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How hackers faked a zombie apocalypse alert on live TV
On February 11, 2013, someone hacked into the Emergency Alert Systems of at least five TV stations and broadcast a message ...
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What do you read when you're locked up in a Japanese jail for 23 days?
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris - Slave Play, Daddy - was in Okinawa last year to make a film when Japanese customs found MDMA in ...
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The caganer: Catalonia's defecating nativity figure
Tucked behind the manger in traditional Catalan nativity scenes, almost hidden, is a little figurine with his trousers down, ...
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A petroleum engineer's joyless lunches went viral in China
Keith Brown, a British petroleum engineer, ate the same cheerless sandwiches for lunch every day - dry bread, a slice of ...
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America forgot how to make a classified nuclear warhead ingredient
The U.S. government forgot how to make a classified component of its own nuclear warheads, then spent $92 million figuring it out again. The material is called Fogbank, and almost everything about it ...
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San Francisco homeowner fined $50K for trimming street trees
Paul Dennes got an email from his insurance broker: trim the trees near your San Francisco home, or you won't qualify for ...
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Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general
Pam Bondi is out as attorney general, replaced for now by Deputy AG Todd Blanche, according to CNN. Trump's frustration ran ...
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War profiteer Marc Andreessen brags about zero introspection
On a recent podcast, Marc Andreessen, whose firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) manages tens of billions in VC assets, said he ...
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Apple bans vibe coding apps from the App Store
Apple removed "Anything" from the App Store last Thursday, the third vibe coding app pulled in March after Replit and ...
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Lab gloves shed particles that fool microplastic detectors, inflating counts by 20x
Standard nitrile and latex lab gloves shed hydrocarbons called stearates - particles added by manufacturers to keep gloves ...
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A $3 dot sticker system reveals which parts you actually use
Electronics hobbyist Scott Lawson wanted to know which parts in his storage collection he actually reaches for, so he ...
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