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  • newReese's heir accuses Hershey of cutting corners
    The grandson of the man who invented the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup has a message for Hershey: that's not milk chocolate, and it's definitely not peanut butter.Brad Reese, 70, said in a Feb. 14 letter to Hershey's corporate brand manager that for mu…
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  • newGet MS Office 2019 Pro for just $20 
    TL;DR: Take back your ownership with this Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows Lifetime License—now just $19.97 (reg. $229). The thing about older products is that they're built to last. The same applies to software too. This is w…
    - 4 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 10:00pm -
  • newA nose for justice: the FBI's tech-sniffing dog
    When the FBI needed proof in the 2016 Chelsea bombing case, it didn't turn to a new algorithm or a breakthrough surveillance tool. It turned to a black Lab named Iris.We met Iris and Calandra on a rare visit to the FBI's Newark, New Jersey, headqua…
    - 4 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 9:29pm -
  • newSaudi cash fuels Musk's next frontier
    Elon Musk's crap factory xAI has secured a $3 billion investment from Saudi-backed HUMAIN, converting the stake into shares of the soon-to-be combined xAI–SpaceX entity. A kingdom-supported investor is now a significant minority owner in the same c…
    - 6 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 7:14pm -
  • newA nasal spray that fights all viruses, bacteria, and even allergies
    For more than 200 years, vaccines have worked the same way: teach your immune system to recognize a specific invader, then wait. Stanford researchers are trying something fundamentally different — a nasal spray that skips the teaching and just puts…
    - 6 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 7:10pm -
  • newModerate exercise works about as well as therapy for depression
    Moderate-intensity exercise has "a similar effect on depressive symptoms" as psychotherapy, according to Medical Xpress. Not high-intensity, gut-busting workouts — moderate stuff, like brisk walks, swimming laps, or riding a bike without pretending…
    - 7 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 6:59pm -
  • newCat owner spends $20,000 and wears a helmet to feed their cat
    Somewhere in Illinois, a person puts on a helmet and shin guards every day just to feed their cat. Not as a bit. Because the cat will latch onto their leg and claw its way up to their neck if they don't. — Read the rest The post Cat owner spends $…
    - 7 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 6:57pm -
  • newScared deer trusts firefighter
    A deer became stuck on the slippery ice at Loon Lake, Washington. A firefighter was able to calmly walk out, hug the deer, and rescue it.I am not sure I'd want to hug any wild animal. The ticks and the chance of a kick are pretty high. — Read…
    - 8 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 6:07pm -
  • newHUD wants to evict 37,000 citizen kids over their parents' papers
    Undocumented immigrants in federally subsidized housing already get zero rental assistance. Their citizen family members receive the aid, and mixed-status households pay higher rent to offset the ineligible members. HUD wants to evict them all anyway…
    - 8 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 6:01pm -
  • newApparently, women are just assets with title issues
    Women are now just like a used car. If a woman wants to vote, Republican Rep. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin says they should just change their title registration at the DMV, because everyone loves going to the DMV. Reducing women to paperwork is an inter…
    - 8 hours ago 20 Feb 26, 5:50pm -