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Monday September 29, 2025. 05:22 PM
A viral story of a sausage-loving kookaburra too fat to fly resurfaced online. The tale even inspired Hazmat Modine's 2019 song Too Fat To Fly. The Internet is huge. I've been farting around on it as my full-time job for over 15 years and there's tons of stuff I miss. —...
The world's highest bridge opened in China on Sunday, taking the crown from another bridge in the same province. From a report: The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge soars about 2,050 feet above a river and gorge in the southern Chinese province of Guizhou. It is more than twice...
OpenAI is rolling out new parental controls for ChatGPT, as well as a new parent resource page, and expanded safeguards for teens. The features, arriving today, let parents link accounts with their children and manage how the service is used at home. The move is part of...
Chinese companies have been aggressively pursuing the nascent humanoid robot market. So far, most of the robots are not very practical, but they can do cartwheels, show off their kung fu, and play soccer, only occasionally turning murderous. — Read the rest The post...
The emerging indie game scene continues to be cool as hell. If you're already finished with Silksong or just found it a little too difficult (no shame in it), upcoming indie MotorSlice looks equally cool as hell. Elevator pitch: imagine Shadow of the Colossus, but you're...
Are we quite sure that we're the snowflakes? In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, where his position on some gun murders being 'worth it' was put to the test, there's been no shortage of commemorative action taken by the right. — Read the rest The post Grown woman...
It's Fat Bear Week, y'all! During this special week, which runs September 23 through 30, the world turns its attention to the gorgeous brown bears who live at Brooks River in Katmai National Park in Alaska. These beauties 'get fat to survive' and Fat Bear Week is all about...
Baroness Manningham-Buller cites Kremlin sabotage, cyberattacks, and assassinations as signs of an undeclared conflict The former head of MI5 says hostile cyberattacks and intelligence operations directed by The Kremlin indicate the UK might already be at war with Russia.…
Electronic Arts has accepted a $55 billion acquisition offer, marking it one of the largest take-private deals ever reported. The consortium behind the purchase of one of the world’s best known gaming companies includes Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver ...
What's the proper punishment for an illegal U-turn? If you're a human being in California, it's a fine of up to $234. If you're a robot, apparently, it's nothing at all. The San Francisco Standard: This injustice became apparent to many Facebook users Saturday night after a...
Unite is an operating system in which everything is a process, including the things that you normally would expect to be part of the kernel. The hard disk driver is a user process, so is the file system running on top of it. The namespace manager is a user process. The whole ...
Open source database adds multi-tenant clustering, safer shutdowns, and eyes life beyond caching Open source key-value database Valkey is set for its ninth iteration next month, promising improved resource optimization and availability.…
Some time ago, I described Windows 3.0’s WinHelp as “a program for browsing online help files.” But Windows 3.0 predated the Internet, and these help files were available even if the computer was not connected to any other network. How can it be “online”? ↫...
The Cracker Barrel 'outrage' was bot-infested from the outset, according to research into the bizarre story's genesis. About half the early postings and a quarter of the total were inauthentic: 'the initiators are ideological activist accounts with prior culture-war posting...
BrianFagioli writes: Electronic Arts has agreed to a $55 billion buyout by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), private equity firm Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, marking the largest all-cash sponsor take-private deal ever. Shareholders will...
USB-C was supposed to make everything simple. Instead, it’s more complicated than ever. So let’s clear up the confusion.
Delhi High Court denies urgent relief after vendor halts services citing EU rules An Indian court has refused urgent relief to an SAP customer after the vendor withheld support due to EU sanctions introduced in the summer.…
You can camp in the backcountry with under 10 pounds of gear and be warm, comfortable, and fed. Here's WIRED's guide to shedding weight.
A new Agent Mode in Microsoft 365 Copilot will let users collaborate with the AI assistant on multistep tasks in Excel and Word, Microsoft announced on Monday. This will open up more complex application functionality for users and improve the quality of content created, the...
Open source Android app store cannot exist if Google's plans go ahead, says F-Droid board member The F-Droid project, which distributes open source apps for Android, will end if Google goes ahead with its plans to enforce developer registration for app installation,...
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