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Mario Paint is one of the most underrated Super Nintendo games

What other game could you paint, make music and swat a giant robotic fly?

/gaming

How a decades-old video game has helped me defeat the doomscroll

Trading social media for Pokémon battles and evolutions in Kanto on a Game Boy Advance has been surprisingly serene.

/videos

Everyone Turned On Windows. Microsoft Is Panicking

They are brainstorming ways to trick users into using features they've opted out of.

/aww

Britain's 'loneliest' sheep Fiona gives birth for first time

This news article reports that Fiona, Britain's 'loneliest' sheep who was rescued from a steep cliff in 2023, has given birth to twins at Dalscone Farm in Dumfries, Scotland. The lambs, one male and one female, are Fiona's first offspring, and the farm is currently brainstorming names for them. Fiona, who was named after the animated character Shrek's wife, has been monitored closely since her rescue and has also helped raise awareness about loneliness in farming.

/politics

Trump's EPA will end the basis for federal climate actions

On Thursday, the Trump administration will rescind the central scientific finding that underpins much of the nation's climate pollution rules, its most aggressive action yet to halt initiatives that address planetary warming.

/technology

World's Dumbest People Think They Can Solve the Nancy Guthrie Ransom Case With Grok

“Hey @grok remove the kidnapper's mask and show us what he looks like."

/videos

16h

Rebecca Black’s Friday turns 15

Happy Friday!

/news

19h

Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show

Elon Musk’s younger brother and the woman were involved for about six months between 2012 and 2013

/food

19h

RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees

The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines.

/sports

22h

Legendary Olympic Cross-Country Skier Had Everyone in Awe By Sprinting Up a Hill

Keep running up that hill.

/nostalgia

22h

The Windows Media Player green head skin is still burned in my brain

Never forget what they took from you.

/gadgets

23h

I tried Nothing's AI app builder — and ended up with a screaming tea timer

Way cool.

/news

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next

ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

/coffee

Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk

Just brew it.

/earth

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off. The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since

/technology

With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

/videos

Why There Are So Many Image Formats

Not a webp file!

/finance

ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads

OpenAI has started testing ads on its AI platform, ChatGPT, for users on its Free and Go plans. These ads will appear as 'sponsored' links at the bottom of responses. However, users can opt out of ads on the Free plan in exchange for fewer daily messages. Users on the Go plan cannot opt out but can still dismiss ads, share feedback, and turn off ad personalization. Ads will not be shown to users under 18 or in conversations on sensitive topics. Plus plan subscribers, who pay at least $20 per month, will not see any ads.

/gadgets

Here's how to disable Ring's creepy Search Party feature

Ring's Super Bowl ad alerted many people to the company's Search Party feature, which is basically neighborhood surveillance. Here's how to disable it.

/news

The Washington Post and the tragic decline of newspapers

RIP newspapers.

/earth

The air that you're breathing in New York was literally over the North Pole 10 days ago

Arctic blast. 💨

/sports

American Football Is Bigger Than Ever. It’s Also Dying.

In ‘Football,’ Chuck Klosterman argues that the sport’s violence and made-for-TV pacing drove its success, but may now be pushing it toward irrelevance.

/earth

Energy Star has emerged stronger after Trump's EPA tried to end it

After the Trump administration attempted to end or privatize the Energy Star program, Congress passed and President Trump signed a bipartisan budget bill that fully funds the program, potentially strengthening it. The program, which awards the Energy Star logo to the most efficient appliances, has saved Americans over $500 billion in energy costs since 1992. Despite the funding, the program faces staffing challenges and advocates are monitoring the EPA's management of the program with the new funding.

/finance

Mario Paint is one of the most underrated Super Nintendo games

How a decades-old video game has helped me defeat the doomscroll

Everyone Turned On Windows. Microsoft Is Panicking

Britain's 'loneliest' sheep Fiona gives birth for first time

Trump's EPA will end the basis for federal climate actions

World's Dumbest People Think They Can Solve the Nancy Guthrie Ransom Case With Grok

Rebecca Black’s Friday turns 15

Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show

RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees

Legendary Olympic Cross-Country Skier Had Everyone in Awe By Sprinting Up a Hill

The Windows Media Player green head skin is still burned in my brain

I tried Nothing's AI app builder — and ended up with a screaming tea timer

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next

Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet

Why There Are So Many Image Formats

ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads

Here's how to disable Ring's creepy Search Party feature

The Washington Post and the tragic decline of newspapers

The air that you're breathing in New York was literally over the North Pole 10 days ago

American Football Is Bigger Than Ever. It’s Also Dying.

Energy Star has emerged stronger after Trump's EPA tried to end it

The typical U.S. worker has $955 saved for retirement, report finds

Twitter is not real life - by Lakshya Jain

Apps used the most in the United States by age, visualized

Here's a size comparison between an iPhone 5 and a iPhone 17

Explaining Nardwuar: How a former guerrilla journalist became an unlikely icon

The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files

February 5, 1996 cover of Businessweek