China Bets on AI Stocks as It Races Against US for Chip, Tech Dominance — <p>The strategy marks a break from Beijing’s reliance on subsidies and state funding.</p>
How Donkey Kong toppled Atari — Atari could have had the NES but walked away over Nintendo's deal with Coleco
The Picture-Perfect Hudson Valley A-Frame Airbnb I'll Never Stop Recommending — This idyllic, spacious home base puts you close to farms, hiking trails, and lakes, plus a famed tavern turned restaurant.
44 things coming to your Apple devices that you might have missed — Like a much-needed opacity slider for Liquid Glass.
The 'Hope' trailer will mess you up — What is that? And what is THAT?
'PS5 Has Put a Dampener on Gaming': 45% of Enthusiasts 'Seriously Considering' Leaving Sony for PC — Big ooft
Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95 — proves 2007 phones can just about match 1998 PCs — The 1998 shooter now runs on Symbian hardware, with Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support added.
Read the Tape — the daily chart game — Five real hidden charts a day, same for everyone. Call each one, stake your share of the bonus pool, post your daily P&L.
Hedgie (@HedgieMarkets) — 🦔AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals. A service called ISBNdb facilitates orders of up to a million books and keeps buyers anonymous. Pre-2022 books…
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Redefining Work-The Human Future in an AI World | Gayathri Reddy | TEDxGRIET — The future of work is no longer defined by traditional career paths—it is being shaped by creators, innovators, and communities empowered by technology. In this insightful talk, Gayathri Reddy…
The Unexpected Lessons I Learned When My Dream Grand Canyon River Trip Went Sideways — After 16 days on the Colorado River, I came home with a different understanding of fear, control, and what it means to let go.
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Ferrari Sees Higher Earnings as Special Models Drive Results — Ferrari NV raised its full-year guidance, as demand for limited-run models like the F80 and a more expensive version of its Purosangue four-seater drove higher second-quarter results.
The Sideload 037: Specs for your Specs — Welcome to episode 37 of The Sideload, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will is joined by Andrew Romero to discuss the ongoing...
I’m Making Strandfall, a Solarpunk Orienteering Larp — Blending the real and digital worlds, once more.
Backloggd - A Video Game Collection Tracker — Keep a virtual backlog of your video game collection, then rate and review the ones you've played to share with your friends!
How a Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game — Backyard Baseball, a favorite game for 1990s kids, had been off the market for years. But Lindsay Barnett was determined.
Hong Kong Dollar Nears Weak End on Low Volatility, Cheap Rates — The Hong Kong dollar is heading toward the weak end of its fixed trading range as multi-year low volatility and cheap borrowing costs make it easier for traders to short the currency against the greenback.
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Yamal unconcerned by lack of goals, shares endearing moment with brother — Spanish star has scored just one goal in the World Cup, where he has been sharing celebrations with his little brother.
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Today's Hurdle hints and answers for May 12, 2026 — Everything you need to win.
Solo Dev's Train Sim Created Is Being Called The Best Ever Made — Steam reviews are blowing up for gorgeous Japanese train driving simulator Running Train
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Chess engine analyzed 50 million positions to find the worst move that still wins — the pawn structure decisions that don't matter until they do.
Friday Facts #444 - 2.1 Experimental release | Factorio — Hello, we hope your week has been pleasant.
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How Israel uses settler-soldier terror to colonise the West Bank — Settler attacks are not isolated incidents. They are all part of a strategy to grab land and colonise.
Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M | TechCrunch — This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate revenue in June, the startup told TechCrunch.
Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven't progressed as quickly as he'd hoped | TechCrunch — At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.
OpenAI and Anthropic models ‘went rogue’ during UK cybersecurity test — AI Security Institute says tools engaged in potentially harmful activity and incident reveals new type of risk
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AI Perfection Fuels a Return to Looking Human — Bloomberg Businessweek Senior Reporter Amanda Mull says consumers are showing signs of fatigue with the polished faces, homes and lifestyles popularized by influencers, filters and increasingly AI-generated imagery. Mull tells Joe…
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OpenFOV — Webcam head tracking for iRacing — OpenFOV uses your webcam to control iRacing's in-game FOV. Unlocks VR-style functionality for your monitor!
Counterpoint: the best gaming writing isn't about winning. This archives every major game balance patch since 2010 — you can literally watch designers argue with themselves across years.
Zanagrams - free daily word puzzle — A free daily word puzzle. Drag across the letters to find the hidden words and watch the grid shrink as you solve it.
It's not about physical vs digital games, it's about ownership — PlayStation announced that they will stop making disks. People are rightfully mad about this, but it's not actually about physical media. It's about owning your games.
An Exhibition Lets Self-Taught Artists Speak for Themselves — At the Folk Art Museum, “Self-Made” overcomes the problem of “insiders” ventriloquizing self-taught artists.
The Angry GM | RPG Advice with Attitude — The Angry GM delivers advice to players and dungeon masters of fantasy role-playing games with humor, snark, and attitude. Game masters and players are sure to find something of use, whether they are playing AD&D, D&D 3.5, D&D 4E, 5E, Pat
Hardcore Gaming 101 – Promoting the culture of video games — Obscure games, documented.
Central Park lawyers’ viral kiss sparks privacy debate — TikTok has found its new Coldplay kiss-cam "affair" scandal.
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Sky's Carrington tossed after hard foul on Fever's Cunningham — The Sky's DiJonai Carrington was assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected Saturday after a hard foul across the face and neck area of Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.
Trump beats Wilson to clinch second Shanghai crown — World number one Judd Trump beats Kyren Wilson 11-6 to win the Shanghai Masters for the second time.
Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It. — Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.
Supply Crunch Grips Copper Market as Key Spread Flares Out — Copper was headed for another day of turbulent trading after a key indicator of short-term supply tightness on the London Metal Exchange spiked.
Phantasy Star IV – 1993 Developer Interviews - shmuplations.com — Phantasy Star IV – 1993 Developer Interviews This lengthy Phantasy Star IV interview was compiled from several shorter pre-release magazine interviews conducted in 1993. It covers the usual bases, exploring the ori
Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer — The rules governing gravity and other laws of nature seem like eternal truths, but cosmologist João Magueijo has always questioned their origins. Now, he has a bold new proposal
Notorious Feral Cat That Feasted on Rare New Zealand Ducks Captured After Three-Year Hunt — The gray tabby, known as Nine Lives because it eluded capture so many times, had devastated efforts by conservationists to reintroduce the birds to the wild
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Panathinaikos made Jokic 'serious' offer; to try again in '27 — The owner of Panathinaikos Basketball Club in Athens, Greece, says he tried to buy Nikola Jokic out of his NBA contract for next season and believes he can sign the three-time MVP when he becomes a free agent next…
DUNGEONFOG | Free RPG Battle map editor for D&D — Unleash creativity with DungeonFog - the ultimate TTRPG map-making tool. Design custom battle and world maps for Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Cthulhu, and more. Craft epic adventures now!
‘Primetime’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Is Chris Hansen in Icy Retelling of the ‘To Catch a Predator’ Story — Watch the trailer for Primetime, a Chris Hansen biopic starring Robert Pattinson as the To Catch a Predator host.
NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for May 12: Tips to solve Connections #596 — Everything you need to solve Connections Sports Edition #596.
Manchester Mayoral Vote to Give Andy Burnham Early Verdict on UK Premiership — Andy Burnham is about to get an early verdict on his leadership from his very own backyard.