security Intel x86s hide another CPU that can take over your machine (you can't audit it) Damien Zammit

bbc The BBC ends longwave radio service today Rob Beschizza

failures Trump's "Great American" state fair opens with busted rides and a cow named Melania Jason Weisberger

Dust mite allergens have a half-life of 10 years, but a $40 dehumidifier fixes it Ellsworth Toohey

Food Taiwan hot pot restaurant plays a fan video instead of running AC Popkin

History Om Malik, 1966-2026 Rob Beschizza

privacy Facebook employee data exposed in Meta's own surveillance program Séamus Bellamy

Games GTA 6 is officially an $80 game — here's what you get Grant St. Clair

youtube Comedian guilt-trips audience into laughing Grant St. Clair

Delightful Creatures Venice residents add coyotes to the coexistence curriculum Jason Weisberger

Science Mysterious glowing balls rise from the Mekong every year Ellsworth Toohey

History Sid Caesar built the writers' room that taught Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, and Woody Allen how to be funny Ellsworth Toohey

politics Fed Chair Alan Greenspan intentionally babbled meaningless slop and got away with it Ellsworth Toohey

tech culture Meta lays off thousands, monitors workers, increases the snack budget Jason Weisberger

comedy Watching a middle-aged English woman enrage romance scammers is my new favorite pastime Grant St. Clair

movies Shrek 5 sure looks like another Shrek movie Grant St. Clair

animals In a Honduran town, fish appear on the ground after every major rainstorm Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor Ellsworth Toohey

Space Two Italian brothers claimed to have recorded dying Soviet cosmonauts that Moscow erased from history Ellsworth Toohey

minneapolis Minneapolis has been hearing unexplained booms for decades and nobody can figure out why Ellsworth Toohey