- newMicrosoft may spin off struggling XBox division
The Information reports that Microsoft is considering several ways to set loose its XBox gaming division, including spinning it out as a separate company, restructuring it as a subsidiary, or establishing a joint venture. Reuters echoes the paywalled…
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- newSealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction
An early, sticker-sealed copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. sold for $3m at auction today, stomping the record set in 2021. Chris Kohler writes on Bluesky that it's the first sticker-sealed copy (from Nintendo's earliest production runs) to go unde…
- 10 hours ago 12 Jun 26, 5:50pm -
- newTurn your desk into a 4K workstation with this iMac for under $350
TL;DR: If you're in the market for a budget-friendly alternative for desk-based work, this refurbished 2019 21.5-inch iMac offers a 4K display, solid everyday performance, and 1TB of storage for just $339.99 (reg. $1,499). If you think MacBooks ar…
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- newCollege president suggests graduates "put a quick end" to themselves in commencement speech
The president of Taipei's Shih Hsin University told graduates to end their own lives if they couldn't handle the workforce, remarks that led to widespread anger. Yang Mien-chieh and Jake Chung of The Taipei Times add that he subsequently requested a…
- 13 hours ago 12 Jun 26, 2:52pm -
- newLake Powell is approaching the line where Glen Canyon Dam stops making power
Lake Powell is still more than 150 feet above dead pool, but it is only about 38 feet above minimum power pool, the line where Glen Canyon Dam stops generating hydropower. That is close enough to make the old "drain Lake Powell" debate feel less theo…
- 14 hours ago 12 Jun 26, 2:16pm -
- newGrandpa Pudding Brains set to invade Washington, D.C.
Grandpa Pudding Brains has found another election he may not respect: a Democratic mayoral primary in Washington, D.C., may serve as a reason to impose martial law. Clearly, this man of the people has no respect for the will of the people. — Read…
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- newWatch the live Kennedy Center stream of Trump's name coming down (video)
Reversing the egocentric high watermark of the MAGA Clown Reich, a newly re-annoited The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts shares this livestream:How cheaply, and in the wrong font, Trump's slathering of his name on this monument t…
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- newThe FBI's protest-harassment fit has sponsors
In a Threads post, Craig Brittain, a former Arizona Senate candidate, says an FBI agent confronted him while he was protesting ICE at Delaney Hall in Newark, and the alleged agent refused to give his name.Ignoring the grossness of an FBI visit for p…
- 15 hours ago 12 Jun 26, 12:58pm -
- newMel Fisher's treasure hunters find another chunk of Atocha silver
Mel Fisher's treasure hunters are still pulling Spanish Empire leftovers out of the Florida Keys, and this time the ocean coughed up a 22-pound silver bar.After hitting the object with a knife and examining the surface, Nicholas said he saw te…
- 15 hours ago 12 Jun 26, 12:42pm -
- newMinneapolis has been hearing unexplained booms for decades and nobody can figure out why
Residents of the Longfellow neighborhood in Minneapolis have been reporting loud, unexplained explosions for several decades. The booms mostly occur on summer nights and have been described as "house-shakingly loud" and low-pitched, distinct from a c…
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