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The new Lego Yoda bust is equal parts cool and terrifying

Polygon - All

The official Super Mario Galaxy bath bomb is traumatizing kids

Polygon - All

The ugly emotion pregnant people aren’t supposed to talk about

Vox - All

Exclusive: Riftbound Unleashed's Jhin Virtuoso full-art card variant revealed

Polygon - All

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review: unbelievable app performance, big price cut, and improvements over the 265K, but mediocre at gaming and large power demands (Jake Roach/Tom's Hardware)

Techmeme

Canal+, ITV, Sky, and other broadcasters urge the EU to designate smart TV operating systems such as Android TV and Amazon Fire OS as gatekeepers under the DMA (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Techmeme

Meagan Good Finally Reveals Wedding Photos to Jonathan Majors

The Root

Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me

The Verge - All Posts

Justin Timberlake’s 2024 DWI Bodycam Is Finally Out, and It’s Hilarious

The Root

Crimson Desert's Steam player count is big, but not the biggest this year

Polygon - All

5 burning Project Hail Mary questions answered by Andy Weir's book

Polygon - All

Minecraft Dungeons 2 announced, plus a Minecraft theme park in the UK

Polygon - All

London-based luxury ride-hailing app Wheely launches in NYC, aiming to compete with Uber Elite; Wheely reports ~1,250 corporate accounts and ~100K active riders (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Trump Wakes From Beautiful Dream Kissing Underage Girl To Find Face Being Licked By St. Bernard

The Onion

How gas prices might drive more people to switch to an EV

Vox - All

Suspect Waits Patiently While Cop Sounds Out Miranda Rights

The Onion

Sources: OpenAI is offering private equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% and early access to new models to secure JVs, beating Anthropic's terms (Reuters)

Techmeme

Sources: EA is selling a $15B debt package to fund its $55B take-private deal led by Saudi Arabia's PIF, including nearly $700M in projected annual cost savings (Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Leonid Radvinsky, the reclusive billionaire owner of OnlyFans parent company Fenix, died at 43 from cancer; he acquired a majority stake in OnlyFans in 2018 (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

‘Sinners’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

The Root