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Wednesday January 8, 2025. 07:02 PM
Scientists have discovered a crucial mechanism behind one of sleep's most vital functions — cleaning toxins from the brain. The process relies on a rhythmic cycle of vessel squeezing and relaxing, driven by pulses of norepinephrine during deep sleep. Researchers at the...
Despite growing concerns about avian influenza, Bird Flu Risk, a new data-driven risk assessment suggests the chances of bird flu becoming as devastating as COVID-19 are remarkably low – just 5 out of 100, according to a tracking dashboard launched by forecaster Nathan...
Every so often, we get hints about Windows 12 -- usually in the form of accidental slips from Microsoft partners, like Intel. So far, though, that future OS has yet to be confirmed. Instead, what we get are continuous updates for Windows 11, typically with new AI features...
A 75-year-old woman was reportedly partially eaten by her neighbor's pigs in Pataskala, Ohio. Police were initially called to perform a welfare check on 75-year-old Rebecca Westergaard in Pataskala because she had not arrived as planned at her niece's home in Norton, just...
Move over, Narcos – Colombia has an even more iconic cultural exploit you've never heard of. Also about drugs, coincidentally. Remaking shows entirely is one of the rarer forms of localization, likely due to the expense involved, but it does happen from time to time. — Read...
TL;DR: Babbel can help you learn 14 new languages, and it's only $149.97 (reg. $599) with coupon LEARN25. Gearing up to travel internationally? It's a smart idea to learn your destination's language, whether you're planning to stroll through Paris or surf in Indonesia, and...
Donald Trump isn't president yet, but he's asking the Supreme Court to block his sentence for lying about hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Though he successfully delayed the big day this far—and has already been told that he does not face jail time or even...
So we all know about twisted-pair ethernet, huh? I get a little frustrated with a lot of histories of the topic, like the recent neil breen^w^wserial port video, because they often fail to address some obvious questions about the origin of twisted-pair network cabling. Well, ...
The Nintendo Switch 2 might just be the worst-kept secret in gaming right now. Although Nintendo has confirmed that it is coming and made broad statements on its capabilities, it's remained tight-lipped on anything else of substance… not that that has helped much. — Read the...
The pkgsrc developers have announced the 2024Q4 branch of the pkgsrc cross-platform packaging system. It is the default package manager for NetBSD, SmartOS, and is available for Linux as well. This marks the 85th quarterly release of pkgsrc: Since the pkgsrc-2024Q3 release, ...
Hey there! In this book, we’re going to build a small operating system from scratch, step by step. You might get intimidated when you hear OS or kernel development, the basic functions of an OS (especially the kernel) are surprisingly simple. Even Linux, which is often cited ...
Research by Fortinet has uncovered what it terms a 'phish-free' PayPal phishing attack that seeks to trick the unwary into giving up control of their account. It starts with an email request for payment that appears to come from a valid email address. Click the link and...
If you need a laugh today, check out this extra fluffy little gray doggo who has a hilarious way of demanding treats. The adorable pooch—who is featured on a TikTok account called 'Furry Bites'—absolutely adores apples, chicken jerky, and chicken breast, and asks for...
Security updates have been issued by Fedora (firefox, mupdf, and php-tcpdf), SUSE (etcd, file-roller, gtk3, kernel, python-django-ckeditor, rubygem-json-jwt, and tomcat10), and Ubuntu (ffmpeg, HTMLDOC, linux-aws, linux-raspi, linux-gke, linux-hwe-6.8, linux-lowlatency,...
It's the beginning of a new year, and from the perspective of dads everywhere, that means it's time to tackle some annual household tasks. And who better to walk you through those chores than Bo Petterson, dad to six adult children, and known on social media as 'Dad Advice...
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Using 1/10th scale 3D-printed hula hooping robots and a lot of math, researchers have determined the ideal body shape for hula hooping. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Hula hooping is a simple child's activity but requires defying...
Lenovo's Legion Go S is the first third-party handheld PC to come with SteamOS out of the box, heralding a new era in PC gaming—the one where Windows might become increasingly optional. The Legion Go S boasts AMD's exclusive Z2 Go processor and Zen 3 architecture,...
The new version of Oracle’s Exadata platform, X11M, is now generally available, and promises improved performance on generative AI tasks such as retrieval augmented generation (RAG) for the same price as the old version. Exadata is Oracle’s hardware and software platform ...
The Mecha Comet is a modular handheld computer, which is to say you can connect different controller bits to the bottom for different purposes: 'Snap In, Snap Out, Repeat.' There's a joypad controls turn it into a Gameboy-style game machine, a hardware keyboard turns it into ...
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