15 vice presidents who became president themselves

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President-elect Joe Biden served as vice president in the Obama administration.

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  • Fifteen former vice presidents have gone on to become president themselves.
  • Some were unexpectedly inaugurated after the president's resignation, assassination, or illness.
  • Others, like Joe Biden, ran for office after their terms as vice president ended.

Throughout US history, 15 men who served as

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Rivian CEO says CarPlay isn’t going to happen

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Rivian R1S, without CarPlay. | Image: Rivian

Despite Apple’s claims that most consumers will only consider purchasing vehicles that support CarPlay, Rivian says it still doesn’t have any plans to adopt the iPhone mirroring system. Talking to The Verge EIC Nilay Patel in today’s episode of Decoder, Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe likened Rivian adopting CarPlay to Apple

Apple quietly admits it's paying too much to run its streaming service

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Jason Sudeikis in Apple's "Ted Lasso," which is one of the streamer's breakout hits. It doesn't have many.

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  • Apple's streaming service has a well-deserved reputation for generous spending on TV shows and movies.
  • Now Apple would like to pull back a bit on those budgets.
  • Which brings up a recurring question for Apple: Why, exactly, is it running a streaming service?

Apple's streaming

Here’s a 12,000mAh power bank cosplaying as a Super Famicom

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Now you’re playing with 12,000mAh of power. | Image: Ayaneo

Ayaneo’s Retro Power Bank isn’t the most powerful portable charger, but it is the first to wrap a 12,000mAh lithium battery in a miniature homage to the Japanese version of the Super Nintendo. And it’s now finally listed in the company’s online store for $39.99.

The company is best known for its handheld gaming PCs

I became a widow at 49 and found online dating soul-crushing. So I did something about it.

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Widow Nicky Wake set up a dating app for bereaved people like her.

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  • Nicky Wake was widowed in April 2020 at the age of 49.
  • The mom tried online dating after her husband's death but found the process soul-destroying.
  • She founded a dating app for people who've lost partners to share and bond over their experience.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicky Wake. It

A millennial couple overcame 3 challenges turning a ruined chapel into a $250-a-night Airbnb. Take a look.

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The chapel sits on two acres of land near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, surrounded by farmland and rolling hills.

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  • In 2021, O'Mara and Adam Dunnigan bought a 120-year-old chapel, saving it from demolition.
  • The church, topped with a 65-foot steeple, was basically a rotting "birdhouse" when they bought it.
  • The couple spent a year turning it into a $250-a-night Airbnb

Man convicted for ‘sextortion’ of more than 100 children on Omegle, Snapchat, and TikTok

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A Nevada man was sentenced to 65 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for sextorting more than 100 children on Omegle, Snapchat, TikTok, and Mega and distributing child sexual abuse material on dark web forums.

From 2018 to 2021, James Patrick Burns used several platforms to contact minors and coerce

The Shokz OpenRun Pro are selling at their best price for a few more hours

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Shokz may be getting some fresh competition in the open-ear headphone space from the likes of Bose and Suunto, but it’s hard to beat the value of its OpenRun Pro — especially while they’re still discounted to $124.95 ($55 off) at Amazon and Best Buy until July 23rd at 1AM ET.

The OpenRun Pro are a “form follows function” device, designed primarily for fitness

Rhaenyra's bisexuality fundamentally changes 'House of the Dragon'

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Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in season two, episode six of "House of the Dragon."

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  • "House of the Dragon" has long hinted at one of its main characters being queer. 
  • The show finally made good on those teases in its latest episode. 
  • But past just the character's sexuality, the revelation has a deeper emotional resonance.

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for season two, episode six of

Apple accused of underreporting suspected CSAM on its platforms

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Apple has been accused of underreporting the prevalence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its platforms. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), a child protection charity in the UK, says that Apple reported just 267 worldwide cases of suspected CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) last year.

That pales in comparison to the 1