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Daily Horoscope: May 9, 2025

A nearly full waxing gibbous Moon conjoins with Makemake retrograde under Libra today. How will your sign fare, stargazer? The post Daily...

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Melanie A. Davis

Daily Horoscope: May 8, 2025

Neptune and the waxing gibbous Moon face off in direct opposition, highlighting the dissonance between where we are and where we wish to be. The...

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Melanie A. Davis

Women’s Beauty Products Are Loaded With Cancer-Causing Chemicals—Shocker

If you’re a Black or Latina woman in Los Angeles, there’s a 53 percent chance your daily beauty routine includes a chemical linked to cancer, like...

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Luis Prada

Amazon’s Newest Warehouse Worker Is Called the Vulcan, and It Feels More Than You Know

Amazon’s building a sensitive robot. And by sensitive, I don’t mean C-3PO, the arthritic fussbot of Star Wars lore, whose core programming was not...

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Matt Jancer

Florida Man Gored by Bison in Yellowstone Park

A man’s trip to Yellowstone National Park took an unwelcome turn. In a press release, the National Park Service revealed that a 47-year-old Florida...

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Paige Gawley

3 Grunge Songs About Real People and Things in Seattle

Grunge music was born in Seattle, Washington. Officially, the genre started some time in the 1980s and rose to become perhaps the most dominant art...

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Jake Uitti

Is Timothée Chalamet Performing a Secret Bob Dylan Set at Glastonbury?

There’s a rumor going around that Timothée Chalamet might not be done with his initiation of Bob Dylan. NME reports that the A Complete Unknown...

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Stephen Andrew Galiher

Pepsi Is Officially Trying To Prove Its Better Than Coke

Pepsi is trying to prove to the world that it’s the superior soda. In honor of the 50-year anniversary of The Pepsi Challenge, the soda brand is...

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Paige Gawley

Stingray Attack Leaves Woman With 6-Inch Barb in Her Arm

A woman had a terrifying encounter with a stingray. Pam Bennett, 68, was snorkeling in Australia when she was attacked by a stingray. In a...

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Paige Gawley

‘I Am Ripper’ is the Newest Mystery from White Paper Games and it Looks Like Another Knockout Punch

The further I get from my extended time with Blue Prince, the more I lock in on the puzzle/mystery genre. It’s fed something in me. I like feeling...

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Anthony Franklin Ii

Dead Road Rage Victim ‘Spoke’ to His Killer in Court Through AI

A woman used artificial intelligence to bring her dead brother back to life in a courtroom. Kind of. Stacey Wales, whose brother Christopher Pelkey...

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Luis Prada

VTubing Has an Elephant in the Room: Bigotry

Earlier this week, independent VTuber Rin Penrose announced the end of her partnership with gaming supplement company Gamer Supps. According to...

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Ana Valens

U.S. Navy Lost Another $60 Million Fighter Jet in the Sea

If there were a punch card for launching jets into the ocean, the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman would be due a free smoothie. In an astounding display of...

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Luis Prada

4 Ways to Reconnect When You’re Lonely in a Relationship

Feeling lonely in a relationship is one of the most difficult experiences, yet one many of us know all too well. In fact, for a while, I preferred...

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Sammi Caramela

6 Question to Ask Someone on a First Date

First dates can be intimidating, but going into them prepared with the right talking points can make all the difference. I asked my audience about...

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Sammi Caramela

Grab Your Gababgool and Get Comfortable; We’ve Finally Got Some ‘Mafia: The Old Country’ Gameplay Footage

Are you ready to go back to the Old Country? You’re not alone. Ever since getting our first look at Mafia: The Old Country last year, I’ve been...

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Shaun Cichacki

Google Rebranded Fi VPN to VPN by Google. Is It Any Different?

