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Tuesday December 24, 2024. 05:00 PM
TL;DR: Play 70,000+ games on a retro console that's available for $99.99 (reg. $159).  Remember the days of mashing buttons, dodging pixelated enemies, and yelling at the screen when your sibling cheated at Street Fighter II? Those glory days are back, but now in 4K with...
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Walmart illegally opened a bank account for each of more than 1m delivery drivers without their knowledge or consent, then forced them to use them to receive deposits—harvesting more than $10m in junk fees. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing the company on...
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Legendary British chocolatier Cadburys has lost its royal warrant, having held it for 170 years. The company is currently owned by Mondelez international, which has refused to stop doing business in Russia during the Ukraine war: the cause of King Charles' decision to stop...
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I just found my new favorite sport – DISCOFOOT! Discofoot is a game that was conceived by choreographers and dancer Petter Jacobsson and Thomas Caley, and that at first glance resembles soccer, but with a twist. A Discofoot match consists of two halves with a halftime and...
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Pete Davidson who? Chris Redd who? To true men (and women, and other) of taste, the best part of Saturday Night Live is always Weekend Update – and the best part of Weekend Update is always the Christmas Joke Swap. — Read the rest The post My favorite holiday tradition is...
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When one thinks of ideal venues for Shakespeare, one might envision idyllic, sun-drenched parks or stately theatres. The gang war-ravaged, twelve-year-old-serial-killer-infested hellscape of Grand Theft Auto V's Los Santos is likely pretty low on that list, but that hasn't...
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TL;DR: Head straight to checkout to get a rugged, grade-A refurbished Lenovo 100E Chromebook for just $59.99—perfect for kids, travel, or everyday use. You know those deals that are so good you can't help but think, What's the catch? Well, this grade-A refurbished Lenovo...
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Monday December 23, 2024. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Headway Premium makes learning fast, fun, and personal with 15-minute insights from top nonfiction titles—just $59.99 for lifetime access. Here's a New Year's resolution you can actually stick to: learn more, faster, and have fun doing it. With Headway Premium,...
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Lt. Shane Lamond, the DC cop who thought his job monitoring extremist groups meant becoming their biggest groupie, has been found guilty of leaking police secrets to his BFF Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys. Our hero in blue spent his time sliding into Tarrio's DMs like a...
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Charles Smith, who boasted about making up to $10,000 monthly from his antisocial 'pranks,' filmed himself spraying Hot Shot Ultra Bed Bug and Flea Killer on produce including potatoes, lemons, apples, and tomatoes. The 27-year-old self-described 'troll' – who apparently...
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Last year, the Right Reverend Al Green released a beautiful cover of Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day.' He's followed that by reimagining another classic song: REM's 'Everybody Hurts.' Green is a master at what makes a cover great—he makes the song sound like he wrote it. — Read...
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A former FBI agent's dark obsession with a first-year law student spiraled into an elaborate campaign of harassment involving 79 different phone numbers, surveillance, and attempts to force a sham marriage, according to federal prosecutors. Paul Raymond Flood, 54, a Castro...
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An excited springer spaniel had a bit too much spring in her step — or tail as it were. And while happily wagging away on a hike in the woods, the pup's jubilant tail got tangled around a tree. 'Look who was wagging her tail so hard when she was running that she somehow...
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That instantly recognizable circus melody that makes you think of clowns and big tops began its life as something entirely different — a sophisticated military march inspired by ancient Roman gladiators. Czech composer Julius Fučík wrote 'Entrance of the Gladiators' in...
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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Santa didn't take drugs; he was drugs. With Christmas approaching, it's time to revisit the enchanting concept of Psychedelic Santa involving psychoactive mushrooms and the shamanic rituals of the...
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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! A fellow worshipping at a temple in Tamil Nadu, India accidentally accidentally dropped his iPhone into the donation box. When he asked officials at the Arulmigu Kandaswamy temple to return the phone,...
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A holiday light show in Orlando, Florida went awry over the weekend when lit-up drones began dropping out of the sky. 'Are they supposed to be falling?' a child asks in footage caught by a spectator at Lake Eola Park. (See video below, posted by Mike Sington.) — Read the...
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Sir Professor Craig Wright M.D., OBE, MBE, Master of Assassins, Inventor of Bitcoin, reportedly 'hides' after a judge sentenced him to jail time. The sentence, for contempt, was suspended so long as he follows court orders—but Ars Technica vilely reports that Wright 'hides ...
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Princeton researchers have unveiled Infinigen, a open-source tool that generates limitless photorealistic 3D scenes using pure mathematical rules – no AI or reliance on models trained on existing videos or images. Unlike traditional 3D generators that rely on existing art ...
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TL;DR: Get crystal-clear views and HD memories with these 12x Zoom Digital Camera Binoculars for just $89.97—the lowest price yet. Whether you're spying on the local wildlife, snapping shots of a breathtaking landscape, or just trying to figure out what's across that...
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