A Chicago-bound Southwest Airlines flight was delayed Wednesday after its pilot was escorted out of his own cabin by police. He was charged with driving under the influence and released… Read the rest of the article: Southwest pilot removed from cockpit and charged with DUI
After months of speculation, Nintendo's Switch 2 is officially on show today. The company posted a video featuring the forthcoming portable game console. There's no surprises; it's everything anyone reasonably… Read the rest of the article: Nintendo shows off Switch 2
Diamond, the comics distributor that came to dominate the direct-sales business between publishers and retailers, is entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Locus reports that it secured a $41m loan to keep… Read the rest of the article: Top comics distributor Diamond files for bankruptcy
Israel will end its invasion of Gaza. Hamas will return the remaining hostages, who number 33. CNN. Under the deal, which is yet to be formally announced, Hamas and its… Read the rest of the article: Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza ceasefire, hostage release
Elwood Edwards achieved fame as the voice that welcomed you to your AOL account, warmly informing you that "You've got mail!" after all the old-timey modem screeching was done with.… Read the rest of the article: AOL voice artist Elwood Edwards created personalized greetings
On the left is Walmart's old logo. On the right, the new one. The modest change to the "assterisk", first introduced in 2008, thickens its forms—good for the ever-smaller screens,… Read the rest of the article: Walmart refreshes logo with thicker sphinctal folds and a tighter pucker
The Wall Street Journal, citing internal data from a hiring agency, reports that one in five job listings never result in a job being gotten. They're either left unfilled or… Read the rest of the article: 1 in 5 job listings either fake or never filled
HardBreak is a new hardware hacking wiki created by Jonas Rosenberger, with an associated GitHub, Discord forum and LinkedIn page. There's an overview of the hobby, guides to components and… Read the rest of the article: A new hardware hacking wiki
With the U.S. ban on Chinese-owned Tik Tok thought to be imminent, users are starting to flee. The most popular replacement? A different Chinese video app, RedNote. The Verge's Emma… Read the rest of the article: Expecting ban, Tik Tok users flee—to a different Chinese video app
Twin skyscrapers, linked at the penthouse by a 43-foot "sky pool" looking down on Dubai's Marasi Marina. It sounds like a scene from a movie or video game where a… Read the rest of the article: Sky pool links Dubai penthouses, looks down on marina
If you've been hanging out in Starbucks, maybe you should move on and make space for someome with money to spend. The coffee shop chain is reversing a policy that… Read the rest of the article: Starbucks to customers: buy something or get out
Christophe Meneboeuf asks "Is the Mac Mini G4 the best classic Macintosh for retro-gaming?" It being among the last pre-Intel machines that didn't come with a built-in display or in… Read the rest of the article: Mac Mini G4 great for Mac retrogaming
Lead and cadmium, neither good for you, are found in high levels in protein powders. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified "plant-based, organic and chocolate-flavored products" as those with the… Read the rest of the article: Lead found in protein powders
Customs officers in Delhi announced that a Canadian man was arrested Thursday "carrying a crocodile skull" in his bag at Indira Gandhi International airport there. "The passenger was intercepted during… Read the rest of the article: Canadian man arrested with crocodile skull in Delhi airport
Dunkin changed its name to remove the donuts, and now the donuts are gone entirely from the coffee chain in some U.S. states. Snackers can rest assured, though, that it's… Read the rest of the article: Dunkin' runs out of donuts
The Fairlight CMI was the first widely-available digital sampling synthesizer, a computer-powered installation which defined the sound of countless tracks in the 1980s. Though offering powerful tools to record and… Read the rest of the article: The story of ARR1, the Fairlight synth chorus sound
A pair of alleged thieves in Mulberry, Florida, devised and executed the perfect gameplan: while one swept the aisles of $500 worth of cleaning products, the other created a distraction… Read the rest of the article: Florida woman pooped on dollar store floor while accomplice stole cleaning products
If you arrange musical notes to form a circle of fifths and then rotate various polygons around the circle, letting its points trigger the notes, what does it sound like?… Read the rest of the article: If you want a good time, rotate polygons on a circle of musical notes
Holding Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court, Judge Beryl Howell gave former New York Mayor and disgraced lawyer a dressing down: his "outrageous and shameful" refusal to stop defaming two… Read the rest of the article: Rudy Giuliani held in contempt for second time in week
Listen to the current time in morse code with the Morse Code Clock! I was able to put up with it for about two minutes before I'd had enough. [via… Read the rest of the article: See how long you can take the Morse Code Clock
