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A woman laughing alone with salad, one of The Hairpin's most famous posts.
  • The Hairpin was a beloved indie women's interest website that ran from 2010 to 2018.
  • Something happened where the domain owners didn't renew it in time, and a DJ bought it.
  • Now the site has new spammy content written by AI and its old bylines have been replaced with men's names.

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Apple's new Vision Pro headset will hit the market without a dedicated Netflix app.
  • Netflix wants to see if Apple's new Vision Pro headset catches on before developing an app for it.
  • Netflix's co-CEO said the product's audience is so small right now that it's not worth the effort.
  • Pre-orders for the Vision Pro began Jan. 19, and one analyst believes demand may be tough to



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Contrary to popular opinion, Valentine's Day doesn't have to be just for your significant other. That's right, it's totally OK to give a gift to a loved one whom you're not currently dating (and never will), because doing a nice thing for someone is... well, nice.

That doesn't make shopping for Valentine's Day gifts for him any easier, though. Getting the right gifts for the men in your life is a



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Let me get something off my chest: Writing this article took longer than it should have because I had to brainstorm a PG headline for a popcorn bucket that the internet has compared to both a sex toy and a butthole in the past 24 hours. So yeah, let me introduce you to AMC's limited edition Dune: Part Two sandworm popcorn vessel.

This...this is what it looks like. Brace yourself. It's weird.



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Apple is finally opening up the iPhone to sideloading and alternative app stores — at least in the European Union. It’s also allowing developers to use third-party payment processors in their apps. This is all part of Apple’s efforts to comply with the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), and at the surface, these changes make it



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Apple is finally opening the iPhone to third-party app stores in the European Union, kicking off a potentially vibrant, unwieldy, and eclectic new era for its app ecosystem. At least, it might, depending on how developers respond to a hurdle that is at once tiny and immense: a €0.50 fee.

Apple is introducing a new fee structure for apps that want to



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  • xAI is reportedly in talks to raise as much as $6 billion in funding.
  • Last week, Elon Musk denied a report that xAI had raised $500 million toward a $1 billion goal.
  • Musk has positioned his AI startup as an alternative to OpenAI.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is reportedly looking to lock down billions more in



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OpenAI has an update to fix ChatGPT's "laziness" over the past few months.

On Thursday, the OpenAI announced an update to GPT-4 Turbo, its most advanced LLM. GPT-4 Turbo is still only available in limited preview through the API, meaning it doesn't power ChatGPT. However, the hope is this fix will eventually roll out to ChatGPT, too.



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TL;DR: The 2024 Dutch Darts Masters is available to stream for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming service from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.


After securing a win at the Bahrain Darts Masters, Luke Littler will be looking to do it all over again at the second event of the World Series of Darts: the Dutch Darts Masters. It's not going to be easy, because the best of the best are taking