TIME Is Serving AI Bots a Different Website, With Ads Built In — TIME is now serving two different versions of its website. Humans get the magazine. AI crawlers get a stripped down markdown copy with ads baked in that no person will ever see. I fetched one ordinary…
Started fermenting hot sauce in a jar on my kitchen counter three weeks ago. It tastes good now but smells like a crime scene — my roommate thinks something died in the walls 🫙
A database of every laugh track ever used on TV sitcoms, indexed by length and intensity. You can hear exactly how network executives thought you should feel.
Find out how strong your vocabulary is and learn new words at Vocabulary.com. — Vocabulary.com helps you learn new words, play games that improve your vocabulary, and explore language.
3 Excel projects you can finish in 15 minutes this weekend (July 10-12) — Create an in-cell dashboard, a password auditor, and a digital dice roller using surprisingly simple Excel formulas.
Taking Flight to Prepare for Space - NASA — NASA astronaut Adam Fuhrmann (right, in yellow) prepares for a training flight aboard NASA’s WB-57 aircraft in this July 16, 2026, photo.
The 3 things you need to know about protein, according to an expert — Why have so many people become fixated on protein? Donald Layman is one of the people behind the research showing the benefits of getting more protein in your diet, but he thinks things have gone too far and wa
Here's why NAS owners and homelabbers keep buying this $17 IKEA table — A $17 IKEA table became an accidental 8U rack for homelabs.
A New Expedition Will Create 3D Digital Twins of Polar Shipwrecks Tied to Voyages of Rival Explorers Who Raced to the South Pole — Robert Falcon Scott led an expedition aboard the ship ‘Terra Nova’ and Ernest Shackleton led one from the ship ‘Quest’—but neither explorer got to…
Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries | TechCrunch — Battery materials startup Anthro Energy has broken ground on a Louisville factory to make electrolytes, including those for solid-state batteries.
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The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Closed for 100 Days. Why Aren’t Oil Prices Higher? — President Donald Trump says a secret mission moved 100 million barrels of oil through the blocked Strait of Hormuz. That number is impossible to verify.
Proxmox VE turned a $35 Raspberry Pi into my homelab's most powerful machine — The tiny board had no business running my homelab experiments, but here we are!
Wolf Kahn Foundation Opens New Space in NYC — A permanent home for the artist’s archives, MoMA PS1 is getting a new café, and which museum scored a sweet early Rothko?
'If you're not conservative, don't come here': The town making missiles for Trump — The president's approval numbers may be down, but in this Tennessee town, his support is as strong as ever.
Is Nintendo Switch Online still worth it in 2026? — Nintendo Switch Online upgrades your experience with online play and a lot of other perks, but should you shell out for it?
Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging Former Employees Stole Confidential Hardware Trade Secrets — Apple just sued OpenAI.
World welcomes US-Iran ‘peace deal’ criticised by Israel — Governments across the world have welcomed the tentative deal between the US and Iran to end the war.
Comedian's bit about how your brain treats a typo in your own text vs everyone else's — you'll never unsee it once you notice
Started fermenting hot sauce in a jar on my counter. Three weeks in and it smells like a gym locker — but apparently that's the good kind of wrong. 🫙
This Asian Store-Bought Sauce Makes the Most Flavorful Grilled Chicken (No, It’s Not Soy Sauce) — The sauce is a flavor powerhouse.
a pediatrician made a chart of what kids actually need at each age and it's so much less stuff than the industry tells you 📊
TikTok is telling people to put their phones into the fridge — I don’t use TikTok myself, but from all of the second-hand reports I see, it seems to have become a...
When Billie Joe Armstrong Asks You to Make a Green Day Movie, You Don’t Say No — Billie Joe Armstrong and director Lee Kirk tell IndieWire about their new Green Day movie "Nimrods."
How I turned my Galaxy phone into a pocket toolbox for measuring, leveling, scanning, and more — It's not better than dedicated tools, but it's better than going to find them.
Tarbell - Independent American Investigative News & Analysis — Tarbell is your source for fearless investigative journalism in the U.S. Covering politics, health, defense, environment, money, and culture. Uncover the truth with Tarbell.
Damn Interesting — Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005
Samsung & Google's first Android XR glasses have 9-hour battery life — Samsung says the new Android XR smart glasses it’s developing with Google will have a 9-hour battery life on a...
Apple seeks publisher deals to improve Siri AI — Apple could spend nine figures on publisher deals to help Siri AI get better at keeping up with current events.
Compiled every joke setup that actually has a mathematically optimal punchline length. The data is weirdly convincing.
DxO PhotoLab 10: Faster RAW Editing Without Giving Up Creative Control — See how DxO PhotoLab 10 speeds up RAW editing with AI and Depth Masks, automatic dust removal, and Color Grading, freeing more time for creative decisions.
