TL;DR: Ever wanted to write your own song? AI-powered app can turn your prompts or ideas into a song in just a few seconds for less than $43!

Feeling inspired by Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" or Childish Gambino's latest album drop? You might wonder if you can make your own music, too, and you can! — Read the rest

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GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump backed out of the scheduled Sept. 10 debate on ABC News with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. But that's OK: he unilaterally decided to have one with her on Fox News instead, in front of a crowd in an arena. — Read the rest

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Spending $5000 on hiking pants sounds absurd, but hear me out. These $5000 hiking pants might mean I could go on real hikes again, something I haven't been able to do in years. 

Wearable robotics company Skip and hiking gear outfitter Arc'teryx have teamed up to produce MO/GO, hiking pants with a battery-powered exoskeleton that they claim gives you a 40% boost going uphill, makes you feel 30 pounds lighter on flat ground, and cushions your knees on the way down. — Read the rest

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I've had a really stressful day, so I'm going to spend some time this evening watching bottle breaking ASMR videos and let my brain have a well-deserved break from working overtime.

I recently discovered a TikTok account run by a creator named "Yo G Chill" that features videos of beer bottles, glass jars, and other similar items rolling off a platform and crashing onto the concrete below. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: If you're still meal-prepping with dull blades, it's time to upgrade your knife set to this Seido™ set, which comes with eight knives handmade in Japan for only $109.97 (reg. $429)!

Matching pots and pans with lids that actually fit them? — Read the rest

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Louisiana made it a crime to be within 25 feet of an on-duty police officer once asked to leave, a law crafted to make it difficult to record evidence of police misconduct—as happened in the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. — Read the rest

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I recently found out I have aphantasia, or more accurately, I found out that most people don't have aphantasia.

Close your eyes and picture a red apple. Can you describe it? In how much detail? How about on a scale of 1 to 5?  — Read the rest

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People do risky things at the Grand Canyon. Kenneth Field mapped the consequences: 1 national park, 900 deaths.

Inspired by the book, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon, Kenneth Field created a map that helps tell the stories of more than 900 casualties in Grand Canyon through 2018.

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A BASE jumper attemping an illegal leap into the Grand Canyon died in the effort Thursday. A news release from the National Parks Service reports that the call came in at about 7:30 a.m. and rangers found the body approximately 500 feet down "along with a deployed parachute." — Read the rest

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Section 4.7 of Apple's new guidelines for the App Store allow retro game console and PC emulator apps to offer game downloads. Finally! Developers must otherwise continue to use in-app purchases for digital goods and services, filter objectionable content, block abusive users, and obtain user consent for data sharing. — Read the rest

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Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and his Al Quaeda cronies had a plea deal: admit everything and get life in jail. It didn't go down well with some families of those killed in the 9/11 attacks, and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin yesterday revoked the arrangement. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: If you sleep warm, have allergies, or just want a soft bedding set, get the Kathy Ireland 6-Piece CoolMax Sheet Set while they're only $33.99. 

Your bed is important. It's you spend your nights, maybe a few meals, and possibly most mornings when you're checking social media instead of getting up on time. — Read the rest

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A burglar in Los Angeles had a sudden stab of conscience while robbing the same restaurant for the second time in one week.

While stealing what he could, the thieving gentleman took a break from his busy night to jot down an apology on a sticky note along with a promise never to return. — Read the rest

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Welp, looks like someone got a spanking today.

Last night, Kyle Rittenhouse snuck on a pair of big-boy pants and sassed his MAGA cult leader, saying in a video that he wouldn't be voting for Donald Trump, but would instead cast a write-in vote for Sen. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: With this two-for-one drone deal, you can get the Phantom K Pro and Blade X Pro drones for only $139.97 (reg. $369.99). These beginner-friendly drones come with 4K cameras, collision avoidance, and more.

