After a building exploded yesterday in Detroit, killing a man, the quest for answers begins. A great place to start will be the building's owner, Noor Noel Kestou, arrested hours… Read the rest of the article: Owner of exploded building arrested getting ready to board one-way flight out the county
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Rob Beschizza Maryland High school athletic director Dazhon "DJ" Darien is accused of using AI to fake a racist rant in the voice of his school's principal Eric Eiswert, reports CBS News.… Read the rest of the article: Man charged with framing Maryland principal with AI-generated racist rant
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Rob Beschizza Masque of the Red Death as an LBGTQ+ feature-length science-fiction musical animatic? Count me in! Come for Edgar Allan Poe's gothic classic, stay for 21st-century gay revenge horror. It's by… Read the rest of the article: Masque of the Red Death, the feature-length musical SF horror animatic
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Rob Beschizza The superficially Earthlike appearance of Titan, as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope, is belied by its cold and inhospitable weirdness. Titan is a strange world — a little… Read the rest of the article: Saturn's moon Titan imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope
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Rob Beschizza Employers use non-compete agreements to prevent workers leaving: it's hard to quit when you can't get a new job in the same field. Cleaning up a patchwork of state-level regulations… Read the rest of the article: Federal Trade Commission bans non-compete agreements
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Rob Beschizza Summer Lee, the first black woman elected in Pennsylvania to the U.S House of Representatives and a strong progressive voice in Congress, handily defeated a centrist challenger in Tuesday's Democratic… Read the rest of the article: Progressive Democrat fends off Republican-backed centrist in Pennsylvania primary
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Rob Beschizza A sunshine law for the Sunshine State: Florida's police have no expectation of privacy when conducting official duties, meaning the public can record them without their consent, an appeals court… Read the rest of the article: Floridans can record conversations with cops without their consent
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Rob Beschizza Krazam OS is one of those haunted ironic website recreations of Windows 3/95, but this one leads to a YouTube parody of startup culture. What I like about it is… Read the rest of the article: Krazam: startup life satirized by Shiva Kilaru and Benjamin Burke
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Rob Beschizza Project Farm heads into the kitchen for a snack: a toaster roundup covering everything from a $20 Amazon Basics model to a $220 Smeg and a $330 touchscreen thing. It's… Read the rest of the article: Slot toasters tested by Project Farm
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Rob Beschizza "I have this rather weird hobby," writes Paul Goes. "I create romhacks of the original Donkey Kong Arcade game." His creations include a Donkey Kong Pac-Man Crossover, Random Donkey Kong… Read the rest of the article: Romhacks of the original Donkey Kong arcade game
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Rob Beschizza Express, found in malls across the nation, has filed for bankruptcy protection. It will close 95 stores and try to stay alive by selling itself, reports NPR. Last month, the… Read the rest of the article: "Cheap formal" clothing chain Express bankrupt
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Rob Beschizza Arizona loser Kari Lake's quest to overturn her electorial defeat in the 2022 gubernatorial election was turned away Monday by the Supreme Court. Her lawsuit, challenging electronic voting machines, was… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court not interested in Kari Lake's voting machine conspiracy theories
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Rob Beschizza Snake bite victims in Australia have been urged not to bring the snakes with them to the hospital. It's not necessary and only creates a new problem, say officials. "We… Read the rest of the article: Australian hospitals ask bite victims to stop bringing in the snakes that bit them
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Rob Beschizza Hookup app Grindr is accused of revealing users' HIV status in a lawsuit filed in London's High Court. The lawsuit claims that user data was shared with Grindr's advertisers via… Read the rest of the article: Grindr sued over claims it revealed users' HIV status to advertisers
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Rob Beschizza Equinox is a perfectly-made free web game—a very short one, to show off Little Workshop's skills—made with three.js and a custom game engine. Making use of visual & sound effects,… Read the rest of the article: Equinox: help an AI activate a damaged ship in this free web game
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Rob Beschizza Despite bribing San Francisco city officials for 18 years and being convicted of corruption, developer Sia Tahbazof, 73, was given only probation by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston. He… Read the rest of the article: No prison time for developer who bribed city officials for 18 years
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Rob Beschizza Zilog's Z80 was a lynchpin of the home computer revolution. The first two 8-bit machines I owned, the ZX Spectrum and the Amstrad CPC, both had one. The versatile chip… Read the rest of the article: Zilog to stop making classic Z80 8-bit CPU after 50 years
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Rob Beschizza Crypto crook Avi Eisenberg is off to jail after being convicted on various charges of fraud and market manipulation over shenanigans run on the decentralized exchange Mango Markets. Eisenberg is… Read the rest of the article: Crypto influencer convicted in $110m scam
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Rob Beschizza Indiana man Andrew Wilhoite, 41, won a primary election for a township board position after killing his estranged wife and being charged with murder. He was ultimately convicted of manslaughter… Read the rest of the article: Indiana Republican who won primary election while facing murder charge is convicted of manslaughter
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Rob Beschizza NBC News reports that carmaker Hyundai has paused its ads on Twitter, citing the presence of neo-Nazi material alongside its own posts. "We have paused our ads on X and… Read the rest of the article: Hyundai suspends advertising on Twitter after Nazi material runs with ads