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• Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates - SpaceTotal solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates SpaceWorld prepares for one of nature’s greatest spectacles: a total solar eclipse Financial TimesUK to get best eclipse since 1999 as Moon blocks out... 2h, 1 m ago
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• Rod Stewart calls off US tour after 'routine' heart procedure - bbc.comRod Stewart calls off US tour after 'routine' heart procedure bbc.comRod Stewart cancels remaining farewell tour after coronary stent procedure CNNRod Stewart cancels gigs after heart surgery ... 2h, 40m ago
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• Jimmy Fallon Recreates Trump’s Catering Container Escape - The New York TimesJimmy Fallon Recreates Trump’s Catering Container Escape The New York TimesIran Said to Have Known Details of Trump’s Stay at NATO Summit The New York TimesTrump Says Secret Service Made Him Swap... 3h, 43m ago
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• Crowley defeats democratic socialist Hong to face Tiffany in Wisconsin governor’s race - The HillCrowley defeats democratic socialist Hong to face Tiffany in Wisconsin governor’s race The HillSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News 3h, 45m ago
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• South Carolina Senate Primary Special Election 2026 Live Results: Graham, Norman, Fry and More - NBC NewsSouth Carolina Senate Primary Special Election 2026 Live Results: Graham, Norman, Fry and More NBC NewsSouth Carolina U.S. Senate Special Primary 2026: Live Election Results The New York TimesDarline... 4h, 32m ago
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• A whisper from the rubble led to baby’s rescue after Colombia earthquake - CNNA whisper from the rubble led to baby’s rescue after Colombia earthquake CNNEarthquake response strains Colombia's new government and rescuers NPRColombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers... 4h, 48m ago
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• Hormuz shipping traffic falls to one-week low amid hostilities - ReutersHormuz shipping traffic falls to one-week low amid hostilities ReutersIran-U.S. Updates: Strait of Hormuz traffic falls to new low as Iran-backed Houthis kill 6 in Red Sea, authorities say CBS... 4h, 52m ago
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• Peggy Flanagan, a Progressive, Wins the Democratic Senate Primary in Minnesota - The New York TimesPeggy Flanagan, a Progressive, Wins the Democratic Senate Primary in Minnesota The New York TimesProgressive Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary in race defined by anti-ICE anger The... 4h, 55m ago
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• Horoscope for Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - Chicago Sun-TimesHoroscope for Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Chicago Sun-TimesHoroscopes Today, August 12, 2026 usatoday.comYour Daily Horoscope by Madame Clairevoyant: August 12, 2026 The CutYour Daily Horoscope: August... 5h, 9m ago
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• Call Me Raven Baxter, Because I Can Predict Your Future Based On The 10 Packages You OpenTheres nothing like having a package waiting for you!View Entire Post › 19m ago
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• 65 Extremely Rare And Fascinating Pictures From American History That Will Completely And Totally Change Your Perspective On The PastEvery picture just keeps getting more interesting than the last one.View Entire Post › 39m ago
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• 57 Cheap Product Swaps That You’ll Wish You Made A Long Time AgoBecause maybe you don't want to shell out the big bucks for basics (and even some fun stuff).View Entire Post › 1h, 9m ago
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• Your Old-Ass Hairbrush Could Be Destroying Your Hair. Here Are 10 Replacements To Buy ASAP.Are my worn-down hairbrushes slicing through my strands of hair and causing split ends?View Entire Post › 1h, 39m ago
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• Just 31 Finds For Anyone Whose Wardrobe Needs A Quick RefreshTrends and quintessential classics you'll find worth trying.View Entire Post › 2h, 39m ago
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• Your Random Choices Will Reveal Exactly What Your Dream Retirement Looks LikeOne can dream...View Entire Post › 2h, 40m ago
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• People Who Organize Homes For A Living Reveal The Solutions They Use On Cluttered CabinetsThese bins, racks and simple upgrades can make a huge difference.View Entire Post › 4h, 39m ago
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• 39 Cleverly-Designed Underwear Pieces To Solve Some Of Your FrustrationsBecause you deserve to wear fun necklines, lower backs, slinky fits, and so much more.View Entire Post › 6h, 9m ago
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• This Word Search Has Been Humbling Smart People Left And Right, And I'm Honestly CacklingYour "I'll never use hints" era ends today.View Entire Post › 6h, 10m ago
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• 31 Things From Urban Outfitters To Help You Add Some Personality To Your Standard, Boring Dorm RoomGive 'em the ol' razzle dazzle in dorm decor form.View Entire Post › 6h, 39m ago
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• Are You Ready To Cast The New "X-Men" Reboot?Hear me out, Lisa Kudrow as Professor X!View Entire Post › 6h, 39m ago
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• Which Tarot Card Are You Destined to Pull?Curious about what's coming next? Take this quick quiz, follow your intuition, and let the cards do the rest. 6h, 49m ago
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BBC News

• Gavin & Stacey star Melanie Walters completes Strictly line-up
  
  Walters, who played Gwen in the BBC sitcom, is the 15th and final celebrity to be announced for Strictly. 41m ago
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• Chelsea sign Chavarria in £16m deal - who is the left-back?
  
