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Wednesday November 27, 2024. 02:30 PM
In a fascinating new essay for The Paris Review that expands upon a speech he gave this summer, MacArthur-winning author Jonathan Lethem explores the age-old question: Did Philip K Dick dream of Palestinian sheep? Okay, well I suppose the central thesis is slightly more...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Security researchers have uncovered two previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by RomCom, a Russian-linked hacking group, to target Firefox browser users and Windows device owners...
Bitcoin is hardly known for its environmental qualities, nor its affiliation with, uhh, conservation efforts. But a strange situation has arisen in the Congo. While other mining initiatives continue to ravage the country, the practice of Bitcoin mining—which is to say,...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Even if you know nothing about rap music, you've likely heard of the feud between arguable greatest rapper of all time Kendrick Lamar (new album out now!) and Degrassi star Drake. — Read the rest The...
Same form factor, more performance for industry The Raspberry Pi maker has rounded off a busy few weeks with the launch of an updated Compute Module 5 - it has the same form factor but considerably more power than the previous generation.…
When I first joined the BlueSky social network last year, I remember being struck by the notion that I could select a custom hosting provider. I didn't fully understand what this meant, beyond the fact that it allowed me to link my account to a privately-owned domain name. —...
YOU CAN give the gift of Tom the Dancing Bug this holiday season! Volumes of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book collection are available for purchase, including THE TOM THE DANCING BUG HOLIDAY SIX-PAK: For a limited two-week long Black Friday, you can buy all six books at ...
Cyberpunk 2077 has had a rocky history, perhaps more so than most other games in recent memory. Wher deadlines resulted in the game originally being rushed out as a buggy mess back in 2020, many gamers declared it dead on arrival, or worse, a cheap cash grab put out by a...
The National Park Service does it again! I've written before about their awesome social media accounts, and I'm back to share more. This time it's Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota that's posted their take on the hottest movie of the week—Wicked. — Read the...
I really like the designs that artist Henry Taylor creates for his Theme Park Preservation Society project. He devises illustrations and objects that look like perfectly authentic artifacts from the universe of Disney theme parks. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? —...
In a time when AI-powered imaging software tweaks and smooths every digital photo to appear perfect, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage digital cameras.
In 1987, a female orca near Puget Sound began wearing a dead salmon on her head. Other whales in her pod, along with two other pods, joined in on the fashion trend and also started wearing salmon hats. Fashion trends among cetaceans must be fleeting because no more salmon...
And the company is doing the right thing with its database Foursquare Labs is closing its venue-finding app, rather than the mobile game – but it's open sourcing the worldwide database it built.…
At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros More graphics performance than PS5 Chic design Simple operation 2 TB storage space Super quiet in operation Enhanced ray tracing Stable FPS figures Gaming in native 4K or upscaled 8K possible Cons Same CPU performance as normal PS5 High...
It’s been a few years since USB-C first hit the scene. And while we still love how reversible it is and how powerful it’s become, we’re also more aware of the potential pitfalls around this high-powered cable. There have been plenty of stories of poor-quality cables...
Radioisotopes are a vital resource for imaging patients’ organs and tumors—but these unstable elements also suffer from an unstable supply chain.
Have you ever wanted to learn to play the mouth trumpet? I recently stumbled upon Emma Nissen, a singer/songwriter who plays a mean mouth trumpet—her mouth trumpet is so good, I swear it sounds like an actual trumpet. It kind of blows my mind, actually. — Read the rest ...
Windows Recall is an AI-based feature that will be built into new Copilot+ PCs. Recall takes snapshots of your screen every few seconds and uses that data to make a searchable index of everything you’ve ever done on your PC. But, since that first controversial announcement ...
$190 million project under scrutiny after reported failures Oracle's electronic health records system is under scrutiny by multiple Swedish authorities after a $190 million rollout in the Västra Götaland region (VGR) encountered significant issues.…
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