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GAMES

Players Say Amazon's ‘New World’ MMO Is Frying Their Expensive Video Cards

The RTX 3090 is a flagship monster of a graphics card but some players are reporting that it crashes so hard trying to run ‘New World,’ that it bricks the card.
Matthew Gault
7.21.21
RACISM

White City Councilman Yells the N-Word in the Middle of a Meeting

The Alabama councilman has refused calls to step down after his outburst, which left one of his Black colleagues in tears.
Paul Blest
7.21.21
News

Proud Boys Say They Can’t Safely Dance, Even Though They Wanted To

The group wanted to host a 'street dance' in the town of Scotland, South Dakota, but the insurrectionist street-fighting gang now cites unspecific 'safety concerns' for withdrawing from the event.
Tess Owen
7.21.21
electric vehicles

Elon Musk Says Tesla Superchargers Will Be Available to All Electric Vehicles

The move could double the number of fast chargers available to all EV users, something that would otherwise take years to accomplish.
Aaron Gordon
7.21.21
russia

Extremely Creepy ‘Russian Mafia Prison’ Discovered – Then Immediately Destroyed

The facility featured two cells and what appeared to be a crematorium. Days after journalists asked officials about it, the entire structure was razed, sparking suspicion it was being used by organised crime with links to security services.
Mitchell Prothero
7.21.21
Airbnb

Airbnb Hosts Are Still Demanding That Guests Be Unvaccinated

Persistent anti-vaccination myths from Airbnb hosts are raising new questions about what the platform can do to stop them. 
Shayla Love
Anna Merlan
7.21.21
qanon

Redditor: I’m a Parkland Survivor But My QAnon Dad Thinks It Was a Hoax

"Sometimes I wonder if he’s hit his head or had a fucking stroke... What the fuck is QAnon doing to people??”
David Gilbert
7.21.21
uber

Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Striking Nationwide to Demand Better Pay

Drivers in 11 cities nationwide are calling on others to turn off the app all day on July 21, as well as for passengers to boycott the companies that day.
Edward Ongweso Jr
7.21.21
energy

Solar Power Buildout Would Generate Billions in Economic Benefits, Create Millions of Jobs, Report Says

Making one fourth of American homes powered by solar energy would have incredible environmental and economic benefits, according to a new study.
Audrey Carleton
7.21.21
Tech

Man Explains Why He Built Methane-Powered Bike

Gijs Schalkx, the inventor of the methane powered motorcycle, wants people to reconsider their relationship to technology.
Matthew Gault
7.21.21
tech-science

Less Than 7% of the Human Genome Is Actually Uniquely Human, Study Finds

A large chunk of the human genome is shared with Neanderthals and other archaic species, and only a sliver of it makes us unique, scientists report.
Radhamely De Leon
7.21.21
Culture

This Millennial Shaman Heals Your Dead Ancestors To Solve Your Problems

He’s like a therapist who dances, sings, and acts for your dead loved ones.
Junhyup Kwon
7.21.21
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