“Hey, excuse me, how much do you pay for rent?” While some might take that question either a faux pas or a conversation killer, for Caleb Simpson, asking it to strangers gave him the career of his dreams. The formula for his videos is simple:he runs up to people on …
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After airing an astonishingly unnerving advertisement for the new iPad Pro earlier this week, Apple issued an apology on Thursday. The clip — which shows an array of creative tools such as a guitar, piano, trumpet, and bottles of paint being crushed by a hydraulic press — was widely criticized. …
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Andrew Huberman is such a successful podcaster and wellness guru that his most devoted male followers are known by a teasing nickname: “Huberman Husbands.” But when recording his show Huberman Lab, Huberman has plenty that an influential podcasting superstar like, say, Joe Rogan, doesn’t: a PhD in neuroscience and a …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for ‘Hades’ and ‘Hades II.’ Over the last few weeks, the gaming community has been in a frenzy about Hades II. As the game trends across social media, setting Tumblr and Reddit alight with fan art and endless theorization, the conversation has become, “Should you play …
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In August 2023, popular online streamer Kai Cenat was charged with two counts of inciting a riot after a giveaway that he hosted in New York City’s Union Square descended into chaos, resulting in damages and safety concerns. Prosecutors have since decided to drop the charges against the 22-year-old in …
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Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers starShohei Ohtani, has agreed to plead guilty to transferring nearly $17 million from the player to cover gambling debts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The 39-year-old interpreter pleadedguilty to two federal charges including one count of bank fraud and …
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After months of warnings and several lawsuits, health-adjacent fast-casual eatery Panera is finally discontinuing its line of Charged Lemonade drinks. The news comes as the chain has come under heavy criticism for the amount of caffeine in the drinks, which will be removed from the menu. In a statement shared …
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Elizabeth Holmes‘ federal prison sentence has been reduced for a second time. The disgraced Theranos founder is currently serving an 11 year and three-month-long sentence at a federal women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas, that was initially knocked down by two years and has now been shorted by an additional …
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On the night of January 24, 2023, in Mississippi, six members of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office kicked in the front door of a house without a warrant. For an hour and a half, these Mississippi officers — members of the self-named Goon Squad —tortured two Black men, Eddie Parker …
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When TV series 9-1-1 aired its 100th episode on April 4, the Los Angeles-set ABC firefighter drama, known for pitting its characters against tsunamis and hijacked cruise ships, did something so wild, so unexpected, that even day-one fans were left shocked: They had one of their main characters kiss another …
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