Digital Curiosities
Polymarket and Kalshi are using slot machine psychology to addict millions, investigation reveals
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi employ the same psychological tactics slot machines perfected to…
Bastl just raised $700,000 on Kickstarter with a synth disguised as a kalimba — and musicians are obsessed
A Czech synth company's Kickstarter hit $700K by disguising a synthesizer as a thumb piano.…
Two neon submersibles just dove 6,000 meters into the Pacific—and May could change deep-sea science forever
Cheap deep-sea submersibles are unlocking the ocean floor for science and mining. Here's what that…
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Doctors reveal the three unremarkable factors that let flesh-eating amoebas kill a man alive in 2026
A man's death from rare flesh-eating amoebas reveals an unexpected convergence of three ordinary medical factors. What doctors learned.
Marathon players are quietly buying boss kills on eBay to skip the Compiler fight entirely
Players are bypassing Marathon's brutal final boss by purchasing pre-recorded kills on eBay, revealing an underground economy of video game…
Samsung’s secret Jinju smart glasses just leaked with actual photos and $380 price tag
Samsung's unreleased Jinju smart glasses leaked with images and pricing. The AR wearables could launch later in 2026, running Android…
Spanish diplomat’s encrypted letter finally decoded after 166 years of failed attempts
A 166-year cryptography mystery solved: researchers finally crack a Spanish diplomat's encrypted medieval letter that stumped codebreakers for generations.