Two "giant" fatbergs were removed last week from the sewers of St. Andrews, Scotland, reports the BBC. 20 tonnes (22 tons) of congealed grease, sewage and toilet paper had to… Read the rest of the article: Latest fatberg news

Two officers at Cuyahoga Country Jail were filmed beating up a man strapped into to a restraint chair, and the video was released to the media. Nicholas Evans and Timothy… Read the rest of the article: Video released of jail officers beating up a strapped-down inmate

One's a crazy guy in a bow tie. The other's Tucker Carlson.

The 5-Minute Crafts youtube channel offers 35 wonderful uses for cement. You can put cement in novelty ice cube trays to make cement sticks. You can submerge books in cement… Read the rest of the article: Things to make with cement

This alarmingly funny video shows an "Apple Engineer" explaining the company's forthcoming $999 monitor stand. This guy is better than the "Downfall" meme! Also funny: to see people who had… Read the rest of the article: $999 monitor stand explained

After five years without an update, MS Flight Simulator is getting refreshed. The XBox exclusive was demoed at the E3 trade show Sunday. Some of the scenes are spectacularly realistic.… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft releasing new edition of Flight Simulator

If it's good enough for Dick Clark, it's good enough for me. [via Reddit]

It's been 24 years since Black Isle got to work on Baldur's Gate, the classic computer RPG that melded AD&D rules with realtime-ish gameplay to make something immersive to play… Read the rest of the article: Baldur's Gate 3 announced

What better joke about American policing could be made than demanding "let me see your hands" of a deer?

In a crackdown named "Operation Meltdown", New York City authorities have seized 46 ice cream trucks with unpaid fines. To get away with not paying fines, the release said, the… Read the rest of the article: New York City seizes 46 ice cream trucks

Australia "may well be the world's most secretive democracy," writes Damien Cave in The New York Times. It's cracking down on journalism that embarrasses the government, using arrests, raids and… Read the rest of the article: Crackdown on journalism in Australia

Quick Fix is an art installation—a vending machine—that sells likes and followers for your social media accounts.

You can't get close to God on commercial. Prosperity gospel preacher and measles aficionado Kenneth Copeland is closing in on his first billion dollars made. “If I flew commercial, I’d… Read the rest of the article: Televangelist explains why his private jet is "biblical"

Due to a mistranslation of the Dutch source material, the publish-now-edit-later nature of modern newsmedia, and perhaps a smidgen of hand-rubbing over the practice of euthanasia, everyone is falsely reporting… Read the rest of the article: Teenage Dutch rape victim not euthanized, contrary to reports

A hiker got into trouble out in the Arizona scrub and needed a lift out. They ended up being treated for "dizziness and nausea" first. Cliff Castle Chopper footage shows… Read the rest of the article: Rescued hiker gets the helicopter ride of their life

A police officer in Decatur identified himself as "Fuck You is my name" when asked by the innocent, handcuffed black man he was getting angry with. Dizzy Dez writes about… Read the rest of the article: Police officer says "F**k You is my name" when man asks

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Device Orchestra's first attempt at a classic video game theme. Other highlights from the channel include Spice Girls on 5 toothbrushes, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on a Ladyshave and The… Read the rest of the article: Super Mario Bros. theme performed on credit card swipe machines

"What I saw before the darkness" shows a human face created by a generative adversarial network, next to the neural memory map representing it. Neurons are removed, and as they… Read the rest of the article: Watch an AI-generated human face become monstrous as its neural network decays