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When Albert Einstein died in 1955, there was no such thing as publicity rights. Those came along much later. Today, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which Einstein co-founded in 1918, earns about $12.5 million a year licensing his image. The Guardian has a...

The state of New York will distribute robot companions to the homes of more than 800 older adults. From a report: The robots are not able to help with physical tasks, but function as more proactive versions of digital assistants like Siri or Alexa -- enga...

Crypto, the most perfectly designed way to separate a person from real wealth, is still high on JPMorgan's list of things to gamble on. They feel bitcoin is massively undervalued and the entire crypto shellacking that has gone on in 2022 is "capit...

Last Thursday, the Taliban in Afghanistan ordered women reporters to cover their faces while presenting the news on television. And to show solidarity, their male colleagues are choosing to do the same. Although most news outlets didn't immediately co...

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I just pre-ordered a copy of Library , which is being crowdfunded by publisher and art collector Glen Bray. This 800-page book reprints covers of "thousands of books, magazines, and pamphlets printed over the last century. Salvaged and archived by Gle...

Back in 2015, a group of researchers discovered a volcano full of sharks . Dubbed "Sharkcano," the underwater magma crater heated up the water around it — and rather than kill off the local marine life, it mutated them so they could survive ...

Amazon is opening its first physical clothing store on Wednesday, the latest brick-and-mortar initiative from the world's largest online retailer. From a report: Called Amazon Style, the shop is located in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles. The S...

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Oh, FOX. Armed patrols, man traps, and bulletproof blankets are all on the list of ineffective solutions FOX suggests as a response to shooting in our schools. Rather than focus on this that might stop shootings altogether, suggest more bullets. Daily Bea...

From the Sacred Seltzer website : Get crunk on Christ! Sacred Seltzer contains 95% real holy water* and 5% alcohol. *Blessed according to the official Catholic procedure on March 31, 2022 in LA County, CA Sacred Seltzer is a product of the art/marketing c...

I have no wistful story about how I once drank Zima and malt liquor changed my life. Mickey's was my jam if I was enjoying malt — I liked solving puzzles. I can not remember ever drinking Zima, but I knew people who did. — Read the rest...

CVS Health will stop filling prescriptions for controlled substances ordered by clinicians working for telehealth startups Cerebral and Done Health starting Thursday, a move that will impact thousands of patients. From a report: A CVS spokesman confirmed ...

This one's gonna cost more than a horse . In a written opinion released on Tuesday, Kaus said Tesla had improperly pressured the plaintiff, Jessica Barraza, to sign an arbitration agreement after she had already quit her previous job. "Basically, ...

There are a number of ways to help people suffering from homelessness in America, and banning camping in public places is not one of them. Apparently, Tennessee lawmakers think banning camping in public will raise awareness and somehow bring more aid to u...

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State Farm supported a book program for trans, nonbinary and queer youngsters . But conservatives complained and threatened it, so State Farm is no longer supporting it. we have made the decision we will no longer be affiliated with the organization. &mda...

An anonymous reader shares a report: In late 2019, the government of New South Wales in Australia rolled out digital driver's licenses. The new licenses allowed people to use their iPhone or Android device to show proof of identity and age during road...

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Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent and well-respected Palestinian-American journalist reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict, was shot dead two weeks ago in the West Bank , seemingly the victim of crossfire between militants and Israeli forces. CNN report...

A proposal by the founder of the troubled Terra ecosystem to salvage the project was approved, averting a total collapse of one of the most-watched experiments in decentralized finance. From a report: Under the newly approved structure, the original block...

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Even though I wasn't there, I miss the 70s. There's nothing about the era that doesn't appeal to me. Comic books only ran you about 70 cents, George Carlin and Richard Pryor ruled the stand-up world, and punk rock and rap were born only a few ...

Streaming services run just about everything nowadays. The number of services that I pay for in hopes of keeping up with the conversations at the water cooler is crazy. Despite how costly all of the combined streaming services are, they're still a sub...

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Ex-president Donald Trump wanted to dethrone Georgia's Republican governor Brian Kemp, who refused to play along with Trump's plot to overturn 2020's election results. In yesterday's primary election his man—David Purdue, a former Se...

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: The ordeal of three people, who edited major movies down to 10 minutes and then uploaded those summaries to YouTube, is not over yet. After being arrested and found guilty in a criminal court last yea...

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Being a modern fan of Superman isn't great. Outside of navigating the hailstorm of hatred the character generates, you have to make peace with the fact that Warner Brothers' execs can't figure out how to make Superman media work. Meanwhile, Ba...

Finland, along with their Nordic neighbors in Sweden, have recently made the bid for official NATO membership . To celebrate this news, the Olaf Brewing out of Savonlinna, Finland has brewed a special NATO-themed lager, dry-hopped with Cold War military t...

TWO Tom the Dancing Bug books! Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens ; and Tom the Dancing Bug, Without the Bad Ones ! Last chance to get them under current offer for signed/sketched copies: RIGHT HERE AND NOW. "Behold the wondrous, whimsical, witty world that ...

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