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Replace your patchwork of work apps with 8 Microsoft Office 2021 besties for just $30

TL;DR: Pay $29.97 once for Microsoft Office 2021's Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, Publisher, and Access on one Windows PC. If you're a working professional who prefers a traditional, standalone software experience, Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows Lifetime License might just be right up your alley. Read the rest The post Replace your patchwork of work apps with 8 Microsoft Office 2021 besties for just $30 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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This artist turns melted plastic beads into pocket-sized video game pixel art

When Swedish artist Johan Karlgren had children, he started playing around with Perler beads, tiny plastic tubes that come in lots of different colors. They are kind of like physical pixels: you place the beads on a plastic grid of pegs and then heat them with an iron, making the beads fuse together. Read the rest The post This artist turns melted plastic beads into pocket-sized video game pixel art appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Cosplaying AI Cat-in-the-Hat virtually strikes Glasgow, residents in panic, sort of

A virtual urban menace plaguing the United Kingdom has now struck Glasgow. While folks across the Irish Sea are clear on what's going on, the Scots are having a time of it. Initially, the Gardai in Wexford, Ireland, debunked the extra creepy incarnation of Dr. Read the rest The post Cosplaying AI Cat-in-the-Hat virtually strikes Glasgow, residents in panic, sort of appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Airline bumped a family from business class to make room for pilots because they paid with miles

Gary Leff, who runs the View From the Wing website, posted an Instagram reel from a woman who said American Airlines kicked her family out of business class seats on a flight from Miami to Milan so that deadheading pilots could occupy those seats. Read the rest The post Airline bumped a family from business class to make room for pilots because they paid with miles appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Hakeem Jeffries takes time out from boldly leading the resistance to suck up to Jared Kushner

Democratic leadership hasn't been what we'd hoped and has, quite frankly, been weaker and lamer than anticipated. Hakeem Jeffries, however, has found a new way to capitulate. After Chuck Schumer's blood pressure-raising tirade about guac and chips, I think most people just put the Dems' leadership on mute. Read the rest The post Hakeem Jeffries takes time out from boldly leading the resistance to suck up to Jared Kushner appeared first on Boing Boing.

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The National Guard never wanted to be Trump's tool of oppression

"It's going to completely rebrand everything that was noble about the National Guard into being mundane at best and threatening at worst." Anonymous National Guardsperson After a year of patrolling Washington, D.C., Guard members are describing what it feels like to be turned from the people Americans welcome after hurricanes and floods into an armed political presence no one can trust. Read the rest The post The National Guard never wanted to be Trump's tool of oppression appeared first on Boi...

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JD Vance brags about getting his wife to have the baby she didn't want

Weirdo JD Vance has a funny story about disregarding his wife's wishes over extremely important life choices. Shady JD is proud he got his way. After yelling at his kid to shut up and let him kiss some ass to get the VP gig, it's unsurprising that Usha Vance had given him a choice: "You can be VP, or you can have a fourth child." Read the rest The post JD Vance brags about getting his wife to have the baby she didn't want appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Grandpa Pudding Brains gets to wave the green flag

Distracted from tyranny and destroying every global economic market he can find, Diaper Donnie has a grand ol' time. Dipsy Donald looks positively chuffed, waving an oversized flag to start his Freedom 250 car race, producing the unmistakable expression of a five-year-old who has just been informed that yes, he really does get to do it himself. Read the rest The post Grandpa Pudding Brains gets to wave the green flag appeared first on Boing Boing.

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California State University system uses AI as a money incinerator

The cash-strapped university system spent $17 million to give everyone ChatGPT, watched sign-ups come in far more slowly than expected, and responded by committing another $39 million to it. As its campuses struggle with layoffs, cuts, and a $2.3 billion budget deficit, the CSU system is dumping money into OpenAI. Read the rest The post California State University system uses AI as a money incinerator appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Fastest star yet seen orbits black hole at 8% speed of light

Most stars drift gracefully along their galactic orbits, the constellations reforming only on unimaginable timescales. But some stars are in a rush, and astronomers have spotted their fastest yet: an otherwise unremarkable star, S301, orbiting a black hole at up to 8% the speed of light. Read the rest The post Fastest star yet seen orbits black hole at 8% speed of light appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Epic Rap Battles of History pits Tom Cruise against Evel Knievel

At this point, new videos from Epic Rap Battles of History feel a bit like Halley's Comet. If you're lucky, you get two a year, which doesn't quite square with their average runtime of three minutes until you start thinking about all the work involved. Read the rest The post Epic Rap Battles of History pits Tom Cruise against Evel Knievel appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Replace another rewatch with lifetime access to MagellanTV's 4,000+ docs for just $150

TL;DR: Lifetime MagellanTV access with 4,000+ documentaries and new content added weekly is just $149.97 (reg. $999). At some point, "watching television" became scrolling through menus for 40 minutes, then giving up and rewatching something familiar. MagellanTV offers a more useful rabbit hole: more than 4,000 documentaries, movies, and series about history, science, nature, space, crime, culture, and civilization. Read the rest The post Replace another rewatch with lifetime access to Magellan...

