"People don't buy out of need or desire; they buy because they've been sold," writes Franklin Schneider in a 2024 essay in Slate about his experience as "the No. 1… Read the rest of the article: Inside the desperate world of high-pressure phone sales
The Moomins — creatures who live in the whimsical Moominvalley — will make their U.S. exhibition debut at Brooklyn Public Library starting June 28, 2025. "Tove Jansson's books and comics… Read the rest of the article: Moomins' first US exhibition coming to Brooklyn Public Library
Giulia Gotti's "A day in the life of a bottle collector" is a behind-the-scenes look at how bottle collectors from Romania and West Africa prop up Denmark's Roskilde Festival's image… Read the rest of the article: While 130,000 Danes party at Roskilde Festival, an invisible workforce collects their trash for survival
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) reports on the alarming trend of journalists and activists being summoned to court in Georgia simply for criticizing government officials on social… Read the rest of the article: Georgia's clampdown on criticism — journalists and activists face punishment for social media posts
A teenage actress from California just joined a club that usually only includes kings, duchesses, and medieval warriors — she's been knighted by the Vatican at age 19. Sydney Thackray,… Read the rest of the article: California teenage girl becomes youngest American knighted by Pope
A bizarre hoax that captivated America in 2009 gets a fresh examination in "Trainwreck: Balloon Boy," premiering July 15. The documentary revisits the day when Richard Heene called 911 claiming… Read the rest of the article: New documentary revisits infamous 'Balloon Boy' hoax after 15 years
Four prominent tech executives, including Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth, have joined a special U.S. Army Reserve unit where they'll serve as lieutenant colonels without completing basic training. As reported in… Read the rest of the article: Rich tech bros bypass military training to secure high-ranking positions
A massive data breach has exposed 16 billion login credentials, with nearly all of them coming from previously undiscovered databases, according to a report from Tom's Hardware. While most large-scale… Read the rest of the article: Unknown hackers leak 16 billion login credentials in major breach
A new paper published in Procedia Computer Science makes an eyebrow-raising claim — researchers say they can predict whether stocks will go up or down tomorrow with 99% accuracy by… Read the rest of the article: Scientists claim 99% stock prediction accuracy using astrology and AI
A new documentary about underground comics pioneer Denis Kitchen has raised over $26,000 on Kickstarter — more than five times its original goal — with just 9 hours remaining in… Read the rest of the article: Documentary reveals untold story of underground comics hero Denis Kitchen
A historical document is up for auction through Bonhams: Einstein's most thorough statement on his involvement with the atomic bomb, expected to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000 when bidding concludes… Read the rest of the article: "My one great mistake": Einstein's atomic bomb letter comes to auction, expected to fetch $150,000
A Hong Kong company developing herbal treatments for ADHD has seen its stock price surge over 56,000% this year following a 38-for-1 stock split, despite having no revenue and ongoing… Read the rest of the article: Hong Kong biotech stock surges 56,000% with no revenue, CEO becomes mega-billionare overnight
An artist has "trapped" an AI in a digital purgatory, forcing it to contemplate its own fleeting existence while it slowly consumes the very resources keeping it running. As reported… Read the rest of the article: Artist traps AI in RAM prison, forces it to contemplate its own mortality
If you think sporks are the only hybrid eating utensil, this comprehensive Wikipedia article will expand your culinary horizons dramatically. The piece presents the surprisingly rich history of combination eating… Read the rest of the article: Beyond the spork: splayds, spifes, and knorks
Near Buffalo, across Lake Erie in Port Colborne, Ontario, sits a mind-bending visual phenomenon known as the "Incredible Shrinking Mill." This Archer Daniels Midland grain elevator creates a illusion that… Read the rest of the article: This massive grain elevator appears to shrink as you drive closer
Ever fallen in love with a band that never existed? A El País article reveals how AI-generated music is infiltrating our streaming platforms – often without us knowing it. Take… Read the rest of the article: AI-generated fake bands are quietly taking over your playlists
Disney and Universal Studios have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Midjourney, accusing the AI company of massive theft of their intellectual property to train its popular image generation service.… Read the rest of the article: Disney and Universal file major copyright lawsuit against Midjourney over AI-generated characters
National Geographic researchers made a breakthrough discovery in the Southern Ocean — capturing the first-ever footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid, a mysterious creature previously known only from dead… Read the rest of the article: Rare deep-sea squid captured alive on camera for the first time
In 1969, a tiny ceramic wafer containing artwork by Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and others was reportedly smuggled aboard Apollo 12. The Moon Museum is a tiny ceramic wafer (less… Read the rest of the article: The tiny, secret art museum we sent to the moon — and how it got there
Check out Tsung Xu's YouTube video where he builds and demonstrates a homemade drone that flies 130 miles on a single charge — with almost no prior experience. "I made… Read the rest of the article: Amateur builds 130-mile drone with almost no prior experience
