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Artemis crew safely splashes down off California coast

All signals are green after the Artemis II mission crew successfully re-entered Earth's atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California. NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen are waiting for their ride home after their 10-day round trip to the moon. Read the rest The post Artemis crew safely splashes down off California coast appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 10 hours ago

Jim Woodring's Frank finally speaks in a 3.5-inch Big Little Book

For 35 years, Jim Woodring's character Frank has wandered the hallucinatory landscape of the Unifactor without saying a word. Readers interpreted the allegories on their own. Now Frank has a voice. Quacky, out August 11 from Fantagraphics, is a prose-and-pictures story built to look and feel like those palm-sized Big Little Books from the 1930s 3.5 inches tall, 1.25 inches thick, drawings on the right-hand pages and prose on the left. Read the rest The post Jim Woodring's Frank finally speaks i...

Alt - Boing Boing - 12 hours ago

This $60 bundle pairs coding courses with real developer software

TL;DR: This bundle includes Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 and 15 beginner-friendly coding courses, giving you both the tools and training to start building projects. It's on sale for $59.99 (reg. $1,999). You've probably thought about learning to code you've just been putting it off. Read the rest The post This $60 bundle pairs coding courses with real developer software appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 13 hours ago

AMOLED writer deck has adorable bees on it

Writer decks usually have e-ink displays, which are nice to read and easy on batteries. But they're mostly monochrome and sometimes sluggish. Enter Bee Write Back, a distraction-free writing machiner with an OLED display. Colors! Rich, deep blacks! And a cute bee logo. Read the rest The post AMOLED writer deck has adorable bees on it appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 14 hours ago

Girl mice grew balls after a one-letter DNA change

Swap one letter in a girl mouse's DNA and she grows testes. Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel edited a small stretch of what scientists used to call "junk DNA," the vast majority of the genome that doesn't build proteins but tells other genes when to turn on or off. Read the rest The post Girl mice grew balls after a one-letter DNA change appeared first on Boing Boing.

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UK bans "stepfamily" porn by one vote, sets 5-year prison term

The UK House of Lords voted 144-143 on Thursday to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members, passing by a single vote. The measure was pushed by Conservative peer Gabby Bertin, who argued the content "normalises child sexual abuse and abusive relationships within families." Read the rest The post UK bans "stepfamily" porn by one vote, sets 5-year prison term appeared first on Boing Boing.

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John Deere settles right-to-repair lawsuit for $99 million

Anyone who went through a John Deere dealer for major equipment repairs since January 2018 is in line to collect. The company will put $99 million into a class action settlement fund, with plaintiffs recovering 26% to 53% of overcharge damages well above the typical 5% to 15% in cases like this. Read the rest The post John Deere settles right-to-repair lawsuit for $99 million appeared first on Boing Boing.

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NYT investigation names Adam Back as Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto

John Carreyrou the journalist who broke the Theranos story spent 18 months trying to identify Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator. His conclusion, published in the New York Times this week: Adam Back, 55, a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, the computational puzzle system that became Bitcoin's proof-of-work mining engine. Read the rest The post NYT investigation names Adam Back as Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto appeared first on Boing Boing.

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A.J. Jacobs beat a weeks-long writing block with a two-minute timer

A.J. Jacobs has a revision of the old thousand-mile proverb. The journey doesn't start with a step it starts, he writes, with "putting on your left sock." When it comes to outwitting procrastination, I try to make that first action as easy as possible. Read the rest The post A.J. Jacobs beat a weeks-long writing block with a two-minute timer appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

This dashboard tracks everything going on with Artemis' Orion capsule as it returns to Earth

The Artemis II mission is nearing the end, with the Orion capsule, dubbed Integrity by the crew, due to splash down off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 pm EDT on Friday. The mission has been a resounding success thus far, with the crew studying the moon's far side and sending back breathtaking photos. Read the rest The post This dashboard tracks everything going on with Artemis' Orion capsule as it returns to Earth appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

Clothing tags from the 80s hid jokes, messages, and mischief

I had a blast looking through this photo collection of old clothing tags, shared by T. Archivist. What makes these tags special are the hidden jokes, messages, and graphics on them made to add a little excitement and sometimes mischief to the garments. Read the rest The post Clothing tags from the 80s hid jokes, messages, and mischief appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

Dead skin pulled from a lizard's nostril is deeply satisfying

This video of a happy pet lizard having a piece of old skin pulled from his nostril is extremely satisfying to watch. This pet lizard's owner noticed a stray piece of skin left over from a recent shed. This dead skin was stuck in his nostril, and looked very uncomfy. Read the rest The post Dead skin pulled from a lizard's nostril is deeply satisfying appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 18 hours ago

RAM shortage who? These Lenovo ThinkPads are only $300

TL;DR: Get a near-mint condition refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad for only $300. Rising RAM prices are making it harder and harder to find a good computer, but it's not impossible. Refurbished machines are still a solid option, and you might be surprised by what you can find. Read the rest The post RAM shortage who? These Lenovo ThinkPads are only $300 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 day ago

