- newPokémon card collector used GPS device to track delivery woman
After 30 years, Pokémon remains among the most desirable collectible franchises in fandom and auctions regularly prove the cards' growing value. But one scalper went too far in his efforts to acquire the latest Squirter or PewPew or whatever, attach…
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- newMicrosoft Office 2024 drops to $50 for the September Flash Sale
TL;DR: Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access for one Windows PC, with a lifetime license now $49.97 (reg. $249.99).Your streaming services, cloud storage, and probably half the apps on…
- 9 hours ago 25 Sep 26, 4:00pm -
- newOfficial trailer for "Musk" documentary
If you haven't figured out the deal with Elon Musk, yet, a blockbuster documentary is on its way to explain it in detail. Filmed by Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and scheduled for release on October 9, the "definitive and unvarn…
- 11 hours ago 25 Sep 26, 1:51pm -
- newGTA 6 collector's edition will cost $400, will not include the game
I've maintained for a while now that GTA 6's marketing runup has exemplified everything wrong with the way games are sold today, from Rockstar skipping out on making a physical edition to the paywalled trailers to, inexplicably, a Vice City-scented c…
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- newDaycare sued over "Child Fight Club"
A daycare in Fort Worth, Texas, is being sued after a substitute teacher allegedly encouraged 4-year-olds to fight one another, and herself injured one of them. Surveillance video from the Arka Montessori Academy shows the incident clearly, and KDFW…
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- newUnderground robot probing hill thought by some to be Noah's Ark
Researchers are sending an underground robot into a hill whose vaguely boat-like shape has long excited Biblical literalists in search of Noah's Ark. The Noah's Ark Scans expedition hopes to find evidence of The Flood at the Durupinar formation near…
- 14 hours ago 25 Sep 26, 10:44am -
- newDutch government to replace Microsoft Windows with NixOS-based operating system
The government of the Netherlands plans to replace Microsoft's Windows and other software with a custom Linux-based operating system and IT suite named DAWO (Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid).De Nederlandse overheid maakt een eigen digitale…
- 14 hours ago 25 Sep 26, 10:10am -
- newPay once, store a ridiculous amount while Internxt's 10TB plan is just $269.97
TL;DR: Internxt's 10TB lifetime plan gives new users encrypted cloud storage across unlimited devices for $269.97 (MSRP $2,900) through Sept. 29.Some people delete files. Other people look at a photo from 2014, think, "I may need this someday," and…
- 15 hours ago 25 Sep 26, 10:00am -
- newElizabeth Holmes headed to halfway house next year
Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder and convicted felon, will move to a halfway house next year. ABC News was first to report her forthcoming transfer from federal prison, where she was imprisoned after being sentenced to 10 years and 3 months on…
- 15 hours ago 25 Sep 26, 9:32am -
- A chronology of early Star Trek computer games
In the early days of computer game development, Star Trek was a popular topic for young programmers with access to mainframes. Players could hunt Klingon ships across the galaxy's numbered sectors while conserving their dilithium crystals and photon…
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