Burning Man 2026: Photos and satellite images show the Nevada desert transforming into Black Rock City

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Black Rock City is rising from Nevada's desert as 70,000 burners are expected to descend upon the playa.

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  • Photos and satellite images show how Black Rock City rises from Nevada's desert.
  • About 70,000 burners are expected to attend this year's festival.
  • Images capture entry lines, camps, artwork, and the temporary airport.

Burning Man is transforming Nevada's Black Rock Desert into a

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Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor

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Audacity 4 running on a laptop.

Audacity 4 has been in the works for some time, and had its own mini controversy last year when an unfortunate redesigned logo started making the rounds. The final version of the new icon isn't nearly as bad as the early rendition that was circulating last October. But more importantly, all the promised improvements to the self-proclaimed "world's most popular audio editing and recording

Elon Musk is beefing with…an online chess site?

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Elon Musk fought Chess.com on X.

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  • Elon Musk is sparring with … the gaming site Chess.com?
  • Musk said that chess would soon be "solved" with artificial superintelligence.
  • Chess.com said, "Good luck."

Elon Musk is looking for a checkmate in his latest online feud.

It began on Thursday, when the billionaire wrote that the number of chess moves that aren't "utterly stupid" is

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