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He finally played the Roblox game that stole his character - then things got weird

A massive Roblox game built around a giant running head has billions of visits, but the creator says the character behind it was originally his. After avoiding it for years, he finally plays through ...
NationofChange

Program on climate change—and then the heat hits

Extreme weather events have come with fury. Ocean warming is unabated and the sea level rise is accelerating. There’s urgency. “When the Earth Speaks” was the title last month of the world premiere of ...
Indiatimes

Korea's Hangul is the world's only alphabet where every consonant is shaped like the mouth that pronounces it, and the only major writing system with a known inventor

Most writing systems evolved gradually over centuries, making it impossible to identify who invented their letters. Nobody knows who created A, B or C, or the original forms of most scripts still used ...
Yahoo

Florida woman goes to Steak ’n Shake. Then she realizes she now needs to scan a QR code to dispense Coca-Cola

When Shandeia (@shandeeeezy) stopped at a Steak 'n Shake in Gainesville, Florida, and encountered something she'd never seen before: a fountain drink machine that wouldn't dispense a drop without ...
The Motley Fool

Alphabet Adds $168 Billion on Dow Debut as Indexes Shake Off Volatility

Alphabet rose 4% on its first day as a Dow component, adding $168 billion in market cap and leading all three major indexes. Tesla rose 4.5% on reports of deeper SpaceX collaboration, while Applied ...
The Washington Post

Medicare is about to cover GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here’s what to know.

Beginning Wednesday, Medicare will cover GLP-1 drugs for weight loss for the first time, with patients responsible for a $50-a-month co-payment that makes it far cheaper than cash prices without ...
techtimes

Avatar Legends Confirms Iroh, Ty Lee, Lin Beifong, Bolin as Year 1 DLC: Fan Vote Picks the Fifth

Gameplay Group International used Friday's EVO 2026 Showcase Stage in Las Vegas to lock in four of the five Year 1 Pass characters for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game — Iroh, Ty Lee, Lin Beifong, ...
Gameranx

Multiple Retailers Won’t Sell GTA 6 Over Only Selling A Code-In-A-Box At Retail

It’s a principled move, not gonna lie. It’s not just the fans who are objecting to GTA 6 ditching discs. Rockstar revealed yesterday that they will only be selling GTA 6 in retail as a code in a box.
The Verge

GTA VI is a worrying sign for the future of physical games

Physical versions of GTA VI will just include a code in a box, which sets a bad precedent for the rest of the industry. Physical versions of GTA VI will just include a code in a box, which sets a ...
CNBC

Alphabet added to Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Verizon

Alphabet will replace Verizon in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The California-based company will join mega-cap tech peers Nvidia, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft in the blue-chip index. Honeywell ...
IEEE

Can LLMs Write Fast System-Aware Numerical Computation Code?

Abstract: While Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive capabilities in code generation and mathematical reasoning, their ability to produce correct and highly optimized numerical ...