Sure, Jan: Melania pops up with a very convenient Epstein denial

Melania Trump, who almost never speaks publicly unless absolutely necessary, suddenly stepped up to the cameras to deny ties to Jeffrey Epstein, who appears in released documents as a possible link in how she met Donald Trump, and to do it right as fresh scrutiny starts building again. Read the rest The post Sure, Jan: Melania pops up with a very convenient Epstein denial appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Kevin Kelly's 84 contemporary heresies, from trivial to genuinely dangerous

Most heresies are defined by theology. Technologist Kevin Kelly's are defined by peer pressure. His criterion: "something you believe that the people you most admire and respect don't believe and reject out of hand." By that measure, Kelly has collected 84. Read the rest The post Kevin Kelly's 84 contemporary heresies, from trivial to genuinely dangerous appeared first on Boing Boing.

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"Catturd" gets more X engagement than the New York Times

Catturd a right-wing pseudonymous account routinely outperforms the New York Times on X. The Times has built a following of 53 million accounts, but its posts typically generate a few hundred likes or replies. Nate Silver, the statistician behind FiveThirtyEight and the Silver Bulletin newsletter, tracked X's top engagement accounts for 2026 and found them dominated by low-quality, highly partisan content. Read the rest The post "Catturd" gets more X engagement than the New York Times appeared ...

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Terry Zwigoff and Drew Friedman in conversation after CRUMB at Film Forum

The 1995 documentary CRUMB Terry Zwigoff's portrait of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and his deeply dysfunctional family was snubbed for an Oscar nomination so conspicuously that it prompted the Academy to overhaul how its members vote for documentary films. Read the rest The post Terry Zwigoff and Drew Friedman in conversation after CRUMB at Film Forum appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Amazon is turning 2 million old Kindles into bricks this May

If you own an older Kindle and ever factory reset it after May 20, 2026, you will never be able to read new books on it again. Amazon is cutting off support for Kindle models released in 2012 or earlier, according to The Guardian, and resetting them after the deadline soft-bricks the devices for good. Read the rest The post Amazon is turning 2 million old Kindles into bricks this May appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Meta is pulling ads that recruit plaintiffs suing Meta

Two weeks after a California jury found Meta negligent in a landmark social media addiction case, the company has started removing ads on its own platforms from attorneys seeking plaintiffs for related lawsuits. Axios identified more than 12 deactivated ads from firms, including Morgan and Morgan and Sokolove Law, which had been running on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger. Read the rest The post Meta is pulling ads that recruit plaintiffs suing Meta appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Amazon to cut off old Kindles in May

Amazon is to discontinue support for old Kindles, including the first and second generations and the Kindle DX. They're not going to be bricked, but they will be cut loose: "you will not be able to purchase, borrow or download addtional books" after May 20. Read the rest The post Amazon to cut off old Kindles in May appeared first on Boing Boing.

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EFF quits X as posts now get 3% of what tweets once got

In 2018, the Electronic Frontier Foundation the San Francisco nonprofit that has been fighting for digital rights since 1990 posted 5 to 10 times a day on Twitter and racked up 50 to 100 million impressions a month. By 2025, that same level of effort produced roughly 13 million impressions over the year. Read the rest The post EFF quits X as posts now get 3% of what tweets once got appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Mac OS X ported to the Nintendo Wii

The Macintosh's operating system has been ported to the Nintendo Wii, defying those who said it could not be done. Granted, it's the original release of Mac OS X, itself older than the 2006 console, but the hardware constraints (Only 88MB of RAM!) Read the rest The post Mac OS X ported to the Nintendo Wii appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Get Windows 11 Pro for less than $15

TL;DR: Upgrade Your Windows OS with Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for just $14.97 (Reg. $199). You're only as productive as your operating system. And your computer has probably been running on an outdated system for too long. If you're due for an upgrade, now is the time especially when you can get Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for less than $15. Read the rest The post Get Windows 11 Pro for less than $15 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Someone left mysterious symbol-filled booklets in a London bookshop

In 1995 or 1996, British musician Cylob real name Chris Jeffs picked up a free booklet from a stack near the entrance of a London bookshop. A staffer said someone mysterious kept leaving them there. The booklet has 20 pages, no letters, no numbers, not even page numbers just rectangular symbols arranged in grids across the pages. Read the rest The post Someone left mysterious symbol-filled booklets in a London bookshop appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Metal Gear Solid movie on the way

In 1998, Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid brought cinematic action to the original Sony PlayStation, and now Hollywood is returning the favor. Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are to film a blockbuster based on the game. Regarding Metal Gear Solid, the duo stated, "Metal Gear Solid was nothing short of a groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece that forever revolutionized video games. Read the rest The post Metal Gear Solid movie on the way appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Pub thief who nabbed handbag didn't realize it had $3m Fabergé egg in it

