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Xbox Shuffles Bosses While Hades II Cheats Death for Next Month
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Technology

Xbox Shuffles Bosses While Hades II Cheats Death for Next Month

Microsoft marches forward despite platform identity crisis and mysterious leadership limbo.

In a stunning power cha-cha, Xbox just swapped its head honcho, Phil Spencer, leaving fans nervously wondering if the br...

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Elon’s Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed: Judge Says ‘Try Free Market, Not Court’
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Business

Elon’s Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed: Judge Says ‘Try Free Market, Not Court’

Mars, Lego, and Nestlé silently relieved after X’s legal flex fizzes out.

In a Texas courtroom far, far away from Elon Musk’s Mars-bound dreams, a judge tossed out X’s 2024 lawsuit accusing big ...

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Trump Declares War Isn’t War Because Words Are Warmer Than Congress
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Politics

Trump Declares War Isn’t War Because Words Are Warmer Than Congress

Military ‘decimation’ now officially unauthorised poetry.

President Trump shuffled his war lexicon like a confused Scrabble champ this March, refusing to call the Iran conflict a...

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AI Coaches Teach Sellers How to Fake It Better Than Frontline Managers Ever Could
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Business

AI Coaches Teach Sellers How to Fake It Better Than Frontline Managers Ever Could

Now your sales pitch’s biggest critic is a jittery AI avatar, not Karen from HR.

Since early 2026, ServiceNow’s AI sales coach has shrunk onboarding from a glacial 3 months to a mere 6 weeks for 8,000 ...

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Trump Sends ICE to Schools, Kids Perfect Attendance Suddenly Optional
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US News

Trump Sends ICE to Schools, Kids Perfect Attendance Suddenly Optional

Turns out showing up to class isn’t worth risking surprise deportation.

When Trump's immigration crackdown hit like a bad group project, Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools saw 15% of kids pull a Ho...

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Midwestern Towns Secretly Brag They’re Europe Without the Flight Delay
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US News

Midwestern Towns Secretly Brag They’re Europe Without the Flight Delay

Because nothing says 'Old World charm' like wooden shoes and chicken dinners in lederhosen.

After 24 years marinating in cornfields and county fairs, our brave explorer discovered that Michigan moonlights as Euro...

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Woman Warns Against Gifters’ Obsession With Killing Houseplants and Sense
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Entertainment

Woman Warns Against Gifters’ Obsession With Killing Houseplants and Sense

Because nothing says welcome like a slowly suffocating shrub or a box of puppies.

In the treacherous world of housewarming gifts, size matters—too big for a host, too small for a wedding—and sincerity m...

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DJI’s Last US Drone: Lawsuits, Bans, and Catching Up to Last Year’s Model
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Technology

DJI’s Last US Drone: Lawsuits, Bans, and Catching Up to Last Year’s Model

Faster drone can’t save DJI from legal headaches and being fashionably late.

Meet DJI’s Avata 360: a sleek, speedy drone that looks suspiciously like its predecessor, Avata 2, launched just as Amer...

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Real Estate Agent Trades Predictable Commissions for $13,500 Rent and Coffee Chaos
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Business

Real Estate Agent Trades Predictable Commissions for $13,500 Rent and Coffee Chaos

Forget flipping houses, try flipping overpriced silverware and garage storefronts instead.

Jordan Hooten, a 34-year-old Florida real estate agent and self-proclaimed entrepreneur, decided to channel his $70,000 ...

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Trump Demands Iran ‘Get Serious’ Like Your Deadbeat Ex, Stat
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World News

Trump Demands Iran ‘Get Serious’ Like Your Deadbeat Ex, Stat

He warns ‘NO TURNING BACK,’ because diplomacy’s sooo last season.

On Thursday, President Trump channeled your least patient Tinder date, telling Iran to 'get serious soon' or face the mu...

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OECD Warns World Economy Will Tango with Inflation Thanks to Middle East Drama
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Business

OECD Warns World Economy Will Tango with Inflation Thanks to Middle East Drama

Australia braces as global resilience meets oil price chaos courtesy of international tensions.

The OECD dropped its latest economic prophecy on March 26, 2026, warning that the US-Israel airshow over Iran might just...

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Pentagon Calls AI Warbot ‘National Security Risk,’ Still Wants to Date It
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Politics

Pentagon Calls AI Warbot ‘National Security Risk,’ Still Wants to Date It

They say 'all lawful uses'—but also 'you’re a liar with a God-complex.'

Anthropic’s Claude AI is apparently the Beyoncé of battlefield brainiacs — so much better than ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok ...

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Nvidia CEO Juggles 60 Direct Reports Without a Single One-on-One Breakdown
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Business

Nvidia CEO Juggles 60 Direct Reports Without a Single One-on-One Breakdown

Why meet alone when you can endure group grilling from 60 overachievers?

Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chip mastermind, manages to direct over 60 big-brain engineers simultaneously, swearing off one-o...

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US Runs Out of Fancy $15M Missile Candy Less Than a Month Into Iran War
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World News

US Runs Out of Fancy $15M Missile Candy Less Than a Month Into Iran War

Turns out defending the planet from missiles costs more than a Lambo collection.

In just 16 explosive days starting early April 2026, the US and its allies mowed through 11,294 munitions fighting Iran,...

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Politician Urges Fuel Rationing ‘Before We Run Out of Eggs Too’
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Politics

Politician Urges Fuel Rationing ‘Before We Run Out of Eggs Too’

Because nothing screams crisis like empty petrol stations and missing breakfast staples.

On March 26, 2026, One Nation's Barnaby Joyce took center stage demanding the Australian government activate the Liquid ...

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Dell XPS 16 Drinks Less Power Than Your Houseplant, Still Lasts 27 Hours
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Technology

Dell XPS 16 Drinks Less Power Than Your Houseplant, Still Lasts 27 Hours

Laptop sips 1.5 watts, probably more awake than its owner during meetings.

At CES 2026, the Dell XPS 16 flaunted a variable refresh rate screen from LG that, according to Notebookcheck's heroic t...

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House Democrats Disagree on 'Due Process' Like It's the Next TikTok Dance
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Politics

House Democrats Disagree on 'Due Process' Like It's the Next TikTok Dance

Meanwhile, $5 million FEMA cash moonwalks into a campaign fund.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is playing 'wait for the federal trial' for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormi...

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Meta Turns 1,000 Reality Labs Workers Into AI Cult Members Called ‘Pods’
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Technology

Meta Turns 1,000 Reality Labs Workers Into AI Cult Members Called ‘Pods’

Soon your engineer might also design, review, and gently judge your soul.

In an epic plot twist from the Meta bunker, Mark Zuckerberg’s Reality Labs just renamed a thousand employees into an AI ...

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Sonos Ace Headphones Elegantly Ignore Wi-Fi While Priced Like They Don't
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Technology

Sonos Ace Headphones Elegantly Ignore Wi-Fi While Priced Like They Don't

They sound great—but forget streaming, just plug in like it's 1999.

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale 2026 rolled in with colorful e-readers and RGB lamps, but noise-canceling headphones took a lot...

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Americans Disapprove of Iran War But Brace for Unknown Number of Boots
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Politics

Americans Disapprove of Iran War But Brace for Unknown Number of Boots

Trump sends troops, polls say nope, Republicans whisper ‘maybe small boots’ instead.

Between March 17-23, polls showed a stunning 65% of Americans are convinced the U.S. might drop a surprise ground invasi...

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