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YouTube glitch used to trick users into believing there was an undiscovered oldest video

The first ever video uploaded to YouTube is "Me at the zoo" featuring the platform's co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. It's a bit of web history that basically every internet addict and Very Online person knows. But, what if it wasn't? What if there was an older video that went undiscovered for nearly 18 years? Well, there isn't. "Me at the zoo" is still the oldest video on YouTube. But, one prankster discovered a YouTube glitch that had everyone believing for a day that the entire history of video on the internet was wrong all along. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) It all started on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 when a video titled "Welcome to YouTube!!!" started to make the rounds on social media. The video was the sole upload on a channel called "enn." The clip consisted of a still image of the old YouTube logo on a blue background. The overlaid text on the video read: "By: Chad, Steve, and J

You could be Wasted and not even know it

Hello and welcome back to  Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week,  Natasha Mascarenhas,   Mary Ann Azevedo  and  Rebecca Szkutak took the mic to talk through breaking news, retrospective features and all the blogosphere content that fits in between. Shout-out to Theresa and Andrew for putting together a diverse script that includes… checks notes … nothing. about. layoffs! Don’t worry, there are still tensions to pay attention to in today’s market, but this episode was refreshingly about innovation, and a shifting to this new normal we keep hearing about. Here’s what we got into: For our deals of the week, we talked about why tracking app Strava’s purchase of Fatboy , a high-resolution 3D global map platform for the great outdoors, seems like a smart move, how Wasted wants to make port-a-potties less gross and more useful and All Raise CEO’s decision to step down after less than one year in the r

Game bits: GoldenEye 007 pause music, HBO renews The Last of Us, and 90s classic Terminal Velocity gets a remaster

Critics praised the game's visuals, gameplay and multiplayer mode, and the soundtrack wasn't too bad either. In fact, the game's pause screen music sort of developed a life of its own. from TechSpot https://ift.tt/nxdbJhc via

Pick up 'Elden Ring' for Xbox Series X at its lowest price ever

SAVE $24.95: As of Jan. 27, Elden Ring is on sale for $35 at Amazon. That's a savings of 42%, and the lowest price we've seen. From Software's massive hit Elden Ring took the gaming world by storm. Deliciously challenging and fantastically disturbing, it's a master class in why the Souls games are so fascinating. And it can be yours for a great price right now. You can pick up Elden Ring for Xbox Series X for just $35 at Amazon, which is $24.95 off its regular price. That's a savings of 42%, and its best price yet . Given that it hasn't yet hit Xbox Game Pass, this is the best deal you'll find on the game. You'll get many hours of enjoyment from your purchase, mainly because you'll probably die over and over. SEE ALSO: Want to dip your toes into cloud gaming? The Logitech G Cloud is $50 off This is an extremely challenging game, but one you'll want to take on if only to experience the narrative, which Game of Thrones author George

Slash 37% off an 85-inch Samsung QLED 8K TV ahead of the Big Game — plus more of today's top deals

We've rounded up the best deals we could find on Jan. 27 — here are some of our top picks: BEST TECH DEAL : Samsung 85-inch QN800B Neo QLED 8K TV — $2,999.99 $4,699.99 (save $1,700) BEST HOME DEAL : Dyson Supersonic hair dryer — $343.99 $429.99 (save $86 as a My Best Buy member) BEST TAX SOFTWARE DEAL : H&R Block Deluxe tax software + state 2022 — $22.50 $44.99 (save $22.49) + 2.75% Amazon bonus It's the weekend — time to kick back and relax. You shouldn't have to sort through retailer's sites just to find the deal you're looking for. That's where we come in. You can simply scroll and click when you see something you like. Standouts on today's menu include an 85-inch 8K TV from Samsung, the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer, the beloved SolaWave facial wand, tax software discounts, plenty of Ninja appliances, and more. Keep scrolling to check out our top picks for the best deals of the day on Jan. 27 and head into the weekend with more

Then call them ‘robots’

Before they were robots, they were “androids” or “automatons.” The word “robot” is commonly accepted as having arrived in English through — of all places — a Czech play. “R.U.R.” made its public debut in Prague 102 years ago , yesterday. It would arrive in the States a year and a half later, with Spencer Tracy making his nonspeaking Broadway debut as one of Rossum’s titular Universal Robots. The playwright Karel Čapek humbly noted the following decade that he couldn’t take full credit for the word’s origin. That honor belonged to his brother Josef, an accomplished painter and noted writer and poet in his own right: “Listen, Josef,” the author began, “I think I have an idea for a play.” “What kind,” the painter mumbled (he really did mumble, because at the moment he was holding a brush in his mouth). The author told him as briefly as he could. “Then write it,” the painter remarked, without taking the brush from his mouth or halting work on the canvas. The indifference was quite ins

Retro-inspired Raspberry Pi headset reimagines 90s virtual reality

It provides a glimpse of what a 90s-era VR headset could have looked like had the Pi existed back then. from TechSpot https://ift.tt/DU4ilhP via