An Elegant Weapon, For a More Civilized Age

This week’s episode of Ahsoka gave its titular hero one last opportunity to learn from a Master with a lot to learn himself, as Ahsoka’s time-bending trip through her life took her side by side, and up against, Anakin Skywalker. But in doing so, both Master and Apprentice alike looked to a future for themselves beyond…

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Hurricane Lee Set To Hit Just Days After Flooding And Tornadoes In New England

The storm is projected to be more than 400 miles wide with tropical-storm-force winds when it reaches land creating worries of power outages in Maine

An Elegant Weapon, For a More Civilized Age

This week’s episode of Ahsoka gave its titular hero one last opportunity to learn from a Master with a lot to learn himself, as Ahsoka’s time-bending trip through her life took her side by side, and up against, Anakin Skywalker. But in doing so, both Master and Apprentice alike looked to a future for themselves beyond…

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You May Need to Wait Until Late October to Receive Your New iPhone 15 Pro Max

If you haven’t already pre-ordered Apple’s upcoming iPhone 15 set to drop Sept. 22, then you should know you could be waiting several weeks before your new phone comes directly to your door.

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Jonathan Frakes Wants to Be the Charlie's Angels of Rikers If a Picard Sequel Happens

Picard’s final season wrapped up earlier this year with a fond farewell to the cast of The Next Generation, but that hasn’t stopped audiences—or the cast themselves—pondering what ever could be next. Now it’s the turn of Riker himself, Jonathan Frakes, to imagine what might be next for him and his Imzadi.

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Maui Wildfire Death Toll Lowered To 97 Following DNA Analysis

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Motorized Standing Desk: Working on the Go

Madman Joel Hartlaub of the YouTube channel Joel Creates modded a Flexispot adjustable standing desk with solar-powered motors that make the desk constantly drive forward, so you have to walk behind it in order to work. And he edited this entire video while using the desk outside!

The mobile desk includes cupholders, a rearview camera, and an ever-important junk drawer. Joel walked around 100 miles while completing all the editing for the video. That is impressive. For reference, I have walked 0 miles while writing articles, and I plan to keep it that way. And not just because I’m clumsy and can’t walk and chew gum at the same time without getting it in my hair, but my wife is tired of cutting it out.

Could he have just placed a stationary standing desk in front of a treadmill? Sure, but then he wouldn’t be getting the fresh air and vitamin D3 the great outdoors has to offer. Or all the strange looks from people. And isn’t that what really matters – people wondering if you’re a crazy person?

[via The Awesomer]

Jonathan Frakes Wants to Be the Charlie's Angels of Rikers If a Picard Sequel Happens

Picard’s final season wrapped up earlier this year with a fond farewell to the cast of The Next Generation, but that hasn’t stopped audiences—or the cast themselves—pondering what ever could be next. Now it’s the turn of Riker himself, Jonathan Frakes, to imagine what might be next for him and his Imzadi.

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TikTok Slapped with $367 Million Fine Over Bungled Kids' Data

Everyone’s favorite app is definitely not in the good graces of the European Union. Irish regulators just hit the massive video-sharing platform with a $367 million fine for mishandling child users’ data and gave the app three months to fix it.

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How Drew Barrymore Went From Hollywood Darling To Scab In The Blink Of An Eye

In this week’s Culture Catchall, we’re talking VMAs, Hasan Minhaj’s fake Anthrax story and Drew Barrymore’s fall from grace.