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Super Bowser now has his own 2,807-piece Lego Mario set
How tall is Bowser, the fire-breathing dragon-turtle-lizard thing who regularly roils the Mushroom Kingdom as Mario’s chief nemesis? It is…
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Hennessey Says Its Six-Wheel-Drive GT Will Have 2,000+ HP, 620-Mile Range
The power figures of mainstream production vehicles have become completely bonkers. Whether it’s muscle cars with 700 hp or electric…
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Daywatch: A new normal begins to emerge in a deeply wounded Highland Park
Good morning, Chicago. Days after a mass shooting that killed seven people, how does a community like Highland Park begin…
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CD Projekt Red launches single player Gwent: Rogue Mage on PC, iOS, and Android
CD Projekt Red has launched new single player title based on the Gwent card game from The Witcher series. Gwent:…
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‘It’s going to be hard’: A new normal begins to emerge in a deeply wounded Highland Park
The rhythms of normal life began to sound again in Highland Park Wednesday morning. Two restaurants along the parade route…
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FBI and MI5: ‘The Chinese government is set on stealing your technology’
The heads of the FBI and UK domestic security service shared a platform for the first time to issue dire…
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No, a Chinese automaker isn’t selling more EVs than Tesla
The Tesla haters were out in full force this morning with news that Chinese automaker BYD had toppled Tesla to…
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Florida ice cream possible source of listeria outbreak that killed Illinois woman, CDC says
MIAMI — The estate of an Illinois woman who died earlier this year from a listeria infection filed a federal…
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Ravinia Festival cancels concerts through Sunday in response to the mass shooting in Highland Park
The Ravinia Festival in Highland Park announced Wednesday it would cancel shows through Sunday in response to the mass shooting…
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Solution to Riddle of the Week #40: The Unfair Coin
The solution does not involve altering the coin in any way. You will need to flip it more than once…
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Jerry Harris of ‘Cheer’ sentenced to 12 years in prison for sex crimes involving minors
Jerry Harris, the former star of hit Netflix docuseries “Cheer,” has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for…
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Still a Sellers’ Market, Even as New Vehicle Sales Fall in the First Half of ‘22
General Motors returned to top of the sales list for the first half of 2022 after slipping behind Toyota for…
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Park Ridge residents express anger over child of color being pinned to pavement; police chief asks for witnesses
Park Ridge residents packed a city council meeting Tuesday to express anger over an incident in which a man identified…
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Why Giant Prehistoric Insects Ruled Earth Before the Dinosaurs
The Paleozoic Era (541 million years ago to 252 million years ago) featured enough atmospheric oxygen to support mega-sized superbugs.…
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‘Love will prevail’ and ‘Highwood strong,’ say supportive neighbors during vigil for Highland Park rampage victims
What’s usually an upbeat Wednesday Evening Market in Highwood was converted into a candlelight vigil as the city showed its…
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Elon Musk Supports This 3D-Printed Sneaker Company. Now, They Need Your Help
Zellerfeld isn’t your usual sneaker company. Sure, Zellerfeld sneakers exist—namely, one with promising designer Heron Preston—but its founders don’t see…
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Highland Park police ‘clear and present danger’ warning insufficient to keep alleged parade shooter from purchasing rifle, state police say
Two days after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade shocked the country and put renewed focus…
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A Sawhorse Don’t Seem Like a Workshop Necessity, But It’ll Become One of Your Favorite DIY Tools
Trevor Raab POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics.…
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They helped people during the Highland Park shooting. But they don’t want praise: ‘I did what anyone else would have done’
When Lindsay Meltzer ushered approximately 100 people into the basement of Bright Bowls — the business she has operated on…
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Blizzard will bring back BlizzCon in 2023
It’s been a few years since Blizzard has hosted an in-person version of BlizzCon, its fan convention, but it sounds…
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Family member of Gary Mayor Jerome Prince among shooting victims at holiday block party
A family member of Mayor Jerome Prince died early Tuesday in a mass shooting at a holiday block party. A…
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God bless the EU for forcing Amazon to intro two-click Prime in the EU
The pain of unsubscribing from Amazon Prime is over – at least if you live in Europe. There’s definitely power…
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Family of Eduardo Uvaldo, the seventh victim in Highland Park shooting, ‘prayed for a miracle’
The family of Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, prayed for a miracle after the grandfather was shot while attending the Highland Park…
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Federal Reserve says sharply higher rates may be needed to quell inflation
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were increasingly anticipating higher inflation, and they signaled…
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Sorry, so LimeWire is now a dumping ground for celebrity NFTs?
