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DuckDuckGo's "Normal F***ing Sunglasses" sell out in a day
DuckDuckGo is well-known for its privacy-oriented search engine , but a pivot into fashion proved a big hit this week.
 • Rob Beschizza
There's now a $69 pair of shoes designed only for using the toilet
Sh*t Shoes are seven-inch platform heels meant only for sitting on the toilet, and they cost $69 to pre-order.
 • Gail P Sherman
This winning design looks like it wandered out of a fantasy film
MVRDV won a competition to design Rotterdam's Shift Embassy, a bulbous building with a living, holed exterior.
 • Gail P Sherman
Trailer drops for X-Files: I Want to Believe's R-rated cut
A new trailer reveals a director's cut of X-Files: I Want to Believe, restoring scenes cut for its PG-13 rating.
 • Gail P Sherman
This phone keyboard attachment is well-made but still too heavy
The Clicks Power Keyboard charges your phone and adds a real keyboard, but its weight makes it hard to hold.
 • Séamus Bellamy
BMWs are showing a commercial at startup
BMW owners are starting their cars to find a Spider-Man movie ad on the dashboard screen instead of a festive animation.
 • Gail P Sherman
MagSafe battery packs can charge AirPods and other earbuds too
A writer discovered his AirPods Pro 3 charge just by touching his MagSafe battery pack, no cable needed.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Grim Reaper fined £200 for standing on hospital roof staring at people
A man who stood on the roof of a hospital dressed like the Grim Reaper (or a crow, as he claims) has pleaded guilty to being a nuisance on NHS premises…
 • Rob Beschizza
Signal now works on more than one phone at once
Signal now supports linking more than one phone to a single account, on top of already-supported PCs and iPads.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Man fined for dressing as Grim Reaper outside Welsh hospital
A Welsh man dressed as the Grim Reaper stood on a hospital roof, staring into patient windows until police showed up.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Tom the Dancing Bug: The Top-Secret Truth about Trump and the Reflecting Pool
Ruben Bolling offers eight collected volumes and an Inner Hive subscription that delivers each week's strip before it publishes anywhere else.
 • Ruben Bolling
He disclosed ketamine therapy in a trust exercise. Netflix fired him.
The $1.1m-a-year Eyeline Studios exec says a Netflix attorney confirmed his ketamine disclosure factored into the April firing.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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