Have you ever been at the beach or hiking and just wanted to capture the gorgeous sights around you from the sky? — Read the rest

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If you think Kamala Harris or Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was the first to notice the weird in Trump, you'd be wrong. The 78-year-old crackpot was slapped with the fitting label on national television back in 2006, when he admitted on The View that he lustfully fantasized about his own 16-year-old daughter, Ivanka Trump. — Read the rest

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You know, I'm starting to think Trump's racist tantrum at the NABJ convention on Wednesday wasn't intended to take attention away from Kamala Harris and direct it towards him. It was intended to take attention away from JD Vance and direct it towards him. — Read the rest

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Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame is joining playwright/actress/singer Eisa Davis and hip-hop artist Nas to reimagine The Warriors, the seminal 1979 cult film about New York City gangs. This isn't a remake of the movie (not yet, anyway) but rather a concept album inspired by the plot. — Read the rest

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The ingredients list is simple: a Raspberry Pi Zero, a wee display, a 3D-printed case, and a keyboard salvaged from a Blackberry. The method is a little more challenging, but you can buy them online for $130. Creator ZitaoTech writes why:

The main reason why I design and built this handheld cyberdeck is to treat this as a lernning tool and also a funny toy for the hackers.

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Game Informer was not just a top game magazine, but one of the most widely-read magazines in the U.S., with a reported circulation of 8 million as recently as 2021. But its entire staff was laid off today, and the magazine's closure announced at its website. — Read the rest

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In Kenya, the Nairobi City County is proposing a new "cat tax" that feline fans are saying would be a cat-astrophe. The tax would require cat owners to pay 200 Kenyan shillings (US$1.50) each year and provide proof of vaccination. The regulation has other stipulations as well, including a requirement that the animals don't "scream or cry in a manner that disturbs the peace." — Read the rest

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During an interview on a podcast, MAGA Party Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance discussed his parenting style, which includes telling his 7-year-old to "shut the hell up" when the child is speaking about something that interests him.

Here's the clip:

I'm like, "oh no."

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Elon Musk is planning to open an elementary school in Bastrop, Texas this fall and they're hiring. It's apparently a new location of Ad Astra, the Montessori-based school he co-founded ten years ago on SpaceX's California campus to educate his own kids and those of his staff. — Read the rest

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Last week, a 31-year-old man turned up at Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam complaining of terrible stomach pain. Turned out that he had inserted a live eel up his butt. X-rays revealed the eel had made its way into his abdominal cavity and the physicians couldn't reach it through the man's rear end. — Read the rest

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Kamala Harris is now beating Donald Trump in seven national polls, reports Newsweek, with the vice president ahead of the ex-president by up to 4 points.

Harris' biggest lead shows her at 49% to Trump's 45% in a poll that was conducted from July 27 to July 30 by Kos Media's Civiqs. — Read the rest

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In his desperation for campaign cash, Trump is courting crypto bros by promising that he will be nice to them when he becomes President. Last week, he spoke at a conference for Bitcoin enthusiasts and pretended to know what Bitcoin is and how it works. — Read the rest

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The water in Humpybong Creek near Brisbane, Australia has turned electric blue and nobody knows why or how. Queensland Fire and Rescue apparently tested the water and determined the coloring to be "benign" but it's still a bizarre mystery.

"There are various microorganisms (bacteria and algae) that can produce some very intense colours in water, including bright greens, pinks and reds," University of Sydney civil engineer Stuart Khan told Yahoo! — Read the rest

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TL;DR: See in the dark and capture photos with these portable night vision binoculars—just $89.97 (reg. $159.99) for your next camping or hunting trip!

If you love exploring the outdoors, you might feel restricted when sunset falls and the darkness of night takes over. — Read the rest

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You know things aren't going well for Donald Trump when even MAGA folk hero Kyle Rittenhouse gives you the snub. But shunning the ex-president is exactly what the 21-year-old gentleman — fawned over by Trump after the punk gunned down three protestors (killing two) in Kenosha, WI — has done. — Read the rest

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An energized Harris campaign more than doubled Trump's July fundraising.

The Harris campaign has raised a record-breaking $310 million in record time. New and smaller donors are helping fund the campaign, while Trump's enthusiasm seems to be waning. Getting outraised in the month, the Republicans held their convention by a fresh out-the-gates candidate has to hurt. — Read the rest

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