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

The latest geek News

Friday August 15, 2025. 06:55 PM
They call it the Switch 2 because it only has 2 exclusives. One of which is just okay. All jokes aside, though, the launch lineup for this notoriously expensive console has been questionable, especially as a followup to the Switch 1, which gave us two of the best games ever...
    10
If you have any recollection of the early 2000s children television program Boohbah, it may feel like a vague memory of a fever dream. The show is about fuzzy humanoid creatures that live in a universe filled with rainbows, playful noises, and absurdity. — Read the rest The...
    17
Ah, Musk and Trump, America's favorite toxic couple. After a very messy public breakup that saw accusations of pedophilia being flung back and forth (one of Musk's favorite rhetorical techniques), Musk eventually relented and bent the knee, with his submission now being...
    24
Watching colorful shapes drift endlessly downward on this minimalist site is, strangely, a healthier way to zone out than doom-scrolling. One click turns on the Shepard tone — a looping sound that seems to fall forever without ever actually changing pitch. — Read the rest ...
    13
Microsoft is updating its pricing approach for Online Services in Enterprise Agreements in the name of consistency and transparency, but could leave some customers paying more. From a report: Many customers, particularly larger ones, enjoy substantial discounts via volume...
    14
A claymation alien crash-lands at a LEGO Stonehenge, freaking out the minifig tourists. The multi-legged and multi-eyed alien stands up and appears harmless until he boops a tourist on the nose, when pandemonium ensues. The tourist screams, and the alien, heretofore referred ...
    18
I've used Ad Fontes Media's 'Media Bias Chart' for years in my cultural studies courses, to provide students with an accessible illustration of how new sources always include deeply embedded political and ideological perspectives, and to give them a sense of the importance...
    21
The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he’s willing to spend trillions of dollars to win.
    22
If you've modded Skyrim in literally any capacity, and you more than likely have, you've installed the Unofficial Skyrim Patch. For good reason, too; it's a massive, far-reaching effort to fix every bug and inconsistency Bethesda left in the retail version of the game. —...
    13
Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti's had a major obsession with wombats. He had one as a pet named 'Top' that ran around outside of his home. Wombats became a focal point of his artwork, and I can't get enough of his enchanting wombat art. — Read the rest The...
    7
For all the fuss over the App Store and how competitors have lobbied governments to force Apple to open up that side of its business, one question that never seems to get answered is what is a reasonable profit margin for a company to make from its enterprise? It is...
    10
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.16.1, 6.15.10, 6.12.42, 6.6.102, and 6.1.148 stable kernels. Get them while they're hot!
    8
You have until Thursday August 21 to respond if you do NASA's plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon have moved on – the agency has now put out a Request For Information (RFI) to gauge industry interest in the project.…
    7
The Linux kernel project lacks a formal succession plan for when Linus Torvalds steps down, Register columnist Rupert Goodwins writes. Torvalds has said 'there's no need for formality' and that succession will occur naturally through community trust. 'The next benevolent...
    13
A Chinese storage manufacturer has developed a solid-state drive smaller than a U.S. penny that delivers sequential read speeds of 3,700 megabytes per second, according to The Verge. The 'Mini SSD' by Biwin measures 15mm x 17mm x 1.4mm thick and connects via PCIe 4x2,...
    11
We removed ads from OSNews. Donate to our fundraiser to ensure our future! An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic o...
    4
TL;DR: Get a pair of sleek, sound-enhancing Beats Fit Pro Earbuds for 50% off — that's just $99 (Reg. $199). Have you heard of listener fatigue? It happens when your headphones, speakers, or other listening-device of choice muddle your sound so much that it causes mental...
    31
Sam Altman, busily planning to spend 'trillions' more on datacenters, admitted yesterday that AI is a bit inflated Sam Altman admitted we're in the midst of an AI bubble Thursday, but don't let that fool you: He still intends to rule over whatever's left after it bursts. …
    17
China launched the World Humanoid Robot Games on Friday. The three-day event will see 280 teams from 16 countries compete in football, track and field, and table tennis alongside robot-specific challenges including medicine sorting and cleaning services. The event also...
    12
The purpose of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) is to provide a specification for filesystem layout; it specifies the location for files and directories on a Linux system to simplify application development for multiple distributions. In its heyday it had some success ...
    4
News copyright owned by their original publishers | Copyright © 2004 - 2025 Zicos / 440Network
Current Date
Oct, Thu 16 - 00:54 CEST