Tarzan was an unreleased Atari VCS/2600 game, sophisticated for the platform but coming as the industry's bubble burst and ultimately issued only for the newer Colecovision. The original materials disappeared,… Read the rest of the article: How the long-lost Tarzan Atari game was found and preserved
In this footage you may watch a tranquized black bear, stuck up a tree, flop into a tarp held up by several emergency workers. The bear-in-tree situation unfolded Tuesday in… Read the rest of the article: Watch a tranquilized bear in a tree flop into a tarp
A juror complained of being given $120,000 and offered even more if she voted to acquit seven people charged with stealing $40 million from a pandemic child welfare program. She immediately reported… Read the rest of the article: Juror dismissed after reporting that someone dropped $120,000 bag of cash at her home and promised more after acquittal
President Joe Biden imposed strict limits on the number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border who may seek asylum. Migrants caught crossing illegally could be quickly deported or turned back… Read the rest of the article: Biden imposes strict migration limits at border
Rapper and antisemite Kanye West, also known as Ye, responds vigorously to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by former assistant Lauren Piscotta: she's blackmailing me, he claims, and… Read the rest of the article: Kanye West says he's being blackmailed by "lascivious, unhinged" former assistant
Gadget blog Gizmodo, or should that be Gizmeaudeaux, is now in Swiss hands. The private equity abyss it fell into after Gawker's liquidation (and Univision's mismanagement of the corpse) has… Read the rest of the article: Gizmodo, famed gadget blog, sold to European media company
In The Moral Economy of the Shire Nathan Goldwag teases out the things about Hobbit life that J.R.R. Tolkien smoothed over but surely intended: that under the surface tension of… Read the rest of the article: The Hobbit economy not bucolic utopia but tenant farming and ostentatious displays of clan wealth
India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, expected not only a third term in office but a landslide majority. He's likely to get a third term, reports the BBC, but his party's… Read the rest of the article: Modi's majority in doubt in "shock" Indian election result
Cyndi Lauper says she's retiring after her next tour. The famed singer and songwriter, 70, is heading off on a 23-city itinerary across North America. Also known for songs such… Read the rest of the article: Cyndi Lauper to head off on farewell tour
A 74-year-old woman pronounced dead in hospice care was found to be alive after transportation to a funeral home. The woman had been transported from a nursing home, where she… Read the rest of the article: 74-year-old "dead" woman found alive in funeral home
Kanye West, bigoted rap star, stern schoolmaster, incipient porn lord and architect of Adidas's final shoelution, is being sued for his behavior. A former staffer, Lauren Pisciotta, claims he harassed… Read the rest of the article: Kanye West sued over sexual harassment claim
q1k3 is a clone of 1996's Quake, crafted by Dominic Szablewski in only 13 kilobytes of Javascript. What it lacks in detail it keeps in aesthetics, layout and the general… Read the rest of the article: Quake clone in 13 kilobytes of Javascript
Daniel Parris noticed that Canadian post-grunge rock band Nickelback not only faces "considerable hostility" but that the dislike has eminent statistical characteristics that might explain its depth and persistence despite… Read the rest of the article: A statistical analysis of why people hate post-grunge band Nickelback
Why do kids even have smartphones in schools? The state is planning to ban them, allowing only dumbphones that allow calls and messaging but not the distracting apps that come… Read the rest of the article: New York to ban smartphones in schools
There are times when you suspect AI might purloin the work of human artists through a complex legal and technical maze of training data, learning algorithms and user prompting. Then… Read the rest of the article: Ansel Adams estate blasts Adobe for AI stock art sold with his name
Gardi Sugdub, population 1,171, is a densely-populated island off the coast of Panama. Facing the prospect of catastrophic inundation, the government is eminent-domaining the whole thing and evacuating the inhabitants.… Read the rest of the article: Panama evacuating densely-populated islands as sea levels rise
Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico's first woman president based on a statistical sampling of results from elections held yesterday. Though not part of the official vote count, the… Read the rest of the article: Mexico elects first woman president
Coca-Coca reigns supreme, but there's a new number 2: Dr. Pepper, which has overtaken Pepsi as America's second-most popular fizzy fix. The Wall Street Journal registers it as a "tie"… Read the rest of the article: Dr. Pepper overtakes Pepsi as America's second-most popular soft drink
Is there such a thing as an authentic orange? Are they not just hybrid citrons? Is it not just a flavor that one can instill into whatever fruit juice we… Read the rest of the article: Orange juice makers considering using other fruits
Donald Trump has joined Tik Tok, the social media platform he decries as a Chinese plot to destabilize America. "It's my honor," Trump responds as the TikTok cuts to a… Read the rest of the article: Donald Trump, who wants to ban Tik Tok, has joined Tik Tok: "It's my honor"
