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Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath

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Daily Deal: Fuse Vint Vintage Retro Radio

January 17, 2025

Fuse Vint is a retro radio, speaker, and charger all in one! Indulge in the nostalgia of traditional radio broadcasts. Fuse Vint comes equipped with a built-in AM/FM radio tuner.…

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iOS 18.3 beta disables news notification summaries after high-stakes errors

January 17, 2025

Apple released new beta versions of iOS 18.3 to developers and the public yesterday, and one of the changes coming with the new software update will (at least temporarily) disable…

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Wegovy and Ozempic top list of 15 drugs up for next price negotiations

January 17, 2025

Blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic top the list of 15 drugs selected for the second round of federal price negotiations, which are scheduled to begin this year,…

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Switch 2 sports ~7.9-inch screen, 33% bigger tablet surface—Ars video analysis

January 17, 2025

Thursday’s teaser trailer for the Switch 2 made it abundantly clear that the upcoming console will be quite a bit larger than the original Switch that came before it. But…

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Trek FX+ 7S e-bike is a premium city commuter 

January 17, 2025

Post-pandemic, my creed became “Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise.” That belief is why I’ve almost exclusively used a bike to move myself around Portland, Oregon since (yes,…

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GM faces ban on selling driver data that can be used to raise insurance rates

January 17, 2025

General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar agreed to a settlement that prohibits them from sharing driver location and behavior data with third parties, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday. The…

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Hollywood mourns the loss of David Lynch

January 17, 2025

Visionary filmmaker David Lynch—whose work spanned midnight movie staples like Eraserhead (1977), neo-noir psychological thrillers like Mulholland Drive (2001), and beyond—has died at 78. According to Deadline Hollywood, the director…

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As Zuckerberg Goes Around Whining About Biden, He Made Sure To First Get His New Approach Approved By Trump

January 17, 2025

Remember how Zuckerberg was “done with politics”? Remember how he promised that he was going to stop doing what politicians demanded he do? Now it turns out that he not…

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A solid electrolyte gives lithium-sulfur batteries ludicrous endurance

January 17, 2025

Lithium may be the key component in most modern batteries, but it doesn’t make up the bulk of the material used in them. Instead, much of the material is in…

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European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents

January 17, 2025

Brussels has ordered Elon Musk to fully disclose recent changes made to recommendations on X, stepping up an investigation into the role of the social media platform in European politics.…

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