"Super Mario" supermarket in Costa Rica wins trademark dispute against Nintendo
Almost the next victim of Nintendo's trademark overreach
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Interesting headlines and stories making it across "a series of tubes."
The Doomsday Clock has been updated to just 89 seconds until a civilization-ending disaster
Ukraine war, global tensions, AI dangers cited in apocalyptic reset
Trump addresses speculation over Elon Musk's West Wing office plans
Musk reportedly enjoys broad White House access
Walgreens' smart freezer doors were a $200 million misstep
Tech isn't always the answer
Massive fire erupts at world's largest battery plant in California, forcing evacuations
The 750MW site is capable of powering half a million homes
World's first carbon fiber metro train hits the tracks in China
Lighter frame claimed to slash energy use by seven percent
Stanford-led study reveals exercise is the most powerful medical intervention
Research explores how exercise counteracts disease at a molecular level
Las Vegas police say man used ChatGPT to plan Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel
"We knew that AI was going to change the game at some point or another in all of our lives"
Apple to pay $95 million to settle claims that Siri recorded private conversations
No massive payday for users, though
Japanese store deploys remote workers as convenience store clerks for graveyard shifts
Leveraging time zone differences to staff late nights and early mornings
US Army soldier accused of selling stolen AT&T and Verizon customer data
The sensitive data came from the Snowflake hack
Kia is recalling 23,000 EVs over fears that a worker forgot to bolt the seats down
One costly lapse in concentration
2024's 10 top-grossing US films were all sequels and prequels
Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine dominate a slightly down year
FAA bans drone flights in parts of New Jersey and New York
The FBI says the bright lights and flying objects are nothing to worry about
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor sentenced for contempt of court after launching $1.2 trillion lawsuit
Craig Wright has been sentenced to 12 months in prison
What just happened? Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who has repeatedly made the false claim that he is Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, has been found to be in contempt of court and handed a 12-month jail sentence for continuing to sue developers.
Amazon workers strike at seven US sites during year's busiest period
"These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect"
Tech entrepreneur convicted in murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee
Nima Momeni convicted of second-degree murder, acquitted of first-degree
Google Street View shot of man allegedly stuffing body into car helps police solve case
A routine map update turns grim witness
Cyborg cockroach armies can now be mass-produced at a rate of one every 68 seconds
Roaches are put to sleep and awakened with a cool backpack
Feds struggle to explain mysterious "car-sized" drone sightings over New Jersey
Some apparently don't even appear on radar and keep their lights off
Chocolate maker Cadbury is fighting AI by injecting gibberish into training data
"Is AI truly reducing our workload or only causing us to work faster?"
Police demands Starlink to reveal buyer of device found in $4.2 billion drug bust
Smugglers were caught with 13,227 pounds of meth
Romania's election results annulled after systems saw over 85,000 cyberattacks
A twisted saga of leaked credentials and paid influencers
Leaked email sheds light on the curious death of HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain
While not a suicide note, the letter does explain Brain's mental state just before he took his own life