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What is spoon bending? The little-known and now public owner of AOL and Vimeo

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💥 Read this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Venture,AOL,Bending Spoons,evergreens,Mergers and Acquisitions ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Bending Spoons, the Milan-based technology group that has made headlines for acquiring the likes of AOL and Vimeo, went public on the Nasdaq this week, briefly reaching a market cap of more than $25 billion. While Bending Spoons stock has fallen slightly since then, its market cap is still double its previous private valuation of $11 billion, underscoring investors' appetite for its playbook and portfolio, which includes digital brands like Meetup, Eventbrite and WeTransfer. The Bending Spoons strategy is similar to private…

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Review: TCL RM9L RGB-Mini LED (2026)

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🚀 Check out this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Gear,Gear / Reviews,Gear / Products / Home,Product Review ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: With the RM9L RGB-Mini, TCL doesn't skimp on the HDMI 2.1 ports. There are four in total, and each can support a 144Hz refresh rate for low-latency PC gaming or anything you want to display on your TV. One of the HDMI 2.1 ports is for passing eARC audio to your powered speakers or receiver. I added an Xbox Series There are two USB ports (one of which is coaxial), an Ethernet port for wired connectivity, and…

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Prediction markets allow you to bet on whether or not wildfires will burn down your city

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💥 Explore this must-read post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Science,Science / Environment,What Are the Odds? ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Sylvie Andrews and her partner didn't just lose the new home they helped build when the Eaton Fire swept through Altadena, California, in January 2025. Rather, they lost an entire decade of sacrifices they made to establish roots in their hometown, and the community they created. “We put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears,” Andrews said. “This is what we lost in the fire.”This fire, along with the Palisades Fire to the west, destroyed more than 16,000 structures…

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Eight Sleep Pod 5 review: The smartest, quietest bed you can buy

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💥 Explore this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Gear,Gear / Reviews,Gear / Products / Sleep,Gear / Products / Health and Fitness,Gear / Products / Home,Product Review ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: The Enhanced Membership ($25 per month, $299 per year) extends the warranty to five years, which is important with such an investment. Although I have not had hardware issues yet, the system relies on running the pumps, pipes, and sensors every night. This results in more points of failure than traditional mattresses, and consumers have reported warranty replacements for various issues over the years. Once coverage expires, replacing…

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Goose, a new gay dating app, appears to be Psyop

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✨ Read this insightful post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,Culture / Digital Culture,Fake Friends 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Instagram Close Friends story of @miles.sumrall shows a kind-looking man with curly dark hair and an expertly groomed mustache floating in the water. “You are receiving this because you are exactly the type of person we are building this for,” the caption reads, accompanied by an invitation icon to a “members-only community.”The link leads to a login to Goose, a dating and friendship app for gay men with the slogan “For Boys,” which allows users to “meet guys through the life…

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Mexico’s victory over Ecuador made the earth shake. Was it an artificial earthquake?

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Science,World Cup 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Literally the earth The lights were on after the two goals that helped Mexico beat Ecuador in the round of 32 of the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday. The Mexican digital platform for Early Warning and Comprehensive Risk Management (SASSLA) reported that fan celebrations following goals by Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez caused a "large artificial signal" recorded by a Raspberry Shake seismometer located near Mexico City's stadium. The seismic warning system noted on its social media accounts that “the outburst of…

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Best grill and grill deals for July 4th: Weber, Traeger, Recteq

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✨ Discover this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Gear,Gear / Deals,Gear / Products / Home,Gear / Products / Outdoor,Gear / Products / Kitchen,Deals 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: However, the $100 price reduction is the same in both sizes. So the best deal of all is definitely the two-burner version, down to just $699 for the Fourth of July weekend.Note that despite the lack of sales, Traeger released a budget grill line called the Irontop this year. I tested it and found that the wind shield is better than the more expensive version. The same applies to the stability…

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Heat domes are dangerous. Fourth of July activities will make matters worse

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🔥 Read this insightful post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Science,Science / Health,Beat the Heat 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Like New York The city is bracing for an intense heat wave amid the July 4 weekend and World Cup celebrations, and government officials and local hospitals are stepping up efforts to prevent heat-related illnesses.Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) by Thursday, with a heat index between 105 and 110 degrees — unusually hot for New York. Friday is expected to be very hot.“These are very dangerous conditions, and they will affect every part of our…

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Meta charges a subscription for smart glasses features. Welcome to the new era of consumer technology

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💥 Read this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Gear,Gear / Gear News and Events,Like and Subscribe ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Chris Harrison, director of the Future Interfaces group at Carnegie Mellon University, doesn't believe the new subscription is intended to help pay for Meta's spending on AI. “The industry has made huge strides, even in the last six months, but certainly in the last 18 months, it has improved the efficiency of token generation – running these models much more efficiently,” says Harrison. “It's not about recovering the costs of AI, it's about monetizing customers.”As adoption grows, this…

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Inside a Luddite festival to harness Gen Z’s rage against big tech companies

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🔥 Read this insightful post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,Culture / Digital Culture,Touching Grass 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: On Sunday In the evening in the middle of Tompkins Square Park in New York City's East Village, hundreds of people gather in front of a giant paper face of a woman wearing a crown. It is a theatrical backdrop, its body composed of drapes that resemble a dress but serve a dual purpose, allowing the actors to dart on and off the stage.I'm here to see a show called "The Recreation of the Luddites," which is a history of the…

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