
Online betting platforms have users betting on nuclear war — and now, apparently, they'll be able to bet on humanity's destruction in person.
Prediction market site Polymarket announced on social media yesterday that its bar The Situation Room will open in Washington, D.C., tomorrow.
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- Downloads of the MyTSA App have spiked as travel chaos ensues at American airports.
- The only problem is that the app isn't fully functional right now due to the government shutdown.
- Passengers seeking information
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- Meta Ray-Bans are being used in prank videos, often on unsuspecting employees at big-box stores.
- Prank videos aren't new, but the covert camera glasses help pranksters execute their trolls.
- This kind of socially deviant use raises other questions about Meta glasses and

In 2023, Jury Duty stormed onto our screens as a surprisingly wholesome prank show, one where subject Ronald Gladden was treated not as the butt of the joke, but rather as the hero of a bizarro story. From its ultra-committed cast (including a stellar James Marsden) to Gladden's impeccable straight man work, the series felt like lightning in a bottle.
That is, until now.
Jury Duty is back for its
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- Russia has started using fiber-optic cables to fly its cheap fixed-wing "Molniya" strike drones.
- Fiber-optic cables have been used primarily for smaller drones, such as FPV-style quadcopters.
- The cables preserve a stable connection even against electronic warfare interference.
Russia is using fiber-optic cables to control
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- Despite being a professor in my 30s, I've often been mistaken for a student because I look young.
- Although I considered trying to seem older and more mature, I decided to lean into my youthfulness.
- I learned what mattered was the way I felt and how I taught, not whether I looked

In Feb. 2026, the UK government announced a ban on incest porn, as well as other bans to do with explicit images, as part of the UK's Crime and Policing Bill. While it's not currently law yet, it's already dredging up discussion online — especially considering last year's Online Safety Act, which established age verification in the country.
Mashable spoke with experts about what these bans entail
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- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a special gift for his friend Andrej Karpathy.
- Huang recently hand-delivered Nvidia's first DGX Station to Karpathy.
- Karpathy said he will use the AI supercomputer to power his Clawbot "Dobby the House Elf."
When Nvidia told him he was receiving