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Tesla Laughs as Other Automakers Slam Doors on EVs, Ride Gas Price Rollercoaster

While everyone else exited stage left, Tesla took a victory lap around $5 gas.

When US gas prices sprinted to $5 a gallon in 2026, most automakers basically said 'thanks, but no EV thanks' and yanked...

Trump Declares Ceasefire Dead But Keeps Talking Anyway, Because Logic

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Trump Declares Ceasefire Dead But Keeps Talking Anyway, Because Logic

US to chat with Iran while also officially ghosting peace talks.

On a classic flip-flop worthy of a reality TV cliffhanger, President Trump proclaimed on Friday that the United States w...

NYC Hotel’s Kitchen Uses 2,000 Eggs Weekly to Feed Masses, Not Chickens

NYC Hotel’s Kitchen Uses 2,000 Eggs Weekly to Feed Masses, Not Chickens

Fluffy pancakes fuel 5 event spaces and 4,000 hangry hotel guests monthly.

At Arlo Williamsburg’s Sungold restaurant, Executive Chef Michael King orchestrates chaos worthy of a military operation...

MrBeast's Candy Empire Faces Sugar Crash, Now Selling Ethics Instead of Joy

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MrBeast's Candy Empire Faces Sugar Crash, Now Selling Ethics Instead of Joy

From 33% growth to 13%, turns out choc-blocking your market is an art form.

Once upon a time in 2022, Beast Industries birthed Feastables, the chocolate brand boasting 100% Fairtrade-certified coc...

Doom Devs Drop Hellfire Expansion While Xbox Drops Entire Team

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Doom Devs Drop Hellfire Expansion While Xbox Drops Entire Team

Celebration turns layoffs party as demons and employees get equally blasted.

id Software, the folks who made Doom, decided to celebrate July 2026 by unleashing 'Revelations,' a beefy expansion pack...

French Mom and New Mexico Dad Navigate Florida Parenting With No Babysitters—Or Sanity

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French Mom and New Mexico Dad Navigate Florida Parenting With No Babysitters—Or Sanity

When your village is strangers and Cub Scouts, welcome to the no-family island.

Virginie Romary, a communications manager-turned-full-time 'no-sitter' from eastern France, lives in Fort Lauderdale wit...

Victoria Town Discovers Mystery Package Is Actually a 13-Year-Old Girl's Remains

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Victoria Town Discovers Mystery Package Is Actually a 13-Year-Old Girl's Remains

Donald puts 'dead girl found' under 'community happenings' column this week.

In an exceptionally grim chapter for the small western Victorian town of Donald, police announced on Thursday afternoon ...

Man Trades Time For Money Then Tries To Retire Before Age 30, Shockingly

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Man Trades Time For Money Then Tries To Retire Before Age 30, Shockingly

Turns out doing 'anything' for $15/hr is not a Netflix-worthy plan.

Cody Berman, a man who thinks 'side hustles' are a contact sport, tried over 30 gigs before settling on a four-type fram...

Trump Jr. Plays Courtroom Legal Analyst While Roommate Reveals Bullet-Dreaming Killer

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Trump Jr. Plays Courtroom Legal Analyst While Roommate Reveals Bullet-Dreaming Killer

Who needs lawyers when you have Jack Posobiec and erratically confessing roommates?

In the Utah courthouse drama of the decade, the alleged shooter Tyler Robinson tries to dodge truth like a failed TikTok...

Boeing 737 Freighter Goes From Cruise to Dive Bomb in Arabian Sea, Blames Navigation System

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Boeing 737 Freighter Goes From Cruise to Dive Bomb in Arabian Sea, Blames Navigation System

When your cargo plane's idea of flight is ‘takeoff, tumble, splash’ real quick.

On Tuesday night, a Boeing 737 freighter, not the shiny Max scandal cousin but a 1999 vintage turned cargo hauler in 201...

Tech Billionaires Complain AI Is Too Expensive While Wearing $2,000 Sunglasses

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Tech Billionaires Complain AI Is Too Expensive While Wearing $2,000 Sunglasses

Sun Valley: Where billionaires ask how to spend less money on the thing making them richer.

At the 2026 Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference, a star-studded gathering of tech giants from Idaho (because nothing says ...

Telstra’s Network Outage Possibly Causes Death, Opts for Political Drama Instead

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Telstra’s Network Outage Possibly Causes Death, Opts for Political Drama Instead

Because when saving lives conflicts with ousting the government, politics wins every time.

In a plot twist nobody wanted, Telstra revealed network hiccups during which a person tragically died at a South Austral...

OpenAI Exec Quits After Brain and Body Demand Separate AI Projects

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OpenAI Exec Quits After Brain and Body Demand Separate AI Projects

Chronic illness says 'nope' to scaling artificial intelligence this quarter.

Fidji Simo, once Meta's decade-long commander and Instacart IPO navigator, joined OpenAI in 2025 to turbocharge the AI e...

Microsoft’s Data Centers: Bigger Carbon Footprints, Smaller Environmental Promises

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Microsoft’s Data Centers: Bigger Carbon Footprints, Smaller Environmental Promises

Expanding clouds requires expanding pollution, apparently.

Microsoft’s 2026 Environmental Sustainability Report revealed a 25% carbon emissions jump in 2025, totaling a whopping 3...

OpenAI Exec Quits Full-Time, Chronic Illness Wins Over World Domination Plans

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OpenAI Exec Quits Full-Time, Chronic Illness Wins Over World Domination Plans

Turns out curing a disease isn't as easy as counting your startup’s billions.

Fidji Simo, the former Instacart CEO turned OpenAI’s applications czar since 2025, decided to downgrade from full-time g...

Regional Mediators Panic-Call Diplomacy To Stop US & Iran From Arm Wrestling

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Regional Mediators Panic-Call Diplomacy To Stop US & Iran From Arm Wrestling

Because nothing says peace like a telecom conference featuring all the usual suspects.

In a summer blockbuster of geopolitical soap operas, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia tag-teamed like re...

Elon Musk Admits Losing AI Beef, Now Besties with Claude’s Crew

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Elon Musk Admits Losing AI Beef, Now Besties with Claude’s Crew

From calling Anthropic ‘woke hypocrites’ to BFFs trading billions in GPU time.

In a soap opera twist worthy of a Netflix AI special, Elon Musk—who famously called Anthropic ‘smug, sanctimonious, and ...

Trump Turns Iran War Into Truth Social’s First Exploding Meme Marathon

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Trump Turns Iran War Into Truth Social’s First Exploding Meme Marathon

Because why negotiate peace when you can throw digital fireworks instead?

As fresh U.S. airstrikes rock Iran and ships get attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump's Truth Social feed t...

LinkedIn Now 40% AI Slop, Humans Banned for Spelling Mistakes

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LinkedIn Now 40% AI Slop, Humans Banned for Spelling Mistakes

Steven Bartlett’s solution to robot takeover? Intentional typos.

Between April and June 2026, LinkedIn apparently turned into the internet’s most toxic AI sludge pit, with Pangram estim...

NYC Launches Premium Industry Paying Strangers to Suffer in Lines