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Apple Has a Growing Homeless Encampment on Its Property
Homeless people living in RVs, shacks, tents, and cars have coalesced on about 55 acres of undeveloped property in North San Jose owned by the iPhone-maker.
Man Harvests Methane for 8 Hours to Fuel Bike That Runs on Swamp Gas
This motorcycle runs on freshly harvested bog methane that rests in a giant condom attached to the back of the bike. It takes eight hours of labor to go 12 miles.
Notorious Website Kiwi Farms Loses Its Domain Registrar
DreamHost has allegedly asked the website best known for trolls and targeted harassment to find a new home.
FCC Complaints Show Trump Fans Demanding SNL Be Made a Safe Space for Them
By all means, read 360 pages of people demanding the federal government cancel Saturday Night Live.
Biden’s Right to Repair Order Covers Electronics, Not Just Tractors
The administration will issue "rules against anti-competitive restrictions on using independent repair shops or doing DIY repairs of your own devices and equipment."
CDC Docs Show Confusion During Initial Vaccine Rollout
Emails obtained by Motherboard show healthcare workers struggling with the VAMS systems and the labyrinthine bureaucracy connected to it.
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Declares Support for Right to Repair
In a nine-minute Cameo, the co-founder of Apple talked about how important it is for people to be able to fix their own stuff.
Sandy Hook Parents Say Remington Stalled Lawsuit With Emojis, Memes
Lawyers asked the gun company for corporate emails, what they got was tens of thousands of memes, go-kart videos, and gender reveal party films.
FBI Confiscates Alleged Rioter’s ‘Fully Constructed U.S. Capitol Lego Set’
According to court records, an alleged leader of the Capitol Riots had a Lego reconstruction of the Capitol in his apartment, and a to-do list detailing ‘steps to create a hometown militia.’
Air Force Video Explains What a Penis Is
STIs_6329/FinalExports6Mar19/REFS/STI_SC#04_MaleRepro_5Mar19_REF_DVIDS.mp4 is an Air Force produced video that covers the basics of the penis.
Science YouTuber Wins $10,000 Bet With Physicist
Experts including Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson witnessed a science YouTuber design a wind-powered car that a physicist said would defy the laws of physics.
The LAPD Exploded a Stash of Illegal Fireworks in the Middle of the City
The LAPD seized 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks for routine disposal. The subsequent explosion destroyed homes and sent residents to the hospital.
NASA Chief Says He Believes Aliens Are Real
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told CNN he believes we're not alone in the universe, but UFOs may or may not be extraterrestrial in origin.
Pentagon Report: Some UFO Sightings Can't Be Explained With Current Science
Military officials say they have no real idea what’s going on, and need lots of money to find out.
Microsoft’s Shareholders Demand Right-to-Repair
The computer giant’s shareholders are demanding it investigate how right-to-repair can build a more sustainable world.
State Charges 77-Year-Old for 'Practicing Engineering Without a License'
A retired North Carolina engineer volunteered his professional opinion during a lawsuit, now the state says he’s in trouble for practicing engineering without a license.
Judge Temporarily Stops the FBI From Seizing the Contents of Private Vaults
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the FBI using civil asset forfeiture to collect $85 million it seized from a private vault company in Beverly Hills.
Peloton Treadmill Safety Update Requires $40 a Month Subscription
The update comes after Pelton recalled the treadmill following the death of a child.
The Army Is Sorry for Comparing Itself to Super Villains
The Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps tweeted a picture of unit patches photoshopped onto the heads of the villains from ‘The Boys.’
Steven Crowder Flees Debate After Being Ambushed by Sam Seder
The right wing provocateur changed his mind.
Black and Brown Amazon Drivers Face Guns, Racial Slurs, and Dog Bites on the Job
Amazon says it has a process for blacklisting dangerous and racist customers from its drivers’ delivery routes, but a Motherboard investigation found it doesn’t always do so.
President of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Called DOGE a Ponzi Scheme
Neel Kashkari has a long history of criticizing cryptocurrency.
National Right-to-Repair Bill Filed in Congress
The Fair Repair act would make it easier for everyone in America to fix their own stuff.
Journalist Blows Up Career Because Bosses Wouldn’t Let Her Cover Bitcoin
Ivory Hecker interrupted a live broadcast to accuse her bosses of muzzling her. Her evidence was they wouldn’t let her cover Bitcoin and hydroxychloroquine.
