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The cure for disposable plastic crap is here

August 01, 2024  |   by Julian L. Mertz  |   No comments
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TREASURE TROVE | 5-MINUTE READ

Donald Trump's Plan to Hoard Billions in Bitcoin Has Economists Stumped

BY JOEL KHALILI

The former US president has promised to establish a "national bitcoin stockpile" if he's reelected and use it to offset inflation. But economists think the plan has little merit.

 
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A $500 Open-Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers

BY ANDY GREENBERG

The RayV Lite will make it hundreds of times cheaper for anyone to carry out physics-bending feats of hardware hacking.

 
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Democrats Have Finally Learned the Value of Shitposting

BY MAKENA KELLY

After struggling through a changing social media landscape for years, Democratic strategists have figured out how to go viral.

Also in the news:
● Election deniers are ramping up efforts to disenfranchise voters
● Meet the Swifties campaigning for Kamala Harris

 
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❖ THE BIG STORY | 19-MINUTE READ

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It's Loony

BY CLIVE THOMPSON

Stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines, QR-coded take-out boxes: They're how we can break society's absurd addiction to single-use plastics.

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Google Cracks Down on Explicit Deepfakes

BY PARESH DAVE

Newly announced measures by the search giant aim to make AI-generated, or otherwise spoofed explicit content, more difficult to discover.

 
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Amazon Has to Recall More Than 400,000 Dangerous Products

BY ASHLEY BELANGER, ARS TECHNICA

Regulators found that Amazon is responsible for defective products sold by its third-party vendors—which include flammable pajamas, faulty carbon monoxide detectors, and hair dryers that could electrocute you.

 
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DOT PHYSICS | 7-MINUTE READ

The Incredible Physics of Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike

BY RHETT ALLAIN

Calculating angular velocity and the moment of inertia isn't quite as hard as competing in the 2024 summer Olympics gymnastics tournament—but it's pretty darn tough.

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This Safe, Sturdy Cat Decor Won't Shed in Your Living Room

BY MEDEA GIORDANO

Your cat needs scratching posts and litter boxes, but they don't have to be ugly.

 
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This week, we talk about the arrival of Date Like Goblins and chart the rise of niche, interest-specific platforms for online dating.

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Japan: Latest Famitsu review scores

August 01, 2024  |   by Julian L. Mertz  |   No comments
The latest edition of Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu is now available and there's a few reviews contained within Issue 1860. The highest rated game in this week's edition is the latest game from Genshin Impact studio miHoYo, Zenless Zone Zero. …
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Japan: Latest Famitsu review scores

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The latest edition of Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu is now available and there's a few reviews contained within Issue 1860. The highest rated game in this week's edition is the latest game from Genshin Impact studio miHoYo, Zenless Zone Zero. The game received two 9/10s and two 8/10s giving it a total score of […]

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