  Pep Chavarria joins Chelsea on a five-year deal, having played in the Spanish lower leagues until he was 24. 1h, 40m ago
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• Homes near pylons to get £250 a year off energy bills – first sites revealed
  
  Households living within 1,600ft of upgraded pylons will get £250 a year off their electricity bills. 2h, 39m ago
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• Depay says Corinthians 'unacceptable' as contract ends
  
  Memphis Depay accuses Corinthians of "unacceptable behaviour" and of breaching an agreement after the Brazilian club decided against renewing his contract. 3h, 35m ago
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• Slot to stay in club football after Netherlands talks
  
  Former Liverpool head coach Arne Slot confirms talks for Netherlands managerial vacancy but says his next job will be in club football. 3h, 49m ago
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• Why is the women's 800m record so tough to break?
  
  The world record for the women's 800m is the longest-standing in athletics. No-one has managed to break it for 43 years. Why? 3h, 56m ago
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• Can PSG do a three-peat and win six trophies this season?
  
  Paris St-Germain aim to start their season as they hope to end it - by winning a European trophy. 4h, 26m ago
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• Emery chases first Super Cup - but does it matter?
  
  Aston Villa are competing in the Super Cup for the first time since 1982, but manager Unai Emery has much more recent experience of the match. 4h, 43m ago
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• British driver who broke sound barrier sets new speed record
  
  Andy Green set the fastest time ever recorded in a hydrogen-powered car, reaching 406mph (654km/h). 4h, 45m ago
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• First 'pounds for pylons' energy bill discount sites revealed
  
  Households living within 1,600ft of upgraded pylons will get £250 a year off their electricity bills. 5h, 5m ago
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• Military still risks failing victims, review finds
  
  Leaked internal review warns of continued concerns about a new unit investigating the most serious crimes. 5h, 9m ago
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• 'Overwhelmed' probation officers warn of early prison release crime risk
  
  England and Wales' probation services are already under "unprecedented pressure" - set to increase with the scheme, the chief inspector said. 5h, 9m ago
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• PM admits cost of living help is not enough and hints at further support
  
  The PM has announced a rake of measures to help people since taking office three weeks ago. 5h, 56m ago
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• PM admits cost of living help is not enough and hints at further support
  
  The PM has announced a rake of measures to help people since taking office three weeks ago. 5h, 56m ago
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New York Times

• After a Typo, Officers Used Excessive Force in an Arrest, a Report FindsOfficers with the San Francisco Police Department thought they had caught a car thief. Instead, they had mistyped his license plate number, a watchdog agency said. 1h, 6m ago
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• Center-Left Candidate Defeats Socialist in Wisconsin’s Governor PrimaryThe upset victory by David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, over Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, sets up a more traditional general election in November. 2h, 17m ago
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• 8 Takeaways from Tuesday’s PrimariesA Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin remained neck and neck early Wednesday, leaving a national battle between progressive and moderate wings largely unsettled. 2h, 58m ago
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• 8 Takeaways from Tuesday’s PrimariesA Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin remained neck and neck early Wednesday, leaving a national battle between progressive and moderate wings largely unsettled. 4h, 1 m ago
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• What to Know About David Crowley, a Democratic Candidate for Wisconsin GovernorThe Milwaukee County executive, who was locked in a tight race for the Democratic nomination against Francesca Hong, could become the first Black governor of Wisconsin. 6h, 31m ago
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• Lisa Demuth Wins Republican Primary for Governor of MinnesotaLisa Demuth beat Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder who was endorsed by President Trump. 6h, 37m ago
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• Peggy Flanagan, a Progressive, Wins the Democratic Senate Primary in MinnesotaThe victory by Minnesota’s lieutenant governor was the latest for the left-wing movement in the Midwest. She could become the first Native woman in the Senate. 6h, 38m ago
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• Trump Says Secret Service Ordered Air Force One SwapTrump claims his secret plane was in more danger than the Air Force One decoy the public thought Trump was flying on. 6h, 53m ago
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• See How Trump’s Secret Air Force One Swap UnfoldedThe extraordinary subterfuge was aimed at protecting an American president who has been in Iran’s cross hairs for years. 7h, 18m ago
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Wired

• You’re Thinking About Online Trends All WrongFrom pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral. 40m ago
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• 8 Great Deals From Patagonia’s Past-Season SaleSummer’s not over yet; pick up some new gear for that last Labor Day trip. Save up to 40 percent on some of our favorite Patagonia items at the company’s past-season sale. 1h, 1 m ago
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• A Candidate Named ‘Count Binface’ Is the Most Normal Part of This Pivotal UK ElectionClacton's parliamentary race has it all: Nigel Farage, a man dressed as a trash can, a Union Jack bikini, white nationalist conspiracy theories, and 34 candidates on the ballot. 1h, 8m ago
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• Walmart Promo Codes: Up to 65% Off for August 2026Score $10 off with our Walmart promo codes and coupon, and shop flash deals up to 65% off today. 5h, 10m ago
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The Verge

• Saber denies replacing Rideshare Stimulator’s writers with ChatGPT
  
  After a former lead writer claimed Saber "replaced me with ChatGPT," CEO Matthew Karch now claims, "Neither Saber nor Unigine have replaced any writers with AI," for the... 9h, 29m ago
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• Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen
  
