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These Were April’s Coolest and Weirdest Gadgets

April’s often a tough month to swallow, starting with that awful holiday, April Fools, and then countless teases of warmer Summer temperatures before thermometers plunge and remind us it’s still Spring. April’s only saving grace is all the fun gadgets that debuted this past month, including many you may have missed.From 8K drones to form-fitting computer miceto SSD drives adorned with glowing lightsabers, check out all the coolest and weirdest gadgets that helped us get through April. April’s often a tough month to

You Can Finally Buy Homer Simpson’s Assassins Sneakers

Now that Nike has already figured out how to make the futuristic self-lacing shoes from Back to the Future II a reality, it’s time for sneakerheads to focus their attention on another pair of kicks that, until today, only ever existed in pop culture. The Assassins sneakers, featured in season two of the The Simpsons, are finally real.The Rings of Power | First FandomsThe early ‘90s saw the debut of two fads that are still incredibly popular today: expensive designer sneakersand The Simpsons. Shoes like Air Jordans, Bo

Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year Prompted by Wordle

Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images)Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year. Ready for it? It’s “Homer,” stemming from frustrations from the widely popular game, Wordle. The company said the word was searched in their dictionary over 75,000 times this year, with more than 65,000 of the searches taking place on May 5, the day it was the answer to that day’s online puzzle. Those who primarily looked up the word were non-Americans who were frustrated due to their unfamiliarity with the word. Homer—not to be

Even Google’s Own Staff Thinks ‘Incognito,’ Isn’t That Great

Image: FoxIt turns out even Google’s own workforce isn’t sold on the company’s claims around Incognito mode’s privacy protections.Employees reportedly cracked jokes about the feature’s inept, and potentially misleading privacy protections in recent years, with one marketing officer reportedly directly emailing CEO Sundar Pichai, basically begging him to make the product actually live up to its name according to recent court documents viewed by Bloomberg. Those jokes and internal criticism comes amid multiple lawsuits