Airbnb Reportedly Paid a Rape Victim $7 Million for Silence on Settlement
After the alleged assault, Airbnb got the woman a hotel, flew her home, and offered to cover health care and counseling.
Girls Do Porn Performer Is Going to Jail for 20 Years
Ruben Andre Garcia, the performer in Girls Do Porn videos, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to “conspiracy to commit sex trafficking” and “sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.”
The Pentagon Could Finally Tell the Whole Truth About UFOs
The government is set to drop a new report about unidentified aerial phenomenon by the end of the month.
New York Senate Passes Electronics Right-to-Repair Legislation
The legislation still has to pass the Assembly, but the Senate became the first legislative body in the US to pass a bill that would make it easier to fix your things.
She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her Nudes to Facebook
Apple paid a woman millions to prevent a lawsuit, but it could have avoided all of this if she’d just been able to repair her own phone.
Walmart Giving Phones to Employees to Stay in ‘Constant Communication’
The retail giant is offering its more than 700,000 employees a $499 phone that comes pre-loaded with a custom-designed Walmart app.
Darth Vader and Stormtroopers Attend U.S. Military Ceremony
Vandenberg Air Force Base became a hive of scum and villainy on International Space Day when Darth Vader attended a Space Force ceremony.
U.S. Military Personnel Spilled Nuclear Secrets in Online Flashcards
Details about passwords, secret codes, and nuclear missile location were uploaded by U.S. service members to flashcard websites.
Amazon Introduces Tiny ‘ZenBooths’ for Stressed-Out Warehouse Workers
The AmaZen meditation booth is a small room where employees can watch company videos about mindfulness while a small fan moves the air around.
Major QAnon Promoter Ron Watkins Is Starting a WikiLeaks for Aliens
The man who all but admits to being Q is starting a website dedicated to leaking information about aliens.
White House Takes UFO ‘Incursions Into Our Airspace...Very Seriously’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki revealed that a UFO report is coming, but wouldn’t commit to its full release.
Viral TikTok Party Adrian’s Kickback Leads to 149 Arrests
Adrian wanted to have a party for his birthday, he posted about it on TikTok and the post racked up 180 million views
Scientists Want to Smell Ocean Radiation to Predict Tsunamis
We don’t know a whole lot about how radioactive the ocean is, but it would help predict disasters if we did.
Listen to People Calling 911 After Gender Reveal IED Detonates
A New Hampshire couple used 80 pounds of explosives to celebrate the gender of their baby, causing a blast that was felt for 25 miles in every direction.
Activist Archivists Are Trying to Save the ‘Pirate Bay of Science’
Facing lawsuits and legal trouble, archivists are working to save 77TB of freely available scientific data.
The Internet's Terminally Stoned Mascot '10 Guy' Finally Speaks
Connor Sinclair, the man behind the famous meme about being way too stoned, has revealed himself ahead of releasing an NFT.
Obama Says Government Doesn't Have Alien Specimens, But UFOs Are Real
The 44th President of the United States wanted to know if the U.S. had a secret lab with alien tech.
Watch a Navy Pilot Explain His Encounter With a UFO
‘60 Minutes’ segment interviewing pilots who’ve encountered UFOs marks a sea-change in the discussion of the topic.
‘Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood’ Could End CAPTCHAs Forever
"Prove you're not a robot" challenges could soon mean pushing a literal button with your finger.
Confronting Disinformation Spreaders on Twitter Only Makes It Worse, MIT Scientists Say
Twitter is a hellscape and it only gets worse when you point out some is sharing bad information.
Judge Has No Patience for 'BUTTFUCKER 3000' in Zoom Court
A Michigan man showed up to court with an unfortunate screen name.
The Pokémon Card Gold Rush Is Causing a Labor Crisis
Pokémon cards are selling so fast that retailers can’t keep up and the secondary market is flooded with expensive chase cards.
Space Force's Vision Document Is a Like a Pitch Deck for a 1995 Dotcom Startup
The U.S. Space Force is making a lot of vague promises about the future in its ‘vision document.’
LiveLeak, the Infamous Site for Beheading Videos, Is Gone
The website that hosted video of Saddam’s hanging and ISIS beheadings has been pulled from the internet by its creators.
This Is the NSA’s 650-Page Guide to the Internet
‘Untangling the Web’ was a bizarre testament to the NSA’s understating of the how the internet worked.
Juan Joya Borja, the 'Spanish Laughing Guy' Meme, Has Died
He was known as ‘The Giggles’ in his native Spain, and his legacy is that of a joy-spreading meme.
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