  Did a prototype Microsoft gamepad fall off the back of a truck? We can't say, but a Redditor has legit-looking photos of a prototype Xbox controller that's almost certainly the Xbox Elite... 11h, 33m ago
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• An FCC filing points to new Sonos headphones coming soon
  
  It looks like we'll be getting a successor to the Sonos Ace headphones sometime this fall, which was hinted at by CEO Tom Conrad during a third quarter earnings call. As reported by What... 12h, 46m ago
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• ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
  
  That’s a lot of people chatting with their AI friends all day. | Image: Google For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion... 14h, 28m ago
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• Threads has a VR app now
  
  Meta has launched a Threads app for Meta Quest VR headsets, the company announced on Tuesday. The launch follows Meta bringing the app to its Ray-Ban Display AR glasses last month and the recent... 14h, 59m ago
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• Google’s free streaming service now lets you pick shows and movies to watch
  
  Google TV Freeplay, the company's free, ad-supported streaming service, now supports video on demand. Instead of tuning into Google TV Freeplay's selection of always-on channels, you can... 15h, 34m ago
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• Another OpenAI executive takes off
  
  Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's special projects lead and the company's former COO, announced his departure after an eight-year stint at the AI lab. In an internal memo he later posted to X,... 16h, 20m ago
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• The budget-friendly Pixel Buds 2a are even cheaper right now
  
  The Google Pixel Buds 2a in hazel. | Image: The Verge Looking for great pair of earbuds that work particularly well with Android phones? The Google Pixel Buds 2a are currently discounted to $99... 16h, 39m ago
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• Google’s upcoming Pixel phones are for the fans, even if its launch event isn’t
  
  The Pixel 11 Pro has a flashy new light on the back. | Image: Google Last year's Made by Google event for the Pixel 10 resembled a late night talk show, complete with Jimmy Fallon as host,... 17h, 10m ago
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• Made by Google 2026: all the Pixel news and announcements
  
  Google is gearing up to reveal a bunch of new Pixel devices on August 12th. A series of leaks leading up to the event suggest that the Pixel 11 lineup will come in an array of colors, with signs... 17h, 10m ago
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• Apple could help you prove your iPhone photos aren’t deepfakes
  
  Apple is seemingly developing an iOS feature that can verify when a photograph was taken using an iPhone camera. 9to5Mac reports that the iOS 27 beta 5 includes code references for an "Apple... 17h, 50m ago
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• ‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts
  
  Zoom has patched a major security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to hijack anyone's device during a meeting. In a blog post on Tuesday, researchers at A Security say they uncovered... 19h, 24m ago
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Mashable

• How to score free daily snacks during Instacarts huge Back-to-School Deal Week
  
  TL;DR: Through Aug. 16, Instacart is tossing in a free lunchbox item like Frosted Flakes, Gatorade, or a Sargento snack kit with any order of $10 or more. The freebie changes daily, supplies are limited,... 1h, 18m ago
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• Solar Eclipse 2026: What North America will see tonight, what time it starts
  
  August is shaping up to be a big month for fans of celestial events, with both the Perseid meteor shower and a solar eclipse set to light up the skies. While the annual Perseids will deliver one of the... 2h, 26m ago
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• Solar Eclipse 2026 livestreams: How to watch safely tonight without glasses
  
  If your feeds are blowing up with talk of the upcoming total solar eclipse, this might burst your bubble: The show might not be coming to a sky near you.On Aug. 12, the moon will sweep its shadow across... 2h, 28m ago
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• The solar eclipse is today, but dont take photos of it with your phone
  
  I learned that my iPhone 15 Pro Max and the upcoming 2026 total solar eclipse do not mix. I stumbled upon BGR's article, which warned skygazers against using their phones to take pictures of the... 2h, 36m ago
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• The best free food deals this week: Save on McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Krispy Kreme, and more
  
  Like everyone else, we cannot get enough of chains like Burger King, McDonald’s, and Taco Bell. Is it good for us? That's up for debate. Is it good for our bank balance? Absolutely not.You've... 3h, 10m ago
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• How to watch Leeds United vs. Man United online for free
  
  TL;DR: Watch Leeds United vs. Manchester United in a 2026 pre-season friendly for free on ITVX. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The problem with pre-season... 6h, 10m ago
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• How to unblock Pornhub for free in Texas
  
  TL;DR: Unblock Pornhub from Texas with a VPN. The best service for unblocking porn sites is ExpressVPN.More than a third of U.S. states have introduced age verification laws for online adult content,... 6h, 10m ago
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• NYT Pips hints, answers for August 12, 2026
  
  Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your... 8h, 10m ago
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• NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for August 12, 2026
  
  Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you've ever watched baseball.As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that... 8h, 10m ago
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• NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for August 12, 2026
  
  The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you watch a lot of cable TV.Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention.... 8h, 10m ago
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• Wordle today: Answer, hints for August 12, 2026
  
  Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you've been around a cowardly person. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's... 8h, 10m ago
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Lifehacker

