She ate HOW many hot dogs? He wore WHAT on his head? Find out in the quiz from NPR Holly J. Morris
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iOS 17.5 beta 2 is here: 5 new features on your iPhone from Mashable
iOS 17.5 beta 2 has rolled out to users registered to the Apple Developer Program, allowing them to test a gaggle of new features. iOS 17.5, reportedly weeks away from an official release, is set to be the fifth significant update since Apple officially dropped iOS 17 in September (alongside the iPhone 15 and iPhone…
A timeline of the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried and the colossal failure of FTX from ABC
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of fraud for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investorsRead More
Trans people are turning to VR as society fails them from Mashable
“I still remember when I first used VR, I hadn’t cried so much for a long time. Especially being someone that was failed by the NHS [National Health Service],” Levia*, a trans woman living in Britain, explained. “Many trans people cry when they finally feel whole in VRChat.” Transgender people don’t fit into society’s cisheteronormative…
AT&T resets millions of passcodes after data leak from Mashable
If I had to rank leaks, I’d say a leaky faucet is the second worst leak, bested only by the most devastating of all fissures: the data leak. And, boy, do we have a data leak on our hands. A huge cache of AT&T customers’ data, including Social Security numbers and encrypted passcodes that could…
She’s turning her home into a child care site. It may solve a big problem in Alabama from NPR Andrea Hsu
A project in Alabama seeks to drastically grow the number of home-based child care options. It could help the state’s workforce, especially during nontraditional hours. (Image credit: Claire Harbage/NPR) Read More
A perspective on Kamala Harris’ potential foreign policy priorities from NPR Michel Martin
NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Hailie Soifer, who served as national security adviser to Kamala Harris while she was senator from California, about foreign policy priorities. Read More
Where to preorder Nintendo’s Zelda-themed ‘Hyrule Edition’ Switch Lite from the Verge Quentyn Kennemer
Would you confront Ganondorf 10 times over to acquire such a relic? | Image: Nintendo It’s a good time to be a Legend of Zelda fan. A live-action film based on the franchise is currently in development, for one, and Nintendo recently announced that the next mainline game in the series, Echoes of Wisdom, will…
Almost 100 Gaza food aid lorries violently looted, UN agency says from the BBC
Drivers in Saturday’s convoy were forced at gunpoint to unload their food supplies, according to Unrwa.Read More
Abuse claims trigger a reckoning in India’s Mollywood from NPR Diaa Hadid
A report into sexual assault in one of India’s most respected film industries has triggered a #MeToo-style reckoning. Read More