MacMusic  |  PcMusic  |  440 Software  |  440 Forums  |  440TV  |  Zicos
boing
Search

The latest geek News

Wednesday July 2, 2025. 07:36 PM
From 1980 onwards, Ron Weideman transformed his nightshift taxi into a rolling portrait gallery, photographing an extraordinary cross-section of New York City life during a pivotal era of cultural transformation. Working in the confined space of his cab, Weideman captured...
    12
“These changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before,” said Xbox head Phil Spencer in an email to staff.
    17
Nonprofit TTAM assures everything is BAU. Whether that makes customers feel better is another matter The medical research nonprofit vying to buy 23andMe is informing existing customers that it plans to complete the deal on July 8.…
    8
An anonymous reader shares a report: Lorde [a popular New Zealand singer and songwriter] fans are clearly struggling to play the CD version of her new album. Customers who purchased the special edition of Virgin released on a transparent plastic disc are reporting on Reddit...
    10
Who could resist having an oil-painted portrait of a human-fly hybrid monstrosity for their dining room? That's the question art collectors will face when Ken Kelly's original 1974 cover art for Famous Monsters of Filmland #104 goes up for sale at Heritage Auctions today. —...
    6
Air pollution has been linked to a swathe of lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, in a study of people diagnosed with the disease despite never having smoked tobacco. From a report: The findings from an investigation into cancer patients around the world helps explain why...
    11
Seven months after it was first announced, Xerox Holdings Corporation says it has finalized its acquisition of Lexmark International in a $1.5 billion deal. The transaction, which includes net debt and assumed liabilities, closed on July 2, 2025. This move is part of...
    11
Dismissal bid denied as 16-count indictment moves toward court in May 2026 Huawei will still have to face trial in the US next year over alleged breaches of sanctions against Iran after a judge declined its request to dismiss various charges.…
    17
A Maine police department's attempt to add their logo to a drug bust photo backfired spectacularly when citizens caught them lying about using artificial intelligence to alter evidence photos. 'This is NOT an AI-generated photo,' Westbrook Police declared on Facebook when...
    11
An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2021, Google set a lofty goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. Yet in the years since then, the company has moved in the opposite direction as it invests in energy-intensive artificial intelligence. In its latest...
    14
Whether you’re looking for whisper-quiet wheels or the most durable of hard-shells, here are WIRED and Condé Nast Traveler’s essential carry-on bags.
    10
A chatbot designed to avoid anthropomorphism offers a compelling glimpse into the future of human-to-AI relationships.
    6
Reports of 9,000 staff cut Microsoft's recent trend of wide-scale workforce reduction continues, with reports that Redmond is preparing to slash an additional 4 percent of its employees – or around 9,000 people.…
    21
Killer whales sharing food with other killer whales is well-documented, but a new study in the Journal of Comparative Psychology found that they also share with humans. In 2015, Jared Towers was filming when two whales from the same pod dropped food in front of him. — Read...
    10
I had never heard of eating cheese before bed causing bad dreams, but it is well-known enough bit of common wisdom that there was an entire comic, 'Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend,' devoted to dairy-fueled nightmares. However, up until now, no one had tried to determine if the...
    8
Debian's Bananas team has put out a call for people with Apple M1 or M2 systems to help test Debian on those machines: The Bananas Team has set up an installer at with images for GNOME, KDE and console installations. While we'd like to build an actual Debian installer...
    10
Datacenters kept humming along, but there's plenty of blame to be passed around elsewhere The cause of a power outage that cut the juice to London Heathrow airport in March has been identified - along with a chain of failures that allowed it to happen.…
    8
Earth's atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions -- and possibly tens of millions -- of years, according to data released last month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and scientists at the University of California San Diego....
    13
Wisconsin's Supreme Court today ruled that a 176-year-old law held to ban abortions did not, as newer legislation had superceded it by criminalizing abortions only in cases when a fetus is viable outside the womb. The 4-3 partisan vote ends a three-year legal battle that...
    6
With a rise in “semiprivate” carriers, new booking tech, and commercial airline partnerships, it’s never been easier to fly private.
    11
News copyright owned by their original publishers | Copyright © 2004 - 2025 Zicos / 440Network
Current Date
Aug, Wed 20 - 21:14 CEST