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The Free Ride for EVs in the Carpool Lane Is Coming to an End

The US government is ending a program that allowed EVs and hybrids to display a “Clean Air Vehicle” sticker and use the HOV lane on freeways, even if the driver was alone in the car.

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Legal Win

Just got word that the court dismissed several of WP Engine and Silver Lake’s most serious claims — antitrust, monopolization, and extortion have been knocked out! These were by far the most significant and far-reaching allegations in the case and with today’s decision the case is narrowed significantly. This is a win not just for … Continue reading Legal Win →

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Cancel Culture Comes for Artists Who Posted About Charlie Kirk’s Death

A "South Park" episode was taken off air, a DC comic series was canceled, and several artists were fired in the aftermath of the shooting.

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Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean

The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like Helldivers 2 and online furry roleplay, not a legible political ideology.

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"Paved roads lead to dead ends. Find new maps" with Mike Podhorzer

Alex returns! But that's not all - Mike Podhorzer joins Joe and Alex to discuss the fight we're in - and the fights a lot of people might not know about. Why is Trump going after labor so strongly? Also - why Mike thinks the old red vs. blue framing is outdated - and why the Republican Party is now an agent of the "Neo-Confederacy," as Mike calls it. And we're so far past defending the broken status quo - how do Mike and Joe think it's time to ignore the traditional paved roads and find new maps? Read Mike's latest post that has Joe and Alex thinking: http://weekendreading.net/
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The political divides after political violence

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Charlie Kirk’s shooting has left both Republicans and Democrats worried about more political violence. How are prominent leaders in both parties responding to the tragedy?

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Lee Pace Has Big Hopes for the Fourth Season of ‘Foundation’

WIRED spoke to Lee Pace on the eve of the season finale of Foundation about clone consciousness, robot gods, and what’s next for the newly renewed show.

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Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others

The Oath Keepers are apparently restarting, and extremist groups like the Proud Boys are calling for “state violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death.

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Mantle Model

Mantle plumes explain Hawaii, Yellowstone, Iceland, the East African Rift, the Adirondack uplift, the Permian extinction, the decline of Rome, the DB Cooper hijacking, and the balrog in Moria. Those little hills of sand in your yard are caused by antle plumes.

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ServiceNow Says Windsurf Gave Its Engineers a 10% Productivity Boost

In this episode of The New Stack Agents, ServiceNow CTO and co-founder Pat Casey discusses why the company runs 90% of its workloads—including AI infrastructure—on its own physical servers rather than the public cloud.

In an era dominated by the public cloud, ServiceNow takes a different path: 90% of its workloads — including most

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Special Episode: A Suspect Is Caught in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination

On Friday morning, the police in Utah said they had arrested a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, ending a manhunt that had stretched over 33 hours. In this special episode of The Daily, we break down what we know about the arrest and the alleged killer’s motives. Back...

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Save $70 on One of Our Favorite Android Tablets

Samsung's Galaxy Tab S10 FE, a solid mid-tier tablet, is now $430 on Amazon.

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I think some of the worst-case scenario AI worries are overblown, but I do like this book title: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.

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After Ten Minutes at the Open House, I Am Comfortable Committing to Live in This House Forever

I feel totally fine buying things, as long as I do my research first. That’s why, after ten minutes at an open house, I’m now completely comfortable going into debt for the next thirty years. Before I bought a used car, I read twenty-six reviews of that specific make, model,...

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How Economic Trends Are Reshaping Restaurants

As the US economy and consumer preferences fluctuate, listeners in the restaurant industry and their customers share how they're adapting to tariffs, slowed job growth, widespread use of GLP-1 medications altering appetites, and other trends.


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What I think about when I think about Claude Code

Writing code with Claude Code doesn’t feel the same as any other way of writing code. Quick background: it’s an AI tool that you install and run in your terminal in a code repository. It’s a little like a chat interface on the command line, but mainly you type what you want,...

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'Hades II' Is Coming to Nintendo Switch This Month

Nintendo made a slew of announcements during its latest Direct event, including details on a new Resident Evil game, a Ditto-centric Pokémon title, and more details on Hades II.

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Inside Netflix's 'Adolescence'

The Netflix miniseries follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: "Why is this happening?" Graham spoke with Sam Briger about the crime that inspired the show, fatherhood, and the unusual way the show was shot — in one single take. Adolescence has 13 Emmy nominations. 

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Behind the Blog: 'Free Speech' and Open Dialogue

This week, we discuss "free speech," keeping stupid thoughts in one's own head, and cancel culture.

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Canelo Alvarez Stands Between Terence Crawford And Boxing Immortality

Canelo Alvarez Stands Between Terence Crawford And Boxing Immortality
There’s a big prize fight this weekend. Well, as big a prize fight as can take place in 2025. Terence “Bud” Crawford and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez go at it Saturday night in Vegas with all the super middleweight belts at stake. Among the oodles of intriguing plot lines that make...