• Five New Changes in iOS 27 Beta 5Apple released the fifth beta for iOS 27 on Monday, Aug. 10. As we get closer to the update's official fall release, the number of features and changes Apple will introduce with each beta is... 14h, 9m ago
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• The Best Way to Get Past an Article's Paywall
  
  The era of the free internet is long over: As the online ad market has collapsed in recent years, largely thanks to changes Google has made to forefront AI summaries, countless websites have added... 14h, 40m ago
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• The First Five Things You Should Do With Your Garmin Cirqa Smart Band
  
  We may earn a commission from links on this page.The Garmin Cirqa is the company’s first screen-free smart band, built to track fitness and wellness features around the clock, without needing a... 15h, 9m ago
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• Seven Surprisingly Useful Mac Apps You've Never Heard Of
  
  We may earn a commission from links on this page.If your time on macOS is solely spent switching between the well-known apps that everyone uses—your web browser, Notes, Apple Music—then you're... 15h, 40m ago
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• This Entry-Level Acer Nitro V16 Gaming Laptop Is $200 Off Right Now
  
  We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.Gaming laptops can get very expensive, reaching upwards of three grand for some... 16h, 33m ago
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• 10 Hacks Every In-Flight Wifi User Should KnowGetting (and staying) online while flying has gotten way better over the years, but at the end of the day, you’re still trying to connect to the planet while you're 30,000 feet above it. In other... 17h, 10m ago
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• 10 Shows Like 'Black Mirror' You Should Watch Next
  
  We may earn a commission from links on this page.Black Mirror debuted in 2011, and in the 15 years since, the real world has been racing to outpace its unsettling vision of our technological future.... 17h, 40m ago
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• Vibe-Coded Apps Are a Security Nightmare, but They Don't Have to BeVibe coding might be extremely popular, but it comes with some serious security concerns, including exposed databases, leaked APIs, remotely orchestrated prompt injection attacks, and AI scraping.... 18h, 10m ago
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• The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is the Matcha Filter?This week's dispatch has it all: the indomitable spirit of internet perverts, a genre of music named for its awfulness, slang that didn't come from African-American vernacular English, and a... 20h, 10m ago
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• You Can Get These Nothing Over-Ear Headphones for 27% Off Right Now
  
  We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.The Nothing Headphone (1) is currently down to $219 from its $299 list price,... 20h, 40m ago
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• This Anker 3-in-1 MagSafe Charger Is $90 Off Right Now
  
  We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.Wireless charging is convenient, but it often comes with a tradeoff—phones... 21h, 10m ago
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• Watch Out for These Fake Fraud Alerts From Apple and AmazonIf you get a security pop-up while you're browsing online alerting you to an unauthorized charge attached to one of your accounts, don't panic, and don't act impulsively. Scammers are... 21h, 40m ago
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• You Can (Maybe) Run Meta's Latest AI Model Locally on Your Computer
  
  On Monday, Meta announced its latest AI model: Muse Glimmer. The company isn't necessarily advertising this model as its biggest and best, however. While Meta has plenty to say about Muse... 1d, 13h ago
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TechCrunch

• India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demandYulu aims to have a fleet of 200,000 bikes in the next two years and faster electric two-wheelers, aiming at new logistics use cases. 5h, 40m ago
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• Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for monthsPhia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once again under fire for its alleged business practices. 12h, 30m ago
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• Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its lastThe U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment. 12h, 30m ago
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• Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stakeThe divesture comes comes as the two once-tight companies have started to diverge on the business side. 14h, 8m ago
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• FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate picturesIn a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion campaigns. 14h, 31m ago
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• OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for LinuxOpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux operating systems. 14h, 54m ago
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• Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion usersGemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June. 15h, 20m ago
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• Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the appOver a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged. 16h, 23m ago
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• What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE. 16h, 28m ago
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• Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’One of OpenAI's longest serving executives is headed out the door, although the longtime COO told staff that he was "excited to help you all advance the mission from a different vantage... 16h, 28m ago
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• General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AIRiver AI, a startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has a fascinating vision for personal agents and secured $1.1 billion out of the gate. 16h, 28m ago
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• Anthropic’s Claude Will Add Watermarks to AI-Generated Text anAnthropic joins a growing list of companies letting customers know if they’re consuming AI content. 12h, 34m ago
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• NASA Is Hosting a Livestream for Perseids: How to Watch the MeteorIt kicks off at midnight on Wednesday, so grab a snack and some caffeine. 12h, 54m ago
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• T-Mobile vs. Verizon: Which Major Phone Carrier Works Best fIt’s time to compare what two of the biggest carriers offer in their mobile phone plans. 13h, 8m ago
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• Apple’s 20th Anniversary All-Glass iPhone Is Still on the Menu, RepoBloomberg reported the glassy iPhone overhaul will still be released in 2027. 14h ago
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• PlayStation 5 Is Getting a Wolverine Yellow Makeover, and It’ll Cost YFans can choose between Wolverine’s signature yellow and adamantium finishes, with preorders starting Aug. 19. 14h, 13m ago
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• Parents’ Stress Leads to More Screen Time for Kids, StudExperts say families should create plans for determining how kids use devices. 14h, 19m ago
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• Bumble Changes the Feature That Made It Different From Other DatiDating app Bumble is changing its policy to allow either person to message first, and is extending its response window from 24 to 72 hours. 16h, 38m ago
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• Stop Wasting Food and Start Saving Money With TheIf you’re tired of wasting food and want money back into your pocket, these are the apps you’ll want to download. 19h, 37m ago
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• This New Open-Weight AI Model Is Built for Video andA new open world model from LTX shows how open-weights models can be used and customized by anyone. 21h, 10m ago
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• Spotify’s AI Persona Label to Pluck AI Artists From Your AlStamped on artist profiles, it’ll help listeners figure out who’s an AI musician, and who isn’t. 21h, 10m ago
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• 10 Puzzle Games to Try Now if You LoveYou can play some of these games as many times as you want in a day, no waiting required. 23h, 10m ago
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• Report: Analyst Shatters Expectations of an All-GlassReportedly, not enough defect-free units were produced. 1d, 15h ago
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• The unreleased Xbox Elite Controller 3 may have ended up in an unsuspecting buyer's hands
  
