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Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on August 16
After nights of almost complete darkness, the Moon is finally illuminated enough to be able to spot some lunar features on its…
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Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel
One woman’s meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of noninvasive,…
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Free Kindle books alert: Load your Kindle with 100+ free sci-fi and fantasy books this weekend
TL;DR: The latest Stuff Your Kindle Day takes place on Aug. 15-16. Fantasy and Sci-Fi Worlds, hosted by Book Below, is offering…
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People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them
Human-AI marriages are not currently recognized by US law. Some Republican state policymakers are drafting legislation to keep it that way.
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Wordle today: Answer, hints for August 16, 2026
Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you enjoy French cuisine. If you just want to be told today's word,…
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Amazon Can Use Your Twitch Content to Train Its AI—Unless You Opt Out
When Twitch announced that streamers could opt out, thousands of users questioned why their content was being used to train AI models…
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NYT Pips hints, answers for August 15, 2026
Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique…
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Puerto Rico Is Rationing Water. It Could’ve Avoided It by Harvesting Rainwater
The island could capture billions of gallons of water a year if it implemented systems to catch it as it falls from…
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Mission review: George MacKay is transcendent in this fever dream about living
Content warning: suicide, self-harm.By no means a light watch but an important and timely one, Mission sees a young man struggling to…
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5 Best Apple Watch Bands: Nike, Nomad, and Hermés (2026)
We’ve been testing bands since the first Apple Watch launched in 2015. From silicone sports straps to leather bands, I’ve rounded up…
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