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Happy Birthday, Cookie Monster!
It is the birthday of Sid "Cookie" Monster , who debuted in the premiere episode of Sesame Street on November 10, 1969, having already appeared as The Wheel Stealer in an unaired General Foods advertising spot and in an IBM training film titled " Coffee Break Machine . — Read…
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Anthropic clamps down on using Claude to make copycat games—or reverse-engineer code
The flood of AI-generated slop games has set the thoroughly-troubled gaming industry reeling , but for indies it's even worse: success can depend on building a social media following by showing off clever and innovative gameplay concepts early in development. And that's just the…
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Intel stock "collapses" amid broader tech retreat
Intel's stock price fell 9% today after a bad week that saw the company lose more than a third of its value. It's lost more than half of its value since the summer highs, in what Jared Blikre describes as "tech wreckage" and Intel's worst day since 1974 . — Read the rest The…
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Industrial degreaser-rimmed margaritas send five to urgent care
My local Chili's burned down three years ago, but the Chili's in Forest City, North Carolina, burned three customers and two staff members with its specialty margaritas Thursday. The drinks were reportedly made using cleaning chemicals that "a worker mistook for sugar," writes…
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Your keyboard can take a hike: VoiceType AI is just $40
TL;DR: Give your fingers a break with VoiceType AI , a dictation tool that turns speech into polished text at up to 360 words per minute. Get unlimited monthly transcription for $39.97 (reg. $419) through November 8. Your brain has already written the email, mapped out the…
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Abdul El-Sayed: "We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room"
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed shared a fairly uncomplicated theory about Donald Trump and the people surrounding him: "We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room." Speaking with Hasan Minhaj, El-Sayed called Trump an "idiot," while granting him…
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Stanley Kubrick's personal archives are coming to auction for the first time
Stanley Kubrick's personal archives are coming to auction for the first time. The auction will include props, scripts, equipment, and personal possessions from Kubrick's film archives. According to Bonhams , which is holding the auction, highlights from the sale include his…
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Judge rules McDonald's must face McRib lawsuit
McDonald's will have to explain the McRib , its occasional mystery meat sandwich, after failing to convince a federal judge to dismiss a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit contends that McDonald's "intentionally shapes" McRib patties, one of the fast-food giant's most expensive…
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Watch hundreds of polar bears wait for Hudson Bay to freeze
Annie says, "The Polar Bear Cams are live from Churchill, where hundreds of polar bears are gathering on the shore of Hudson Bay, waiting for the ice to freeze. It's like Fat Bear Week, except these bears are still waiting for dinner." — Read the rest The post Watch hundreds of…
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Flip through East Germany's 1975 mail-order catalog
Enjoy this scan of a 1975 copy of the Konsument catalog , which advertised the offerings of East Germany's state-run retail cooperative. The catalog shows the fashions, tools, housewares, consumer electronics, and other glorious goods made during the grim, oppressive Russian…
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Iron gall ink lasts for centuries. Here's how to make it
What is iron gall ink? Only one of the "most important substances in the history of civilization," says Joel Klein , the curator of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences at the Huntington in San Marino, California. That's because the ink, which is dark blue-gray, sinks…
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Hackers cooked supermarket freezers in seven European countries
Unknown hackers took over refrigeration controls in supermarkets in seven countries in Europe . This is the second attack. Last month , as many as 700 French supermarkets had to throw out frozen and refrigerated food after a cyberattack caused cooler temperatures to reach 122°F.…
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Trump worries Alaska voters won't understand the word "incumbent"
Yet another word confuses Grandpa Pudding Brains, so he assumes everyone else is even more idiotic. Explaining his objection to two candidates with nearly the same name appearing on the Alaska ballot, Diaper Don claims "incumbent" is confusing. He shows zero respect for the…
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The weirdest thing about LA's ghost condos is that they run the HOA
Investigative vlogger Yoonj Kim first visited downtown Los Angeles' Metropolis towers, where her investigation found hundreds of condos that have been sitting empty for years. Naturally, she asked: why would the developer want to hold on to them? One answer is the votes. — Read…
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Sedona residents spent Sunday waiting on their roofs for helicopters
Historic flooding has struck Sedona, Arizona, for the second time in two weeks. Residents unable to evacuate fast enough spent part of Sunday standing on their roofs waiting for helicopters. Some with their pets. Oak Creek moved through neighborhoods fast enough to trap…
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Let AI handle your PDFs with PDNob Pro for $44.97
TL;DR: Use AI to easily edit and convert PDFs with a lifetime subscription to PDNob Pro PDF Editor for $44.97, regularly $349.95. Working with PDFs can be cumbersome — but with the PDNob Pro PDF Editor, AI features make creating, editing, and processing PDFs faster and more…
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Mayor gets upset in council meeting, charges at local resident
Alarming footage shows a New Jersey mayor charging at a local resident during a "heated" council meeting . The chaotic incident was streamed live as council members told Pemberton Township Mayor Matthew Bianchin to stop; Bianchini was ultimately physically removed from the room,…
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Trans-Neptunian planet candidate hailed as "enormous new dwarf"
2026 ED138 is a large trans-Neptunian object, or as the BBC has it , an "enormous new dwarf" planet lurking in the outer regions of the solar system. Discovered by Matthew Holman, it's the first such body discovered using data captured by the Vera C. — Read the rest The post…
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Capture the sights of the night with this deal on digital binoculars
TL;DR: Try these Night Vision Digital Binoculars to capture 4K video, 36MP photos, and more for just $99.99 (Reg. $169.99). Want to rediscover your sense of adventure? Adventure calls — and these Night Vision Digital Binoculars are answering the call. Supplement your sense of…
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Your PC could be running Windows 11 Pro for less than $10
TL;DR: Add BitLocker, Hyper-V, and Copilot to your PC with a lifetime Windows 11 Pro license for $9.97 (reg. $199). Windows 11 Home runs most PCs fine, but it leaves out drive encryption, virtual machines, and the other tools Microsoft saves for its higher tier. — Read the rest…