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It's not the sexiest part of vibrator ownership, but properly cleaning and storing your vibrator is an important thing you should do for your own sexual health.

Dirty vibrators aren't just gross, they can be dangerous too — germs from dirty toys can cause yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis or worse.

Fortunately, cleaning a vibrator is just about as easy as washing your hands, and certainly you've



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Humane’s hyped up AI Pin is finally here and, unfortunately, it stinks. This week, Cherlynn and Devindra are joined by Michael Fisher (AKA MrMobile) and Wired Reviews Editor Julian Chokkattu to chat about the AI Pin and the many ways it fails. It’s often inaccurate, it takes crummy photos, and it gets way too hot. Not so great for something you’re supposed to wear all day! Is there any hope for AI



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Homeowners delight: a startup from Slovenia has created what might just be the most badass security camera ever made.  The “world-first” device is called Eve, but she ain’t no saint. Eve is an AI-powered home security system that fires paintballs and tear gas pellets at intruders.  Via computer vision technology — that also works at night — the cam can recognise individual faces and even animals



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Jaime Muñoz moved to Chicago for a job at a fintech startup in July 2022.
  • After graduating from Stanford, Jaime Muñoz moved to Chicago for a dream fintech job.
  • He worried about leaving the Silicon Valley startup hub behind, but felt the risk could pay off. 
  • He said the hardest part was losing proximity to his close-knit family in California.

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Love comes in many forms — be it romantic, platonic, familial. And each of those forms of love deserve to be celebrated.

National Girlfriend Day is a day for celebrating female friendship. So, if you didn't get a chance to show your gal pals any love on Galentine's Day (Feb. 13), then mark your calendars for the chance to spoil them.

While the day was originally set up to honour the women in our



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Humane started shipping its Ai Pin in April.
  • Humane's Ai Pin received some harsh reviews, sparking a response from its designer on X. 
  • Head of product engineering, Ken Kocienda, said people are jumping on the "skepticism bandwagon."
  • The device has been described by some critics as "unfinished" and "not that useful." 

Humane's Ai Pin designer quickly defended the device after it was hit with



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  • Some restaurants are connecting callers to an AI voice service to place DoorDash and Uber Eats orders.
  • Voice AI company Kea takes customers' orders in phone calls and sends them to delivery aggregators.
  • Many people now place delivery orders online, but Kea's founder says restaurants sometimes struggle to handle phone orders.

A new voice AI service means diners can place


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Russian soldiers at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, in a photo released by Russia's military in April 2024.
  • Russian soldiers want to get injured as they see it as the only way to go home, Ukraine said.
  • It said Russia's death toll has convinced soldiers they have no chance of surviving.
  • "Therefore, the invaders dream of being injured," Ukraine's



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Another day, another bit of drama on X.

This time, yet again, it's the old blue check marks in the spotlight. In the pre-Elon Musk era these had to be applied for, before the platform's new owner swept in and started charging people $8 for them. Then everyone began making fun of people who paid, and finally X allowed those people to get the same Premium benefits but keep the blue check hidden to



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Movie-industry shindig CinemaCon was the venue at which Paramount Pictures announced it has started work on a new Star Trek movie. Slashfilm reports Untitled Star Trek Origin Story will be a prequel to Star Trek (2009), J.J. Abrams’ glossy prequel to Star Trek (1966). It’ll be directed by Toby Haynes, most famous around these parts for helming episodes of Andor and Black Mirror’s USS Callister



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An NFL fan dressed as Santa Claus on Christmas Day.
  • The NFL will play two nationally televised games on Christmas this year.
  • Previously, the NFL avoided games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but the TV ratings were huge.
  • This move could lead to more mid-week games, potentially increasing revenue for the NFL.

The NFL is already deeply entwined with Thanksgiving, and now it


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Boomers living full and active lives in retirement say the freedom they have is like returning to childhood.
  • For many, retirement is synonymous with bad health, loneliness, and the end of life.
  • The switch from a career to retirement can be a psychological hurdle for many, boomers admit.
  • But these five retirees told Business Insider about why people's perceptions of