music Who remembers Columbia House Music Club? Gareth Branwyn

mexico The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails Séamus Bellamy

Science Cows can recognize human faces Gail Sherman

Blingphone brand Vertu folded years ago, but now has a folding phone Rob Beschizza

politics 27,224 people pre-ordered the Trump Phone Rob Beschizza

data breach Trump Mobile data breach may affect far more than its own customers Séamus Bellamy

politics Trump phone is years-old knockoff with wrong number of stripes on U.S. flag logo Rob Beschizza

china China secretly trained Russian troops, and some have since fought in Ukraine Séamus Bellamy

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video games You might be able to buy GTA 6 sooner than you think Grant St. Clair

paranoia Report says Kash Patel is spiraling over leaks and grilling staff with lie detectors Jason Weisberger

conspiracy theories This morning I met the "QAnon Shaman," and here are ten takeaways from our conversation Jennifer Sandlin

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Technology Proton is letting parents reserve a child's email before birth Ellsworth Toohey

Off the rails Iran teaches Grandpa Puddin' Brains diplomacy while he imagines Iranians begging for more bombs Jason Weisberger

crowdfunding An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character Gareth Branwyn

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Hiding behind a mask Trump flips on masked ICE agents when optics hit airports Jason Weisberger

politics FCC bans new routers made outside U.S. Rob Beschizza

art Banksy conclusively identified by Reuters as Robin Gunningham Rob Beschizza