Scott Mitchell became convinced that YouTube would make him rich. Mitchell, 33, got the idea last year of videos promoting courses on building so-called cash… Read More »YouTube automation germinates the cottage industry that promises quick cash
enlarge / Lucas Di Grassi leads Jake Dennis in the 2022 London ePrix. Sam Bloxham/Formula E Formula E will conclude the season this weekend with… Read More »Formula E’s most successful racer shares his ideas about racing technology
Photo illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty Sean Hannity thinks you don’t spend enough of your life at work. In a recent discussion on his… Read More »Sean Hannity wants low-income Americans to have no lives
enlarge / A 2-year-old enjoys the jet of water in a splash pad in Los Angeles on June 20, 2022. In this summer’s record heat,… Read More »Fecal fountains: CDC warns of diarrhea outbreaks linked to poop splatter
VINCENT, Ala. (AP) — A racist text message sent by a police officer has prompted officials in a small Alabama town to disband their police… Read More »Alabama City Disbands Police Over Racist Text
If it hadn’t been so excruciatingly sad, Alex Jones’s defamation lawsuit might have been cathartic. Mr Jones, the supplement-slinging conspiracy theorist, was ordered to pay… Read More »Why Alex Jones’ Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies
If it hadn’t been so excruciatingly sad, Alex Jones’s defamation lawsuit might have been cathartic. Mr Jones, the supplement-slinging conspiracy theorist, was ordered to pay… Read More »Don’t expect Alex Jones’ come-uppance to stop lies
Alex Jones is called to testify at the Travis County courthouse during the defamation trial in Austin, USA on August 2, 2022Briana Sanchez/Pool via Reuters… Read More »A forensic economist testified that Alex Jones began funneling $11,000 a day to an alleged shell company around the time he was defaulted to default in libel cases
Hey Alexa, tell Roomba to vacuum the bedroom. Amazon announced Friday that it had reached an agreement to buy iRobot Corp., maker of the Roomba… Read More »Amazon buys Roomba Maker for $1.7 billion
Donna and Jim Mueller A Janesville couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary with a trip to the nation’s capital was killed Thursday night in a… Read More »Janesville couple celebrating their wedding anniversary dies in lightning strike near White House
Aurich Lawson DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search company, says it will block Microsoft trackers in its desktop web browser after revelations in May that certain scripts… Read More »Microsoft trackers conflict with DuckDuckGo, are added to the block list
North Korea has offered Russia 100,000 “volunteers” to help in the war against Ukraine, Russian state television said. “There are reports that 100,000 North Korean… Read More »North Korea offers Russia 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, Russian state television says
Why everyone believes differently In the mid-1960s, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joseph Weizenbaum, built an automated psychotherapist he named Eliza. This… Read More »AI is not sentimental. Why do people say it is?
enlarge / Sonic the Hedgehog mechanical keyboard. Being a beloved blue eulipotyphla with the speed of a race car, all the gold rings, a friend… Read More »Sonic the Hedgehog doesn’t need easy-to-read legends on its mechanical keyboard
Jared Kushner wrote in his book that he was being treated for thyroid cancer at the White House. Peter Navarro said he never saw any… Read More »Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro suggests Jared Kushner faked his cancer diagnosis out of sympathy to sell his memoir
