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Saturday November 30, 2024. 06:50 PM
Artificial intelligence is proving its value for generating text, recognizing images, and automating processes, but AI systems are hitting walls when trying to solve advanced math reasoning challenges. A trailblazing new benchmark from research firm Epoch AI called...
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TL;DR: Save 33% on this gaming projector with thousands of built-in games with this extended Black Friday sale. Bored? Good. In case you missed it yesterday, we extended this Black Friday deal on the perfect gadget for gaming like it's 1999 or streaming like it's 2024. —...
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Version 1.83.0 of the Rust language has been released. This release includes several large extensions to what code running in const contexts can do. This refers to all code that the compiler has to evaluate at compile-time: the initial value of const and static items,...
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The OpenWrt One router, which was reviewed here recently, is now generally available. This is the first wireless Internet router designed and built with your software freedom and right to repair in mind. The OpenWrt One will never be locked down and is forever unbrickable. ...
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Despite executives’ continued promotion of AI in the workplace and employees’ growing interest in AI technology, the U.S. workforce faces barriers hindering its adoption. Recent qualitative research by the Slack Workforce Index found that AI adoption among U.S. workers...
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False Knees is a beautiful,  award-winning webcomic that usually, but not always, features birds. The comics are hand-drawn pencils, gouache, and India ink.    LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Most of the comics are one-offs. — Read the...
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Many internet hacks are sheer nonsense. Mental Floss did an entire video debunking popular online life hacks.    LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! What I find more egregious is when 'hacks' invent something that already exists. — Read...
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Watching things get squooshed by a hydraulic press is incredibly satisfying. This time, the two delightful Finns pitted a giant slab constructed of 10,000 Lego bricks against their 3-ton press.    LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! — Read...
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New research found that readers preferred AI-generated poems over poems written by humans. The study also found that participants were more likely to misidentify AI-generated poems as having been human-authored. Published in Scientific Reports, the study found that...
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This video compilation shows photo booth pictures of women in the roaring 20s. Before phone selfies, there were photo booth selfies, and I love to see how much fun everyone was having here while taking photos of themselves in it.    LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? —...
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Alibaba’s Group Holdings’ international eCommerce group announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) sourcing tool, Accio, at the Web Summit 2024 conference on November 12. Introduced by Kuo Zhang, president of Alibaba.com and vice president of Alibaba International, the ...
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TL;DR: Through Cyber Week, own Microsoft Office and Windows 11 Pro for $54.97 (reg. $438)—a practical, one-time purchase. Ever thought about owning your software instead of paying for it over and over, just like all your other bills and subscriptions? For a one-time...
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Two angry deer bullied a tourist who was seemingly minding his own business at what looks like Nara Park — Japan's famous deer park. The gentleman, wearing a large blue backpack, was simply snapping a picture of someone sitting on a rock, when one of the bucks charged him ...
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Friday November 29, 2024. 11:29 PM
   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a feature that allowed users to directly upload videos to YouTube from their Photos app. Many users uploaded videos without changing the default filename format...
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TL;DR: The KeySmart® SmartCard is a tracker the size of a credit card, and 3 of them are only $79.97 (reg. $119) for Black Friday. Check out here.  Anyone who owns an e-bike knows the struggle: is my lock strong enough? — Read the rest The post Stop bike thieves with a...
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If Elon Musk wanted to create a classic fantasy role-playing franchise with none of the wokery that now inhabits Dungeons & Dragons, he could do it a dozen times over with his riches. But why bother when you can just buy parent company Hasbro and run the real thing into the...
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Although extremely rare, a Central California teacher has died of rabies after a wild bat bit her in a middle school classroom. The 60-year-old Fresno woman, Leah Seneng, found what appeared to be a lifeless bat while she was teaching her Byrant Middle School students back...
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Drew Friedman' latest book, Shtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy, contains over 160 portraits of quirky, forgotten, and famous icons of American pop culture. I'm a longtime admirer of Drew's meticulous, expressive work, which captures the essence of the subject...
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Allee Willis may be the most influential artist you've never heard of. A new documentary, The World According to Allee Willis, reveals a renaissance woman who blazed trails across music, art, and technology while fighting personal battles behind her flamboyant exterior. —...
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Donald Trump had a seat at Elon Musk's Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving table last night, and as 'YMCA' blasted over the speakers, Trump patted the younger, richer billionaire on the back to get his attention. Musk finally acknowledged Trump, and then stole the show, waving his arms...
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