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Hideo Kojima has “learned so many ways to kill people”

Hideo Kojima has “learned so many ways to kill people”

Buried in the fuzz of an otherwise unstartling SSENSE interview with Hideo Kojima, a sudden spike of violence. “People who are making military games, they probably don’t know how to dismantle a gun or shoot a gun,” said the Metal Gear man, in amongst pictures of himself dressed as various Minecraft skinpacks. “So that’s kind of sad.” Does Kojima know …

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The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work – The Washington Post

The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work  The Washington Post Why a federal program paying employees not to work may violate spending laws  Government Executive About 154,000 federal workers took Trump administration’s buyout offers, source says  Reuters More Than 150,000 Federal Workers Accepted Trump’s Resignation Incentives  The New York Times Federal government paying 154K not to work: Report  The Hill …

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Dotdash Meredith is now People Inc.

Dotdash Meredith is now People Inc.

NEW YORK, July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Dotdash Meredith, the largest digital and print publisher in America, announced it is now People Inc. The new name represents the next chapter for the owner of iconic media brands including PEOPLE, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Allrecipes, Better Homes & Gardens, InStyle, Verywell, Entertainment Weekly, and Southern Living.  People Inc. boldly …

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How Do People Actually Afford These Big Vacations to Europe?

How Do People Actually Afford These Big Vacations to Europe?

My Two Cents Personal-finance columnist Charlotte Cowles asks the nosy, revealing, sometimes uncomfortable questions about money so you don’t have to. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images “I’m seeing all these people jet off to France or Greece for weeks, and I can’t figure it out,” says Victoria, a 30-year-old corporate consultant in New York. “These are people who …

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Valve boss Gabe Newell says passion wasn’t enough to create Steam, Half-Life, and Portal: “Have people around you that you can trust”

Valve boss Gabe Newell says passion wasn’t enough to create Steam, Half-Life, and Portal: “Have people around you that you can trust”

Steam, like Rome, wasn’t built in a day. And just like the ancient city itself, for many of us, it feels like it’s always been a part of our lives. Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve, the company that made Half-Life, Portal, and PC’s biggest gaming storefront, gave a rare interview and shared a tip for how to succeed: …

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Beta-HPV can directly cause skin cancer in immunocompromised people

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 NIH case study finds virus drives creation of cancer cells in context of defective T cells. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have shown for the first time that a type of human papillomavirus (HPV) commonly found on the skin can directly cause a form of skin cancer called cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) …

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Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future

Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future

Echoing sentiments shared in his “superintelligence”-focused blog post this morning, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expanded on his bullish ideas that glasses will be the primary way users interact with AI in the years ahead. During Meta’s second-quarter earnings call, the social networking exec told investors he believes people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future. “I …

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Surgeons And Doctors, Tell Us A Freaky Fact About The Human Body That People Wouldn’t Want To Know

Surgeons And Doctors, Tell Us A Freaky Fact About The Human Body That People Wouldn’t Want To Know

You can only learn so much from watching 20-plus seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, so I’m asking real-life medical professionals: What’s a freaky fact about the human body that most people wouldn’t want to know? Maybe you’re an OB-GYN, and you know that ovaries can develop tumors with teeth… —u/_bbycake Maybe you’re a brain surgeon who knows that patients won’t feel …

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Nebraska biofuels plant explosion kills 3 people, including 2 young girls

Nebraska biofuels plant explosion kills 3 people, including 2 young girls

Two young girls and an adult man are dead after a huge explosion tore through a Nebraska biofuels plant, officials said Wednesday.  The three had been missing since the Horizon Biofuels facility exploded Tuesday in Fremont, about 32 miles northwest of Omaha. All three were in the plant at the time of the explosion, Dodge County Attorney Pam Hopkins told …

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