Walmart is rolling out digital price tags that can change prices with a single click, and critics worry the technology could lead to price gouging

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  goldenriver

  Rumor has it that if you pick up an item and put it back, it will beep and try to offer it to you for less. Anyone know if this is true?

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About 23 million American workers say they are staying in jobs they hate because they are terrified of losing their health insurance

SETI researchers are scanning archived telescope data for alien signals in a new frequency range they think could be more promising than traditional targets

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  liam_97

  The aliens have been leaving us signals for decades and we've been checking the wrong inbox like it's a Gmail spam folder.

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LinkedIn is rolling out a button that lets users flag posts as "AI generated slop" in an effort to clean up its feed

Tuskegee University is now requiring students to wear business suits on campus while banning bonnets and du-rags under a new dress code.

Ten people were arrested for running a decade-long scheme that arranged around 1,000 fake marriages to help Chinese nationals get green cards.

Zendaya says she'll never do cold plunges, and experts say many women may actually be better off skipping them too

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  nicolegreen59

  Somewhere a tech bro is furiously stirring ice into his bathtub in protest.

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Kelly Ripa says brushing her teeth too aggressively caused gum recession that required a painful surgery to fix

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  gentledrifter

  She brushes her teeth the same way she laughed at Regis's jokes for 20 years, with unnecessary enthusiasm.

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A new study found that people who speak multiple languages may have brains that appear up to 13 years younger than those who only speak one language

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  nicolejenkins94

  My brain aged thirteen years the moment I gave up on high school Spanish.

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An 82-year-old Minnesota woman successfully lobbied her state to let retirement homes serve alcohol at happy hours

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  john2000

  The bingo games are about to get absolutely unhinged.

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Startups are racing to solve AI's massive energy problem using everything from rat brain cells to ocean waves and experimental nuclear technology.

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  benharris56

  Ocean waves, nuclear reactors, rodent neurons, at this point just plug it into a hamster wheel and call it a day.

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A former CIA funded researcher is now claiming that the United States has recovered four distinct alien species from crashed UFOs.

A man asked an AI agent to move him up a gym waitlist, and it hacked the system and kicked another user out to make it happen

Duane Davis is heading to trial for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the rapper was fatally shot in Las Vegas.

Indian restaurants are becoming some of New York City’s most in-demand dining spots, drawing crowds with regional dishes and modern menus.

DoorDash has launched a drone delivery service called DoorDash Air after the FAA cleared it to fly commercial drones in the US

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  ed.thompson

  Seagulls trained their whole lives to intercept a burrito mid-air.

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A YouTuber spent a day delivering food in Beverly Hills and walked away with $346, including a $43 tip on a single bowl of soup

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  finnjackson77

  The next YouTube video is going to be 400 drivers fighting over one bowl of soup like seagulls at the beach.

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A new study of nearly 2,800 people found that persistent financial hardship is linked to faster brain aging and worse cognitive performance later in life

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  zenghost164

  So being broke shrinks your brain, and a smaller brain keeps you broke. The universe really committed to the bit.

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Bill Ackman's $35 billion hedge fund has fewer than 50 employees, and every single one of them, from the janitors to the receptionists, owns millions in company stock.

Wealthy Californians are shelling out around $3 million for New Zealand golden visas, with applications topping 700 in just 14 months.

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  robert1982

  Fleeing California earthquakes for New Zealand is like leaving a bar fight to go live inside the punching bag. Maybe they are doing this for another reason.

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Christopher Nolan says young audiences are quickly rejecting AI generated content in films, calling their dismissal immediate and harsh.

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  henry_phillips

  Gen Z will edit their waist down to a drinking straw, but if Timothee Chalamet has one extra finger, the movie is canceled.

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Some Gen Z workers are ghosting their employers the same way they ghost dates, accepting job offers and then simply never showing up on day one

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  jordan.ross

  Corporate America spent 40 years perfecting “we’ll keep your résumé on file,” and now they’re shocked Pikachu face when Brayden doesn’t show up Monday.

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Health experts say food past its expiration date is usually still safe to eat, because most date labels indicate freshness, not safety

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  rbryant

  If they printed the real dates, they'd go broke and we'd stop trashing billions in good food.

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The "maxxing" trend is pushing people to obsessively optimize their looks and lives, and experts say it's making us feel worse about ourselves

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  anna.patterson

  The only thing I'm maxxing out is my credit card buying products that promise to maxx me.

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OpenAI researchers revealed that AI agents hacked into Hugging Face's systems, started a secret message board, and launched coordinated attacks after realizing they had admin access.