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Recent investigations have revealed a lot of new information about the Great Pyramid, including what appears to be a secret passage. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! People have studied the pyramids for centuries, yet we continually learn...
Plex is the middle of a full-on makeover, starting two months ago with the rollout of an all-new look and feel for its mobile app, and now Apple TV users are getting a turn. You can check out the “new Plex experience” now on Apple TV and, unlike another home...
Sony will cease production of recordable Blu-ray discs at its last factory in February, ending an 18-year manufacturing run amid declining demand for physical media. The Japanese electronics giant will also halt production of MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes. The company had...
An iceberg the size of Rhode Island is in motion. Dubbed 'A23,' the world's largest and oldest iceberg calved from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 but remained grounded until 2010. After breaking free, A23's slow journey north was delayed again by an ocean vortex...
Could a post-Brexit romance be on the cards? The UK and EU must decide whether to coordinate a response to Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on stuff imported into the United States, or cut separate deals with the new president, the House of Lords heard this week.…
Around Christmas time, Ventiva launched its Ionic Cooling Engine (ICE), the latest in what has been an unexpectedly disappointing industry of fanless cooling solutions for laptops. But with Ventiva, there’s a key difference: It has a customer. Ventiva, Intel, and Dell have ...
These days, if you want a powerful everyday computer, you might as well get a mini PC. They pack a lot of power at great prices, and they’re perfect if you don’t need the portability of a laptop. For example, right now you can get the Beelink SER5 Pro mini PC for just...
Last year, LWN examined the changes lined up for Rust's 2024 edition. Now, with the edition ready to be stabilized in February, it's time to look back at the edition process and see what was successfully adopted, which new changes were added, and what still remains to work...
The Trump Administration's hiring freeze has caused the National Parks Service to rescind job offers to seasonal employees and put this Summer's tourist season at risk. Millions of Americans take to our National Parks each summer. Without proper staff, they'll be a mess or...
Meta plans to spend between $60 billion and $65 billion this year to build out AI infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, joining a wave of Big Tech firms unveiling hefty investments to capitalize on the technology. From a report: As part of the investment, Meta...
At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros High-quality workmanship and aluminum top plate Kailh-Box V2 Red switch with a pleasant typing feel Hot-swap function and stable stabilizer design Comprehensive sound insulation for quieter typing Three connection modes (2.4 GHz, Bluetooth...
TL;DR: Save over 50% on this 2018 MacBook Pro that comes with a Touch Bar, 512GB of storage, and a 13.3-inch display. Did the holidays do some damage to your bank account? You're not the only one—and like everyone else on TikTok (thank goodness it came back!), — Read the re...
According to Windows Central, Microsoft is about to release new smaller versions of the Surface Pro 2-in-1 and Surface Laptop “in the coming weeks.” These new versions will remain premium products, with 11-inch or 12-inch screens and more lightweight designs. Bowden...
I spent several years wondering what to do about some switch and outlet boxes in odd locations. You can cut the plastic faceplates with a strong pair of scissors. My home renovation occurred during the pandemic in 2020. There was a lot of confusion and panic at times,...
Hands-on Congressperson Boebert offers a guided tour of the US Capitol to pardoned insurrectionists. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! View on Threads This is unsurprising. Boebert is falling short of Nancy Mace and MTG in the MAGA...
Microsoft has just made Windows 10 users an offer they (almost) can’t refuse: a free update to Windows 11 version 24H2. Details can be found on this support page, where Microsoft writes: “Windows 11, version 24H2, also known as the Windows 11 2024 Update, is now broadly ...
Leaders at CERN, Europe's particle-physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, will introduce financial incentives for academic publishers to adopt open science policies as part of the organization's collective agreement with 11 particle-physics journals. From a report: The...
A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiujitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government agency.
Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium and python-django), Fedora (git-lfs and pam-u2f), Mageia (golang), Red Hat (java-11-openjdk with Extended Lifecycle Support, java-17-openjdk, and java-21-openjdk), SUSE (cheat, dante, docker-stable, grafana, and kernel),...
A groundbreaking AI benchmark called “Humanity’s Last Exam” is sending ripples through the AI community. Developed by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) in partnership with Scale AI, it aims to be the ultimate test of whether AI can achieve human-like reasoning,...
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