Technology With faked degrees, U.S. tech official ran law enforcement data systems for years. Then he resigned, got a new gov job. Xeni Jardin

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Games Until Dawn gets a surprise sequel announcement Grant St. Clair

Science Newly discovered fish species looks just like Big Bird's best friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus Jennifer Sandlin

Science Pigeons may navigate using magnetic cells in their liver Ellsworth Toohey

horror Time-traveling dinosaur movie looks like a lot of fun Grant St. Clair

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cheap but bad Trump's watch comes with a hilarious typo Jason Weisberger

Steaming box Sideload Lode Runner onto your Roku Jason Weisberger

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

Technology A company accidentally spent $500 million on Claude in one month Ellsworth Toohey

music Ozzy Osbourne AI avatar will be 'tasteful' Rob Beschizza

fbi Ex-CIA official arrested with $40M in gold bars at home Séamus Bellamy

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

retrocomputing ZX Spectrum basic interpreter remade from scratch on the web Rob Beschizza

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