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Does DeleteMe Actually Get Your Info off the Internet? I Tried It
Recent estimates approximate that there are 16.4 billion Google searches per day globally. A huge portion of those searches is for people’s names. Of those names, many are likely public figures, like Lionel Messi, Sabrina Carpenter, or any number of politicians doing something nefarious. But a great many of the name searches are ostensibly for…
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Researchers tickle gorillas, other apes and find out they giggle
NEW YORK — Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. How do we know this? Researchers tickled 13 captive apes — including gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos — and recorded the results. The new research reexamined those decades-old recordings and compared them with the…
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Democrats say they need manlier candidates. Doesn’t Mamdani qualify?
After two successive women lost the race for president — and with the GOP increasingly claiming the testosterone-fueled “manosphere” — a lot of Democratic insiders are starting to worry the party is a bit too low-T. Even its successful new faces, like Jon Ossoff and James Talarico, might still be too soft. (This might explain…
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This nuclear message is built to stomp MAGA — and it isn’t corruption
Every reader here understands it is hard to overstate the importance of November’s midterm elections. The GOP controls every branch in our Constitutional framework, and the vast majority of Americans agree that the nation is in crisis, providing Democrats with fertile ground on which to harvest winning issues, perhaps combining victories in both Houses of…
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Mamdani’s rent freeze means big trouble for MOST tenants, and maybe for ALL
Mayor Zohran Mamdani won office vowing to freeze rents and now he’s delivered — for some renters, with a ham-handed “victory” that will force big hikes for other renters and risks getting the rent laws nixed by the US Supreme Court. Like every mayor before him, Mamdani’s named a majority of the supposedly independent Rent…
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The 37 Best Outdoor Deals From the REI 4th of July Sale
Campers, hikers, and generally outdoorsy folks, it’s time to lock in. The REI 4th of July sale has great deals on hiking, camping, and backpacking essentials, so you can stock up for those summer adventures you’re not quite prepared for yet without overpaying. This year, the sale runs from June 26 through July 6, although…
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Deranged Stalker Uses AI to Edit Her Imaginary Baby Into Man’s Photos
An unbalanced stalker posed as an unwitting man’s fiancé, claiming they had a child together. To sell the act — and live out her obsessive fantasy — she used AI to edit images that showed them going on dates together, and even that she was pregnant with his child. And she was doing this for…
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Iran says it hit US-linked targets as Bahrain reports drone attack
Iran said it struck targets linked to US forces on Saturday in response to US airstrikes on its southern coast, as each side continued to accuse the other of violating last week’s agreement meant to end the four-month-old war. Iran’s foreign ministry did not identify the locations of its “defensive” attacks, which it said were a response…
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French shoppers clash over air conditioners as deadly heatwave sweeps Europe
Shoppers desperate to escape Europe’s brutal heat wave stormed a French store for air conditioners and fans, shoving and scrambling for the last cooling units. The chaotic scenes unfolded this week at a store in Chambray-lès-Tours, where dozens of people waited outside before rushing through the doors as the security shutter rolled open, according to…
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Why Venezuela’s Second Earthquake Was So Damaging to Buildings
Verónica Cañas barely had time to grab her 6-year-old son and put on her shoes before running out of her apartment in Caracas. As she ran down the stairs, the walls began to crack and part of the facade started to crumble. A few kilometers away in Altamira, 50-year-old Eduardo Burger watched as one building…