Never been kissed – Japan’s teen boys losing out on love from the BBC
Only one in five high school boys have had their first kiss, a record low in a national survey.Read More
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The best gaming mouse for upgrading your experience from Mashable
What do you need for a great gaming session? A PC or console. Check. That’s an absolute must. A monitor and a comfy chair. Check and check. And last — but certainly not least — a gaming mouse. Not just any old mouse, but a high-quality gaming mouse. If that’s not already a check, it’s…
Google’s NotebookLM can help you dive deeper into YouTube videos from the Verge Emma Roth
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge NotebookLM, Google’s AI note-taking app, can now summarize and help you dig deeper into YouTube videos. The new capability works by analyzing the text in a YouTube video’s transcript, including autogenerated ones. Once you add a YouTube link to NotebookLM, it will use AI to provide a brief…
Meta’s Oversight Board says viral video left on Facebook threatened LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria from ABC
Meta’s oversight board has expressed serious concern over the company’s failure to take down a viral graphic video showing two men bleeding after they were apparently beaten up for being allegedly gayRead More
GOAT debates are a hip-hop tradition. Spotify is here to spoil the fun from NPR Sheldon Pearce
Canon-making is a core part of rap fandom, the subject of endless barbershop parleys and message-board battles. But something curdles when the companies that control the music business enter the chat. (Image credit: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Spotify) Read More
‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize from NPR Dhanika Pineda
Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six international astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission. (Image credit: Henry Nicholls) Read More
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ trailer has Josh Hartnett as a doting dad with a killer twist from Mashable
The trailer for psychological thriller Trap has arrived, and in classic M. Night Shyamalan fashion, it comes with a twist. Trap follows a father (Josh Hartnett) who accompanies his teen daughter (Ariel Donoghue) to a concert by pop singer Lady Raven (Shyamalan’s own daughter Saleka). Noticing an outsized police presence at the venue, he soon…
Hurricanes are intensifying more quickly. Is it time to change how we categorize them? from NPR Gus Contreras
NPR’s Adrian Florido speaks with reporter Alana Casanova-Burgess about her reporting on efforts to possibly change how we categorize hurricanes as they become more powerful. Read More
The best Prime Day tech deals you can still get from the Verge Quentyn Kennemer
Image: Shira Inbar for The Verge Amazon’s annual sales might be entering its final day, but there are still plenty of earbuds, TVs, robot vacuums, and other gems to go around. Continue reading… Read More
I’ll stand for Russian president when Putin’s gone, Navalny’s widow tells BBC from the BBC
Yulia Navalnaya says she will do everything she can to make Putin’s “regime fall as soon as possible”.Read More