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Trump ignores doctors on aspirin because he wants "thin blood"
President Trump said that he takes 325 milligrams of aspirin daily — four times the dose cardiologists typically recommend — and has refused his doctors' advice to lower it because he's been taking it...
President Trump said that he takes 325 milligrams of aspirin daily — four times the dose cardiologists typically recommend — and has refused his doctors' advice to lower it because he's been taking it...
How Musk's decisions led to Grok making abusive deepfakes of kids
The current crisis over Grok generating sexualized images of minors didn't materialize from nowhere. According to Spitfire News, it's the latest in a cascade of failures that began when Elon Musk diss...
The current crisis over Grok generating sexualized images of minors didn't materialize from nowhere. According to Spitfire News, it's the latest in a cascade of failures that began when Elon Musk diss...
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Bally's casino refusing to pay jackpot to immigrant despite legal status
Nick, an asylum seeker living in Chicago legally and issued with a temporary Real ID, won a jackpot at the Bally's casino there. The casino is refusing to pay him the $1,250 it owes on the basis of hi...
Nick, an asylum seeker living in Chicago legally and issued with a temporary Real ID, won a jackpot at the Bally's casino there. The casino is refusing to pay him the $1,250 it owes on the basis of hi...
Healthcare subsidies for millions of Americans expire
Insurance subsidies that lower healthcare costs for millions of Americans expired Wednesday. The credits were canceled by congressional Republicans eager to roll back the Affordable Care Act, passed d...
Insurance subsidies that lower healthcare costs for millions of Americans expired Wednesday. The credits were canceled by congressional Republicans eager to roll back the Affordable Care Act, passed d...
Disney worker hurt stopping 400lb fake boulder rolling into audience
For a Walt Disney World worker trying to stop a runaway boulder from rolling into the crowd, the good news is that it was a fake prop boulder. The bad news is that it still weighed 400 pounds and left...
For a Walt Disney World worker trying to stop a runaway boulder from rolling into the crowd, the good news is that it was a fake prop boulder. The bad news is that it still weighed 400 pounds and left...
Justice Kavanaugh, who humiliated himself on the record, now concerned his racism will dominate his "legacy"
There is a version of Brett Kavanaugh permanently preserved in the congressional record, tearfully explaining slang like "boofing," angrily insisting he liked beer, and treating a Supreme Court confir...
There is a version of Brett Kavanaugh permanently preserved in the congressional record, tearfully explaining slang like "boofing," angrily insisting he liked beer, and treating a Supreme Court confir...
Short-form video makes it hard to remember what you're doing and worse at doing it
Whatever you intended to do when you opened a new tab, nothing stops you in your tracks quite like short-form video. The format, popularized by Tik Tok, "degrades our capacity to retain intentions," a...
Whatever you intended to do when you opened a new tab, nothing stops you in your tracks quite like short-form video. The format, popularized by Tik Tok, "degrades our capacity to retain intentions," a...
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Judge: "plugging in a microwave" doesn't turn room into a flat
A judge in England ruled this week that the presence of a microwave does not turn a single room into an apartment. The St. George Hotel in Great Yarmouth said its rooms were flats after housing office...
A judge in England ruled this week that the presence of a microwave does not turn a single room into an apartment. The St. George Hotel in Great Yarmouth said its rooms were flats after housing office...
Utah police trust AI that identified a human as a frog
The future of policing apparently includes enchanted forests. Buried in a local Fox News story about police using AI to keep streets safer is the part that actually matters: the software once decided ...
The future of policing apparently includes enchanted forests. Buried in a local Fox News story about police using AI to keep streets safer is the part that actually matters: the software once decided ...
Mashable reviews Elon Musk's unfulfilled 2025 promises
Elon Musk spent 2025 promising Mars, robotaxis, artificial godhood, flying cars, and trillions in government savings. What we got was a familiar silence at year's end, broken only by the sound of goal...
Elon Musk spent 2025 promising Mars, robotaxis, artificial godhood, flying cars, and trillions in government savings. What we got was a familiar silence at year's end, broken only by the sound of goal...
Grandpa Pudding Brains' windmill fixation once again embarrasses
Perpetually unaware and refusing to be held back by facts, Donald Trump mourned a long-dead Israeli falcon as a bald eagle, to disparage the wind. Talk about being gone with the wind. Unable to identi...
Perpetually unaware and refusing to be held back by facts, Donald Trump mourned a long-dead Israeli falcon as a bald eagle, to disparage the wind. Talk about being gone with the wind. Unable to identi...
Get ready for the $5090 5090: GPU prices expected to soar next year
Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 graphics cards have a suggested retail price of $2,000. With big tech betting everything on generative AI and gobbling up the world's supply of high-end GPUs, the street pri...
Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 graphics cards have a suggested retail price of $2,000. With big tech betting everything on generative AI and gobbling up the world's supply of high-end GPUs, the street pri...
