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Wednesday December 18, 2024. 08:53 PM
   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! 'The advancement of insect-computer hybrid robots holds significant promise for navigating complex terrains and enhancing robotics applications,' writes Hirotako Sato and colleagues at the Nanyang...
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Slack is adding a new way to access AI agents created on parent company Salesforce’s Agentforce platform, with a library of options available in the collaboration app. Agentforce, which launched in October, is a tool to build AI agents that answer questions and automate...
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Authorization comes less than a month after flight 6: 'The FAA continues to increase efficiencies' The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing a license authorization for the next test flight of SpaceX's Starship.…
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Florida monkeys are almost as prevalent as Florida men these days, with new Volusia County sightings that include monkeys in backyards and even at a school drop-off area. 'I looked up into a tree and kind of went, 'What's that!?'' Colin Innes, a Central Florida riverboat...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has granted a pair of waivers to California, allowing the Golden State to continue regulating vehicle-caused air pollution within its borders. From a report: The first is for the California Air Resources Board's Advanced Clean Cars II...
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Known for its innovative Arc browser, The Browser Company is venturing into new territory with Dia, an AI-centric web browser poised to launch in early 2025. Teased by CEO Josh Miller in October, Dia promises to simplify everyday online tasks with cutting-edge AI tools,...
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The Wall Street Journal reports that US authorities have begun investigating whether routers by manufacturer TP-Link pose a threat to national security and whether a ban should be imposed on them. The US Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Justice have all launched their...
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An anonymous reader shares a report: ChatGPT is coming to phones. No, not smartphones -- landlines. Call 1-800-242-8478 (1-800-CHATGPT), and OpenAI's AI-powered assistant will respond as of Wednesday afternoon. The experience is more or less identical to Advanced Voice Mode, ...
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Microsoft’s genAI-based Copilot app for Windows doesn’t work with Microsoft’s identity and access management platform Entra, prompting the company to advise organizations to uninstall the app and reconfigure the Copilot keyboard key to open the Microsoft 365 app...
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Sandisk isn't the most exciting company, unless your kink is price-effective consumer data storage options. It has a new logo, though, and the new logo is good! The corporate trend of paying an agency $500,000 to blandly render the name in a characterless Helveticlone is...
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Last weekend, Scotts Valley, California, was subject to a rare tornado. The chaos is impressive. This video shared by NBC News is nuts. A shopping center parking lot turned to mayhem. The random screaming at around 6 seconds should become the new 'Wilhelm Scream.' — Read...
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A loaded mini PC is often better than a laptop, providing more power and taking up less space on your desk at a cheaper price point, as long as you don’t need the portability that a laptop offers. Right now, this Acemagic F1A mini PC is available for the amazing price of...
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The mysterious drones of New Jersey are now circling near San Diego, California. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! People want there to be a mystery and a conspiracy. There are many things in the sky, and people who rarely look up are...
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AI chip startup Tenstorrent has raised more than $693 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the company at $2.6 billion. This investment positions the Santa Clara-based firm as a challenger to Nvidia, the reigning titan of AI hardware. The funding round was led by...
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This is the first case of H5N1 in the US this year that has sent a patient to the hospital.
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When Mr. Jarvis, a British solicitor, booked his dream Christmas ski holiday in 1969, Swan Tours' brochure promised him heaven in the Swiss Alps. For just £63.45 (including a Christmas supplement), he was sold a festive fantasy: a charming hotel on a 'sunny plateau' run by...
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Nebraska's attorney general has sued Change Healthcare over a massive data breach that exposed sensitive medical information of more than 100 million Americans following a February ransomware attack. The lawsuit alleges the UnitedHealth-owned company failed to implement...
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A hunter in Virginia illegally shot at a bear that had run up a tree. The bear then fell out of the tree and crushed the hunter's good friend to death. A group of hunters had pursued the bear in Lunenberg County on December 9, until the creature took refuge up in a tree. —...
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Enrollment invitations will continue until security improves Microsoft last week lauded the success of its efforts to convince customers to use passkeys instead of passwords, without actually quantifying that success.…
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A Texas federal judge has ruled that conservative activist John Sabal can proceed with most of his defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The December 13, 2024 decision from Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth allows key parts of the case to move forward. ...
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