  An Xbox Elite Controller 3 may have been sold in a marketplace, months after images of the unreleased model were leaked. 49m ago
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• We don't serve pies, but we do like a PiBORK!BORK!BORK! There is an old IT truism that the best tip anybody can give is "turn it off and turn it on again." But this is probably not the sort of tip that the staff at this London pub... 13m ago
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• UK puts £14B cloud framework in place with SMEs promised a bigger sliceThe British government has awarded places on its latest G-Cloud procurement framework, through which the public sector could spend an estimated £14 billion ($18.9 billion) over four years. Whitehall... 1h, 8m ago
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• Nailed it: Toolstation gives its store IT an ASUS NUC refurbWhen Toolstation's customers walk into a branch, work has usually paused somewhere else. A plumber, decorator or electrician is there because a plug won't fit, a roller has worn out, or the van... 2h, 10m ago
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• Agents made my retro tech safe to use again and showed their real value as testers of ideasOver the years, my home has become something of an Island of Misfit Kit because it’s filled with ancient computers, all of them well and truly out of support. Most still work but it was always... 3h, 41m ago
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• Zuck’s Chinese agentic prey escapes, will resume standalone opsChina’s decision not to allow Meta to acquire local AI outfit Manus AI has become reality, with the upstart advising users it will soon “return to operating as an independent company.” Manus burst... 5h, 15m ago
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• India’s central bank wants AI to approve loans that humans would rejectThe governor of India’s Reserve Bank wants the nation’s financial institutions to use AI to approve loans that human assessors would likely reject. In a speech delivered yesterday at the FIBAC... 8h, 51m ago
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• Modular's Mojo programming language hits 1.0 milestoneModular's Mojo reached its 1.0 milestone on Tuesday, promising developers a stable, production-ready, general-purpose programming language. But its primary purpose is more specific: to unify the AI... 10h, 19m ago
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• Signal adds an extra layer of security to make sure you're actually chatting with the right personSignal has introduced a new layer of security to help make sure no one has secretly interfered with your encrypted chats. The chat app is favored by diplomats, activists, and journalists for its security.... 12h, 25m ago
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• 421 bugs in Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release, and the Norks have already attacked oneThis is an epic month for Microsoft patches, though not a record-setting one. Redmond addressed 421 bugs in its own products this month - about 200 fewer CVEs than last month, but likely the new norm with... 12h, 39m ago
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• Give Palantir up to $244m through 2028, says internal Defense Department memoEXCLUSIVE US Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memorandum directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 million in services from AI-enabled data analytics biz... 12h, 55m ago
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• Together AI embraces the competition with $240M IBM Cloud dealWith power, datacenter capacity, and other supply chain constraints, AI infrastructure is in short supply, and service providers will rent all the compute they can get, even if it means working with... 15h, 18m ago
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• DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-FiA passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta after DEF CON is suspected of jamming the in-flight Wi-Fi and broadcasting an unauthorized network in what could amount to a federal... 17h, 42m ago
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• Intel upsizes stock sale to $20B with spending plans still fuzzyIntel stands to raise $20 billion from a public offering of common stock after increasing the deal from the $15 billion announced on Monday, although analysts disagree over what the chip giant wants the... 18h, 9m ago
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• Jellyfish Swarm Overwhelms Nuclear Power Plant For The Second Time In 2 YearsClimate change will likely make similar events more common, scientists warned. 12h, 40m ago
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• As Search For Thousands Of Missing Pushes On, Colombia Earthquake Tests New PresidentCivilian-run databases suggest the number of missing could be as high as 3,900. 14h, 30m ago
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• Ex-Syrian President Bashar Assad Sentenced To Death In Absentia For War CrimesBashar Assad and his brother were sentenced for crimes against humanity during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead. 21h, 43m ago
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• Powerful 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Kills More Than 110 In Western ColombiaThe quake trapped residents under debris, leaving more injured and forcing people to evacuate their homes as far as the capital of Bogotá. 1d, 18h ago
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• Yemen's Houthis Attack Saudi Refinery After Kingdom Signs Defense PactYemen’s Houthis have attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery, they said, two days after the kingdom signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan. 2d, 5h ago
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• Iran Ties Hormuz Reopening To U.S. Concessions On Several DemandsThe United States and Israel launched air strikes on Iran more than five months ago. 2d, 5h ago
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• Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Plan, More Details Emerge On The Strait Of Hormuz And Other Mideast NewsIsrael’s prime minister is rejecting Trump’s deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms. 2d, 9h ago
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• Nagasaki Marks 81st Atomic Bomb Anniversary As Mayor Says Nuclear Deterrence Only Increases RiskMayor Shiro Suzuki said that while some countries argue the possession of nuclear weapons helps deter potential attackers, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had demonstrated that humans can... 2d, 19h ago
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• Netanyahu Says Trump's New Gaza Plan Is UnacceptableIsrael has scaled back attacks in Gaza since Monday, when Nikolay Mladenov, the Gaza envoy for Trump’s Board of Peace that oversees the ceasefire, met with Netanyahu. 2d, 21h ago
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• Ryanair signs a five-year AI deal with Google Cloud, and a second cloud to fall back on
  