When Enzo Conticello, 29, took Rosie Dawson's handbag in the Dog and Duck pub in Soho, London, he didn't realize how big his score was: it contained a Fabergé egg valued at £2.2m (~$3m). If the scale of the theft guaranteed a thorough investigation, it was not needed: he was caught after using her credit cards at a nearby shop within minutes of the grab. Read the rest The post Pub thief who nabbed handbag didn't realize it had $3m Fabergé egg in it appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Thousands of plastic straws turn a face into an alien apparition

This trippy video shows what someone's face looks like through thousands of plastic straws. At first glance, it's not easy to tell what you're even looking at. It looks like a filter, or some kind of special effect. The man's face looks distorted, as if it's popping in to say hello from another dimension. Read the rest The post Thousands of plastic straws turn a face into an alien apparition appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Trees vs. erosion: how roots fight back and keep landscapes stable

These amazing photos show what happens when trees fight back against erosion. Even when erosion removes large amounts of soil, many trees survive because their roots extend far below the surface. Some species grow deep anchor roots that reach stable layers of earth or rock, while others spread wide, gripping whatever soil remains. Read the rest The post Trees vs. erosion: how roots fight back and keep landscapes stable appeared first on Boing Boing.

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JD Vance endorsement makes things worse for Orbán

After JD Vance traveled to Budapest to boost Viktor Orbán, betting markets moved in the opposite direction, trimming the Hungarian leader's chances just days before a closely watched election. Also entertaining is Vance accusing others of attempting to influence an election he traveled halfway across the world to interfere with. Read the rest The post JD Vance endorsement makes things worse for Orbán appeared first on Boing Boing.

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May 3rd in Los Angeles: Catch indie comedy "The Big Whoop"

On May 3rd at 3 pm, Los Angeles' Dynasty Typewriter plays host to a screening of the independent comedy hit "The Big Whoop." The film stars Boing Boing favorites Jim Turner, Mark Fite, and Dave (Gruber) Allen of 2 Headed Dog fame, and co-stars Sandra Oh, Penn Jillette, magician Shin Lim, and Samantha Cole. Read the rest The post May 3rd in Los Angeles: Catch indie comedy "The Big Whoop" appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Garron Noone on the consequence free Irish apology insult

You've heard of the Irish goodbye, but have you experienced the Irish insult? View this post on Instagram If you aren't familiar with Irish musician and Instagram superstar Garron Noone, he is a treasure. From his taste testing of popular American dishes to his impeccable US accent, Noone's feed is packed with hilarious and informative videos. Read the rest The post Garron Noone on the consequence free Irish apology insult appeared first on Boing Boing...

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The best little police prostitution scandal in Texas

The Godley, Texas, police department is now at the center of a sprawling prostitution investigation involving former officers, a former police chief, and allegations that what was happening behind closed doors may have been far more organized than anyone wants to admit. Read the rest The post The best little police prostitution scandal in Texas appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Honda paywalls its garage door opener

Honda has taken a feature that used to be a single dumb button press: open garage, go inside, live your life, and turned it into an app, a login, a piece of hardware, and a subscription, because apparently even arriving home now needs a payment plan. Read the rest The post Honda paywalls its garage door opener appeared first on Boing Boing.

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McDonald's CEO throws his mom under the bus

After becoming the face of 2026's funniest fast-food self-own, McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski is now joking that his mother is to blame for the comically dainty bite that turned the Big Arch promo into instant meme fodder. In his sit-down interview with the WSJ, seen via Instagram, Kempczinski said the lessons he learnt from his mom in his youth might be the root of it all. Read the rest The post McDonald's CEO throws his mom under the bus appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Understanding the Artemis II photos we've seen so far

This fantastic video examines the incredible photography the Artemis II crew has sent back thus far. The photos from Artemis II aren't just pretty; they are resetting humanity's collective sense of scale. After more than 50 years, these are human-eye images from deep space again. Read the rest The post Understanding the Artemis II photos we've seen so far appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Your brain sees faces in coffee foam on purpose

This cute photo collection shows different cups of coffee that look like they have faces in their bubbles. This isn't human-made latte art, though. These coffee cups just happen to come with a personality. I'd consider it to be good luck if my morning coffee was smiling at me like this. Read the rest The post Your brain sees faces in coffee foam on purpose appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Statue erected to honor landmine-sniffing rat in Cambodia

Magawa, the African giant pouched rat, saved countless lives and limbs by sniffing out landmines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia. Cambodia has millions of landmines and unexploded bombs as a result of decades of war and bombing by the United States. Read the rest The post Statue erected to honor landmine-sniffing rat in Cambodia appeared first on Boing Boing.

