• NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format
❝ U.S. Navy computer scientist and COBOL inventor Grace Hopper gave a famed lecture in 1982 that was recorded using an obsolete video medium for which no player now exists. Yesterday,…

 • Oasis’ Liam, Noel Gallagher Drop Biggest Hint Yet That Group Is Reuniting
❝ Liam and Noel Gallagher seemed to confirm on social media on Sunday that Oasis is getting back together.

 • Margo Martindale ain’t afraid of nothin’: 10 recurring joke characters who make BoJack Horseman special
❝ Margo Martindale ain’t afraid of nothin’: 10 recurring joke characters who make BoJack Horseman special

 • Review: Astropad Rock Paper Pencil v2, the pen-on-paper iPad upgrade gets even better – 9to5Mac
❝ Last year Astropad launched its impressive Rock Paper Pencil kit for iPad that delivers a reusable/removable matte screen protector plus…

 • Why Ryan Reynolds Cut Rob McElhenney’s Cameo in ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’
❝ Ryan Reynolds was ‘mortified’ to cut Rob McElhenney’s cameo from “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

 • The trailer for Cannes standout Universal Language looks freaking awesome
❝ The trailer for Cannes standout Universal Language looks freaking awesome

 • Meryl Streep, Martin Short Hold Hands At OMITB Premiere
❝ The lyrics, “That it’s finally me and you, and you and me, just us, and your friend Steve,” do apply.

 • Classic ‘Marathon Infinity’ lands on Steam as a free Mac title
❝ Bungie has finally brought all of the “Marathon” trilogy of games to Steam, with “Marathon Infinity” now playable for free on modern Macs.

 • Apple to Require Identity Verification for Sending $500+ in Apple Cash Starting in October – MacRumors
❝ Apple today began sending out emails to customers letting them know about upcoming changes that are being made to the Apple Cash Terms and…

 • Jack Black and Paul Rudd may reboot Anaconda as a meta horror-comedy
❝ Jack Black and Paul Rudd may reboot Anaconda as a meta horror-comedy

 • No one’s ready for this
❝ With AI photo editing getting easy and convincing, the world isn’t prepared for an era where photographs aren’t to be trusted.

 • Rode Wireless Pro review: The new standard in sound, features, and price
❝ Rode’s wireless microphone systems have been the choice of creators for years. The new Rode Wireless Pro system has enhanced features, and radically improves sound quality, connectivity, and user experience.

• Nintendo Shutting Down Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp App, Plans to Release Paid Offline Version – MacRumors
❝ Nintendo today announced that it will shut down the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp app for iOS on November 29, seven years after the game originally…

 • Inzoi Players Are Recreating Tons of Real People and Pop Culture Characters in Its Wild Character Creator – IGN
❝ Inzoi, The Sims competitor from PUBG developer Krafton, has temporarily released its incredibly in depth character creator and players are using it to recreate a ton of real people and pop culture characters.

 • Doctor decries Apple gift card discount ‘scam’ after failing to understand the terms of the deal
❝ An academic with a sideline in TikTok videos about marketing scams claims Apple defrauded her over an iPad discount — despite her getting precisely the deal she was promised and should have expected.

 • Kentucky museum displays piece of meat that fell from sky during freaky meat shower
❝ On March 3, 1876, Mrs. Crouch, the wife of a farmer in Bath County, Kentucky s noticed something strange falling from the sky just outside her house. Upon closer inspection, she determined that chunks of red meat were raining from above

 • What Barack Obama’s DNC speech was actually about
❝ Beneath the campaign rhetoric, Barack Obama offered a strikingly philosophical defense of American liberalism.

 • 20 years of Bennifer ends in divorce
❝ 20 years of Bennifer, explained.

 • ‘Love Island’s Nicole Jacky Slams Kendall Washington for Lying About Leaked Video
❝ There’s already trouble in paradise for “Love Island USA” stars Nicole Jacky and Kendall Washington … with the couple butting heads over a leaked-video scandal, which took place out of the villa.

 • PUBG dev’s new life sim looks like The Sims with a dash of GTA
❝ PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer showed a new look at its life sim game, Inzoi.

 • Disney drops request to have wrongful death lawsuit tossed over Disney+ subscription
❝ Disney has dropped its request for a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit. Disney had argued that the case should be dismissed because the husband of the woman who died had previously agreed to settle any lawsuit our of court when signing up for a one-month trial of Disney+.

 • Lumafusion 5.0 update brings awesome new features!n – 9to5Mac
❝ LumaTouch has just released version 5.0 of its award-winning mobile editing platform, LumaFusion bringing key framing and speed ramping!

 • Beyond a Remake –  How Age of Mythology: Retold Revives and Retools a Beloved Classic – Xbox Wire
❝ Age of Mythology: Retold is launching September 4. Here’s how the team has gone beyond a remake in order to revive and retool this beloved classic RTS.

