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Backups, as any computer user knows, are worth their weight in gold. If it isn’t backed up, it might as well might not exist. That’s why I have for years trusted ShirtPocket’s SuperDuper!…

Kia’s entry-level electric SUV is already making a name for itself. In its first three full months, Kia sold over 8,000 EV2s as full-scale sales begin.

AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1 am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with the top findings from Black Hat and Defcon, this week on Uncanny Valley.

Though we can't claim the 'only' title for too long, we'll forever be home of the first ever U.S. HARIBO retail store. Continue reading…

“The U.S. has received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, ​including before a secret Air Force One ruse in Turkey, that U.S. intelligence officials could not independently verify,” Reuters reports.

“Hugh Hefner reportedly notified the FBI that a Playboy Playmate was sexually abused and trafficked by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and others in his orbit,” NewsNation reports. “Court records state that Hefner was told by then-Playboy Playmate Audra Christiansen in 2005 that she was an Epstein survivor and requested the Playboy founder call the FBI, […]

An EVG reader shared these photos from early this morning of a branch down on 11th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.  The reader had been keeping an eye on the tree, particularly a lower limb that extended well over the street. There was enough growth that branches at the end reportedly reached the sapling on the opposite side of the street.  At first, it appeared crews might simply be removing the large limb.  Then came the update: "Looks like the whole thing is coming down."  And it did. By later today, only a stump remained. The reader noted that the exposed cuts appeared to show solid wood, though we don't know what prompted the removal or whether there were other issues with the tree. According to the NYC Tree Map, this was a thornless honey locust that was last pruned in August 2021.

New York State officials are reacting to plans announced by ICE to start using electric shock gloves during immigration enforcement. Continue reading…

Trump voter: I remember the day that we started going to war with Iran. Trump said, 'we're going to go in and out.' It's taken forever. I think he realizes this is a big mistake. And I seriously think he doesn't know how he's going to get out of this.

RNC Chair on Trump's diet: He has a Filet-O-Fish, a Quarter Pounder, and a Big Mac. And he combined 2 of them. And he was drinking an orange soda. How does the guy that's as senior as him get away with eating all this McDonald's on a consistent basis? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RFK: I don't know how they do it, but when you get on Trump's airplane, it's just boxes and boxes of McDonald's

RFK: There's some people that can just eat anything. They're called super agers. I think Trump is one of those. Dana White says he's never seen Trump drink water in 25 years. He just drinks Diet Coke

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In my personal mental masthead for Defector, there are bureaus representing the places where my co-workers live. Philadelphia you know about. New York, for better and worse, is implied. Minneapolis, where no Defector staffers currently live, is more complicated. But we have ...

It’s one thing to dislike Democratic Socialists of America and/or fear the movement’s ascendancy in Democratic politics. It's a whole ‘nother thing for a Democratic group to declare war against DSA while Donald Trump swings his corrupt wrecking ball to our country, our econ...