Comics The first issue of The Maxx came out 30 years this month Thom Dunn

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

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

Experts warn men not to turn scrotums into septic DIY water balloons Jason Weisberger

gadgets RAM prices go wild as AI companies buy every chip Rob Beschizza

Business Trump's FTC makes Bezos pay billions despite his desperate bootlicking Ellsworth Toohey

health Why sports drinks are dumb Ellsworth Toohey

police Axon's AI police report generator designed to help cops avoid "disclosure headaches" Rob Beschizza

shopping A new generation of liquidation stores fills its bins Rob Beschizza

mistakes Is it safe to horsemaxx with horse electrolytes? Rob Beschizza

surveillance TJ Maxx and Marshalls workers wearing bodycams Rob Beschizza

documentaries "Open Wide" tells the history of the "mewing" TikTok trend, through a deep dive into the controversial practice of orthotropics and its evangelists, John and Mike Mew Jennifer Sandlin

incels What is "Looksmaxxing", and does it work? Grant St. Clair

computers Thousands of vintage computers emerge from storage barn Rob Beschizza

SIgns signs everywhere signs Wisconsin house-flipping Mom shares the 'Welcome to Poundtown' sign's origin story Jason Weisberger

the kids are alright "Banksy of Rae Dunn" droplifts pro-birth control products in Hobby Lobby Rusty Blazenhoff

democracy Nobody's off the hook Marina Gorbis

Home Goods has a lot of dog beds, like, a lot Kevin Reome

health How Memphis's Methodist University Hospital, a "nonprofit," sued the shit out of its Black, poor patients while raking in millions and paying execs more than a million each Cory Doctorow