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• David Lynch: ‘I Will Never Retire’ Amid Diagnosis
  ❝ David Lynch clarified that he will ‘never retire’ despite his emphysema diagnosis.
• Alaska Official Sends BDSM-Themed Letter To Feds: ‘We’re The Sub To EPA’s Dom’
  ❝ Jason Brune invoked kinky sex to make a point about how he views power dynamics between his state and the federal government.
• 1 dead and many ill after eating eel at Japanese department store
  ❝ The grilled eel at restaurant in Yokohama’s Keikyu department store was bad, with one diner dead and dozens more sick.
• ‘Vanderpump’ Alum & ‘The Valley’ Star Jax Taylor Seeks In-Patient Treatment for Mental Health Struggles
  ❝ Jax Taylor is taking time for himself and seeking in-patient treatment for mental health struggles — this amid his ongoing split from his wife Brittany Cartwright … TMZ has learned.
• Back to BASIC—the Most Consequential Programming Language in the History of Computing
  ❝ Coding was a preserve of elites, until BASIC hit the streets.

• EcoFlow’s Power Hat is a floppy, phone-charging solar panel for your noggin
  ❝ The EcoFlow Power Hat is a wide-brimmed hat with solar cells embedded in the brim that outputs at 12-watts via the USB-A or USB-C ports on the underside.
• Epic’s Tim Sweeney ludicrously calls Apple’s ‘Find My’ a privacy hazard for thieves
  ❝ Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, has made an incredibly bad leap of logic and lambasted Apple for how its Find My service located his stolen MacBook, and violated the privacy of the thief.
• 10 PRINT “NOSTALGIA”, 20 GOTO 10 – Wired reminisces about BASIC
  ❝ The wonder of early BASIC programming experiences and their role in shaping the digital age. A nostalgic look at computing’s formative years.
• The People of Solano County Versus the Next Tech-Billionaire Dystopia
  ❝ If these Silicon Valley plutocrats have their way, a swath of Solano County will be transformed into their own nation-state.
• The New York Times’ pro-Trump Democrat voter was the famed fraudster who put a severed finger in her chili
  ❝ The New York Times’ habit for posing activists, criminals and weirdos as everyday Americans strikes again.

• Martin Mull, Comedian and Actor of ‘Clue’ and ‘Arrested Development,’ Dead at 80
  ❝ Martin Mull, the comedian and actor known for his rolls in “Clue,” “Roseanne” and “Arrested Development,” has died at the age of 80.
• Susannah Breslin discovers that you can post nudity on YouTube
  ❝ Susannah Breslin discovers that you can post nudity on YouTube if it’s artistic (or advertising?)
• Livestream of man making the world record for longest slackline attempt
  ❝ Recently, a live stream of Jan Roose making the world record for the longest slackline attempt was filmed. The livestream alternates between Roose’s POV and a bird’ s-eye view of…
• Wooting joins Razer with a speedy new keyboard feature for PC gaming
  ❝ Wooting now has its own Snap Tap mode to speed up counter-strafing in games like Counter-Strike 2. It’s identical to Razer’s Snap Tap.
• Experts say injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is ‘stunning’
  ❝ A study shows that a twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing new HIV infections in women in Africa

• Skibidi Toilet Film Reportedly in the Works From Michael Bay – IGN
  ❝ Skibidi Toilet looks set to break free from the shackles of YouTube infamy and explode out into the world of film and TV, with Transformers head honcho Michael Bay at the helm.
• Man Who Allegedly Ripped Off Seagull’s Head for Stealing Daughter’s French Fries Arrested for Animal Cruelty
  ❝ Franklin Zeigler was placed on a summons and released pending a future court date
• 13 glowing reviews of reviled movies
  ❝ At least one person loves The Emoji Movie
• Upsetting Day: Dear Gamepro, I Am A Fucking Psychopath
  ❝ Cursed artifacts from the wrong dimension every weekday.
• Global tech outage eases after widespread disruption, new focus seen on risks
  ❝ Services from airlines to healthcare, shipping and finance were coming back online on Friday after a mistake in a security software update sparked hours-long global computer systems outages, another incident highlighting the vulnerability of the world’s interconnected technologies.

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• In an alternate universe, Joe Manganiello is a Survivor all-star
  ❝ Picture this: a Survivor tribe with Boston Rob, Parvati, Ozzy, Sandra, and… Joe Manganiello?
• It was Lorde’s idea to work it out with Charli xcx on the remix
  ❝ No matter what happens for the rest of the year, this writer can claim with absolute certainty that Charli xcx’s “The girl, so confusing remix with lorde” will be one of the best music moments of 2024.
• It’s never been easier for the cops to break into your phone
  ❝ Only two days after the attempted assassination, the FBI says it has “gained access” to the Trump rally shooter’s phone — a sign of how effective mobile device extraction tools are.
• Bob Odenkirk on Losing ‘The Office’ Role to Steve Carell
  ❝ Bob Odenkirk opened up about losing the role of Michael Scott on ‘The Office’ to Steve Carell.
• AT&T reportedly gave $370,000 to a hacker to delete its stolen customer data
  ❝ AT&T negotiated with a liaison to pay a hacker hundreds of thousands of dollars to delete customer data that had been stolen in a mass-cyberattack earlier this year.