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This tiny $35 adapter makes your car finally feel wireless

Wires had a good run. But if you're still plugging your phone into your car just to use CarPlay or Android Auto, consider this a sign to let go. This Mini Wireless CarPlay/Android Auto Adapter cuts the cord, turning your factory-wired system into a wireless one. Read the rest The post This tiny $35 adapter makes your car finally feel wireless appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 2 days ago

As Sam Altman pushes for IPO, the wheels are coming off OpenAI

As Sam Altman races toward an IPO for OpenAI, the company is juggling executive exits, scrapped products, lawsuits, odd MandA activity, and a growing sense that the "inevitable future" narrative is starting to wobble under its own weight. As a product. Read the rest The post As Sam Altman pushes for IPO, the wheels are coming off OpenAI appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Experience the best of both electronic worlds with a Microsoft Surface Pro 6 for $230

TL;DR: A Grade A refurbished Microsoft Surface Pro 6 (2018) can be all yours for $229.99 (MSRP $849.99). Want to enjoy the portability of a tablet with the power of a laptop? Now you can with Microsoft Surface Pro 6 (2018) 12.3″ i5-8250U 8GB RAM 256GB SSD, refurbished at just $229.99 (MSRP $849.99). Read the rest The post Experience the best of both electronic worlds with a Microsoft Surface Pro 6 for $230 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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500+ brain scans reveal what LSD, psilocybin, DMT have in common

Psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, DMT, and ayahuasca have different chemical structures, different durations, different cultural histories and they all do the same thing to the brain. A mega-analysis published in Nature Medicine found a shared two-part pattern across all five drugs: normally tight neural networks weaken internally, while brain regions that usually stay segregated start talking to each other. Read the rest The post 500+ brain scans reveal what LSD, psilocybin, DMT have in common appea...

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NJ teen buys abandoned storage unit for $450, finds $50,000 in art inside

Michael Haskell, a 17-year-old high school senior from New Jersey, paid $450 for an abandoned Brooklyn storage unit that turned out to have belonged to Andrew Crispo, an art dealer prominent in the 1980s. Inside were works by Man Ray and Walt Kuhn. Read the rest The post NJ teen buys abandoned storage unit for $450, finds $50,000 in art inside appeared first on Boing Boing.

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CIA located a downed airman from 40 miles away by detecting his heartbeat

A weapons systems officer from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle spent nearly 48 hours hiding in a mountain crevice in southern Iran. He was found 40 miles away by his heartbeat. The CIA deployed a classified technology called Ghost Murmur, developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division. Read the rest The post CIA located a downed airman from 40 miles away by detecting his heartbeat appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Southwest limits passengers to one portable charger

Starting April 20, 2026, Southwest Airlines passengers are limited to one portable charger per person. The charger can't go in the overhead bin or checked luggage. It has to stay in plain sight during the flight so flight attendants can spot overheating before things get serious. Read the rest The post Southwest limits passengers to one portable charger appeared first on Boing Boing.

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The Mouth of Moron reading directly from "Dear Leader" playbook

Convicted felon Donald Trump's untrustworthy, scowling Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave a statement that sounds more like North Korean propaganda than ever before. Declaring victory over Iran while having achieved none of their goals in their unjust war is sadly to be expected. Read the rest The post The Mouth of Moron reading directly from "Dear Leader" playbook appeared first on Boing Boing.

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"Affordable" LA Olympics tickets arrive with $5,000 seats and a 24% convenience fee

Los Angeles promised a hometown Olympics that locals could actually attend, then opened ticket sales with $5,000 seats, vanishing "cheap" options, and a 24% service fee. Nothing says community celebration like getting priced out of your own city. Customers were shocked to find that tickets for LA28, which officials billed as "affordable" for locals, could cost a small fortune. Read the rest The post "Affordable" LA Olympics tickets arrive with $5,000 seats and a 24% convenience fee appeared ...

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Once again Israel ignores "ceasefire" part of "ceasefire"

Iran was clear that the ceasefire was to include Israel's attacks on Lebanon, but the United States and Israel have decided that wasn't part of the deal. Naturally, the ceasefire looks ready to fall apart. The U.S.-Iran ceasefire does not apply to Israel's strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios, contradicting claims from Iran and the Pakistani mediators. Read the rest The post Once again Israel ignores "ceasefire" part of "ceasefire" app...

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Japan's truth-in-packaging law makes snacks look exactly like the box

Japan's Act Against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (1962) is a consumer protection law that cracks down on deceptive advertising and packaging. Companies can't exaggerate what's inside, especially when it comes to size, appearance, or quality. If companies break this rule, they risk fines and public warnings. Read the rest The post Japan's truth-in-packaging law makes snacks look exactly like the box appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Monkey walks into hotel buffet, picks his snack, walks out

Watch a mischievous monkey casually walk into a hotel and steal a treat from the breakfast buffet. From the employee's reaction, I have a feeling that this little fellow is a regular at the breakfast table. The monkey pulls off the mission with zero interference and struts proudly out of the hotel with his snack. Read the rest The post Monkey walks into hotel buffet, picks his snack, walks out appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Autonomous future arrives, looks a lot like public transit without the "public" part

After years of breathless promises about a frictionless, individualized future, the autonomous revolution has arrived in the form of a sliding-door people mover that looks suspiciously like a bus minus the pesky "public." The Mountain View-based robotaxi company is in the process of incorporating the cars, manufactured for it by Chinese automobile maker Zeekr, into its fleet. Read the rest The post Autonomous future arrives, looks a lot like public transit without the "public" part appeared ...

