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Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't
Ticketmaster's "Verified Fan" system doesn't help fans. It helps scalpers who have hundreds of accounts, use special internet browsers, and have dozens of credit cards.
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White Supremacists Are Hijacking City Council Meetings All Over America
Topics discussed by people who called into San Diego’s city council meeting Monday included the following: Sea lions, burning synagogues, electric scooters, criminalizing interracial sex, mental health, and "white fucking power."
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Congress Introduces Bill That Would Let Farmers Repair John Deere Tractors Without Hacking Them
The federal legislation would ensure right to repair for farmers nationwide.
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iFixit Drastically and Retroactively Reduces ‘Repairability Score’ of the Current iPhone
The iPhone 14 is actually not that repairable in practice because of error messages Apple sends if "nongenuine" parts are used.
Features
I Gambled in MGM's Hacked Casinos
At the Aria, Bellagio, and MGM Grand, evidence of the massive ransomware hack is everywhere, if you're looking for it.
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‘This…Is Horrible’: AI Seinfeld Fans Say It's Jumped the Shark
The creators of Nothing, Forever, are dealing with an angry fanbase: "To a lot of people, we murdered these characters, and we didn’t even give them a funeral."
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Everything You Need to Know About the 'Alien Mummy' Unboxing in Mexico's Congress
Mexico's government just revealed 'non-human corpses' on live television. What is going on?
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California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation
The bill previously unanimously passed the state Senate, meaning right to repair is very close to passing in America's most populous state.
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Apple Discusses iPhone Repairability at Keynote for First Time in Its History
In 15 years of new iPhone announcements, Apple had never talked about repairability, until now.
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The Specter of AI-Generated 'Leaked Songs' Is Tearing the Harry Styles Fandom Apart
Dozens of unreleased Harry Styles songs have leaked on underground Discords in the last month. The fandom can't decide if they're real or AI-generated.
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Masked Man Filmed Smashing San Francisco RoboTaxi With Hammer
A Cruise robotaxi was bashed repeatedly with a hammer and spraypainted in the middle of a San Francisco intersection.
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Archivists Back Up Nonprofit TV History Museum Before Sony Copystrikes Get It Taken Down From YouTube
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television eventually came back up, but the incident shows how fragile our shared history is in an age of overzealous copyright enforcement.