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8 million attend No Kings protests across U.S.

8 million attend No Kings protests across U.S. Saturday's No Kings events, taking place in 3,300 locations across the U.S., were the highest number of protests in a single day in U.S. history. And 8 million people turned…

Drum machine actually plays th drums

Drum machine actually plays th drums The AP-1 Acoustic Drum Machine doesn't play samples: it holds a thing and a drumstick, then hits the thing with the drumstick. It may be programmed or controlled via MIDI,…

Bumpboxx's BB-777 is a modern boombox with meticulous vintage design

Bumpboxx's BB-777 is a modern boombox with meticulous vintage design Bumpboxx, purveyors of large retro speakers, has a Kickstarter campaign up for the BB-777, a full-featured modern boombox modeled closely on the legendary Sharp GF-777, a grail item for 1980s…

Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shot himself

Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shot himself A Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden's security detail shot himself in the leg, according to authorities. Though he was stuck in Philadephia International Airport at the time, it…

Shipment of 412,793 Kit Kat chocolate bars heisted in Europe

Shipment of 412,793 Kit Kat chocolate bars heisted in Europe A 13-ton shipment of Kit Kat chocolate bars was heisted en-route from an Italian factory to parent Nestlé's distribution locations in eastern Europe, threatening the popular snack's availability right before…

Florida judge faces discipline after asking black defendant "you ever chopped cotton before?"

Florida judge faces discipline after asking black defendant "you ever chopped cotton before?" A Florida judge can expect an official reprimand over two courtroom shenanigans: one in which he told attorneys to "shut up," and another where he asked a Black defendant if…

Sony suspends sales of memory cards

Sony suspends sales of memory cards But for a few low-end models, Sony is suspending sales of memory cards "for the foreseeable future," reports Jaron Schneider at PetaPixel. This includes SDXC, SDHC and Compact Flash Type…

Razer promises vastly improved battery life for this year's 16-inch Blade gaming laptop

Razer promises vastly improved battery life for this year's 16-inch Blade gaming laptop Razer refreshed its flagship Blade 16 gaming laptop for 2026, swapping last year's AMD processor for Intel's latest Panther Lake Core Ultra 9 386H and pairing it with an Nvidia…

A Pulitzer winner wrote a short story without using the letter "I"

A Pulitzer winner wrote a short story without using the letter "I" Carol Shields' story "Absence" never uses the letter I. A woman's keyboard breaks and she writes around it. From the Pulitzer winner.

Artist paints Lovecraft's Great Old Ones into all 46 of Hokusai's woodblock prints

Artist paints Lovecraft's Great Old Ones into all 46 of Hokusai's woodblock prints A 128-page art book inserts Lovecraftian horrors into every plate of Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series.