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The translucent Beats Studio Buds Plus are half off

The Verge - All Posts

I've never played a roguelike, so I started with the original Rogue (1980)

Polygon - All

FDA Warns Against Eating Potentially Radioactive Shrimp Sold At Walmart

The Onion

Silksong is out soon, and indie games are getting out of the way

The Verge - All Posts

Post Pretty Sanctimonious For Mere Month Of Sobriety

The Onion

Report Finds Humans Waste 74 Billion Gallons Of Water Each Year Making Tea

The Onion

Morgan Wallen Boycotts Grammys In Protest Of Desegregation

The Onion

Why the NFL’s First Transgender Cheerleader Is Walking Away From the League For Good

The Root

Tiktok’s Viral ‘Black Scottish’ Trend Introduced Black Americans To Their Scottish ‘Cousins,’ and Created an Adorable Kinship and New Cookout Invites

The Root

13 Hilarious, Heartwarming Examples of TikTok Bringing Black Scottish Folks and Black Americans Together

The Root

Black Americans are Just Learning That Black Scottish Folks Exist Thanks to TikTok, and Everyone is Having a Blast With It!

The Root

The Coolest Games We've Played During Gamescom 2025

Game Informer

X removes the ability for free-tier developers to like posts and follow users via its API to "protect the platform from spam, bots, and manipulative activities" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Techmeme

A Heckler Tried Tony (Chris Rock’s brother) But His Comeback Had the Whole Crowd Shook

The Root

Indiana Jones and Order of Giants release shakes up Game of the Year race

Polygon - All

NYC grants Waymo its first permit, which extends through late September, to test up to eight of its autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

Techmeme

Beloved White Singers Who ‘SANG’ Like Black Folks

The Root

White Famous Singers Who Sound Like Their Black

The Root

Metal Gear Solid Delta Review, Plus Battlefield 6 Open Beta And More

Game Informer

Source: Snap is considering raising outside money to fund Spectacles development or spinning off Spectacles, to compete with deeper-pocketed rivals like Meta (The Information)

Techmeme