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From scraped knees in British Bulldog to the strategic warfare of conkers, these forgotten street games shaped an entire generation—but their real magic wasn't in the rules we followed, it was in what happened when no adults were watching.
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DIY DDR5 is no longer just a concept, but a reality, as modder VIK-on has built his first 32GB stick from scavenged parts. The memory chips came from laptop SODIMMs, while a new PCB and cooler were acquired from China. After flashing custom firmware enabling 6400 MT/s XMP, the entire build put together cost $218. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from CNET: Finland-based IXI Eyewear has raised more than $40 million from investors, including Amazon, to build glasses with adaptive lenses that could dynamically autofocus based on where the person wearing them is looking. In late 2025, the company said it had developed a glasses prototype that weighs just 22 grams. It includes embedded sensors aimed at the wearer's eyes and liquid crystal lenses... Read more ›
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A tattoo artist skipped store-bought gifts and gave her family tattoos, creating a meaningful tradition rooted in creativity and trust. Read more ›
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Celebrities attended the 2026 Golden Globes on Sunday. Selena Gomez and Colman Domingo were among the best-dressed stars of the night. Read more ›
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President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Cuba would no longer receive oil or money from Venezuela. Read more ›
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Julius Bruch spent seven years at McKinsey before founding an AI dementia startup. He shares what made the leap hard — and why consulting helped. Read more ›
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Trump administration's global influence strategy runs through the AI supply chain. Read more ›
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Big news for a sleepy Sunday afternoon: Airline consolidation has been looming over 2026, but a merger between Allegiant and Sun Country underscores just how quickly that pressure is translating into action. Read more ›
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In October, Walmart partnered with OpenAI to launch a new partnership with ChatGPT. Now, its doing the same with Google's Gemini. Read more ›
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Sonia Holland and Erin O'Brien, both 26, pay about $570 a month for their spacious two-bedroom apartment in Guangzhou, China. Read more ›
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"This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions," Powell said on Sunday. Read more ›
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Foreign governments are now limiting access to Elon Musk's Grok chatbot as concerns about non-consensual sexual deepfakes linger. Read more ›
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Gentoo Linux posted its 2025 project retrospective this week. Some interesting details: Mostly because of the continuous attempts to force Copilot usage for our repositories, Gentoo currently considers and plans the migration of our repository mirrors and pull request contributions to Codeberg. Codeberg is a site based on Forgejo, maintained by a non-profit organization, and located in Berlin, Germany. Gentoo continues to host its own primary git, bugs, etc infrastructure... Read more ›
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Polymarket, the prediction market platform, partnered with the Golden Globes ahead of this year's annual awards ceremony. Read more ›
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Stephen Hutyra was inspired by a Facebook post to build a pub in his backyard. He spent $61,000 and created the space of his dreams. Read more ›
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"The clock is ticking" on the Hubble Space Telescope, writes the space news site Daily Galaxy, citing estimates from the unofficial "Hubble Reentry Tracker" site (which uses orbital data from the site space-track.org, created by tech integrator SAIC): While Hubble was initially launched into low Earth orbit at an altitude of around 360 miles, it has since descended to approximately 326 miles, and it continues to fall... "The solar flux... Read more ›
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Microsoft has quietly removed ‘find album information’ and ‘update album info online’ tools from the Media Player apps supplied with Windows 11. Read more ›
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Former Assassin's Creed director Alexandre Amancio has shared his thoughts about AAA development, suggesting we need "smaller teams" and admitting that big-budget developers cannot "solve a problem by throwing people at it". Read more Read more ›
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While your broke friends are still buying the same status symbols that drained their twenties, financially savvy 30-somethings have quietly stopped purchasing these ten wealth-killers—and the difference in their bank accounts is staggering. Read more ›
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From mastering patience without smartphones to finding joy without Instagram validation, those who came of age during Vietnam protests and disco fever developed a peculiar brand of mental toughness that modern psychology is only now beginning to understand. Read more ›
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While most people are still figuring out what to say next, emotionally intelligent individuals have already decoded the subtle energy shifts, body language contradictions, and telling behavioral patterns that reveal who someone truly is beneath their polished exterior. Read more ›
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While you might think respect comes from big achievements or natural charisma, it's actually the tiny verbal habits you don't even notice—like apologizing when you haven't done anything wrong or filling every silence—that are quietly sabotaging how others perceive you. Read more ›
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Most Americans have little sense of where they stand financially compared to their neighbors. A recent medical school graduate earning $200,000 annually but carrying $300,000 in student debt might have a negative net worth, placing them below someone retired with a paid-off home worth $150,000 and $40,000 in savings. Meanwhile, a household with $200,000 in ... Read more Read more ›
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You might blame your busy schedule or think you're just "not a people person," but the real reason you're struggling to maintain close friendships could be these unconscious patterns you've been repeating since childhood—and you probably don't even realize you're doing them. Read more ›
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After losing my fortune and standing in food bank queues at 29, I discovered that wealthy people's well-meaning advice about poverty is like explaining sight to someone who's never opened their eyes. Read more ›
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Trump captured a sitting president and announced America would “run” Venezuela. The debate about legality misses what actually happened. At 2 a.m. on January 3rd, U.S. military helicopters flew low over Caracas, firing at targets on the ground. By morning, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was in handcuffs on a Department of Justice aircraft heading to ... Read more Read more ›
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These rare individuals don't just brighten rooms with charisma or charm—they possess eight specific emotional skills that transform every interaction, from remembering your dad's surgery to celebrating your wins without keeping score. Read more ›
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These 9 mechanical symphonies that once soundtracked every 80s kid's daily life—from the alien screech of dial-up internet to the satisfying snap of a Walkman closing—are now extinct audio artifacts that would leave Gen Z scratching their heads in confusion. Read more ›
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