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Best VPNs for torrenting: 5 top picks for speed, privacy, and security

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 1:30 PM

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Google’s new AI app searches ‘anything,’ including your PC

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 1:22 PM

technology

Microsoft tries new trick to dissuade Edge users downloading Chrome

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 12:20 PM

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We love this 1TB SSD that looks like a flash drive — and it’s only $60 now

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 12:08 PM

technology

Grab a pair of fast-charging Anker USB-C cables for just $9 on sale

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 11:59 AM

technology

Keychron introduces world-first all-ceramic mechanical keyboard

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 11:34 AM

technology

World’s earliest known mummies found in Southeast Asia, dating back 14,000 years

By Interesting Engineering | Kaif Shaikh | 9/16/2025 11:28 AM

A team of researchers reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has... ... Read full Story

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Get this 49-inch ultrawide OLED monitor for over $200 off right now

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 11:25 AM

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I bought a $15 ring light to use with my webcam. I wish I’d done it sooner

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 11:00 AM

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Windows 11’s September update is borked, won’t install for some users

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 10:58 AM

technology

Windows Xbox app update now pulls in your Steam and other PC games

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 10:47 AM

technology

Spotify just made this key Premium feature available to free users

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 10:35 AM

technology

Startup to test closed-loop geothermal drilling in US to harness Earth’s heat

By Interesting Engineering | Georgina Jedikovska | 9/16/2025 10:20 AM

A Canadian geothermal company has just landed a USD 38 million investment to launch a... ... Read full Story

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Private Internet Access review: A low-price, high-value VPN

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 10:00 AM

technology

This Ryzen 7 mini PC with 32GB RAM is a banger — and now 25% off

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 9:55 AM

technology

Scientists use ‘radical’ material to create next-gen battery with 1,500 cycle life

By Interesting Engineering | Mrigakshi Dixit | 9/16/2025 9:40 AM

A new material can boost the performance of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the... ... Read full Story

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‘Unprecedented’ eye-tracking could reveal hidden memory in Alzheimer’s patients: Study

By Interesting Engineering | Mrigakshi Dixit | 9/16/2025 9:31 AM

The eyes don’t just see, but these organs remember as well. It turns out eyes... ... Read full Story

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How Formula 1 tech turned CV90 into one of world’s fastest off-road combat tanks

By Interesting Engineering | Kapil Kajal | 9/16/2025 9:28 AM

Formula One isn’t just for racetracks anymore. BAE Systems has transplanted the same active-damping suspension... ... Read full Story

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Engineers design AI-triggered airbag bubble to protect passengers in plane crash

By Interesting Engineering | Sujita Sinha | 9/16/2025 9:16 AM

A team of engineers from BITS Pilani’s Dubai campus has unveiled Project REBIRTH, an AI-powered... ... Read full Story

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Wyze tries its hand at a palm-reading smart lock

By PCWorld | | 9/16/2025 9:00 AM

basketball

The conversation: What have Bucks built around Giannis Antetokounmpo?

by CBS Interactive Inc | Sep 16 2025

connecticut

CT announces ban on ICE arrests in state courthouses

by CT Mirror | Sep 16 2025

exercise

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

by thehealthy.com | Aug 28 2025

fashion

Jason Wu collaborates with Robert Rauschenberg Foundation on art-inspired collection

by NY Post | Sep 15 2025

FFNEWS

The Truth About Fuel Economy – Two Things You Can Actually Control

by FreightWaves | Sep 16 2025

food

Take Ground Beef From Dry To Creamy With One Key Ingredient

by The Daily Meal | Sep 16 2025

football

Kick off Jets’ season with this cool Sauce Gardner bobblehead

by ESNY | Sep 11 2023

game

WoW Cosmetic Bundle Comes With A Whopping 100 Transmog Items

by GameSpot | Sep 16 2025

how_to

Amazon's October Big Deal Days Returns. The Secret to Shop It Without Prime

by CNET | Sep 16 2025

mental

Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

by thehealthy.com | May 28 2025

nutrition

5 Drinks To Help Lower Cholesterol, According to Science

by thehealthy.com | Sep 09 2025

politics

Newark airport operating 'better than ever': United CEO

by The Hill | Sep 16 2025

sports

Pelé's life in pictures

by CNN | Apr 16 2023

travel

DuPage, Chicago’s often overlooked neighbour, can add an extra dimension to the Windy City Experience

