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News Image The Putt-Putt champions of the internet

In September of 2023, Danny and Steven Sanicki played a round of minigolf. The Sanickis are twins, are both competitive golfers, and were budding content creators at the time, so of course they filmed the whole round. Danny edited the footage on his phone, recorded a quick commentary track, slapped a scoreboard over top of the video, and posted the tournament as a six-part series on his TikTok channel. Neither brother really expected anything to happen. The videos went viral. And since then, the Sanicki twins have been posting tournaments every day, bringing new friends into the fold, and building out a Putt-Putt empire all around the web. They built a complex system of tournaments and points, started awarding money to winners, and began...

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Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which top U.S. officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.” In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials said Chinese government-backed hackers have been burrowing deep into the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure, including water, energy […]

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There are 40,000 houses fewer for sale annually due to homeowners moving less

One of the reasons that the housing market is getting stuck is that fewer homeowners are moving to a different home.

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News Image MSI Vision Elite RS Review: A Vision of Gaming Perfection

With S-tier horsepower and a gorgeous, curved glass case, this is one prebuilt gaming PC that looks as good as it performs.

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Video: A look at Amsterdam in centuries past as city nears 750th birthday

Filmmaker and artist Bob de Jong made a video in which historical Amsterdam comes to life, using AI to bring life to paintings of the city in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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News Image On Running Cloudboom Strike LS Review: More Bounces for Less Ounces

The On Running Cloudboom Strike LS marathon shoes are sprayed together by robots.

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This three-person robotics startup is working with designer Yves Béhar to bring humanoids home

It’s hard to know where to focus when speaking to Christoph Kohstall. The contents of his packed Palo Alto garage compete for attention. To his immediate right stands a tower of electrical components, dotted with flashing lights. To his left is a workbench and the tops of machining tools. A red industrial girder runs along […]

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News Image Post Prime Day, MagellanTV Lifetime Subscription is Available For $159 Instead of $1,000

MagellanTV is offering a lifetime subscription featuring over 3,000 documentaries for just $159.

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News Image The Best Curling Irons of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

We tried the most popular curling irons on the market, and here are the 11 that stood out.

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First Dutch housing estate to do laundry, flush toilets with rain water

For the first time in the Netherlands, a new housing estate is being built with a rainwater tank under each house.

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News Image Lebanon: IDF tanks force entry into UN peacekeeping position, UNIFIL reports

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tanks forcibly entered a United Nations position in southern Lebanon early Sunday morning, with UN peacekeepers at the same location also “suffering effects” from smoke after several rounds were fired in its vicinity, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has reported.

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