The launch of Commodore's social media-free privacy-first 'dumbphone' was apparently responsible for 'Our biggest week'

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In 2025, Commodore was bought by retro YouTuber Chris "Peri Fractic" Simpson, who re-assembled some key execs and went into the hardware business. The main result so far has been the Commodore 64 Ultimate, the slimline 64C, and a line of merch including, er, a backpack holster?

NASA's Hubble spots a stellar sparkler for the Fourth of July

A brilliant field of red, white, and blue stars sparkles across a new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, resembling a sparkler glowing against the night sky. NASA released the image to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States, celebrating the nation's long history of exploration while showcasing one of the oldest collections of stars in our galaxy.

NASA's Hubble captures a star-spangled sea of 500,000 stars

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has released a dazzling new image featuring more than 500,000 stars glowing in shades of red, white, and blue. The breathtaking view, shared in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary, highlights Messier 3 (M3), one of the largest and most impressive globular clusters in the Milky Way.

Scientists may have finally solved the black hole information paradox

For decades, physicists have wrestled with one of the deepest puzzles in modern science: the "black hole information paradox." Now, a new theoretical study suggests a possible solution, one that could also shed light on another major mystery in physics, the origin of the mass of fundamental particles.

Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics

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As spotted by Japan's IT Media News, a paper presented at Purdue University's MFS Cultural AI Conference called AI Fiction in the Wild performed a fascinating study of half a million anonymous English-language ChatGPT-user conversations using WildChat, and found some real oddities. Well, one in particular.

The Number Of New Cars Painted A Boring Shade Of Grayscale Has Nearly Doubled Since 1996 - Jalopnik

Crowded vehicle traffic and the only motorcycle in America

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We're all painfully aware of how vastly life has changed in the United States over the past few decades, and not in many positive regards. Not to get political, but Wendy's has done away with its iconic solariums, Pizza Hut's iconic red shingle roofs have become a thing of the past, coffee shops that were once filled with cozy sofas and lounge chairs are now full of metal stools and wooden benches, and the cars on American roads have almost all gone gray.

Planned 1.7 million satellites 'devastating' for astronomy: Study

Extremely bright satellites pose an 'existential threat' to our ability to observe the universe, astronomers warn
Extremely bright satellites pose an 'existential threat' to our ability to observe the universe, astronomers warn.

The 1.7 million satellites that companies are aiming to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years will have "devastating consequences for astronomy," new research warned Wednesday.