by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’ll just work from the car, I thought. But after a few minutes of staring at my screen on quick mountain switchbacks I could feel the first signs of cold, coagulated nausea bubbling up from that sweaty place in my gut. I looked to the horizon for relief, but...
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
A person hoists a poster in front of the US Capitol at a climate protest in Washington, DC. | Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the midterm...
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks through the Kremlin in Moscow on June 3, 2026. | Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images “Longevity” — a buzzy catchall for the quest for a longer life — is having a moment. Tech titans like Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and...
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
A large speaker bump on the back of the Tab Plus Gen 2 contributes to the tablet’s upgraded sound. | Photo: Sean Hollister / The Verge Lenovo announced a new version of its chonky speaker-filled Tab Plus tablet that once again puts a strong focus on audio. While the...
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Despite being an objectively terrible digital camera, the Kodak Charmera has been incredibly popular thanks to a cheap price tag and several fun retro designs inspired by the iconic 1987 single-use Kodak Fling. Instead of entirely rethinking that formula, Reto, the...
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Threads has surpassed 500 million monthly active users, Meta announced on Tuesday, hitting the milestone just shy of the platform’s third birthday. Threads got off to a hot start in 2023, reaching 100 million users even faster than ChatGPT, and CEO Mark...
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
David Jolly is the Democrat Party’s likely gubernatorial nominee in Florida. He officially became a Democrat last year. | Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images For decades, Florida was the archetypal presidential swing state — and as recently as 2016 and 2018,...
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Almost three years in, Meta's X competitor is still growing.
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
You might have particular feelings about snakes, but for millions of Americans they’re a member of the household. And their popularity as pets has only been growing: From 2018 to 2024, the number of households that own a pet snake rose from about 810,000 to 1.3...
by bleffel | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
President Donald Trump speaks during a proclamation signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on June 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Alex Wong/Getty Images In a sense, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is getting what he wanted. Amodei has long argued that AI is...
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