I have fond memories of hanging out at my childhood friend’s house and watching as she downloaded thousands of pirated…
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More than 300 have sought counseling offered by Highland Park area school districts after parade mass shooting
In the wake of the July 4 mass shooting which claimed the lives of seven people in Highland Park, Township…
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Games Done Quick bans Metal Gear speedrunner for faking world record
The joy of Summer Games Done Quick raising $3.01 million for Doctors Without Borders has been marred with a bit…
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How L-Acoustics brings the sweet sound of spatial audio to the masses
For most of our lives, stereo has been the primary way of rendering the music we consume. Immersive audio systems…
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Solution: Can You Solve the Age of This Dead Mathematician?
Richard T. NowitzGetty Images ➡ The Problem One of the titans of Number Theory—the study of natural numbers and their…
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IBM’s gobbling up AI companies left and right — and we love it
Big Blue’s been on a buying spree lately with Databand.ai, a big data startup, becoming its latest acquisition. Don’t blink.…
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Electric appliances, which cause fewer greenhouse gas emissions, would get a boost under proposed Chicago ordinance
Electric appliances, which emit less planet-warming carbon dioxide than those powered by natural gas, would get a boost under an…
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The 10 Best Hoverboards You Can Buy Right Now
Popular Mechanics; Courtesy Gyroor Whether you’re looking for a way to get from point A to point B or simply…
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Fugitive slave Jim Gray’s dramatic escape from Ottawa will be commemorated during dedication of historical marker on Fourth of July. ‘Has he done anything but want to be free?’
The tale of how residents of Ottawa, Illinois, helped a fugitive slave escape to freedom marks a transitional phase in…
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Up before sunrise? See a rare 5-planet alignment before the end of June
For the first time since December 2004, five planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — have moved into…
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Instagram says it’ll stop supporting the IGTV app
Instagram has announced that it will no longer be supporting the separate IGTV app, saying in a blog post that…
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Another one (Gimlet podcast) bites the dust (goes exclusive)
Hello again, welcome to the first week of October. I’m loving the spooky vibes and strong pumpkin energy the fall…
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How to watch Netflix’s major Tudum event today
Netflix is kicking off a massive fan event today. Tudum — named for the ubiquitous chime that plays before Netflix…
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Guardians of the Galaxy is part action RPG, part dysfunctional family simulator
Guardians of the Galaxy, Square Enix’s latest attempt at adapting a Marvel franchise into a successful video game, is best…
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Learning Python? Here are 5 cool jobs to consider in 2021
Choosing which programming language to specialize in is a moment that can really define your career. Whether you’re a newbie…
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A chaotic intro to all this machine learning hoo-ha everyone’s on about
You are dying. The reason why doesn’t matter. Maybe it’s that you spent all your best years with your nose…
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How small developers compete with the defaults on your phone
James Thomson started developing PCalc in 1992 as a way to learn to program for the Mac. Since then, he’s…
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The most popular posts on Facebook are plagiarized
The conventional wisdom around the “widely viewed content report” that Facebook released last week is that it obscured more than…
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YouTube is forcing the popular Groovy Discord music bot offline
Google-owned YouTube is starting to crack down on Discord music bots. The search giant has sent a cease and desist…
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The 7 Best Gaming Desks
Staff, Courtesy of Thermaltake Gaming desks offer sturdy and reliable surfaces on which you can set up the perfect game…
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What Really Happened at 777 Pine Street?
We walked into the house for the first time on an impeccable autumn afternoon, the kind where the light takes…
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The Fatal Engineering Flaw Behind the Deadliest Building Collapse in U.S. History
Mark Williams remembers his ankles resting beside his head. He was lying facedown on the floor of a hotel lobby,…
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USS Independence Is Taking an Early Retirement (After Just 11 Years in Service)
Last month, the Navy decommissioned the littoral combat ship USS Independence. Designed for the post-9/11 world, the ship served for…
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A Guy Hid a Real WWII Panther Tank in His Basement. Now, There Are Consequences.
picture allianceGetty Images German authorities are trying to figure out what to do with a tank seized in 2015. The…
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The Popular Mechanics 2021 Home Awards
Staff Our homes have become our whole lives—our workspaces and classrooms, theaters and restaurants, gyms, and shopping malls. These products,…
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Watch a Tiny Nuke Throw a Tower of Water More Than a Half-Mile High
Atomic Tests Channel/YouTube In 1958, the U.S. military detonated a nuclear bomb underwater. A remastered video shows the raw power…
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