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Sunday November 24, 2024. 11:25 PM
Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out. ...
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A month and a bit ago, I wondered if I could cope with a terminal-only computer. […] The only way to really find out was to give it a go. My goal was to see what it was like to use a terminal-only computer for my personal computing for two weeks, and more if I fancied it. ...
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TL;DR: This open-box Beats Pill+ Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $109.99 (reg. $149) delivers big sound, deep bass, and all-day battery life, which you can enjoy right away by heading straight to checkout. It's that time of year when Mariah Carey deserves to be on repeat, and...
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This is what it looks like when what was supposed to be an 18 minute fireworks show accidentally goes off in 25 seconds. This is exactly how it felt in my brain one time when I drank what I thought was a single cup of coffee, but it turned out to be 8 cups worth of coffee...
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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! This fish owner feeds her tiny little sausages. The fish is cute beyond words, and appears to smile after he gulps down the sausage. Feeding my pet fish wouldn't feel like a chore at all if this is what...
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At SuperComputing24 (#SC24) in Atlanta, Georgia, NVIDIA announced that over 200 biopharma and techbio companies, academic institutions, and AI researchers are adopting the company’s open-source BioNeMo Framework. The SC24 conference brings together leaders from tech,...
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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! When a Vancouver Island couple tore down a wall in their home, they were expecting to find old insulation or wires. Instead, they uncovered hundreds of stuffed animals packed inside. — Read the rest The...
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At Microsoft Ignite 2024, the tech giant unveiled Interpreter in Teams, a groundbreaking tool set to redefine multilingual communication. Starting in early 2025, Microsoft Teams users will be able to use AI voice cloning to replicate their own voices while speaking in up to...
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Google has unveiled a new feature for its Pixel devices that uses AI to identify and alert users to potential scam calls in real time. Currently in beta, this AI fraud detection feature is available in the Phone by Google app for Pixel 6 and newer devices, with Pixel 9 users ...
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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! It seems I just cannot get enough Golden Retriever content lately, because I'm back with another hilarious Golden doggo. Meet 'Sakura Chan,' a Golden Retriever who absolutely loves dressing up and...
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TL;DR: Elevate your creativity and productivity with lifetime access to 1MinAI for $29.97, an AI-powered tool that turns average ideas into memorable ones — with minimal effort on your part. Sometimes, ideas just aren't flowing, and even the simplest task feels like a...
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The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to BrightHeart, a Paris-based AI innovator specializing in obstetric and pediatric cardiology, for its first AI software designed to transform prenatal ultrasound evaluations of the fetal heart. This clearance marks a critical step...
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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! 'Steamed Hams' is a segment from the 1996 anthology episode of the Simpsons, '22 Short Films about Springfield.' Considered a classic Simpsons moment, the Internet re-discovered it around 2018, resulting ...
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TikTok has once again unearthed a viral gem, and this time it’s a resurfaced video of Barron Trump that has captivated the platform. The clip, in which Donald Trump’s youngest son simply says, “I like my suitcase,” has sparked a creative frenzy, with users remixing...
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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Recently, retrosound77, an Instagram account about interesting vintage stereo gear, posted a video about the Toshiba AS-10, a portable cassette player smaller than an actual cassette. However, for a brief...
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Windows 11, despite its modern design and advanced features, has been criticized for its bloated nature. The operating system demands substantial hardware resources, leaving many users with sluggish performance -- even on newer machines -- and Microsoft is jamming AI...
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Parceling up software applications into ‘containers’ is commonplace these days, having grown rapidly over the last decade. Aiming to simplify the development, testing, and delivery process, to encourage agility, it’s a way of working that continues to have wide appeal. ...
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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Did you know that a tree stump can acquire nutrients from a nearby tree and grow more bark over the chopped part? In this video, we see a stump that has regrown in this way. — Read the rest The post Did...
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TL;DR: There's no need to wait for Black Friday—three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is now only $36.49 (reg. $50) through December 1. Black Friday's usually the time of year you focus on deals for clothes, holiday gifts, and household goods, but what if we told you...
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I had to dive into our archive all the way back to 2017 to find the last reference to the MaXX Interactive Desktop, and it seems this wasn’t exactly my fault – the project has been on hiatus since 2020, and is only now coming back to life, as MaXXdesktop v2.2.0 (nickname...
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