- newApple's watchOS 27 cutoff is weirdly brutal
Apple Watch Series 9 owners bought a cutting-edge smartwatch and, apparently, ended up with a vintage collectible faster than anyone would have expected.The odd part is not just that Apple is dropping older watches. It is where the line falls. — R…
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- newONE EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN KARS FOUR KIDS rises from the dead
A California appeals court has hit play on the state's most malodorous earworm.A lower court ruled last month that Kars4Kids' ads violated California false-advertising and unfair-competition laws by failing to clearly disclose where the donated-car…
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- newAlien: Isolation sequel finally gets full reveal
Hey, remember that mysterious sequel tease that promised a follow-up to the excellent, supremely stressful horror game Alien: Isolation? They finally decided to elaborate.The 2014 original delivered claustrophobic horror in a perfectly tuned package…
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- newUtah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert
"There's always assumed risk there, so that's not something that we're overly concerned about." In an attempt to add some whimsy and apparently make city hall more inviting, St. George, Utah, is installing two four-story slides alongside its new par…
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- newCapcom is remaking a forgotten Dreamcast Resident Evil spinoff
One has to wonder how Capcom keeps putting out Resident Evil. Since 2017's brilliantly terrifying Resident Evil 7 gave the series a shot in the arm and saved it from the depths of schlocky self-parody it was rapidly descending toward, it feels like t…
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- newRFK, Jr. says "depriving" children of whole milk constitutes "a form of child abuse"
At the beginning of this week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. kicked off Wisconsin's "June Dairy Month" by taking a tour of the Gilbertson family dairy farm in Elk Mound, Wisconsin. During his tour, he touted the "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids…
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- newHelp save Internet Archive's Wayback Machine by signing this petition
Many publishers and news organizations, including the New York Times, USA Today, The Atlantic, and more, continue to block the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from archiving journalism. According to Forbes, 23 major news sites currently block…
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- newNearly 60 Idahoans get a quick lesson in the joys of pasteurization
Raw milk is having another one of those weeks where it reminds everyone why Louis Pasteur got a Wikipedia page, and RFK Jr wears a tinfoil hat.Idaho health officials are investigating how nearly 60 people got sick after drinking raw milk in the pas…
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- newStranger Than Heaven adds Tupac Shakur to its sprawling cast
Fifty-year-long brawler Stranger than Heaven looks like a sprawling, ambitious titan of a game, but also deeply weird, which I almost value even more. As a standalone prequel to the entire Yakuza series, it's heir to a legacy of weirdness — how man…
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- new★ Dik-dik snouts twitch for a reason — and it's adorable
If you're having a rough day and need a laugh, take a gander at some of these twitching dik-dik snouts I've collected for your viewing pleasure. They are seriously ridiculous and are sure to make you chuckle! Check out this micro dik-dik that was…
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