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FDA upgrades Diarrhea Blueberries recall

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has upgraded its recall of frozen blueberries to the highest level of risk. The berries, sold at Publix stores, tested positive for E. coli contamination and have caused at least 12 illnesses and 4 hospital visits across 8 states. Read the rest The post FDA upgrades Diarrhea Blueberries recall appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Golden Axe animated TV show airs September

Golden Axe, the 1989 Sega arcade game vaguely inspired by Conan and other sword-and-sandals classics, is to be a kids' animated television show from Paramount. Here's the trailer; it debuts next month! In an homage to SEGA's iconic 1989 video game, Golden Axe follows legendary warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare and Gilius Thunderhead as they reunite to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder, who just won't seem to stay dead. Read the rest The post Golden Axe animated TV show airs Sept...

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It is called Death Valley as a warning

Death Valley is not being coy about any of this. After getting their car stuck, a 68-year-old tourist and his travel partner attempted to walk out of Death Valley. The scorching 113F heat quickly left him unable to continue. By the time rescue personnel were able to reach him, he was dead. Read the rest The post It is called Death Valley as a warning appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Play piano like an expert with a 5-year subscription to flowkey for $67.97

TL;DR: Master the songs you love on the piano no matter your skill level with a 5-year subscription to the Classic Plan from flowkey Piano Learning App for just $67.97, 92% off the $899 regular price. If you've been meaning to take your piano playing to the next level, this is your time. Read the rest The post Play piano like an expert with a 5-year subscription to flowkey for $67.97 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Grandpa Pudding Brains has had too much pudding

The Hamberdgular has been overeating. Diaper Don managed to pack on 14 pounds while under doctor's orders to lose weight. Famed for bringing in McDonald's for athletes, mistaking his own love of NY taco salads as respect for Mexican people, and sharing awesome cake with a dictator, it's no wonder Grandpa Pudding Brains is inflating. Read the rest The post Grandpa Pudding Brains has had too much pudding appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Pay $24 once to edit, split, convert, and generally show your PDFs who's boss

TL;DR: Get a lifetime AcePDF Converter and Editor license for Windows and Mac for $23.97 instead of its $99.99 MSRP. PDFs are useful right up until one arrives with the wrong page order, an enormous file size, or a typo trapped inside a scan. Read the rest The post Pay $24 once to edit, split, convert, and generally show your PDFs who's boss appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Let ChatGPT, Gemini and more fight for your approval—ChatPlayground is just $60 for lifetime access

TL;DR: Get lifetime access to ChatPlayground AI's Unlimited Plan for $59.97 through Aug. 25 (reg. $619). One AI answer can be useful. Several AI answers sitting side by side are much better at revealing which robot understood the assignment—and which one wandered into the woods. Read the rest The post Let ChatGPT, Gemini and more fight for your approval—ChatPlayground is just $60 for lifetime access appeared first on Boing Boing.

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A one-time $49.97 gives you 2,000+ bestselling book summaries for life

TL;DR: Headway Premium turns bestselling books into 15-minute summaries and costs just $49.97 (reg. $299.95) for lifetime access. Your unread book pile means well, but it's starting to feel less like an enjoyable hobby and more like a judgmental stack. Headway Premium makes those big ideas easier to reach by condensing bestselling fiction and nonfiction into summaries you can read or hear in roughly 15 minutes. Read the rest The post A one-time $49.97 gives you 2,000+ bestselling book summaries...

Alt - Boing Boing - 3 days ago

Update to Windows 11 Pro for less than $11 with this limited deal

TL;DR: Update to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for just $10.49 (Reg. $199) that's over $190 in savings for a limited time only, with code SAVE30. Is it time to upgrade to a newer version of Windows? Whether your computer was running outdated office apps or you're looking for new capabilities, you can't go wrong with a switch to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro. Read the rest The post Update to Windows 11 Pro for less than $11 with this limited deal appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Why seafoam green was used in control rooms

Seafoam green has always been one of my favorite colors. One of the reasons is that it has a mid-20th-century feel to it (at least for me), an era I associate with good industrial design. Recently, designer Beth Mathews visited the Manhattan Project site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Read the rest The post Why seafoam green was used in control rooms appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Harvard Medical School to pay $53m after donated body parts sold on black market

Many people willed their remains to Harvard Medical School on the understanding they would be used in research and education. But the school's morgue manager sold these body parts on the black market, was caught, and now Harvard has agreed to pay $53m to settle class action lawsuits filed by 47 grieving families. Read the rest The post Harvard Medical School to pay $53m after donated body parts sold on black market appeared first on Boing Boing.

