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Peanuts Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary With a New Clue Game - ComicBook.com Charles Schulz’s iconic Peanuts comic strip turns 75 this year, and you can celebrate the anniversary by gathering with your friends and family to play this new edition of Clue. As you might expect, players are not tasked with solving the mystery of a gristly murder. That is something you might expect in the Garfield […] VLC Literally Reaches for the Moon to Mark its 20-Year Anniversary Chrome keyboard shortcuts — 7 time-savers you need to know | Tom's Guide If You're Bored of Reddit, Use This Website to Find Old-School Forums Instead ForumScout finds and tracks niche conversations, helping you discover old-school forums. ...

- YouTube This Cartoonist Creates A Series That’s Absurd, Witty, And Hilariously Honest (35 Pics) | Bored Panda If there’s one thing DeWaye does brilliantly, it’s blending humor and creativity in just the right way. What's new in Ubuntu 24.04.2? Kernel 6.11, better graphics, and more | ZDNET 3.2 million Chrome users at risk from these malicious extensions — delete them right now | Tom's Guide 3 Phone Settings That Protect You From Hackers on Public Wi-Fi | TravelAwaits If you regularly connect to public Wi-Fi, use these three phone settings to protect yourself from hackers. ...

Artist Creates Funny And Relatable Comics In Retro Style (28 Pics) | Bored Panda Growing up reading newspaper comic strips, Ahmed draws inspiration from rubber hose animation and classic cartoons. Firefox continues Manifest V2 support as Chrome disables MV2 ad-blockers Mozilla has renewed its promise to continue supporting Manifest V2 extensions alongside Manifest V3, giving users the freedom to use the extensions they want in their browser. A new Android feature is scanning your photos for 'sensitive content' - how to stop it | ZDNET Lawsuit Claims Google's AI Summaries Will Destroy The Future Of Publishing Chegg’s lawsuit claims Google’s AI Overviews are destroying digital publishing by keeping ...

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Today's political cartoons - February 23, 2025 | The Week 19 Things You Should Never Say to Your Kids—No Matter Their Age If you've ever said any of these, it might be time to rethink how you talk to your kids—because these words can haunt them forever. 'The U.S. is canceled': Canadians say they're boycotting Amazon, American goods, and even travel An increasing number of Canadians are declaring intentions to boycott Amazon and potentially all U.S. products thanks to Donald Trump. Why I’ll Never Ditch Samsung Internet for Google Chrome Chrome might be popular, but Samsung Internet works better on mobile. The Rundown: Why cha...

Today's political cartoons - February 22, 2025 | The Week 10 Best Far Side About The Beauty (& Humor) of Nature The best of The Far Side comic strips that show the humor and beauty of nature create comedy through unexpected means and inspire critical thought. Bluesky Free and Open Source Software Resources We have our Bluesky Global Warming Lists and Feeds under control now, as you can see in yesterday’s Renewable Friday. Today I have a List and a Feed for you of Bluesky resources on Free and Open ... This Was the Toughest Connections Puzzle Ever. Did You Beat It? - CNET OxygenOS has quickly become my new favorite Android interface ...

untitled Cartoon: Playtime with Putin A cartoon by Tim Campbell. These are the 12 most popular AI tools right now, according to a new survey – and rivals are catching ChatGPT | TechRadar Is Linux Ready For Mainstream Gaming In 2025? I've Tried Many Android Launchers, But I Keep Coming Back To This One Sometimes simple is best. Microsoft revamps Edge Add-on site to help find extensions | Windows Central How Names on Maps Get Changed—and Who Gets to Decide | Condé Nast Traveler ...

New Rules for American Cookery - WhoWhatWhy President Trump makes a hash of the old order. Share on Facebook How to get Gemini to remember (or forget) everything you've said | Popular Science Google's AI chatbot now has a long-term memory. It's the end of the road for Chromecast with Google TV - Android Authority Google is discontinuing sales of the Chromecast with Google TV, including both the 4K and HD models, after nearly five years on the market. untitled 7 ways to get the most out of Google's AI suite — and boost your productivity | Tom's Gu...

