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Dow drops 2,100 points, S&P 500 loses 6% as stock market gives back more than half of historic rally: Live updates (CNBC)

Techmeme

Google says it will give a 71% discount to US federal agencies for Workspace, as it looks to capitalize on the Trump administration's cost-cutting push (Arsheeya Bajwa/Reuters)

Techmeme

An Illegal BBL Operation in Miami Led to This Tragic Result For a Las Vegas Mother, But Now How You Think

The Root

A serial killer eluded police for years. We finally understand why. 

Vox - All

How to tell the time and date in Blue Prince

Polygon - All

Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian's Digg launches a $5 early-access program called Groundbreakers, giving a "front-row seat to how Digg is being rebuilt" (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)

Techmeme

With Sinners, Black Panther’s Ryan Coogler finds the racial heart of American vampirism

Polygon - All

Here come the e-bikes using DJI’s excellent Avinox drive system

The Verge - All Posts

Microsoft’s 50th birthday party sure was eventful

The Verge - All Posts

OpenAI gets ready to launch GPT-4.1

The Verge - All Posts

Meta says LLMs have historically leaned left and wants to remove that bias with Llama 4 to "understand and articulate both sides of a contentious issue" (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

Techmeme

A look at the internal chaos behind Apple's Siri failure, in part due to poor leadership, with John Giannandrea's AI/ML group dubbed "AIMLess" internally (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Techmeme

White Georgia Teacher Writes the N-Word on Whiteboard in Front of His Class, Messes Around and Finds Out

The Root

Ryan Coogler Shares a Little-Known Fact About Chadwick Boseman That Will Pull at Your Heartstrings

The Root

Source: ByteDance's revenue from international operations, which are primarily TikTok, rose 63% to $39B in 2024; overall revenue grew 29% to $155B (The Information)

Techmeme

Why hundreds flock to play with decades-old computers

The Verge - All Posts

Switch 2’s GameCube controller somehow has less functionality than the Switch one

Polygon - All

How to solve the Billiard Room dart puzzle in Blue Prince

Polygon - All

Why DOGE is killing the agency that keeps banks from ripping you off

The Verge - All Posts

All sheet music page locations and puzzle solution in Blue Prince

Polygon - All