DOJ tracked journalist who exposed Epstein
Julie K. Brown spent years investigating Jeffrey Epstein for the Miami Herald. Her 2018 "Perversion of Justice" series identified 80 victims, exposed the sweetheart plea deal that let Epstein walk in ...
Julie K. Brown spent years investigating Jeffrey Epstein for the Miami Herald. Her 2018 "Perversion of Justice" series identified 80 victims, exposed the sweetheart plea deal that let Epstein walk in ...
Sobered-up thief returns stolen mandolins
Lark Street Music in Teaneck, New Jersey, specializes in vintage guitars. It even has a wonderful vintage website. Buzzy Levine, proprietor of the store since 1981, reported the unexpected return of t...
Lark Street Music in Teaneck, New Jersey, specializes in vintage guitars. It even has a wonderful vintage website. Buzzy Levine, proprietor of the store since 1981, reported the unexpected return of t...
AI builds message-in-a-bottle app from vague prompt
A Reddit user going by enigma_x asked Claude AI to "build me an app that would delight me." It generated a digital message-in-a-bottle service where strangers send anonymous notes across a pixelated o...
A Reddit user going by enigma_x asked Claude AI to "build me an app that would delight me." It generated a digital message-in-a-bottle service where strangers send anonymous notes across a pixelated o...
What travelers need to know about phone searches at the U.S. border
Crossing into the United States? Customs and Border Protection can search your phone, laptop, or tablet without a warrant and without any suspicion. It's legal, and it's happening more often under the...
Crossing into the United States? Customs and Border Protection can search your phone, laptop, or tablet without a warrant and without any suspicion. It's legal, and it's happening more often under the...
Trump family's $499 gold phone misses 4th promised shipping deadline
The Trump family's foray into smartphones keeps slipping further into the future. Trump Mobile, the wireless venture run by Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, has postponed delivery of its gold-colored T1 sma...
The Trump family's foray into smartphones keeps slipping further into the future. Trump Mobile, the wireless venture run by Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, has postponed delivery of its gold-colored T1 sma...
Non-coder builds music visualizer in 24 hours using AI assistant
A self-described "hippie who barely knows how to use a microwave" used Claude AI to build a fully functional music visualizer from scratch in a single day. According to a viral post on the ClaudeAI su...
A self-described "hippie who barely knows how to use a microwave" used Claude AI to build a fully functional music visualizer from scratch in a single day. According to a viral post on the ClaudeAI su...
The Andrew formerly known as Prince surrenders gun license
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has voluntarily surrended his gun license after a "visit" from the Metropolitan Police intending to take it. The former Prince Andrew lost his title and position in the Roya...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has voluntarily surrended his gun license after a "visit" from the Metropolitan Police intending to take it. The former Prince Andrew lost his title and position in the Roya...
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Federal judge accused of bullying her clerks
A law clerks' advocacy group filed a misconduct complaint against Judge Sarah Merriam, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, claiming she routinely bullies and mistreats her staff...
A law clerks' advocacy group filed a misconduct complaint against Judge Sarah Merriam, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, claiming she routinely bullies and mistreats her staff...
Danish postal service delivers its last letter
Following an announcement earlier this year, the Danish postal service has delivered its last letter. PostNord will also lose 1500 workers and remove 1500 postboxes. Letter delivery service will conti...
Following an announcement earlier this year, the Danish postal service has delivered its last letter. PostNord will also lose 1500 workers and remove 1500 postboxes. Letter delivery service will conti...
Elementary school's wooden "time out box" alarms parents
An elementary school in Akwesasne, a Mohawk nation territory straddling Canada and the U.S., finds itself having to explain to enraged local parents why it has a large wooden crate in it called the "t...
An elementary school in Akwesasne, a Mohawk nation territory straddling Canada and the U.S., finds itself having to explain to enraged local parents why it has a large wooden crate in it called the "t...
Merry Christmeth! 55 pounds of methamphetamine found neatly giftwrapped
Handsomely wrapped if oddly regular in form, the heap of Christmas presents in Jacob Talamantes' car marked him as a generous giver this holiday season. Unfortunately for the would-be Santa in Jeffers...
Handsomely wrapped if oddly regular in form, the heap of Christmas presents in Jacob Talamantes' car marked him as a generous giver this holiday season. Unfortunately for the would-be Santa in Jeffers...
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USB dock reads Super Nintendo cartridges
A simple idea, handsomely done: Epilogue's SN Operator, a USB dock that accepts Super Nintendo carts. It comes with an emulator app (though you can use all the popular ones) and is compatible with Win...
A simple idea, handsomely done: Epilogue's SN Operator, a USB dock that accepts Super Nintendo carts. It comes with an emulator app (though you can use all the popular ones) and is compatible with Win...