  Ryanair has signed a five-year data and AI partnership with Google Cloud, rolling out Google Workspace and Google Cloud services to 35,000 employees and making Gemini Enterprise, Google’s agentic AI... 27m ago
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• Joby is buying a stealth-technology firm for $500m, and rebuilding its defence arm around it
  
  Joby Aviation has agreed to buy Resonant Sciences, a Dayton, Ohio radar and low-observability specialist, for about $500m, in the largest acquisition the electric air taxi company has made and the... 48m ago
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• Brad Lightcap is leaving OpenAI after eight years to start something new
  
  Brad Lightcap, who spent eight years at OpenAI and four of them as chief operating officer, said on Tuesday that he is leaving to start something new. He did not say what it is. “It is bittersweet to... 1h ago
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• Spotify will badge AI artist profiles, and keep them out of your recommendations
  
  Spotify will begin attaching an “AI Persona” badge to artist profiles whose public identity is generated rather than human, the company announced. Profiles carrying the badge will be excluded by... 1h, 11m ago
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• Nvidia calms its own credit market after Jensen Huang clarifies the $500bn financing plan
  
  The chipmaker’s credit-default swaps had spiked to a record on fears of circular financing. They eased once Jensen Huang recast the plan as other people’s money, with Nvidia’s own exposure capped.... 1h, 49m ago
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• French media ask the competition watchdog to make Google pay for its AI answers
  
  French media have asked the country’s competition authority to rein in Google’s use of artificial intelligence, filing a complaint that seeks to put a price on the AI-generated summaries quietly... 2h, 5m ago
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• Anthropic starts marking all of Claude’s output worldwide as EU transparency rules take effect
  
  Anthropic has begun attaching machine-readable marks to the text and images that its Claude models generate, and will apply them to users worldwide rather than only in Europe, after signing a European... 2h, 19m ago
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• Crypto impersonation scams grew 1,400% as AI supercharged fraud
  
  Impersonation scams grew more than 1,400% year over year in 2025, according to Chainalysis, with the average payment into those clusters rising more than 600%. Across all scam categories the average... 12h, 20m ago
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• SpaceXAI launches Grok Bot as the agent race moves to office work
  
  SpaceXAI has launched Grok Bot in beta, AI agents that sign into apps and websites, retain context between tasks and coordinate with each other. Access is limited at first to SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra... 13h, 43m ago
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• Sonos Plans September Launch Event and Deeper Push Into Home AI
  
  Sonos chief executive Tom Conrad says model quality will converge and the advantage will sit with hardware that already knows a home. An FCC filing names the first product of that push, the Ace Ultra... 15h, 11m ago
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• Apple Executive Who Launched Apple Pay Is Retiring After 25 Years
  
  Jennifer Bailey, head of Apple Pay and Wallet since the service launched in 2014, is retiring in October after more than 25 years at Apple. Her exit is one of several senior departures ahead of Tim Cook... 15h, 46m ago
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• Target appoints its first chief AI officer as retailers scale up AI spending
  
  Target has named Lowe’s executive Chandhu Nair as its first chief AI officer, starting August 24. IBM research puts the share of organisations with a chief AI officer at 76% this year, up from 26% in... 17h, 3m ago
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• IBM bets $240m on cheap, open-source inference to take on the hyperscalers
  
  A multi-year deal with the startup Together AI will put Nvidia Blackwell systems on IBM Cloud, and the wager is that enterprises now care more about the cost of running AI than the prestige of the model... 17h, 13m ago
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• This Shelter Treats Its Dogs To Hamburgers, And Here Are 44 Pics Showing Their Reactions
  
  At the Humane Society of Lebanon County in Pennsylvania, treating shelter pups to burgers has become something of a heartwarming tradition over the years. Families, local businesses, supporters, and... 1h, 25m ago
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• Fans Find “Goth Baddie’s” Adult Content Account After Drake Barked For Her, And It Has Some Strangely Niche Content
  
  Just days after making rapper Drake bark for her on a live broadcast, fans have dug deeper into the internet’s “Goth Baddie,” and her adult-content persona has now left many viewers stunned. The... 1h, 39m ago
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• Absurd-Yet-Funny Situations: 20 New Comics By This Artist
  
