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An RTX 4090 has been caught melting on camera, with streamer "jessick" being lucky enough to record the incident for the internet. The GPU caught fire while playing and streaming Marvel Rivals on Twitch, and the video shows a wire melting with visible smoke. For some reason, jessick didn't immediately turn off her PC after seeing something on fire inside. Read more ›
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Google's Project Genie can generate games using the company's Genie 3 model, which is trained on prompts from Gemini. It's an experimental tool that doesn't even create fully playable games, but it was still enough to shiver the timbers of video game shareholders. Unity saw a 20% drop in its stock price following the reveal of Project Genie, along with several other firms. Read more ›
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The Daily Beast: "Salacious claims from Jeffrey Epstein that Bill Gates contracted an STD following 'sex with Russian girls,' and colluded with the disgraced financier on a plot to secretly slip his wife antibiotics, were revealed in the latest Epstein files release." The New York Times. (Alternate URL) "A representative of the Gates Foundation said, 'These claims — from a proven, disgruntled liar — are absolutely absurd and completely false.... Read more ›
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Last Wednesday, a video surfaced of Alex Pretti kicking out the taillight of an ICE vehicle, 11 days before Border Patrol agents shot him to death. Right-wing influencers quickly cast the incident as somehow exonerating the 37-year-old’s killers. In Megyn Kelly’s telling, the footage proved that the anti-ICE protester “had been victimizing” Border Patrol — […] Read more ›
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Nvidia and OpenAI are still in talks about the $100-billion MOU the two parties signed in September 2025, and it seems that deal will be modified for a much "smaller" sum of tens of billions of dollars. Read more ›
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Actors and directors remember Catherine O'Hara as one of the greats and gone too soon. Read more ›
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Business Insider visited NATO soldiers training above the Arctic Circle. They said they put newspaper in their boots to keep them dry. Read more ›
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A British broadband internet provider refused to buy a distressed competitor as its entire fiber network has reportedly been chewed up by rats and rodents. Read more ›
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Microsoft is continuing to expand Windows 11’s cross-device capabilities, bringing the operating system closer to allowing users to seamlessly resume Android app activity on their PCs. The feature aims to let users pick up tasks started on their smartphones—such as music playback, document editing, or web browsing—directly on a Windows computer. The company first introduced its cross-device resume functionality last year, initially limited to resuming OneDrive activity from an Android... Read more ›
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Social chatter around bitcoin has turned sharply negative after the token slid to its lowest level since Nov. 21, a setup Santiment says often appears near capitulation, even if near term trading stays messy. Read more ›
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Blue Origin plans to put a focus on the development of its human lunar capabilities, so it won’t be sending tourists to space for at least the next two years. That means we won’t be seeing any New Shepard launches for quite some time. Blue Origin is one of the companies NASA chose to develop human landing systems for its Artemis program, along with SpaceX. Specifically, it will work on... Read more ›
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Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact. Read more ›
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In "Bridgerton," which has returned for season four, some of the actors are much older than the characters they play. Read more ›
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Lowering salt in everyday foods could quietly save lives. Researchers found that modest sodium reductions in bread, packaged foods, and takeout meals could significantly reduce heart disease and stroke rates in France and the U.K. The key advantage is that people would not need to alter their eating habits at all. Small changes to the food supply could deliver large, long-term health benefits. Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! Firstly, I want to tell you about an exciting addition to The Information’s Weekend section: reporter Eli Rosenberg, an alum of The New York Times, The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. He’ll cover tech wealth and culture—just as a slate of potential mega-IPOs from the likes of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic means everyone in Silicon Valley will have even more money. Read more about Eli and... Read more ›
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No disrespect to grilling gurus and traditionalists, but air fryer cheeseburgers are just as good and easier to make for those lacking outdoor cooking space. Read more ›
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This double-folding phone will be the most expensive mainstream handset released in the US. Read more ›
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Sleep mode is convenient, but it isn't the same as shutting down. We break down the difference and why it can affect performance and battery life. Read more ›
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The company says it's testing paywalled premium sharing and AI features. Read more ›
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Valentine's Day is a great excuse to show your main squeeze you're paying attention -- you've selected a gift that truly speaks to their interests. This curated list of gifts for guys can help you do just that. Read more ›
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