This is just a marketing whitewash. We’ll save you the trouble of trying to figure out why your Google Pixel (or any phone if you subscribe to...

yesterday 2

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Matt Jancer

How to Wipe an Old Hard Drive Before You Get Rid of It

You’ve got a stack of hard drives taking up space in your closet, don’t you? Same, same. Every few years, as the costs go down and space goes up, I...

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Matt Jancer

Men Are Getting Penis Filler Injections. Here’s What It Does.

There was a time when asking your doctor about making your penis thicker would get you, at best, a polite chuckle. Now, you might get a...

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Ashley Fike

Humans Have Only Seen 0.001% of the Seafloor. We Have No Idea What’s Down There.

If you think the final frontier for us Earthlings is space, buddy, we haven’t even seen a full percent of our own ocean floor. Despite 71 percent...

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Luis Prada

“We Must Make Yet Another Compromise” – The ‘Palworld’ / ‘Pokémon’ Legal Battle Gets More Confusing, as Gliding Gets Targeted

Look, we all know Palworld has constantly been referred to as Pokémon with guns since its inception. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t made that...

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Shaun Cichacki

Oh Yeah, It’s Tail Time – Limited Run Games Announces the Most Gex-Cellent Collector’s Edition for the ‘Gex Trilogy’

June 16. I only need to wait until June 16 for my boy Gex to finally come home. Unabashedly, unashamedly, I am a Gex fanboy from my earliest years,...

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Shaun Cichacki

Sick of Paying for Microsoft 365? I’ve Used Free LibreOffice for Years.

At some point, I just gave up on Microsoft Office and 365. As Microsoft began ushering people away from the one-time-purchase Office suite of...

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Matt Jancer

Right Now You Can Save Nearly 75% off a Roomba Robo-Vacuum

Suck this deal up quickly, because it’s sure to last for a short time. The fine print says this deal over at Woot (an Amazon company—yes, really)...

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Matt Jancer

From a Marine to a God: ‘DOOM The Dark Ages’ Shows How You Can’t Deny the Slayer’s Superhero Status

In the original DOOM games, our lovable, grunty protagonist was pretty much your everyday dude. In fact, the UAC Marine was originally meant to be...

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Matt Vatankhah

Americans Are Looking for Canadian Dates, and Love Is Just a Bonus

Some people go on dating apps looking for connection. Others go looking for dual citizenship. A growing number of U.S. singles are switching their...

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Ashley Fike

The Traits Women Prefer in Men Aren’t What You Think

Bald men—it’s your time to shine. A new survey of 2,000 women just confirmed what Jason Statham, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Stanley Tucci have...

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Ashley Fike

Astronomers Just Discovered the Tiniest Galaxy Ever Seen

It’s only 20 light-years wide. It has just 60 stars. And it weighs the equivalent of about 16 suns. So—galaxy or glorified cluster? Astronomers are...

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Ashley Fike

4 Grunge Songs That Hit Before the ’90s

When the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 1990, it was almost like the grunge fairy waved her wand and the gloomy, buzzy subgenre of rock...

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Jake Uitti

4 Grunge Songs From the ’80s Produced by Jack ‘The Grungefather’ Endino

The genre of grunge may not have become the global phenomenon it did had it not been for Jack Endino. Born in Southbury, Connecticut, Endino moved...

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Jake Uitti

Daily Horoscope: May 7, 2025

The waxing gibbous Moon forms a harmonious trine with the Sun in Virgo and Taurus, offering a grounding, stabilizing spirit. The post Daily...

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Melanie A. Davis

Raccoon with Meth Pipe in Its Mouth Found in Driver’s Seat During Traffic Stop

Ohio police are no strangers to bizarre traffic stops. But this one? This one involved a pet raccoon named Chewy, a glass meth pipe, and a car full...

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Ashley Fike

3 Doors Down Singer Brad Arnold Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis

3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold has revealed that he’s been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, which will force the band to cancel all their upcoming...

