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There's all kinds of erotic fan fiction out there on the internet, and you'd better believe some of that fiction features Conan O'Brien proudly at its centre.

In the podcast clip above from Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, O'Brien's co-host Matt Gourley reads some of this creative work out loud while co-host Sona Movsesian tells him to, "Stop, now."

O'Brien's reaction? "I'm glad someone is finally seeing me as a sexual being, because I've been ignored too long."



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OpenAI is making major moves as it sets the table for 2025.

To the casual observer, OpenAI has spent the past week flooding the tech world with announcements and rollouts — not all of which gel into any sort of clear product agenda.

It's all part of a holiday-timed event called "12 Days of OpenAI," a plan to ship a product or feature every day for 12 days marketed by the AI giant as bold and


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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be


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TL;DR: Own Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 for Windows for $79.97 and transform how you visualize and present ideas.


Explaining complicated ideas can feel impossible when words just don’t cut it. That’s where Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 steps in. Whether you’re mapping workflows, designing IT systems, or just trying to make sense of a project, Visio helps you turn chaos into clean


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Hari Ravichadran, founder and CEO of the online safety product Aura, recently got a front-row seat to a sophisticated scam designed to turn him into a victim of fraud.

He and his team are regularly targeted by scammers, but this scheme was so well-conducted that it gave the normally skeptical Ravichadran pause.

The play went like this: A scammer seemingly stole someone's identity and used it to




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Red dust piles up on defunct Mars InSight lander

For the past two years, a NASA spacecraft has sat lifeless on the surface of Mars, its solar panels caked with dirt. 

From a vantage point in space, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently caught a glimpse of the dormant InSight lander. The new images are not only a last goodbye to the lander but capture the incredibly turbulent nature of dust storms on the Red Planet. 

Despite the fact that