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• Dr. Ruth Westheimer Dead: TV Sex Guru Was 96
  ❝ Ruth Westheimer, who brought frank talk about sex into America’s living rooms for the first time as talk show host Dr. Ruth, has died. She was 96.
• Peer review is essential for science. Unfortunately, it’s broken.
  ❝ There’s no incentive to fix the system, which was never designed to catch fraud anyway.
• It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns
  ❝ Make them all say, as Trump himself did after a school shooting massacre in Iowa this year, that we “have to get over it, we have to move forward.”
• The making of Eno, the first generative feature film
  ❝ The Verge interviews Gary Hustwit about the technology behind his new Brian Eno documentary and how it may be the first of many generative feature films.
• Australian swimmer caught in riptides rescued using his Apple Watch
  ❝ A 49-year-old experienced swimmer in New South Wales used his Apple Watch to call for help after becoming caught in an ocean current that was dragging him further out to sea.

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• R.I.P. Shelley Duvall, star of The Shining and Robert Altman muse
  ❝ Duvall was known for her eccentric characters and one-of-a-kind, wide-eyed facial expressions.
• AWS App Studio promises to generate enterprise apps from a written prompt
  ❝ AWS released App Studio today in preview, which lets you create enterprise from a written prompt using generative AI.
• FTC bans NGL: ask me anything app for teen use
  ❝ NGL: ask me anything app tricked young users and made false claims, says FTC.
• Vietnam National University says it doesn’t want short people because they lack confidence
  ❝ Vietnam’s controversial height requirement for students raises questions about fairness in university admissions and stereotypes.
• Shrek 5 is actually happening for real
  ❝ It’s been 14 years since the last main Shrek movie

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• Mia Goth Accusor Shares New Details of Alleged ‘MaXXXine’ Set Assault: “Nobody will believe you because you’re nothing” [Exclusive]
  ❝ Background actor James Hunter shares new details concerning his allegations that Mia Goth assaulted him on the set of A24’s ‘MaXXXine.’
• Target will no longer accept personal checks
  ❝ Checks are “extremely low volume,” NBC news reports. There’s some muttering in there about shoplifting but the real reason is plainly stated.
• Tricky Madness Could Be The SSX Successor Of My Dreams
  ❝ Tricky Madness’ demo is a loving homage to EA’s dead franchise

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• Sole trader: why is Lily Allen selling feet pics on OnlyFans?
  ❝ The pop star posted an Instagram story advertising ‘la dolce feeta’ – and is charging fans $10 a month for the honour
• Haunted house formerly owned by Nick Cage up for sale again
  ❝ Again? You mean to say that it might be unpleasant to live in the most haunted house in the most haunted city in America?*
• Emma Roberts’ child star days sound a lot safer than her Nickelodeon peers’
  ❝ It’s been months since Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV came out, but any and every Nickelodeon actor willing to go on the record is still being asked about their experiences and their reaction.
• What the internet looked like in 1994, according to 15 webpages born that year
  ❝ Browsing the Web when it first entered the mainstream shows a world far removed from today’s cyber wastelands.
• Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app
  ❝ The Nike Adapt App will continue to work with the self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers, but after August 6th, it can no longer be installed on new Android or iOS devices.
• History of Urology
  ❝ The British Association of Urological Surgeons has a Virtual Museum. You can navigate through the timeline or visit rooms in the museum, including the toilets.

• MTV’s ‘Real World’ Star Sarah Becker Dead at 52 By Suicide ❝ Sarah Becker — a reality television star who appeared on MTV’s “The Real World” — has died by suicide … TMZ has learned.
• 30 years later, FreeDOS is still keeping the dream of the command prompt alive ❝ Project’s creator talks to Ars about where FreeDOS has been, where it’s going.
• The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach says the indie comic Elfquest fueled some of his “earliest sexual visions” ❝ The soon-to-be MCU star Ebon Moss-Bachrach reveals his comic fandom
• A game called One Million Checkboxes has sparked a terrible online war ❝ I’m getting into the bad habit of posting just after the end of work. In this case, I’m doing it because the whole affa…
• Microdosing candy-linked illnesses double; possible recall in “discussions” ❝ Of the 26 cases identified so far, 25 sought medical care and 16 were hospitalized.
• Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding ❝ Anne Aaron at Netflix is in charge of making sure its content arrives on your screen on time and in pristine condition—and that’s a bigger encoding challenge than you think.