california The dinosaurs in Pee-wee's Big Adventure have been painted for Valentine's Day Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Microsoft may spin off struggling XBox division Rob Beschizza

gaming Steam is killing physical gift cards to cut off scammers Grant St. Clair

california Five men left a basketball game in 1978 and drove into a mystery Ellsworth Toohey

politics Giant inflatable Elon Musk appears in Times Square, protesting Grok's lack of limits Grant St. Clair

News Sam Bentley's June good news video is out and it's genuinely heartening Grant St. Clair

pure energy Coal finally loses to the Sun Jason Weisberger

archaeology Ancient squirrel droppings unlock Ice Age DNA goldmine Séamus Bellamy

aliens Catholic church fires exorcist who said UFO sightings mostly the work of demons Rob Beschizza

Technology Anthropic's most powerful model comes with a kill switch aimed at you Ellsworth Toohey

Games Crazy Taxi is back! Grant St. Clair

Technology A landline, a CD boom box, and a Pi-Hole: one dad's tech setup for kids Ellsworth Toohey

spies U.S. using GPS to tell spies what to do Séamus Bellamy

Science New solar-power desalination device leaves no brine Ellsworth Toohey

ambush that failed Nancy Pelosi has no time for Mike Lindell's hallway goblins Jason Weisberger

Games Retro Pokémon-inspired indie game looks very cool, but not long for this world Grant St. Clair

powders No whey? Protein shortage looms Jason Weisberger

erased by racism Jack Daniel's sold a preacher story and buried the enslaved distiller Jason Weisberger

books Her wedding necklace cost $75,000. She died guarding a worthless mine Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling