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mistakes Ford rehires hundreds of "graybeard" engineers after AI shortcomings Rob Beschizza

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trademarks UK Supreme Court: oat milk can't be called milk Rob Beschizza

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Comics Libresse plagiarizes cartoonist Gemma Correll in international ad campaign Ruben Bolling

new york city Epic fails on display in Brooklyn at the Museum of Failure exhibit Rusty Blazenhoff

goats This restaurant involves real, live goats that spend time grazing on the rooftop Jennifer Sandlin

tabletop games Mörk Borg, the metal AF old-school-style RPG Gareth Branwyn

balls Why this probiotic supplement claims to make testicles grow Thom Dunn

marketing If you want Oreo to stop releasing weird new flavors, stop buying them Thom Dunn

3d printing 3D printed add-ons for Ikea furniture Clive Thompson

writing Moleskine's new studio collection offers the same great notebooks with gorgeous new covers Thom Dunn

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