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Science, now with 110,000 made-up sources!

Turns out the problem with AI in science isn't just that it occasionally gets things wrong, it's that AI confidently invents sources that don't exist, and those fake citations are showing up in real, peer-reviewed research by the tens of thousands. Read the rest The post Science, now with 110,000 made-up sources! appeared first on Boing Boing.

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ICE shoots "alleged gang member," says he "weaponized" his vehicle

After shooting a man in California, ICE declared him an "alleged gang member" and says he "weaponized" his vehicle. At some point, they will need a new script. "As officers approached the car, the wanted gang member weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over," Lyons said in the statement. Read the rest The post ICE shoots "alleged gang member," says he "weaponized" his vehicle appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Easter egg trees are a forgotten German tradition worth reviving

Decorating trees with eggs is a springtime tradition that traces back to Germany, where it's known as Ostereierbaum. Families hang brightly painted eggs, often hollowed-out real shells, on branches or small backyard trees. This is a way to celebrate renewal, fertility, and the arrival of warmer weather. Read the rest The post Easter egg trees are a forgotten German tradition worth reviving appeared first on Boing Boing.

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In "Punk'n Heads," the pumpkin masks are mandatory, the identity crisis is optional

Dave Baker has a knack for making comics that feel like they're barely holding themselves together. His books blur formats, identities, and sometimes the boundaries of reality itself. Mary Tyler MooreHawk did that through a kind of recursive media hallucination. His new book, Punk'n Heads, brings things crashing back to earth. Read the rest The post In "Punk'n Heads," the pumpkin masks are mandatory, the identity crisis is optional appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Always wanted to write a book? This AI non-fiction writing software is 91% off

TL;DR: Turn your ideas into professional-quality non-fiction books with this subscription to Youbooks AI Non-Fiction Book Generator. For 91% off, you can get unrivaled content creation for just $49 ($540). Millions of people say that one of their dreams is to write a book. Read the rest The post Always wanted to write a book? This AI non-fiction writing software is 91% off appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Bones in a bag: half of Sheriff's office charged with crimes including corpse abuse

It's not quite clear what's going on at the Costilla County Sheriff's office in Colorado, but investigators have indicted half of it on multiple charges that include abuse of a corpse. Granted, that's just four men in the sparsely-populated county on the New Mexico border: Sheriff Danny Sanchez, former Deputy Keith Schultz, Undersheriff Cruz Soto and Sergeant Caleb Sanchez, son of the Sheriff. Read the rest The post Bones in a bag: half of Sheriff's office charged with crimes including corpse a...

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Arkanoid played by an orchestra

Arkanoid, Taito's 1986 arcade game, brought sci-fi style to the classic Breakout formula. What music and audio it had was brief and distinctive, a fact highlighted by this performance, by the New Japan BGM Philharmonic Orchestra of a game of Arkanoid. Read the rest The post Arkanoid played by an orchestra appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Bicycle bell designed to defeat noise-cancelling headphones

Škoda's DuoBell is designed to be heard by people wearing high-end headphones, inexpensively blowing through active noise cancellation without being ridiculously loud or unnecessarily "smart." It's a "simple analog solution" with has no electrical components and sounds like a normal bike bell. Read the rest The post Bicycle bell designed to defeat noise-cancelling headphones appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Design of foldable iPhone confirmed by dummy sets

Tech journalist Sonny Dickson posted "exclusive first dummies" of the iPhone Fold to X¹, revealing that it is indeed a phone that folds. The existence of the dummies suggests a release sooner rather than later, and their design matches previous reports. Read the rest The post Design of foldable iPhone confirmed by dummy sets appeared first on Boing Boing.

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The doctor who proved handwashing saves lives was locked in an asylum for it

In 1847, a doctor at Vienna General Hospital cut the maternity ward death rate from 18% to 2% by requiring handwashing in chlorinated lime solution. The medical establishment repaid him with years of ridicule and eventually committed him to an asylum. Read the rest The post The doctor who proved handwashing saves lives was locked in an asylum for it appeared first on Boing Boing.

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No US city cracks the top 40 in 2026 Happy City Index

Copenhagen ranked first among 251 cities in the Happy City Index 2026, scoring 6,954 points across 64 indicators covering citizens, governance, environment, economy, health, and mobility. Helsinki came in second (6,919) and Geneva third (6,882). If you're looking for the American cities in the rankings: San Francisco landed at #45, New York at #207, and Dallas at #248 four spots from the bottom. Read the rest The post No US city cracks the top 40 in 2026 Happy City Index appeared first on Boing...

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This guy ran 500 miles on LSD and mushrooms in 11 days

Dante Liberato, a 27-year-old retired cage fighter who lives in Manitou Springs, Colorado, spent 11 days last October running the 500 miles between there and Moab, Utah eating LSD and psilocybin throughout. His protocol: 30 to 40 micrograms of LSD trickled across the day, accumulating to around 200 micrograms by nightfall, then 11 to 14 hours of running the next morning before camping again. Read the rest The post This guy ran 500 miles on LSD and mushrooms in 11 days appeared first on Boing Bo...