  Australian cartoonist and animator Mike Greaney is the creator of Cosmic Dirtbag, a comic series he launched during the 2020 pandemic to bring a little more fun to himself and his readers. His comics mix... 1h, 50m ago
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• Daily Guess The Phrase Game #009 (Aug 12, 2026)Ready to spin the wheel and test your word skills? Welcome to Daily Guess The Phrase, the ultimate word puzzle showdown inspired by TV’s classic Wheel of Fortune! Whether you’re cracking legendary... 1h, 54m ago
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• Kristen Stewart’s Unsettling Appearance On Jimmy Fallon Show Has Fans Speculating Something’s Wrong
  
  Kristen Stewart sparked an unusually intense reaction during her appearance on The Tonight Show. Earlier this week, the 36-year-old actress sat down with Jimmy Fallon and spoke about working with her wife... 2h, 36m ago
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• 40 Mesmerizing Winning Photos From The LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2026
  
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• “Which Song Starts With ‘We Don’t Need No Education’?”: Test Your ’70s & ’80s Music Memory
  
  The ’70s & ’80s Opening Lyrics: Part 4 has arrived! From ‘Purple Rain’ to ‘Simply the Best’, ‘Go Your Own Way’ to ‘Sweet Dreams’, this challenge will test if you can recognize the... 3h, 47m ago
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• 96 Images That Bring Nostalgia To People Who Experienced The Magic Of The ‘90s And ‘00s (New Pics)
  
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• Woman Used To Be Close With MIL And Is Horrified By Her Flip After An Email Announcement To Family
  
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• Bride Realizes Her Future SILs Are Nothing But Copycats, Serves Them Deliciously Petty Revenge At The Wedding
  
  Love. Trust. Respect. Common decency. Those are all things you expect from your significant other’s family when you’re about to get married. However, some in-laws are so nightmarishly entitled and... 4h, 12m ago
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• 91 People Who Accidentally Created Comedy Gold With Their Broken English (New Pics)
  
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• Guy Was Assured His Boyfriend Was Welcome At A Party, But The Host’s Reaction Made Him Turn Around And Walk Out
  
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• Durch KI-Einsatz: Unternehmen erwarten eher sinkende Löhne
  
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• Wir haben Dating so lange optimiert, bis keiner mehr jemanden kennenlernt. Glückwunsch.Mal ernsthaft: Was zur Hölle ist aus Kennenlernen geworden? Früher bist du Freitagabend in eine Kneipe gegangen, hast jemanden gesehen, zwei Bier Mut getrunken, irgendeinen halbwegs brauchbaren Satz... 1h, 45m ago
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• Wieso wird Beschneidung nur bei Frauen kritisch diskutiert?Wir leben in einer Zeit in der es eigentlich keinen Grund mehr gibt Männliche Babys pauschal zu beschneiden, dennoch juckt es irgendwie keinen dass sowas weiterhin gemacht wird. Die Medien berichten... 3h, 13m ago
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• RIP John CrowleyJohn Crowley author of many MeFi favourite books such as Little, Big and The Aegypt cycle has passed away. 6h, 50m ago
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• 'Has Trump's Invasion of Greenland Already Begun?'Experts Fearful as MAGA-Linked Oil Company Prepares Unauthorized Drilling. As The Guardian reported, Greenland's government issued a "strong warning" last week after learning that a Texas... 8h, 12m ago
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• "I would leave nothing undone to make it comfortable for you"Come to My Cottage: Queer Pleasures and Female Fandom in the Silent Hollywood Era. Article by Diana W. Anselmo at Notches about young women's "passionate response to film actresses" in the... 16h, 13m ago
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• Glory hole jokes are left as an exercise for the reader...Mouth blowing sheet glass is a historical technique that involves blowing long tubes of coloured glass, then cutting them open and re-melting them into sheets. See some examples from an American producer.... 16h, 21m ago
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• Last night I ate a whole jar of Vick's!In Boot Cut Slacks (YT), churlish man-child Cecil suffers an existential fracture upon learning his wife wants to try to get pregnant. Before his '90s/'00s TV animation work for MTV and... 18h, 40m ago
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• The goalposts sure seem like they are being movedCanada Gave Them Citizenship. Then Changed Its Mind. (slTheWalrus)IMHO, having dealt with Canadian immigration for myself in a PR and citizen capacity, they are spectacularly terrible with documents.... 19h, 27m ago
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• Do you know how short the days are?Days, the 24th and latest release from The Mountain Goats, is out now.You can start with the cheeky lead single, Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds, but for my money the best track is Going to Fennario 20h, 31m ago
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• The system doesn't have to be right, it only has to be listened toA world that keeps removing the unlikely also removes the things that could have become the next likely. Ecologists have known this for a long time already and even priced it: they call it the insurance... 22h, 19m ago
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• Man, those Romans sure lost a lot of cargo boats
  
  Yet another untouched Roman wreck has been discovered off the coast of someplace in the Mediterranean. This time, off the coast of Sicily. Naturally, Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli declared... 14h, 42m ago
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• DoorDash sprints towards replacing its drivers with robots
  