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24 Hilarious Reasons Why The English Language Is The Worst. - The Language Nerds English is such a zany language. It confuses the heck out of everyone, natives and non-natives alike. If you can speak English, then kudos. It’s not easy to speak a language whose madness knows no Everyday Objects Transformed Into Believable Cartoon Characters By This Artist (15 New Pics) | Bored Panda In the eyes of Rinotuna, a Korean artist, anything—be it an item, object, animal, or plant—can be transformed into a compelling character. Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices As Chrome Changes Backlash as new tracking goes live—here’s what to know. untitled How s...

Artist’s Hilariously Wholesome Comic Series About A Girl Adopted By Aliens As A Pet (28 New Pics) | Bored Panda Me, The Family Pet? is an ongoing webcomic series by Jejo S. that follows a girl named Sally, who was captured by the Gwanians—aliens that keep humans as pets. Surprisingly simple coding trick can slash data center energy usage by 30% | Live Science How to set up 2FA for Linux desktop logins for added security | ZDNET Bluestar Linux is a gorgeous MacOS-like take on KDE Plasma that's easy to use | ZDNET YouTube by the numbers: uncovering YouTube's ghost town of billions of unwatched, ignored videos | TechSpot A team...

Cartoon: Will the real president please stand up? A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Today's political cartoons - February 16, 2025 | The Week Google TV's free channel shuffle continues, but it’s not all bad news | Android Central Can You Survive 24 Hours Without the Internet? I Tried It and Here's How It Went - CNET We're entering the medical era of wearables | Android Central Bring back 'Gulf of Mexico' using this simple Chrome extension | Mashable A third-party Chrome extension that restores 'Gulf of Mexico' to Google Maps is...

5 preposterously funny cartoons about Trump's plan for the Gaza Riviera | The Week Today's political cartoons - February 15, 2025 | The Week No, You Don’t Get an A for Effort (Adam Grant) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice As a high school teacher and professor for decades, I have struggled with this basic dilemma of grading students: how much weight to give for effort and how much weight to give to measurable achiev… Want to write like a pro? These 7 tools are my secret to keeping my creative juices flowing | ZDNET untitled I tried gamin...

MoonPie renames Florida 'MoonPieTown' just because it can - Upworthy A tweet from the company says the change is "effective immediately." Mysterious 'UFO' disc spotted on Google Maps in New Mexico sparks chilling theories - World News - UNILAD An unusual UFO-looking object has been spotted in the mountains of New Mexico by a Google Maps user which has sparked an investigation online. Mexico Says It Might Sue Google Over “Gulf of America” Change Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government is not ruling out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between northeastern Mexico and the southeastern United States the “Gulf of America.” Sheinbaum, in her morning press conference on Thursday, said the presi...

Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug presents a Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at a criminal presidency Support your friendly neighborhood independent comic strip: SIGN UP FOR THE INNER HIVE and you'll get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic at least a day before publication. Plus other exclusive ... Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review: Incrementally better than its predecessor...again The Galaxy Watch 7 is a capable companion for Samsung phones with an accessible Health app, reliable activity tracking and zippy performance. But the AOD battery performance holds it back. The Best AI-Free, Encrypted Alternatives to Google Docs | Lifehacker Waze gets a big update that makes it easier to navigate to your favorite places | TechRad...

Today's political cartoons - February 12, 2025 | The Week 5 reasons why Zen is my new favorite browser (RIP, Opera) | ZDNET I'm Using Perplexity Assistant Instead of Google Assistant, and I Might Never Go Back Say goodbye to switching apps and let Perplexity do it all. How can we keep our kids safe online? Here are some tips for parents – The Irish Times It’s not practical to completely cut off online access, but there are ways of minimising exposure to harm Perplexity is the AI tool Gemini wishes it could be | ZDNET Is Tim Hortons still Canadian? The answ...