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NES and SNES mini consoles as corporate lifeline
Nintendo used the NES and SNES Classic systems as short‑term revenue and engagement tools to stabilize the business during the Wii U slump, according to former executive Reggie Fils-Aime.
2026-05-24
Suspected Ebola kills Red Cross volunteers
Several Red Cross volunteers in DR Congo have died from suspected Ebola infections believed to have been acquired before the latest outbreak was formally detected.
2026-05-24
US bars some green-card holders over Ebola
US authorities have temporarily barred some green-card holders who recently stayed in three Ebola-affected African countries from entering, tightening border health controls.
2026-05-24
Travel
Entertainment
Eye-Level Party Levels Every Guest
An Oakland event used custom foam platforms to equalize guests’ height, turning a casual party into a live experiment in status, posture and eye contact.
2026-05-04
Why Nintendo Keeps Super Mario Galaxy Movie Racing
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto argues the rapid pace of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie mirrors game design, trading character pauses for dense visual action to hold broad, impatient audiences.
2026-05-03
Letterboxd Owner Quietly Tests the Exit Door
Letterboxd’s controlling investor is exploring a stake sale, forcing the film-focused social platform to weigh new ownership, fresh capital and the risk of losing its loyal cinephile identity.
2026-04-27
Animal
Technology
Lockdown tools against consumer spyware
Apple, Google, and Meta now ship hardened modes that restrict risky features, shrink attack surfaces, and protect users from targeted spyware campaigns.
2026-05-24
Apple Quietly Preps New Gen AI Web Hub
Apple is preparing a genai.apple.com subdomain ahead of WWDC, signaling a distinct branding track for generative AI alongside its existing Apple Intelligence page.
2026-05-24
Google’s Pixel Icons Hit the Disco Floor
Google is rolling out a disco-ball themed icon pack for Pixel, letting users coat the entire homescreen in mirrored shimmer while openly questioning if the glitter is still desirable.
2026-05-23
Car
Health
U.S. Expands Ebola Screening To Atlanta
U.S. health officials added an Atlanta area airport to existing Ebola entry screening, joining Dulles as a gateway where returning citizens face targeted symptom and exposure checks.
2026-05-24
Sepsis: The Deadly Emergency Few People See Coming
Sepsis silently turns ordinary infections into life‑threatening organ failure, killing hundreds of thousands while remaining absent from standard cause‑of‑death lists.
2026-05-24
Three Red Cross Ebola Deaths in Uganda
Three Red Cross volunteers in Uganda have died from Ebola after a mission to DR Congo, as health officials report rising infections and widen surveillance.
2026-05-24
Delicacy
ACGN
Maryland confirms imported measles case
Maryland health officials confirmed an imported measles case in a Baltimore-area resident who traveled abroad and are tracing contacts and urging MMR vaccination.
2026-04-20
Five surreal sci-fi anime for a Pragmata mood
Pragmata’s eerie, low-orbit isolation has clear cousins in five surreal sci-fi anime that mix cosmic dread, fragile humanity and brutal visual imagination.
2026-04-19
Capturing Affection Through Lenses
2024-04-03