The Wall Street Journal reports that Texas Attorney General and US Senate candidate Ken Paxton faces yet another major scandal. This time it's his partying with fugitives from the DOJ who also happen to be large donors to him.

Looks like James Talarico can add another scandal to that hilarious anti-Ken Paxton ad. — Read the rest

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Katie Zacharia appears to struggle as she tries to fill the brimstone-reeking shoes of her predecessor.

Unable to even read a prepared statement clearly, Trump's new mouthpiece doesn't seem to have the spite, anger, or public-speaking ability the job requires. Her first briefing lasted about 14 minutes, during which she stumbled over her remarks and only took three questions, all from suck-up media outlets. — Read the rest

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BMW declined to supply the newly elected leader of Germany's far-right Alternative fuer Deutchland with a car. So they asked Elon Musk, who is notoriously friendly to their sort of politics.

Germany's sadly rising far right has lost its complimentary BMW; luckily for bigotry, they immediately knew who to call. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Rewrite AI-generated text so it reads like a person wrote it with an Undetectable Humanizer Standard Plan lifetime subscription for $69.97 (MSRP $1,800) until October 15.

AI chatbots write fast, but their drafts tend to share the same tics, from stiff transitions to a suspicious number of em dashes. — Read the rest

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In the video below, Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg enjoys a nice pint of Guinness, the renowned Irish stout ale brewed since 1759 in Dublin and elsewhere. Prost!

Watch Mark Zuckerberg enjoy plain toast.

Watch Mark Zuckerberg enjoy smoked meats. — Read the rest

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Diaper Donald heard Jon Husted had been a standout football player, so he examined the senator's body, looked at his ass and hands, and announced his approval.

Convicted felon Donald Trump recently learned that Jon Husted was a pretty good football player, and decided to check out the Ohio Senator's physique. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get lifetime access to Microsoft Office 2024 Pro Plus for Windows for $49.97 (MSRP $249.99) through October 15. The one-time license includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access without recurring subscription fees.

It seems like every useful digital service comes with another subscription these days. — Read the rest

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Kiwibank unveiled its new mascot Buck this year, hoping the adorable cartoon sheep would convince people to move their accounts there. Now the New Zealand-based bank is struggling to contain Buck's success as consumers make deposits of a different kind. — Read the rest

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A man who broke into a tech company in Tempe, Arizona, made off with what he "likely" thought were Apple computers. But the Mac Mini boxes were empty, and he left the computers on the desks there.

"I come in, the window was smashed to pieces," employee Curran Rose told Fox 10 news in Phoenix. — Read the rest

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Nanolathe is the latest example of a fascinating subgenre of real-time strategy game: Chris Taylor's 1997 hit Total Annihation but with something more. Nanolathe offers an open source MIT-licensed 2.5D RTS engine reimplementing the original plus three decades of the quality-of-life tweaks: a perfect access point for anyone who played it way back when but might now be intimidated by Beyond All Reason's sprawling 150-player Götterdämmerungs. — Read the rest

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It's kind of bleak that gambling ads have become so ubiquitous, right? It feels like every time you turn on the TV or click on a YouTube video, you're greeted with some morally bankrupt celebrity — usually Kevin Hart — trying their hardest to make blowing your life savings on a parlay fun. — Read the rest

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I'm about to say something bold and trailblazing: the triple-A game development industry isn't particularly creative and has stagnated significantly, in large part thanks to overinflated budgets bringing with them astronomical revenue goals that heavily discourage risk-taking or innovation. Cower as this fresh young firebrand says what we're all thinking! — Read the rest

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If you've been engaging with the American job market lately, first of all, I'm so sorry. Second of all, you've probably run into an AI-powered "automated recruitment agent": in other words, an AI bot that the company makes you do a one-sided interview with as part of the extended humiliation ritual that is landing a job. — Read the rest

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Last week, a clone of Adobe's Creative Suite appeared, said to be reverse-engineered and recreated using AI. Adobe's bad reputation made it easy for the internet to take perverse joy in its misfortune. Out with Adobe's surveillance technology, in with a fast and efficient replacement! — Read the rest

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Remember when the PS5 Pro launched and we all lost our collective minds about it costing $700, which is, to be fair, still an egregious price for a console? Good times.

If only we knew, right? The enormity of the AI component crunch hadn't quite hit us yet, and a future where people could still afford to play video games still seemed possible. — Read the rest

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Anthropic updated its usage policy to protect Claude from bullies. Along with clarifications on child sexual abuse material and weapons development, the 2026 Usage Policy update prohibits users from "Engag[ing] in sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models"

The update published yesterday, and effective in November, along with sections titled "Do Not Undermine Democratic Processes" and "Do Not Generate Sexually Explicit Content" is a section called "Do Not Engage in Cruel, Abusive, or Psychologically Harmful Conduct." — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Protect 10 devices with an AdGuard VPN 5-year subscription on sale for $35.

Most VPNs get by charging you a small fee every month. It seems trivial at first, but once you add it up, you can end up spending hundreds just trying to keep your privacy intact. — Read the rest

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No longer will Americans have to go without delicious and inexpensive industrial dyes in their foodstuffs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reportedly to allow additives to be added to food without safety review so long as they aren't proven to be carcinogenic and introduced at levels below 0.5 parts per billion. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro and get Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for life for $34.97 (reg. $418.99).

There's no reason to still be using Windows 10 or Microsoft 365 anymore. If you want to ditch your 10-year old operating system and wave a joyful farewell to monthly subscription fees, check out this bundle which pairs Windows 11 Pro with a lifetime license for Microsoft Office for just $34.97 (reg. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro lifetime license for $7.97 (Reg. $199).

Windows 11 Pro is an excellent product for working professionals who require access to advanced management and security tools. This edition of the suite not only provides users with access to three advanced features not included in the standard Home version, but it also comes at a great price. — Read the rest

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