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Built for Speed: Theo Niess' Honda CR250 Powered Hyperbike

Every so often, the boundaries between the bicycle and motorcycle worlds become… (more…)

North Carolina budget advances 6% tax on prediction market operators

North Carolina lawmakers advanced a wide-ranging budget bill Wednesday that would create a new tax on prediction market operators while… Continue reading North Carolina budget advances 6% tax on prediction market operators The post North Carolina budget advances 6% tax on prediction market operators appeared first on ReadWrite. (more…)

Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware

The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers. (more…)

Achieving operational excellence with AI

Frameworks like Lean Six Sigma and business process management (BPM) first gained traction because they promised clarity in the chaos—a structured way to bring order to messy, sprawling operations. Lean Six Sigma emphasized statistical rigor and quality control; BPM created end-to-end maps of how work should flow across departments. Both offered a repeatable way to… (more…)

Letter: chip sector group SEMI, including Micron and Samsung, warns Scott Bessent US policies affecting prices or production capacity would worsen the shortage (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)

Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: Letter: chip sector group SEMI, including Micron and Samsung, warns Scott Bessent US policies affecting prices or production capacity would worsen the shortage — Government attempts to address the global memory chip shortage by influencing prices or production capacity would worsen … (more…)

Uplift Parsons review: A dream standing desk that fits almost any workspace with elegance and ease

The Uplift Parsons is a fully customizable desk, from fairly compact to expansive, with more accessories and editable features than you’ll know what to do with (more…)

Bike Check: Simon Andreassen's Customized Orbea Oiz

125mm of rear travel and a steeper head angle than stock set Andreassen’s Oiz apart from the rest.( Photos: 30, Comments: 32 ) (more…)

No place like home

At the end of the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, after defeating the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy Gale squeezes her eyes tightly shut, clicks the heels of her ruby slippers together, and whispers, “There’s no place like home.” And she was right. Eighty-seven years after cinema audiences were thrilled by thatContinue reading “No place like home” The post No place like home appeared first…

Good Morning, Earth!

NASA astronaut Chris Williams took this photo of an orbital sunrise from the International Space Station on June 26, 2026. In 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets. Learn more about the orbiting laboratory. Image credit: NASA/Chris Williams (more…)

Astronomers discover a potentially habitable planet just 25 light-years away. 'This one is exciting'

Astronomers discovered a planet 25 light-years away that orbits within the habitable zone of its star that could potentially support liquid water and possibly life. (more…)

Acid Trip: Mayerl Motorcycles Harley-Davidson Shovelhead Chopper

If you spend any time scrolling through the digital archives of Mayerl Motorcycl… (more…)

T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit

T-Mobile wants Broadcom to keep supporting its VMware perpetual licenses. (more…)

LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.

Let’s start with a game. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini—and type “Give me a random number between 1 and 10.” You’re going to get 7. Almost always. Now type “Another” and you’ll get 3 or 4. Type “Another” again and you’ll get 8 or 9. That won’t work every time—but if it… (more…)

India-based short video app ShareChat's parent company Mohalla Tech plans to raise up to $400M in an IPO in 2027; ShareChat has ~65M micro-drama viewers monthly (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: India-based short video app ShareChat’s parent company Mohalla Tech plans to raise up to $400M in an IPO in 2027; ShareChat has ~65M micro-drama viewers monthly — Mohalla Tech Pvt., which operates social network ShareChat, short-video platform Moj and subscription-based micro-drama app QuickTV … (more…)

Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub review: This sleek and durable dock transformed my two-port laptop into a capable desktop workstation

Boost the connection options for your slimline laptop with this USB hub that will boost your port options to 10, including impressive 2.5GbE Ethernet and HDMI 2.1. (more…)

16 Rare and Funky Finds from the Pinkbike BuySell

Bikes from Brooklyn Machine Works, Evil, Turner, Sinister, and more.( Photos: 17, Comments: 32 ) (more…)

NASA Seeks Volunteers for New Yearlong Simulated Moon, Mars Mission

NASA is recruiting research participants for the agency’s next simulated deep space mission. Beginning no earlier than August 2027, research volunteers will spend one year living and working in interplanetary environments at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, operating under isolated conditions expected during crewed missions to the Moon or Red Planet. Insights from this […] (more…)

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