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China's 3,000-foot "Goddess escalator" takes 21 minutes to ride

Wushan County in Chongqing now has the world's longest outdoor escalator system: 3,000 feet of moving stairs 21 escalators plus 8 elevators climbing from the county town up to a scenic mountain area above it. The whole ride takes 21 minutes. Read the rest The post China's 3,000-foot "Goddess escalator" takes 21 minutes to ride appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Smugglers were caught with 5,000 Kenyan queen ants worth $220 each

A Chinese national was arrested at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport carrying 5,000 giant queen ants Messor cephalotes, a species prized in the exotic pet trade at $220 per ant. The ants were packed into test tubes stuffed with cotton wool, each tube sealed to keep its cargo alive for the journey. Read the rest The post Smugglers were caught with 5,000 Kenyan queen ants worth $220 each appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Germany unmasks the man behind REvil and GandCrab ransomware

For years the hacker known as "UNKN" ran two of the most destructive ransomware operations on the internet. Germany's Federal Criminal Police the Bundeskriminalamt, or BKA now says that's Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin, a 31-year-old from Krasnodar, Russia, who authorities believe still lives there. Read the rest The post Germany unmasks the man behind REvil and GandCrab ransomware appeared first on Boing Boing.

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France puts Freemasons on trial for hit squad murders

A murder trial opened in Paris last week with 22 defendants and a premise that sounds invented: killings and beatings allegedly commissioned through an internal dispute inside a Freemasonry lodge in Puteaux, just outside the city. Among those in the dock, according to France 24: four active DGSE foreign intelligence officers, two cops, a former DGSI counterintelligence official, corporate executives, and at least one professional killer. Read the rest The post France puts Freemasons on trial fo...

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Motorola Moto Pad: 11-inch Android tablet for $250

It's been well over a decade since I last held a tablet made by Motorola. In 2011, the Moto Xoom popped. It was a chonky piece of hardware, solid in the hand, with decent battery life for its day and you could get it with 3G baked in. Read the rest The post Motorola Moto Pad: 11-inch Android tablet for $250 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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A24 brings the creepy with The Backrooms

I'll watch pretty much anything with Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Dirty Pretty Things, Children of Men) in it. But Chiwetel Ejiofor in an A24 horror flick? Pump it directly into my veins. The Backrooms, which is based on a series of OG YouTube shorts by Kane Parsons, is just over two minutes long. Read the rest The post A24 brings the creepy with The Backrooms appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Stop renting your office apps and finally own them for 92% off

TL;DR: Get 92% off access to MS Office 2019 apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows for just $16.97 (Reg. $229). Is it time to upgrade your office suite? Your content speaks for you. Read the rest The post Stop renting your office apps and finally own them for 92% off appeared first on Boing Boing.

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JerryRigEverything tears down the LG Rollable phone that never was

Remember that LG phone boasting an expandable, rollable display? No? Don't feel bad: it was supposed to be released back in 2021, but it never saw the light of day. News of the device popped up just before LG hut down its money-losing mobile division entirely. Read the rest The post JerryRigEverything tears down the LG Rollable phone that never was appeared first on Boing Boing.

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CBS sells Late Show time slot to Byron Allen for comedy reruns

CBS has announced that when Stephen Colbert's cancelled Late Show goes off the air late next month, it will sell its late night time slots to producer Byron Allen in a "time buy" arrangement. Allen will fill the slots with his own comedy shows and sell advertising. Read the rest The post CBS sells Late Show time slot to Byron Allen for comedy reruns appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Artist hand-stitched a dress entirely from preserved autumn leaves

An artist named Amanda Meyer created an incredible dress out of autumn leaves. Meyer soaked the leaves in a glycerin solution to preserve them glycerin replaces the water inside each leaf, keeping it pliable and colorful rather than letting it dry out and crumble and then hand-stitched them all together. Read the rest The post Artist hand-stitched a dress entirely from preserved autumn leaves appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Small plane makes emergency landing in the middle of Pennsylvania highway

This video shows a small plane landing in the middle of traffic on a highway in PA. Thankfully, no passengers or drivers were injured. I can't imagine how surreal it must have been for drivers to have this plane land right in front of them. Read the rest The post Small plane makes emergency landing in the middle of Pennsylvania highway appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Flu vaccine linked to lower Alzheimer's risk

In news that will absolutely enrage the "I did my own research" crowd, a massive study just found that getting a flu shot is associated with a significantly lower risk of Alzheimer's up to 55% in older adults. In the retrospective cohort study, titled 'Risk of Alzheimer Dementia After High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination', researchers analysed health data from roughly 165,000 older adults who received either a high-dose or standard-dose influenza vaccine. Read the rest The post F...

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Ancient Peruvian textile features a feline spirit

This small textile fragment in the British Museum comes from Peru and dates to between 900 and 1430 CE. It's only about five inches across, but it has a special, timeless image of a cat on it. The base is made of cotton, and the design is woven in using soft wool from animals like alpacas or llamas. Read the rest The post Ancient Peruvian textile features a feline spirit appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Tom the Dancing Bug: Give Dementia Donnie his pudding, you crazy bastards!

