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Critical Role re-introduces a Dungeons & Dragon 3rd edition in Campaign 4

Fans of older editions of Dungeons & Dragons are in for a treat in the latest Critical Role Campaign 4 episode.

Ignore the Avatar movie leak, the best adult Aang story is already streaming legally

Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender leaked last weekend, but you can watch this adult Aang story on Paramount Plus right now without breaking any laws.

India drops a proposal to require Apple, Google, Samsung, and other smartphone makers to preinstall the country's biometric identification app Aadhaar on phones (Reuters)

Reuters:
India drops a proposal to require Apple, Google, Samsung, and other smartphone makers to preinstall the country's biometric identification app Aadhaar on phones  —  India's government has decided not to go ahead with a proposal to require Apple (AAPL.O), Samsung (005930.KS) …

The South Korean president is doing quote-post diplomacy

"This is no different from Comfort Women or the Holocaust," wrote South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on X last week, quoting a post with a video of Israeli Defense Forces soldiers throwing a body off a rooftop in Gaza. The president's post kicked off an internet firestorm for a thousand different reasons, not least because […]

Ghost orchid in the machine

Vacuum cleaners, personal massagers, electronic baby rockers, and walking pads: These are the secondhand machines Rachel Youn sources to create their kinetic sculptures. Made with artificial flowers, metal hardware, and these used electronic components, each one possesses a humanlike presence. Slow Burn is made from an artificial orchid, a neck massager, bits of metal that […]