A Norwegian man on Saturday set the new world record for singing Elvis Presley songs for fifty hours, fifty minutes and fifty seconds straight in an online competition ~music Article 381 words 6 votes
Survey of 760 US museums shows extreme financial distress from the pandemic, with almost all reporting that they have a year or less of financial operating reserves remaining ~arts Article 292 words, published Jul 22 2020 9 votes
Washington DC's NFL team will go by "Washington Football Team" for 2020 season ~sports.american_football Article 332 words 8 votes
Disney delays ‘Mulan’ release indefinitely, pushes back all upcoming ‘Avatar’ and ‘Star Wars’ movies by a year, and more ~movies Article 337 words 9 votes
Sen. Hawley introduces bill to fine American companies relying on Chinese slave labor ~news usa politics law china Article 354 words 17 votes
Hundreds of unreleased prototype games are playable for free on the Internet Archive ~games Article 319 words 5 votes
Yelp says more than half of restaurants temporarily closed are now permanently shuttered ~food restaurants Article 270 words 9 votes
Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller 'Tenet' delayed indefinitely ~movies science fiction Article 398 words 16 votes
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in connection with $60 million bribery scheme ~news usa.oh politics crime Article 156 words 19 votes
Greta Thunberg has been awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the €1m prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change ~enviro Article 278 words 13 votes
An app lets you de-stress by screaming at the Icelandic wilderness from afar ~life Article 242 words 9 votes
eBay is reportedly getting close to a deal to sell its classified-ads business to Adevinta, a Norwegian company that runs online marketplaces ~finance business Article 350 words 6 votes
Twitter disables video in Trump retweet after Linkin Park files copyright complaint ~tech social media Article 372 words 10 votes
Netflix shares fall after lower-than-expected earnings and appointment of co-CEO, weak guidance for subscriber growth in third quarter ~finance business Article 305 words 11 votes
NASA plans to return its astronauts in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on Aug. 2 ~space Article 189 words 4 votes
AC Milan have confirmed the permanent signing of Danish centre-back Simon Kjaer from Sevilla on a deal until 2022 ~sports.football Link 4 votes
Apple, Elon Musk, Kanye West, and other accounts are tweeting a bitcoin scam in giant Twitter hack ~tech security social media apple Article 373 words 49 votes
The empire strikes back -- again. The second film in the Star Wars franchise topped the box office for the first time in twenty-three years, propelled by drive-in theater sales ~movies science fiction Article 286 words, published Jul 11 2020 9 votes
United Kingdom to ban Huawei equipment in 2021 and remove it from 5G networks by 2027 ~tech Article 388 words 6 votes
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crash have caused 5.4 million Americans to lose health insurance, the largest drop ever recorded ~health Article 343 words 11 votes
Work has begun on Viking Link, the world's longest electricity interconnector which will allow power to travel between the UK and Denmark ~enviro energy.renewable Article 257 words 5 votes
Porsche found a way to 3D-print lightweight pistons that add even more horsepower ~transport Article 151 words 6 votes
'Gone With the Wind' and the difference between censorship and context ~movies Article 277 words 6 votes
Denmark launches coronavirus passports – citizens can download official document if they have tested negative for illness within last seven days ~health Article 393 words 7 votes
Tree ring records show increase in extreme weather in South America ~enviro climate change Article 334 words 4 votes
How to deal with a racist past: A Bristol pub leads the way ~humanities.history Article 316 words, published Jul 1 2020 5 votes
The Football Association of Iceland released its new crest – to describe it as the most metal thing you've ever seen does it an injustice ~sports.football Article 352 words 8 votes
David Atherton's recipe for Swedish crown cake – this ‘kronans kaka’ is made with potato for a gluten-free sweet treat ~food recipes baking Article 293 words 2 votes
Germany bans range of single-use plastics including straws and cotton buds ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 147 words, published Jun 24 2020 15 votes
Amazon Prime Video is introducing individual user profiles ~tech amazon.prime Article 347 words 8 votes
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus ~news politics Article 329 words 30 votes
Asylum seekers persecuted for being LGBT+ will be given priority under groundbreaking Norwegian scheme ~lgbt Link 11 votes
New South Wales border with Victoria to close from Wednesday as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announces 127 new coronavirus cases in the state ~health Article 393 words 8 votes
Check in but never leave: Taiwan offers fake flights for travel-starved tourists ~life Article 322 words 5 votes
The statue of the Little Mermaid in the entrance to Copenhagen harbour has been daubed with the words “racist fish” ~arts Article 333 words 8 votes
Dark Sky delays shutdown of Android app until August 1st ~tech apple android Article 227 words 12 votes
Kongregate is no longer accepting new games, will shut down almost all of their chat/forums in three weeks, and is laying off employees ~games Article 386 words 26 votes
Introducing Worms Rumble - A real-time, 32-player Worms game with deathmatch, last worm standing, and battle royale modes ~games Article 283 words 13 votes