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Detroit Man Tries to Sell Dog Back to Owner He Stole It From, More Mysterious Details Arise from Death of Georgia Twins, Sister of Man Who Swallowed Rosary Beads on Plane Speaks Out, Police Find Man Who Framed Another for Murder and All The Juicy Crime Stories You Missed This Week

The Root

Huge New Development In Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax Saga

The Root

Inside Japan's Disco Corp, which makes ~75% of the world's chip cutting tools, and where no staffer has a boss, with decisions made using a currency called Will (Financial Times)

Techmeme

Apple may stagger next year’s iPhones to make way for a foldable

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Trump’s 2026 NASA budget would slash ISS crew and allocate more money for Elon

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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an "untested investment" and vetoes a bill that would have allowed the state to invest in bitcoin using seized funds (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

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10 fun misfit superhero team-up movies to watch after Thunderbolts*

Polygon - All

Switch 2’s built-in storage can only fit four AAA games

Polygon - All

Bob from Thunderbolts* is Tom Hiddleston’s Loki 2.0

Polygon - All

Fans Noticed Lynn Whitfield's Daughter Is Her Twin in Resurfaced Viral Video

The Root

Sources: Apple plans to launch iPhone 18 Pro models, a thin iPhone 18, and a foldable iPhone in fall 2026 but the standard iPhone 18 in spring 2027 (Wayne Ma/The Information)

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Plot Twist! 'Pop The Balloon' Contestant's Shocking Rejection Will Leave You Speechless.

The Root

Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 2

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Some international startup founders say they are canceling travel plans or reconsidering moving to the US due to Trump administration's immigration crackdown (Madeline Renbarger/Newcomer)

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Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 review: powerful graphics, LOUD FANS

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Polygon’s new owner says it will ‘do what’s right for Polygon’

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What the worst first dates all have in common 

Vox - All

Why the Karen Read retrial might end differently this time

Vox - All

Did our politics fail us during Covid?

Vox - All

How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced Uber, Ola, and Rapido to adopt its no-commission, subscription model for auto-rickshaw drivers in India (Indulekha Aravind/Rest of World)

Techmeme