karate Kid's Daniel, his one-time antagonist and now friend Johnny, the awesome Chozen, and those plucky kids are back
on Tue, 2AM
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Group of 50 kids from Utah church group shocked by lightning on hike: "Mom, I just got hit!" (video)
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Group of 50 kids from Utah church group shocked by lightning while on a hike: "Mom, I just got hit!" (video)
on Tue, 12AM
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5 most evil con artists in history: Their shocking scams revealed
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Meet the 5 most notorious scam artists who stole billions. Their evil genius and audacious lies left a trail of devastation.
on Tue, 12AM
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If you could see spacetime, it would look like this (video)
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Spacetime is the fabric of the universe, where space and time are woven together and warped by gravity. One way to conceptualize this is to imagine a grid representing the…
on Mon, 11PM
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Four fishermen dead after drinking from bottles found at sea
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A group of men were fishing off the coast of Sri Lanka when they apparently found bottles floating in the sea. Thinking the bottles contained alcohol, they collected them from…
on Mon, 10PM
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The bizarre Japanese beverage that solidifies in your gut
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apan's Tansan drink claims to form jelly in your stomach to suppress appetite. But does it work? We investigate this bizarre beverage trend.J
on Mon, 9PM
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Steve Bannon and Marjorie Taylor Greene are heckled mercilessly outside of prison (video)
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Steve Bannon — along with sidekick Marjorie Taylor Greene — was heckled mercilessly today as he tried to hold his last presser before checking into prison in Danbury, Connecticut. Although…
on Mon, 7PM
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Venusian time machine: the strange tale of California's "Giant Rock"
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Giant Rock: A Mojave Desert enigma. UFO enthusiasts, conservationists, and party-goers flock to this site of alien encounters.
on Mon, 4PM
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Trump has immunity from prosecution for "official" acts
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The ruling concerns "official actions taken while in office" and specifically to whether he can be prosecuted for his efforts to overturn election results
on Mon, 3PM
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Steve Bannon off to prison today
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Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was pardoned by him after his fraud conviction, but Trump's not around to make his latest sentence go away. Bannon must report to prison today…
on Mon, 3PM
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Lucky Cat re-wired to wave at high speed
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Watch a Lucky Cat re-wired to wave its hand at a frantically high speed by "A Boring Day" on YouTube. In this fun video, we get to see the catastrophe…
on Mon, 3PM
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This AI video of gymnastics might be the freakiest I've seen yet
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This AI video of gymnasts in action is truly one of the strangest creations of AI art I’ve seen to date.
on Mon, 2PM
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Hurricane Beryl is historic in all the worst ways
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Hurricane Beryl formed as a tropical storm Saturday night in the North Atlantic. It has been breaking records ever since. From Axios Its formation so far east, in what's known…
on Mon, 2PM
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Liquid Layers is an online physics toy full of color and energy
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Liquid Layers is a fun interactive site where you can engage with a sea of colorful fluid. I like that you can play around with a long list of variables…
on Sun, 3PM
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Stand By for Failure, the full documentary on Negativland
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Sometimes we write about Negativland, sometimes we are simply Negativland. Look, here's proof. We are legion. Hive mind aside, a few years ago, director Ryan Worsley teased at us with…
on Sun, 2PM
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Robot face is made of living human skin (video)
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University of Tokyo researchers have devised a way to wrap a robot's face with living human skin. First, the engineers grew the living tissue from human skin cells on a…
on Sun, 11AM