When Donald Trump "paused" his plans to apply tariffs yesterday, Wall Street rallied and almost recovered the sharp losses incurred by the president's planned trade war with planet Earth. A… Read the rest of the article: Stocks dive again as Wall Street realizes Trump has no idea what he's doing
It's fantastic to see C418, AKA Daniel Rosenfeld, take a place of honor alongside Elton John, Chicago and the Steve Miller Band, all in this year's National Recording Registry honors.… Read the rest of the article: Minecraft soundtrack inducted into Library of Congress
The Busy Bar is a customizable little LED pixel display designed to sit on your desk (or atop your monitor) and do all the things that you might want such… Read the rest of the article: Repel desk-approaching colleagues with the pixelated LED Busy Bar
If political shenanigans still threaten the availability of Framework's modular, repairable laptops, the company is forging on with pre-orders for its (relatively) inexpensive 12-inch model. Pre-built starts at $799 and… Read the rest of the article: Framework taking pre-orders for its $549 12-inch laptop today
Murderbot is a new show from Apple TV based on the novel series by Martha Wall—a favorite of Jason's—and the trailer arrives just in time to soak up lingering Severance… Read the rest of the article: Murderbot "would rather be watching TV" in own trailer
Former Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is the U.S. Secretary of State, though his functional authority in the role has reportedly been undermined by others in the orbit of President… Read the rest of the article: Belgian police arrest "drunk and disorderly" Marco Rubio bodyguard
Licking County, Ohio, close to Columbus, was the site Microsoft chose to build a billion-dollar networks of data centers. Those plans will not move forward, the company now reports. The… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft cancels $1bn data center planned in Ohio, suggests they use land for farms
The White House banned the Associated Press from attending news conferences after it refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" in reportage, as demanded… Read the rest of the article: Judge: White House can't bar Associated Press from attending events
The last version of Windows to depend on DOS was Windows ME—perhaps not the best send-off for the classic operating system—but true believers and regular users have since had the… Read the rest of the article: FreeDOS 1.4 brings new life to old computers
Cybertruck buyers able to sell their fragile vandalism magnets face another grim question: if a new one is getting this much cheaper than it was less than a year ago,… Read the rest of the article: Cybertruck prices "plummet"
Threads was a grim post-apocalyptic psuedo-documentary about life in Britain during and after a nuclear war in 1984. Famed for its unbelievable bleakness and terrifying set-pieces, it is to be… Read the rest of the article: Grim UK nuclear war classic Threads to be revived as new series (video)
Stanley Kubrick's film of The Shining concluded with a famously disturbing photo showing Jack Torrance (as performed by Jack Nicholson) at a 1921 party in the haunted Overlook Hotel. Alasdair… Read the rest of the article: Unsettling photo from The Shining tracked down in Getty's archives
Hooters entering bankruptcy highlights the dining chain's slow decline, but it's just one of many: Red Lobster, TGI Fridays and Buca di Beppo have also recently filed for protection from… Read the rest of the article: Casual dining in decline in America—or maybe just the decrepit chains your parents loved
Billionaire Trump aide Elon Musk "ragequit" an online game after repeatedly dying and enduring the mockery of those gamers paying attention. He called them "retards" and logged off Path of… Read the rest of the article: Elon again upset after gamers mock his lack of skill
Framework, makes of modular and repairable high-end laptops, has stopped selling some models due to new tariffs on imports. "Due to the new tariffs that came into effect on April… Read the rest of the article: Framework stops selling some laptops in U.S. due to new tariffs
Fujifilm's Instax Mini 41 [instax.com] is the successor to the aging Mini 40 [Amazon] and loses the attic-find look for a more millennial vintage vibe. Technical upgrades include a close-up… Read the rest of the article: Fujifilm's Instax Mini 41 is a 90s-style instant camera that captures better selfies
The New Yorker's Kyle Chayka wrote about Bluesky and its CEO, Jay Graber. It's a useful and detailed history of the company and the social media context—and Graber's key role… Read the rest of the article: Profile of Bluesky and CEO Jay Graber
A Minecraft Movie was a smash hit at the weekend, doubling expectations to take $157m at the U.S. box office. The haul surpasses The Super Mario Bros. Movie as the… Read the rest of the article: A Minecraft Movie hits $157m seam at U.S. Box Office
Romulus, the first "dire wolf" to be born in some 13,000 years1, is reportedly enjoying puppyhood at Colossal, a genetics startup that used CRISPR gene-editing technology to splice the extinct… Read the rest of the article: Genetics startup re-creates "dire wolf" using ancient DNA
A surgeon in Queensland, Australia, was fined $10,000 for taking and sharing a photograph of a patient's penis. The penis was remarkable for having a swastika tattooed on it and… Read the rest of the article: Surgeon fined for taking photo of nazi terror suspect's swastika-tattooed penis