Tom the Dancing Bug: Give Dementia Donnie his pudding, you crazy bastards! -Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this hostile Trumpverse! JOIN US IN THE INNER HIVE, and be the first kid on your block to get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic – before it's published anywhere. Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug: Give Dementia Donnie his pudding, you crazy bastards! appeared first on Boing Boing.

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This historic railway runs on human waste

This fantastic YouTube video shares the history of Fribourg's poo-powered funicular. Fribourg was built in a canyon, and there is a fairly steep incline between the working-class housing and the neighborhoods built far later. As the rich folk wanted the poor to be able to get to work, a funicular was built, but since there was no reliable water supply to enable the counter-weighted system to work, they used sewage. Read the rest The post This historic railway runs on human waste appeared first...

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Dark side of the moon, as seen from Artemis

The Artemis II mission is slingshotting around the moon today, and the images being returned from NASA's Orion ship are exquisite. Here's just a few of the latest, showing the moon eclipsing the sun. Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. Read the rest The post Dark side of the moon, as seen from Artemis appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Sam Altman smiles through another "it's improving" while the model keeps making things up

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, once fired for being "not consistently candid in his communications," smiles, acknowledges the problem just enough to sound reasonable, and tries to write off a completely broken and lying LLM as another step on the ladder of progress. Read the rest The post Sam Altman smiles through another "it's improving" while the model keeps making things up appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Charcuterie: explore Unicode by character similarity

Charcuterie is a perfectly-named visual exploration tool for finding the exact Unicode character you want. Whichever one you click on, it'll fill the screen with similar sigils. You can also sketch one that came to you in a fever dream, and it will find it. Read the rest The post Charcuterie: explore Unicode by character similarity appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Iran teaches Grandpa Puddin' Brains diplomacy while he imagines Iranians begging for more bombs

Trump now claims that Iranians, currently being bombed, losing power, watching infrastructure collapse, are somehow slipping into his DMs to say: "Please, sir, keep bombing our homes." Not "stop." Not "ceasefire." Not "maybe don't hit the power grid or elementary schools." Read the rest The post Iran teaches Grandpa Puddin' Brains diplomacy while he imagines Iranians begging for more bombs appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Never struggle for storage again with this Internxt 10TB plan

TL;DR: Invest in a private cloud service that protects your right to safety and security with this 10TB Internxt Cloud Storage Lifetime Subscription for just $349.99 (reg. $2,900). Internxt provides you with 100% open-source, end-to-end encryption to help you securely store, share, and send files. Read the rest The post Never struggle for storage again with this Internxt 10TB plan appeared first on Boing Boing.

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How a naked steakhouse ad became a feminist protest poster

When Sara Van Horn's grandfather Jerry opened the Cattle Baron steakhouse on West 46th Street in Manhattan in 1967, his ads featured a nude woman posed in a cowboy hat, her body mapped in labeled butcher's cuts from shoulder to heel. Read the rest The post How a naked steakhouse ad became a feminist protest poster appeared first on Boing Boing.

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France pulled all its gold from the NY Fed and made $15 billion doing it

France sold all 129 tonnes of gold it had stored at the New York Federal Reserve, then rebuilt its position by buying from other European central banks booking a €13 billion capital gain in the process. Every ounce of French gold is now held domestically, deep in the vaults of La Souterraine, the Banque de France's underground storage facility south of Paris. Read the rest The post France pulled all its gold from the NY Fed and made $15 billion doing it appeared first on Boing Boing.

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AI writing witch hunts hurt autistic writers most

JA Westenberg a writer, commentator, and self-described autistic person argues that AI writing detection is junk science, and that the writers most harmed by it are often those with autism and other neurodivergent conditions whose natural prose style looks suspicious to the detectors. Read the rest The post AI writing witch hunts hurt autistic writers most appeared first on Boing Boing.

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She slept with identical twins and DNA can't identify the father

A UK woman conceived a child after sleeping with two brothers identical twins within a four-day window. DNA testing confirmed that either man could be the biological father. Since identical twins share the same genetic sequence, no test can further narrow it down. Read the rest The post She slept with identical twins and DNA can't identify the father appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Trump's plan for Iran is: ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Q: Is the war ending, or are you about to bomb Iran into the Stone Age? Trump: Can't tell you. I don't know. There it is… the entire US plan in the Middle East, distilled to a shrug. For weeks, the message has ricocheted between "we're very close to peace" and "we could wipe them out tomorrow night," often in the same breath.  Read the rest The post Trump's plan for Iran is: ¯_(ツ)_/¯ appeared first on Boing Boing.

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This $30 VPN deal may be the easiest cybersecurity move you make today

TL;DR: This $29.97 FastestVPN Pro (reg. $600) deal covers 15 devices and includes extras like ad blocking and a password manager. At this point, most of us have enough devices to qualify as a small electronics family that should be paying rent. Read the rest The post This $30 VPN deal may be the easiest cybersecurity move you make today appeared first on Boing Boing.

