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In June 1994, when the late OJ Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her lover Ron Goldman, the World Wide Web was in its infancy. Still, with hindsight, it's easy to realize that modern internet culture was all around us. 

Not literally, of course. The Netscape browser would not be released for another six months. If you wanted to tie up your phone line, fire up your 56K



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The MC 130J Commando aircraft rolls onto the flight line during an arrival ceremony in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
  • The MC-130J Commando II is an upgraded version of the C-130 cargo plane.
  • The plane assists in infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply for special ops forces.
  • The US Air Force recently began utilizing the cargo plane to airdrop



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X will no longer allow users to hide their blue checks, regardless of whether they paid for premium or not. On Thursday, the app began notifying users that “the hide your checkmark feature of X Premium is going away soon.”

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Discord has shut down the Discord servers for the Nintendo Switch emulators Suyu and Sudachi and has completely disabled their lead developers’ accounts — and the company isn’t answering our questions about why it went that far. Both Suyu and Sudachi began as forks of Yuzu, the emulator that



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Dbrand, the phone case company known for its sassy attitude toward users and tech companies, gave $10,000 to a customer as an apology after it made a racist comment about their last name.

On Tuesday, Dbrand reposted a complaint from a customer, Bhuwan Chitransh, who said that the skin they purchased for their MacBook changed color after just two months



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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't joining progressive calls for Sotomayor to step aside, saying she hasn't "delved into that conversation much."
  • Some progressives want Sonia Sotomayor to consider retiring from the Supreme Court.
  • They argue that it's important to avoid a repeat of what happened with Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  • But so far, not one elected Democrat in

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Following Paramount’s move to add Showtime programming to certain Paramount Plus streaming plans, the Showtime standalone streaming platform is coming to an end.

Variety reports that Showtime streaming subscribers have begun receiving notices that they will no longer be able to access the platform after April 30th. Going forward



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Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde."
  • Harvard is the fourth Ivy League school to bring back standardized testing.
  • The SAT and ACT tests will be used in admissions again.
  • The timing of Harvard's decision could mean a tight turnaround for this year's applicants.

Harvard is the fourth Ivy League school to make standardized testing mandatory again, reversing an earlier shift away from the SAT and ACT



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Charleston, South Carolina.
  • Kathie Zucker, 57, lived in New Jersey her whole life, but is now moving to South Carolina.
  • After visiting her daughter — who attends college in Charleston, South Carolina, she found that she liked the area.
  • She especially enjoys the warmer weather, activities, and cheaper cost of living around Charleston.

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