I met Vitus “V” Spehar — the face behind Under the Desk News — a year ago in Washington, DC. I was on location with The Verge filming the TikTok senate hearing along with interviews with senators and content creators for a Verge video about the looming ban. And when we interviewed V outside of the Capitol, V said that TikTok was useful for channels like their own — a news channel that was started because they didn’t believe traditional news sources were accessible enough to younger audiences.... Читать дальше...
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Microsoft is launching its Xbox TV app on Amazon’s Fire TV Sticks in July. The Xbox app will provide access to Xbox Cloud Gaming so subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate can stream a variety of games directly to Fire TV devices.
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On today’s episode of Decoder, we’re talking about money and politics — always a good time — and how they come together in the form of lobbying in America. It’s hard to imagine a time when the influence of big corporations and mouthy billionaires didn’t touch every part of American politics, but the kind of lobbying we have now didn’t really exist before the 1970s.
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A former Toyota worker recently warned viewers on TikTok about two issues with his 2025 Toyota Camry that may put a damper on Toyota's sterling reputation.
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Cesáreo Moreno approaches a stone carved statue inside the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen and calls her a “superstar.” She’s wearing knee pads, jewelry and a headdress — and holding a severed head.
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It was the late 1980s and early 1990s, and Don De Grazia was living at a YMCA, taking creative writing classes at Columbia College Chicago, working as a bouncer at Metro and writing a novel.
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Paul McCartney had some of the biggest names in showbiz round for a wild party and one attendee, Jimmy Kimmel, has revealed just what it was like.
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Off day links!
Good morning, foLLks, and happy Thursday! After a grueling stretch of 39 games in 41 days, the Mariners have the day off as they head back to the PNW for the next homestand. In the meantime, we have a fresh batch of links!
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Good morning A’s fans! No game today but that may be a good thing with the losing streak they’re on right now.
Both sides of the ball aren’t playing their best during this most recent skid. The pitching staff has given up 30 runs over the past five losses, averaging six runs allowed. Now, 14 of those runs came from just two pitchers, JP Sears (8) and Mitch Spence (6), but the rest of the staff hasn’t exactly been pitching their best either. Читать дальше...
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The losses are mounting for Kansas City and may push them into seller territory soon.
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