While you might think that the balloon war between North and South Korea has reached a new low, remember that activists once floated 80,000 copies of Seth Rogen’s The Interview over the northern border — and that film wasn’t worth a shit.

Did you know the release timeline for 1989 (Taylor’s Version) was sneakily announced using nail varnish and latte art? Or that the rerelease of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) was teased via colorful elevator buttons in her Bejeweled music video?

This fascinating rabbit hole brings you into the loop regarding the puzzles and hidden messages that Swifties have obsessed over for years.

FTX lieutenant Ryan Salame, sentenced to 7.5 years in jail earlier today, has logged on to yell at people online. That’s some real poster game, folks. You might not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. (via Molly White)

A blog post says the attack has gone on intermittently for three days, making access to the archives inconsistent. However, founder Brewster Kahle says patrons should worry more about lawsuits from book publishers and the recording industry that “are trying to destroy this library entirely and hobble all libraries everywhere.”

Hank Green is mad about the price of YouTube Premium, because it’s more expensive than Premium is everywhere else. The reason why is all about buttons and links and app store commissions, and you definitely don’t need Rocket Money to solve this problem, but Green is right about the bigger point here.

The lesson, as always: listen to Hank Green.

French Gates says she plans to spend $1 billion over two years on “people and organizations working on behalf of women and families around the world, including on reproductive rights in the United States.” She announced earlier this month her plans to step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to refocus her philanthropy efforts.

Oral arguments in its case against the federal divest-or-ban bill will be scheduled for this September, according to an order from the DC Circuit Court. That’s just months before the initial January 19th deadline its Chinese owner ByteDance has to sell the app or face a ban. The clock keeps running unless the court says otherwise.

Ryan Salame, a top lieutenant at FTX, got over seven years in prison. He’s the second FTX official sentenced, after SBF himself, and did not cooperate with the government — unlike several other members of the inner circle.

Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator have arrived on Apple’s Vision Pro headset, letting you stack up virtual sandwiches or soak up simulated rays. Both VR titles are now optimized for hand and eye-tracking, too.

Offsets are supposed to allow companies and consumers to cancel out some of their CO2 emissions — but are notorious for failing. Plant a tree to capture carbon, for example, and that tree could eventually release all the CO2 if it doesn’t survive for hundreds of years.

The Biden administration laid out new guidelines today aimed at making offsets work, although many environmental advocates are still skeptical.

Some teabags made with plastic alternatives (typically within the sealed edges) can potentially harm terrestrial species and don’t degrade in soil, according to a new study from the University of Plymouth.

If you’re in doubt, Which recommends ripping used teabags open to compost the leaves, and bin the bag separately. Otherwise, there’s always loose leaf...

Samsung’s next Galaxy watch may not only come with a squircle-shaped redesign, but it also could feature new “Ultra” branding, as spotted in an FCC listing by MySmartPrice. The Galaxy Watch Ultra is rumored to come with a 1.5-inch display, a rotating bezel, and a third button.

The first teaser for Wolfs doesn’t reveal much, but it does have 30 seconds of George Clooney and Brad Pitt seemingly being very annoyed with each other while sitting in a quiet car with some very squeaky windshield wipers. The movie — which is about two lone wolf fixers forced to work together — is expected to come to Apple TV Plus some time this year after a theatrical run.