Florida tried to ban Internet Cafes that were functioning as unlicensed casinos, but may have banned smartphones and computers instead, due to language that defines slot machines as "any machine or device or system or network of devices" that can be used in connection with games of chance. I question the legitimacy of shutting down all Internet Cafes in the first place, but this is clearly an overbroad definition, as has been pointed out in a suit challenging the law, brought by an Internet Cafe owner in Miami — ironic, as Florida is the state whose law once took over 100 words to precisely define "buttocks."
Florida bans computers
Mississippi District Attorney's "depraved" AI slop posts a reminder that "everyone is 12 now"
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Killer dies of heart attack while disposing of victim's body
A Georgia man killed a woman then died while trying to dispose of her remains in the Alabama woods. The bodies of Daniel Robbins, 44, and Jessica Folds, 47, were… READ THE REST
Scotland abolished its 300-year-old 'not proven' verdict — the one Walter Scott called 'that bastard verdict'
For almost three centuries, Scottish juries had a third verdict available to them alongside "guilty" and "not guilty." "Not proven" was an acquittal with a legal effect identical to not… READ THE REST
This app makes learning piano feel less like practice and more like progress — on sale for $104.99 for life
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AdGuard VPN is now just $35 for 5 years of access
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Manage projects like a pro with Microsoft Project 2024 for just $49
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