Donald Trump promised voters a "Golden Age", but the stock market sank after he announced tarriffs and the U.S. economy experienced its worst quarter since the Covid pandemic. Figures to… Read the rest of the article: Trump "Golden Age" brings U.S. worst quarter since Covid
That smartphones were ever allowed out in classrooms to begin with is bonkers, but Finland has joined those places ending the distractathon. The country's parliament voted to restrict their use… Read the rest of the article: Finland restricts smartphones in schools
The tree at Sycamore Gap is one of England's most famous, a frequent star of movies (including Prince of Thieves) and one of the tourist attractions along Hadrian's Wall. It… Read the rest of the article: Trial begins for men accused of chopping down famous tree in England
When you move a piece on Nolen Royalty's One Million Chessboards, you move it for everyone. Rules still apply, but chaos reigns. I made a website. It's called "one million… Read the rest of the article: Make your move on One Million Chessboards
A few months ago, it looked like Pierre Poilievre's Conservative Party would easily replace the barely-governing Liberals in Canada's next election. But polls turned around sharply after the resignation of… Read the rest of the article: Liberals defeat Conservatives in Canada; Carney remains PM
Kate Morley is a software developer in the U.K. who developed the National Grid's live page showing where the power's coming from—only 20% fossil fuels, yay Britain. She describes how… Read the rest of the article: The beautiful color pallette of Britain's National Grid: Live site
The House of Representatives yesterday passed the "Take It Down" act, which requires that websites and platforms remove "non consensual intimate imagery" within 48 hours when flagged. Though the intent… Read the rest of the article: Congress passes non-consensual image ban that Trump says he'll use to censor critics
AI guys who hope to replace human workers have a reality bite to chew on today: a study found that chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude have had no… Read the rest of the article: No AI impact found on jobs even in 'vulnerable' professions
Ben Smith published a fascinating exposé on the Signal chats where tech bros, billionaires and their courtiers radicalized themselves to the pro-Trump right—and "vibe shifted" media coverage with them. The… Read the rest of the article: The influential Signal chatrooms where tech billionaires and their courtiers swung far-right
The Games: Winter Challenge, was a 1991 DOS game with an unusually cunning copy protection system that checks repeatedly for special variables set by the original challenge. As a result,… Read the rest of the article: Every version of DOS classic "The Games" since 1991 subtly broken due to copy protection
Michael Scheuer, 41, is off to federal prison for three years and must pay $68,000 in restitution after he was convicted of tampering with menus at Walt Disney World to… Read the rest of the article: Disney worker jailed after adding "Cheesy Shits" to menu—and worse
Anthony Felton, 54, was the head teacher of St Joseph's Roman Catholic Comprehensive school in Aberavon, Wales. But then he attacked 51-year-old Richard Pyke—his deputy and a rival for the… Read the rest of the article: Security footage shows teacher bludgeoning "love rival" with wrench
The last rites were premature. 4chan, down for more than a week after hackers got in through an insecure script that handled PDFs, is back online. A blog post—the platform's… Read the rest of the article: 4chan back online
In this footage, a woman exclaims "Oh my goodness" as she watches a bear climb into a family playhouse and plunge merrily down the slide. The Associated Press got in… Read the rest of the article: Bear enjoys playhouse slide
A New York Times poll finds Donald Trump achieving a record low rating for a president 100 days into their administration, with 42% of respondents approving of the job he's… Read the rest of the article: Trump underwater in most policy areas, including immigration
Virginia Giuffre died by suicide, her family reports, at their home in Australia. Giuffre, 41, was trafficked by billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager and alleged that Prince Andrew… Read the rest of the article: Virginia Giuffre dead at 41
The Academy Awards are inevitably political: it's Hollywood's own internal popularity contest and an opportunity to reward those who have it coming as much as those who actually deserve the… Read the rest of the article: The Oscars orders academy voters to actually watch the movies
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu was a powerful figure at the Vatican before he was convicted of financial crimes there and ordered by Pope Francis to resign. Now the old man's… Read the rest of the article: Corrupt cardinal demands to be in conclave choosing new pope
Sethuraman Panchanathan has led the National Science Foundation (NSF) since President Trump appointed him in 2019. But he abruptly resigned yesterday after the same man ordered the agency's $9 billion… Read the rest of the article: National Science Foundation director resigns after funding slashed
Google may be broken up as a result of a court ruling that it abused its monopoly in online advertising. One outcome may be having to sell Chrome, the web… Read the rest of the article: Tech companies want to buy Chrome from Google after anti-trust ruling