by The Travel Magazine | Sep 16 2025

wellness

What Is Fire Cider—And Does It Actually Prevent Cold and Flu Symptoms?

by Self.com | Sep 16 2025

Word of the Day

debunk

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 16, 2025 is:

debunk • \dee-BUNK\ • verb

To debunk something (such as a belief or theory) is to show that it is not true.

// The influencer remained enormously popular despite having the bulk of their health claims thoroughly debunked.

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Examples:

“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025

Did you know?

To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.

Best VPNs for torrenting: 5 top picks for speed, privacy, and security

Google’s new AI app searches ‘anything,’ including your PC

Microsoft tries new trick to dissuade Edge users downloading Chrome

We love this 1TB SSD that looks like a flash drive — and it’s only $60 now

Grab a pair of fast-charging Anker USB-C cables for just $9 on sale

Keychron introduces world-first all-ceramic mechanical keyboard

World’s earliest known mummies found in Southeast Asia, dating back 14,000 years

Get this 49-inch ultrawide OLED monitor for over $200 off right now

I bought a $15 ring light to use with my webcam. I wish I’d done it sooner

Windows 11’s September update is borked, won’t install for some users

Windows Xbox app update now pulls in your Steam and other PC games

Spotify just made this key Premium feature available to free users

Startup to test closed-loop geothermal drilling in US to harness Earth’s heat

Private Internet Access review: A low-price, high-value VPN

This Ryzen 7 mini PC with 32GB RAM is a banger — and now 25% off

Scientists use ‘radical’ material to create next-gen battery with 1,500 cycle life

‘Unprecedented’ eye-tracking could reveal hidden memory in Alzheimer’s patients: Study

How Formula 1 tech turned CV90 into one of world’s fastest off-road combat tanks

Engineers design AI-triggered airbag bubble to protect passengers in plane crash

Wyze tries its hand at a palm-reading smart lock

The conversation: What have Bucks built around Giannis Antetokounmpo?

CT announces ban on ICE arrests in state courthouses

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

Jason Wu collaborates with Robert Rauschenberg Foundation on art-inspired collection

The Truth About Fuel Economy – Two Things You Can Actually Control

Take Ground Beef From Dry To Creamy With One Key Ingredient

Kick off Jets’ season with this cool Sauce Gardner bobblehead

WoW Cosmetic Bundle Comes With A Whopping 100 Transmog Items

Amazon's October Big Deal Days Returns. The Secret to Shop It Without Prime

Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

5 Drinks To Help Lower Cholesterol, According to Science

Newark airport operating 'better than ever': United CEO

Pelé's life in pictures

DuPage, Chicago’s often overlooked neighbour, can add an extra dimension to the Windy City Experience

What Is Fire Cider—And Does It Actually Prevent Cold and Flu Symptoms?

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Impulse purchase from car wash earns Illinois dad $1M lottery prize

2.Watch: Hilda Baci cooks up nearly 20,000-pound serving of jollof rice

3.Cheating scandal nearly sinks World Stone Skimming Championships

4.Look: Loose boa constrictor found slithering across Pennsylvania road

5.Watch: Cows escape pasture, block road in Oregon neighborhood

6.Pennsylvania police pursue pigs on the loose near country club

7.Watch: Connecticut city breaks record for world's largest pizza party

8.Illinois player learns of their own lottery win from the rumor mill

9.Peru wins viral “World Cup of Breakfasts” with pan con chicharrón

10.Watch: Florida woman punches alligator to rescue her dog