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It’s finally here — the official music video for “Planet of the Bass,” arguably the internet’s song of the summer, has been released. You can watch it right here on YouTube, though I wouldn’t blame you if you already clicked the play button in the video embed at the top of this post.

“Planet of the Bass” is a ridiculous parody of Eurodance music I remember hearing as a kid, and it



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Live streamers or anyone who just wants to look a little better on camera can now grab our recommended light for $10 off. Logitech's Litra Glow is back down to its all-time low price of $50, which is 17 percent off the list price of $60. We've seen it drop to this price a few times before, and when it does, it's a good time to buy. This is the light we recommend in our guide to game-streaming gear



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Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose four points to 35 in January, according to the National Association of Homebuilders.
  • The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index slid to 50 in August from 56 in July.
  • The dip from July's 13-month high marked the first decline of 2023.
  • Meanwhile, Bankrate data shows the typical 30



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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to reporters during her trip to China.
  • Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen inadvertently consumed magic mushrooms during a visit to China.
  • Yellen says she didn't trip on the shrooms, and properly cooking them kills the psychedelic properties.
  • The dish sold out at the chain's other locations after Yellen ate there.

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Google’s AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is getting a major new feature: it will be able to summarize articles you’re reading on the web, according to a Google blog post. SGE can already summarize search results for you so that you don’t have to scroll forever to find what you’re looking for, and this new feature is designed to take that



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  • Nividia reports earnings next week, and the chipmaker's results alone could swing the stock market.
  • That's according to Deepwater's Gene Munster, who cited Wall Street's frenzy over artificial intelligence.
  • "All eyes are on their data center number," he told CNBC.

Nvidia's earnings report next week could swing the overall stock market higher



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Today let’s talk — for the last time, I hope — about the derailed martial arts bout between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, and the latter’s reckless threats to visit the Meta CEO at



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Despite having slashed the list prices of the generic version of their insulin to just $25 earlier this year, pharmacies often charge uninsured insulin-requiring patients more — sometimes hundreds more — for the life-sustaining medication, writes Reuters. Amazon Pharmacy aims to help with that by automatically applying coupons to



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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks on the USS Iowa in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States September 15, 2015.
  • The average US president has been charged with 1.9 felonies.
  • The fact is a result of former President Donald Trump being a statistical outlier: he alone has been charged with 91 felonies.
  • He's officially become the "Spiders Georg" of world leaders.

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