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This $79 tool lets you compare AI answers side by side

TL;DR: ChatPlayground AI is on sale for $79 (reg. $619), letting you run one prompt across multiple AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to compare answers in one place. Using AI is supposed to save time. Instead, you end up opening multiple tabs just to compare answers and figure out which one actually makes sense.  Read the rest The post This $79 tool lets you compare AI answers side by side appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Hasbro confirmed a cyberattack and says recovery could take several weeks

Hasbro, the company behind Transformers, Dungeons and Dragons, Monopoly, Magic: The Gathering, and My Little Pony, confirmed a cyberattack after detecting unauthorized network access on March 28 and disclosed the incident to the SEC on April 1. The company took some systems offline, hired third-party cybersecurity experts, and says recovery could take "several weeks" while it assesses the full scope. Read the rest The post Hasbro confirmed a cyberattack and says recovery could take several week...

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For 400 years, this Sicilian village has built cathedrals from bread

If you like bread, this annual bread cathedral might be your dream vacation destination. Every year, the Sicilian town of San Biagio Platani fills its streets with arches and sculptures built from bread, dried grains, and laurel branches. Residents spend weeks constructing them by hand, and the results are enormous, some stretching across entire streets, with columns and latticed ceilings made from braided dough. Read the rest The post For 400 years, this Sicilian village has built cathedrals f...

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Incredible storm chaser footage captures tornadoes up close

The videos in this compilation were shot by storm chasers, people who drive toward the weather everyone else is running from. Some do it for the rush. Others are gathering data on severe storms for research. Either way, they're getting close enough that a bad read on a storm's direction can kill them. Read the rest The post Incredible storm chaser footage captures tornadoes up close appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Amazing animal facts that will wow your friends, courtesy of Natural Habitat Shorts

I recently watched this funny animation by Natural Habitat Shorts featuring a jellyfish named Bennett who is stressed out at work because he has to give an important presentation. Before he heads to the boardroom, his coworker urges him, "please don't do the baby thing this time, PLEASE!" Read the rest The post Amazing animal facts that will wow your friends, courtesy of Natural Habitat Shorts appeared first on Boing Boing.

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"Sunshine" is a 30-foot-long animated dachshund sculpture

Even though I study consumerism and consumption, and nothing should really surprise me anymore in this hypercapitalist system we're living in, I am still sometimes blown away at the over-the-top spectacles that some companies will create to promote their brands and sell products. Read the rest The post "Sunshine" is a 30-foot-long animated dachshund sculpture appeared first on Boing Boing.

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An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character

In 2023, poet and performer Janaka Stucky crowdfunded Ekphrastic Beasts, an RPG monster bestiary with an unusual creation method at its core: instead of commissioning artists to illustrate pre-written monsters, Janaka collected artwork first and reverse-engineered the creatures from there. Read the rest The post An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Trump spends Easter Egg Roll ranting to children about Biden's autopen

The White House Easter Egg Roll took a detour into grievance hour Monday as President Trump, seated among children coloring eggs, launched into a rambling critique of Joe Biden's alleged use of an autopen. A topic kids under 10 had not, until that moment, been clamoring to explore. Read the rest The post Trump spends Easter Egg Roll ranting to children about Biden's autopen appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Officials say refugee's death was a homicide after Border Patrol agents left him alone in the cold

A nearly blind refugee was dropped off by Border Patrol outside a closed donut shop in Buffalo, left alone in the cold without help, and days later was found dead, in a case now officially ruled a homicide. The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office didn't reach any conclusions about responsibility for Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death, which the agency said was caused by complications of a perforated duodenal ulcer, precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration. Read the rest The post Officials say...

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Musk makes banks buy his crappy chatbot if they want in on the SpaceX IPO

TechnoKing Elon Musk is forcing banks to buy subscriptions to his glitchy, scandal-prone AI chatbot Grok if they want a role in SpaceX's blockbuster IPO. The move looks less like a business strategy and more like a billionaire using leverage to prop up a struggling side hustle. Read the rest The post Musk makes banks buy his crappy chatbot if they want in on the SpaceX IPO appeared first on Boing Boing.

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OpenAI pulls plug on Sora after realizing it built a money incinerator

OpenAI didn't kill its splashy AI video app, Sora, because of copyright chaos or "focus" issues; it shut it down because it was chewing through obscene amounts of compute while users quickly lost interest in the endless stream of AI-generated junk. Read the rest The post OpenAI pulls plug on Sora after realizing it built a money incinerator appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Erika Kirk explains women's purpose: not careers, just babies

Turning Point USA's CEO and Chairperson, Erika Kirk, is doubling down on a familiar message: women were "made to be mothers." Even as many of the young women she's trying to reach are busy paying rent, building careers, and ignoring advice that sounds like it time-traveled in from a different century. Read the rest The post Erika Kirk explains women's purpose: not careers, just babies appeared first on Boing Boing.