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Maybe the Internet Would Suck Less If It Was Really Slow

Slowww.ml, the 'very slow website,' takes your browser back to the 90s
Samantha Cole
10.26.20
News

Pepsi's Biggie Ad Is OK, But These Videos of Him Freestyling Are Incredible

We did a little digging and found some killer, 90s-era footage of The Notorious B.I.G. freestyling about things other than a soda company.
Drew Schwartz
10.26.20
body

The Noom App Makes Big Claims About Helping You Lose Weight. Does It Work?

Noom claims remote behavioral psych coaching is a winning weight loss strategy, but the good-habits approach is ultimately uneven.
Sarah Hurtes
10.26.20
police

NYPD Cop Caught Saying 'Trump 2020!' on Squad Car's Loudspeaker Suspended Without Pay

"Put it on YouTube, put it on Facebook. Trump 2020," the cop said. So someone did.
Emma Ockerman
10.26.20
tech-science

NASA Found a Lot of Water on the Moon In Breakthrough for Human Habitation

Lunar water “may be more widely distributed and accessible as a resource for future missions than previously thought,” according to one of two major studies published on Monday.
Becky Ferreira
10.26.20
supreme court

Only One Republican Senator Is Expected to Vote Against Amy Coney Barrett Tonight

Looks like it's just Susan Collins now, after Lisa Murkowski pulled a big flip-flop, despite her issues with the rushed process to get Barrett on the Supreme Court.
Carter Sherman
10.26.20
brazil

The Race for a Vaccine Is ‘Going to Get Ugly’ in Hard-Hit Brazil

Brazil’s president said COVID is a conspiracy cooked up by the Chinese in an effort to restore leftist governments in Latin America, according to recent allegations. 
Edmund Ruge
10.26.20
Crime

NXIVM Survivor India Oxenberg on Why She Didn't Believe She Was Brainwashed

The daughter of "Dynasty" actress Catherine Oxenberg will speak at "sex cult" leader Keith Raniere's sentencing Tuesday.
Sarah Berman
10.26.20
Crime

When the Italian Mafia Moved Into Aberdeen

The strange story of Antonio La Torre, an Italian mobster who set up shop in the north Scotland city.
Francisco Garcia
10.26.20
amazon

Amazon Fired Employee for Leaking Customer Emails

The employee leaked customer email addresses to an unnamed third party, according to disclosure emails obtained by Motherboard.
Joseph Cox
10.26.20
Verkada

Surveillance Startup Used Own Cameras to Harass Coworkers

Employees at Verkada accessed the company's facial recognition system to take photos of women colleagues and make sexually explicit jokes.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
Joseph Cox
10.26.20
mexico

Americans Living In Mexico Are Tearing Each Other Apart Over the US Election and COVID

The Mexican town of Ajijic is seeing a growing divide in the expat community, whose business the locals rely on.
Nathaniel Janowitz
10.26.20
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