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Archaeologists In Russia Just Found An Ancient Warrior’s Grave Filled With Weapons, Sacrificed Animals, And A Jug Emblazoned With A Pentagram
Archaeologists excavating the Vinogradny 1 necropolis near Krymsk found the 2,000-year-old remains of a Maeotian warrior surrounded by grave goods.
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From a tongue-in-cheek Google Japan, a conveyor belt
From a tongue-in-cheek Google Japan, a conveyor belt keyboard, where the keys move and your hand stays still while typing. One of several unusual keyboards released by the company. You can even build your own.
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Will We See The Manhunters Again In The DCU?
Despite being the major threat of the season, now that 'Lanterns' has wrapped up its debut the Manhunters still feel woefully underexplored.
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Pay $68 for 5 years of piano lessons, right on your phone or computer
TL;DR: The flowkey Piano Learning App is only $67.97 (MSRP $899) for a five year subscription until Oct. 11 at 11:59 p.m. PT. No more excuses — learn piano for a one-time fee of $67.97 with the flowkey Piano Learning App. — Read the rest The post
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Sebastian Maniscalco’s SiriusXM Deal Will Take Millions of Dollars From Middle-Class Comedians
By Jay Wells L'Ecuyer Published: October 06th, 2026
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20 Years Ago, The Best Sci-Fi Show Of The Century Went Darker Than Ever Before
With its Season 3 debut, 'Battlestar Galactica' dropped one of its most hardcore episodes, ever.
Democrats are poised to take the House. Then what?
With 28 days until the midterms, polling suggests that Democrats have an excellent chance of taking back the House in November. Flipping the Senate, once considered a long shot, is starting to look realistic. Come November, the party may have majorities in both chambers that will give it far more
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Silent Friend
Silent Friend is a historical drama written and directed by Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi. Here’s the description: In the botanical garden of a medieval Ger
Movies may soon get more boring
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The Trumpy tech billionaire Larry Ellison has wrapped his tentacles around the US branch of TikTok, an entire Hawaiian island — and now, officially, a very large share of the world’s news and entertainment production. On Tuesday, the media behemoth Paramount — which is headed by Ellison’s
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Perhaps humiliation is the productivity hack we've been waiting for
Autonomous is an AI-forward company that sells everything from a coaster that tracks how much water you drink, a creepy-cute Pixar-esque companion lamp, to $20,000 backyard office pods. Another offering is the
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Will Frozen Trail turn it around for Arc Raiders?
Embark's promised big next step in Arc Raiders is set to release on October 8th. Will it bring back the fading player base? Arc Raiders had one of the most exciting launches and ramp-ups in years. It held on for a few months, but then rapidly lost players, at a rate that seemed intentional but was not. — Read the rest The post
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Things That Are Good to Do. Including “admit what you
Things That Are Good to Do. Including “admit what you don’t know”, “put the cart away”, “rest before you’re exhausted” (I often get this one wrong), and “walk home if you can”.
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Entertainment wants to be free: the forgotten war to liberate satellite TV
For the first 15 years or so of this century, subscription satellite TV was available in Latin America with a one-time purchase of a pirate box. The channel operators tried to stop it, and the pirates nimbly worked around the locks. — Read the rest The post Entertainment wants to be free: the forgotten war to liberate satellite TV appeared first on Boing Boing.
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The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights
The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights Party, centered on “family and faith” along with proud & open white supremacy. 💩🖕
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The Transformers Franchise Is Revving Up Its Engines Again
It’s hard to get excited about any updates from the Transformers camp lately. The passing of Peter Cullen, who made Autobots leader Optimus Prime feel more alive than ever, still feels utterly shocking. That parent company, Paramount-Skydance, is in the midst of an acquisition that literally nobody wanted and is likewise casting a shadow over any developments.
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TwelveLabs debuts Pegasus 1.6 to improve robotics training data from first-person video
For an enterprise early in robotics, a useful starting point would be one bounded workflow, such as packing a particular product or assembling a specific part.
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Trump salivates over Natalie and invites Iran to bomb California
The Orange Menace, who has notably been sued by women over alleged "affairs" during his current marriage, gave his bag carrier a good once-over and then described her as a "perfect person," where perfect seems to mean her legs. While musing over television vehicles for Natalie, Diaper Don also offered up Los Angeles and San Diego to Iran as targets for retribution. — Read the rest
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Interest Rate Increases Are About Disciplining Labor
Using its favored policy in the face of inflation, the Federal Reserve Board, under its new chairman, Kevin Warsh, pushed up short-term interest rates in September. This action may have some impact on the rate of inflation, but probably not much. Raising interest rates may curtail inflation under some circumstances, but the major factors bringing about the current, continuing inflation are unlikely to be much affected by the Fed’s recent interest rate increases.
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Few AI agents rely on semantic layers | VentureBeat
Two-thirds of companies in a VB Pulse survey are building semantic layers, but only 20% of them say it’s their AI agents’ main source of business context.
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Shouldn’t customer service AI remember you? Siena to expand ‘Agent of Record’ combining purchase history with support and social
Siena’s website describes agents that can update delivery addresses, create return labels, process refunds and arrange replacements
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