  Reading this story made me so damn tired: as part of their effort to replace human employees with delivery robots, DoorDash has come up with a cunning plan: they're gonna use the human employees they... 14h, 51m ago
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• Manitoba's premier: booze returns when the Epstein files do
  
  A whole lotta Canadians love them some Wab Kinew. The current Premier of Manitoba (think Minnesota, but a whole lot more hockey), Kinew, wore many hats before wading into politics: journalist,... 14h, 52m ago
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• SteamOS is coming to more computers
  
  I'm not fond of bricking my hardware. But I'm very fond of Valve's SteamOS. If you haven't had the opportunity to mess with a Steam Deck or Steam Machine, SteamOS is a deliciously... 14h, 54m ago
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• How Disney builds immersive theme park worlds from their movies
  
  The upcoming hour-long film on Disney+, "Disney Worldbuilders," focuses on how the cinematic visions of seven filmmakers have been realized as physical, immersive areas of Disney theme... 14h, 58m ago
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• AI told Reddit's biggest jerks they did nothing wrong 51% of the time
  
  Researchers at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon ran a test to measure how often chatbots flatter users. In a paper on social sycophancy in AI advice, they ran OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, DeepSeek, Qwen,... 16h, 3m ago
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• Australian crew pulls off extraordinary Antarctic medical evacuation
  
  Getting sick in Antarctica is one thing. Getting sick there in the middle of winter is another problem entirely. On July 31, an Australian crew flew a specially configured Skytraders Airbus A319 Long... 16h, 8m ago
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• The designer of Voltron and the Power Rangers robots has died
  
  Katsushi Murakami designed the Voltron robots, most of the robots in Power Rangers, and many of the Go-Bots. Matt Alt, the author of Pure Invention, reported Murakami's death in a farewell to the... 18h, 10m ago
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• The government secretly injected a house painter with plutonium
  
  On May 14, 1945, doctors at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco injected Albert Stevens, an Ohio-born house painter, with plutonium without telling him. Stevens had checked in with what... 18h, 10m ago
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• Kindle jailbreakers have a new way in with Véra
  
  Kindle jailbreakers have another way into Amazon's famously locked-down e-reader. Véra, released August 10 by developers Ava and sparklerfish, uses the Kindle's own web browser and a pair of... 18h, 12m ago
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• Fringe paleontology gets weird fast
  
  Paleontology already gives us giant carnivorous lizards, five-eyed sea creatures, and enough weird fossils to make science fiction seem boring. So, obviously, fringe paleontology has to start off the... 18h, 30m ago
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• Behold the 'Glueball,' a Strange New Form of Mattersciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: For more than half a century, physicists have searched for one of the strangest particles predicted by modern theory. It would be made almost entirely... 3h, 10m ago
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• Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA SaysAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.... 6h, 40m ago
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• Linux Desktop Use Surged To 22% On One Workday, Cloudflare Data ShowsCloudflare data suggests desktop Linux usage in North America has climbed to 6.4%, up from 4.1% a year earlier, with one post-holiday workday briefly spiking to 22%. ZDNet reports: [B]elieve it or not, on... 11h, 10m ago
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• Freenet Creator Ian Clarke Shares Progress on Its New Decentralized NetworkIan Clarke (aka ancient Slashdot reader Sanity), designer of the peer-to-peer communication platform Freenet, is back with an update on the project's progress following the launch of its P2P network... 12h, 10m ago
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• Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record TimeGemini has become Google's fastest-growing product ever, reaching 1 billion monthly active users faster than any of the company's 13 other billion-user services. Ars Technica reports: Gemini has... 13h, 10m ago
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• A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices On a CallAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: As AI models gain advanced capabilities to find vulnerabilities in software, develop ways to exploit them, and even carry out autonomous hacking sprees,... 14h, 10m ago
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• Spotify Will Label 'AI Persona' Profiles, Exclude Their Music From RecommendationsSpotify will begin labeling AI-generated artist identities with "AI Persona" badges and exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations unless users explicitly... 15h, 10m ago
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• Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust SuitParamount CEO David Ellison is threatening to begin moving the studio out of California on October 1 if state Attorney General Rob Bonta refuses to enter settlement talks over the proposed... 16h, 10m ago
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• France Bans Unsolicited Telemarking CallsStarting today, unsolicited telemarking calls are banned in France unless consumers explicitly consent to them. Companies that violate the law can face fines of up to 375,000 euros per call, though... 17h, 10m ago
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• England Set To Eliminate Hepatitis CAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show.... 18h, 10m ago
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• Disney Confirms D23 Kingdom Hearts Panel Details, and Given Who's on It, We're Expecting Kingdom Hearts 4 News
  
  Kingdom Hearts 4 news looks set for later this week after Disney confirmed the details of its Kingdom Hearts panel at fan convention D23.A livestream of the ‘DEEP DIVE into KINGDOM HEARTS panel at... 11m ago
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• Huge Helldivers 2 Patch Adds New Illuminate Enemies, a New Biome 'Full of Fresh Horrors,' a Level Cap Increase and Much More
  
  Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has released a major patch for the game, adding new Illuminate enemies, a new biome, and raising the level cap.Update 7.0.0 is about players’ fight toward the Void,... 21m ago
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