Heated seats for Tesla by way of fire

A Tesla catches fire outta nowhere. Memphis police unit disbanded. Also history gets older.

Memphis cops disband unit after murder

After the 5 cops tourtured and murdered a man on video, the police chief has disbanded their unit. For context though its only a small sub-group of the whole department.

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A Tesla caught fire out of nowhere

The driver insists they were not speeding, apparently. The battery just kinda went WOOSH.

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Archeologists continue to find very old things

I am under-selling this one like a ton but archeologists apparently found obsidian tools that date back 500,000 years earlier than we previously thought they were being used.

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Macbook, more like scrapbook

MacBooks are becoming unusable because security on them is so good that if one gets stolen, its basically bricked. So now there's a ton of brand new bricked macbooks floating around.

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But also Apple is being sued over privacy shenanigans

Apple talks a big game about keeping your safe from prying eyes, but their eyes are prying, too.

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A congressman gave an AI generated speech about AI

I WOULD PREFER IF THEY DID NOT

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Tech CEO sets new record for most tone-deaf layoff letter

The PagerDuty CEO literally quoted MLK and praised execs getting promotions while also laying off staff

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Google made an AI that generates music from prompts

Like ChatGPT or Midjourney but for music

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Docs show Elon Musk directly punishing people

Some suspended accounts have notes alongside them such as "Suspension: Direct request from elon musk"

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Amazon adds surcharge for grocery purchases under $150

So order another dozen eggs, I guess.

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COVID may be a cause for a massive increase in heart attacks for younger adults

A new study came out that shows an alarming increase in heart attacks among 25-40 year olds and links it to COVID-19.

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Self-driving taxis are causing havoc here and there

One of them ran over an in-use fire hose, causing firefighters to lose time while, well, fighting a fire.

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Hey maybe stay off dating apps in Oregon

Apparently theres a dude tourturing people and he's possibly using dating apps to find victims.

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