Diiv’s New “Kid” Video Is Filmed by Zachary Cole Smith’s Kid — Jaxon Whittington directed the ZIRP! visual but handed the camera to toddler Roy and his friend Julian
Samsung’s beloved Q Series sound system is hundreds off for Labor Day — Settle into rainy fall days with an upgrade for your home theater.
'The reaction is terrible' - World Cup final turns ugly at full-time — The frustration of some Argentina players boils over at the end of the 2026 World Cup final, after the 2022 winners are beaten by Spain in extra time.
Latest Oil Market News and Analysis for Aug. 12 — Oil steadied after a four-day gain as traders monitored efforts for a deal that could help restore energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
Moon phase today explained: What the Moon will look like on August 14, 2026 — A small crescent of Moon will be visible tonight.
The Total Solar Eclipse—As Seen From the Ancient Seaside City of Tarragona, Spain — On the coast of Spain, tourists and locals baked in the late summer heat—until the moon passed between the Earth and the sun, crowds cheering in the darkness.
LeBron James' storybook ending? Why it's in Miami, not Cleveland — Cleveland or Miami? Only one reunion can deliver what should be LeBron's top priority: Just go hoop.
Bloomberg Surveillance 8/26/2026 — Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern speak daily with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond. No other program better positions investors and executives for the trading day. (Source: Bloomberg)
TWJC The Royal Tunbridge Wells Juggling Club — Patterns and how-tos.
Everton eye free agent Vardy - Friday's gossip — Everton weigh up moves for Jamie Vardy or Anthony Martial, Wilfried Zaha could join AC Milan, Estevao Willian considers move from Chelsea.
My kid asked why I was tired and I said 'because adulting is hard' and now she tells people she's tired because 'kid-ing is hard' and honestly she's not wrong 😅
Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle — The shift comes as U.S. stockpiles of key weapons have dwindled and as stop-start talks seem again to have stalled. But Trump insists the pressure can lead to a breakthrough.
Started fermenting hot sauce in a jar on my kitchen counter three weeks ago. The bubbles stopped yesterday. Now I'm genuinely nervous to open it.
Portsmouth Flood Wall Murals in Portsmouth, Ohio — <p><img alt="Example of mural segment" data-width="4032" data-height="3024" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/2Hpbgs-dmWc3OWOEQVuHfWUBxBm7crNdV4Yj59xx1Qk/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/c:3854:2569:nowe:57:168/q:…
Trump's ex-lawyer Todd Blanche confirmed as US attorney general — Republican Senator Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote after a lengthy stand-off.
How to transfer data from your old iPhone to a new one — Quick Start makes things a lot easier.
Ziemba: Oil Market Overlooks Buffers Amid Long Conflict — Oil held a decline as tankers laden with crude continued to exit the Persian Gulf, despite persistent threats and limited progress on a deal between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Rachel Ziemba, Founder of…
Rio da Yung OG Announces New Album The World Is Yours — He also dropped the aptly-named “Finna Drop (Tour)”
Pixel 11 Pro camera samples: full-res 50MP Raw files, plus Magic Capture and Camera Looks — See how Google's AI-driven Magic Capture performs, plus every Camera Look shot with Raw so you can check the processing against the source.
Colombia asks Trump to suspend tariffs as country reels from earthquake — Post-earthquake reconstruction is expected to cost about $6.4bn, but Colombia has been hit by renewed US tariffs.
watched someone ferment a single cucumber for 40 days and document the exact moment it stopped being a vegetable... the color shift alone is hypnotic
Could US sanctions destroy the International Criminal Court? — Washington's new measures against the ICC have been widely condemned but welcomed by Israel.
tvOS 27 to add Siri AI for Apple TV 4K, per new leak - 9to5Mac — Siri AI was unveiled for most Apple platforms—but Apple TV missed out. A new leak, however, points to tvOS 27 including Siri AI after all.
Norway’s King Harald V dies, succeeded by son — Harald V, who was Europe's oldest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 89. His son will reign as King Haakon VIII.
OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk — OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup.
Seam quartet puts England on verge of series win — England’s quartet of seamers once again overwhelm Pakistan to put the home side on the verge of a series win on the second day of the second Test at Lord’s.
Set up your homelab for schedules, game servers, and group planning this weekend (August 28 - 30) — Give your family three genuinely useful self-hosted tools.
Trump administration deports relative of Afghans who helped US military to Central African Republic — His family in Afghanistan had received threats from the Taliban because of the work performed by his brothers in support of the U.S. military.
McInnes backs himself to deliver Rangers success — Manager Derek McInnes says Rangers are "a long way away" from what he wants but backs himself to deliver success at Ibrox.