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Stephen Andrew Galiher

National Weather Service Threatened by Conspiracy Theorists Obsessed With ‘Weather Weapons’

The United States has lost its mind, with conspiracy theorists and fringe science obsessives ruling the coop. With far-right weather-related...

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Luis Prada

When Should You Tell Your Dating App Matches About Your Kids?

Online dating is scary enough. You’re basically connecting and meeting up with strangers you know nothing about. But dating as a single mom? I can...

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Sammi Caramela

Waypoint Wishlist: Sequels That Never Were

There are some games that we just love so much that we need more of them. It doesn’t matter if it’s a classic game from our childhood or a modern...

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Shaun Cichacki

Baltimore Is a Paradise

For more than a decade, Larry Cohen has been photographing Baltimore, documenting the rhythm and chaos he’s found on its streets. Cohen has lived...

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Clive Martin

Road Rage Incident Ended With OnlyFans Model Pooping on a Car

They’re calling her the “Delco Pooper.” That’s the moniker that’s been placed on OnlyFans model, Christina Solometo, after she was charged...

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Kyle Phillippi

American Gen Z Parents Are Going Abroad to Give Birth—and They’re Not Looking Back

Gen Z is hopping on planes for more than adventure—they’re doing it to have babies. A growing number of young American parents are choosing to give...

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Ashley Fike

Humans Can Actually Communicate Using Just Their Eyes

We already know that a good side-eye can cut deeper than words. Now, researchers say that flash of intention in someone’s eyes isn’t just a gut...

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Ashley Fike

This Upcoming Game Features a Trans Lesbian Vampire as the Protagonist? SOLD

As a trans lesbian, I have to admit, there aren’t that many games out there that put lesbian trans women front and center. In fact, most games...

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Ana Valens

Garmin’s Gonna Hide More Features Behind the Connect+ Paywall

Sorry, Garmin users. It’s been a little over a month since the news broke that Garmin was introducing a $7-per-month (or $70-per-year) Garmin...

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Matt Jancer

High Schooler Shot Dead After TikTok Prank Goes Wrong

A high school student is dead and two others are injured after a prank turned deadly. In a Facebook post, Virginia’s Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office...

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Paige Gawley

Cannibal Corpse Announce Fall 2025 Tour With Municipal Waste and Fulci

Cannibal Corpse is coming back to serve up a healthy dose of death metal across America. The violent Floridians have announced that they will be...

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Stephen Andrew Galiher

Microsoft Finally Revamps Windows 11’s Start Menu. Here’s What It’ll Look Like.

For most of my life, I used Windows. I grew up on them, since my father worked in software that almost exclusively depended on PCs. Macs were what...

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Matt Jancer

Leaky Faucets Everywhere! We Have Our First Look at the Xbox Handheld

Between the original Xbox leak during their purchase of blizzard and Nintendo springing various leaks leading up to the reveal of the Switch, this...

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Anthony Franklin Ii

Squalor, Crime, Ketamine, and the Olympics: How I Spent 2012 in an East London Party Slum

This story is from the spring 2025 edition of VICE magazine: THE ROCK BOTTOM ISSUE. To subscribe to receive 4 print issues of our newly relaunched...

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Clive Martin

Do You Miss the Windows Vista Vibe? ‘Frutiger Space’ Is an Upcoming Social Multiplayer Game Specifically for You, Then

Anybody here remember MSN Messenger? Originally released in 1999, this chat platform gave friends and even strangers a chance to chat over the...

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Shaun Cichacki

Alligator Attacks and Kills Woman Canoeing With Her Husband

A woman is dead after an alligator attack. Cynthia Diekema, 61, was canoeing with her husband in Florida, when an alligator tipped over their...

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Paige Gawley

PlayStation Studios Has Welcomed a New Team to the Fold: teamLFG

Today on the PlayStation Blog, Hermen Hulst, CEO of Studio Business Group at PlayStation Studios, announced the formation of a new studio. teamLFG...

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Anthony Franklin Ii