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This Tokyo intersection lets up to 3,000 pedestrians cross at once, and you can watch it live on YouTube

A scramble is a type of corner pedestrian crossing where vehicles from all directions stop while pedestrians cross freely from one street to the other, often crossing diagonally. The most famous one is the Shibuya Scramble in Tokyo. Up to 3,000 people walk across it when traffic stops every two minutes. Read the rest The post This Tokyo intersection lets up to 3,000 pedestrians cross at once, and you can watch it live on YouTube appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Does AI-assisted writing count as cheating? This essay says the question is backward

I'm fascinated by the range of human reactions to the increasing use of AI, especially when it comes to writing. A lot of people have made up their minds about it: It's garbage. It's evil. It's evil garbage. It's going to usher in a post-scarcity world and eliminate poverty. Read the rest The post Does AI-assisted writing count as cheating? This essay says the question is backward appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Padres catching coordinator arrested at airport, held by ICE

Oswaldo Pirela, the San Diego Padres' (Major League Baseball) minor-league catching coordinator, was arrested at an El Paso, Texas airport as he prepared to return to his home in Peoria, Arizona, where he lives with his wife and two children, aged 9 and 4. Read the rest The post Padres catching coordinator arrested at airport, held by ICE appeared first on Boing Boing.

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ARC Raiders' first promotional tie-in is with… Subway

Game studio Embark has teamed up with Subway to promote its extraction shooter ARC Raiders. Purchasing a meal will earn players a code for a new skin, complete with a removable (unbranded) Subway sandwich, or possibly a wrap, tethered to the front and curiously categorized as "tech." Read the rest The post ARC Raiders' first promotional tie-in is with… Subway appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Anti-AI fonts considered harmful

Bizarre or misshapen typefaces designed to confuse or stymie AI (previously and previously at Boing Boing) regularly go viral. But they're works of art making a point rather than something to actually use in production. "Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful," writes Andrew Yaros, not least because they are inaccessible. Read the rest The post Anti-AI fonts considered harmful appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Big Beef has big beef with Big Fraud's cut-rate meat

Looking for slack from voters pissed off about grocery prices, the Orange Menace is taking another swing at lowering prices. This time by "flooding the market with government-subsidized, below-market beef." For a guy who loves capitalism and decries everyone he doesn't like as a crazy socialist, Diaper Don sure likes socializing stuff. Read the rest The post Big Beef has big beef with Big Fraud's cut-rate meat appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Trump meets boy rescued from drowning, tells him he probably wouldn't have helped

Grandpa Pudding Brains invited a 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai and the lifeguard who saved him to the White House. He then told Nathaniel he would not have saved him, "probably." The look on the kid's face says it all. It also lets the screaming millions who voted for Trump know he is the kinda guy who wouldn't save a drowning kid, even if he was the lifeguard on duty. Read the rest The post Trump meets boy rescued from drowning, tells him he probably wouldn't have helped appeared first on Boing B...

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The latest HTML trickery for web designers

HTML Can Do That is a pleasantly minimal website by Chris Burnell, explaining some of the interesting tricks you can do without javascript or even styles. Did you know you can do popover modals now just with markup? Isn't that wonderful. Read the rest The post The latest HTML trickery for web designers appeared first on Boing Boing.

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A single plant can grow tomatoes on top and potatoes below

The pomato is a plant that grows cherry tomatoes on its vine and potatoes in the soil. Tomatoes and potatoes both belong to the genus Solanum, so you can graft them together. You can make one by cutting the stem of each plant, strapping the two together, and waiting for the cuts to heal.  Read the rest The post A single plant can grow tomatoes on top and potatoes below appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Emperor Palpatine loves Flock

This past week, Lord Vader took time out of his busy schedule to drop by a city council meeting in San Diego, California to say how much his Master is enjoying Flock. According to Vader, it's proven great for following children to playgrounds and stalking his ex-girlfriend. Read the rest The post Emperor Palpatine loves Flock appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Dutch police get lucky identifying mystery man

For the past three years, a man known only has Lucky has been in the care of the Dutch government. When the police found his unconscious body on the streets of Amsterdam, he wasn't carrying a phone, passport or anything else that could be used to identify him. Read the rest The post Dutch police get lucky identifying mystery man appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Fans smelled AI in James Pond Legacy's trailer. The studio says they're wrong.

A video game developer, System 3 Software, is under fire from fans for using AI in its upcoming title, The James Pond Legacy. Typical comments include "AI singing, AI characters," and another that says, "Bro, this looks like a shitpost. Read the rest The post Fans smelled AI in James Pond Legacy's trailer. The studio says they're wrong. appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Darth Vader tells San Diego that the Emperor is a fan of Flock

A dark lord of the Sith spoke in favor of Flock cameras and wider public surveillance. Citing his Emperor's support, Darth Vader encouraged San Diego leadership to install more cameras. If you needed any more convincing that Flock Cameras are the tool of the devil: You might be surprised to hear that Darth Vader works better with George Lucas' terrible scriptwriting, but he does. Read the rest The post Darth Vader tells San Diego that the Emperor is a fan of Flock appeared first on Boing B...

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Navy considers replacing a Black Pearl Harbor hero with a fat, fraudulent loser

Suffering unprecedented embarrassment on the international stage, morale issues are so deep that sailors are reputedly jumping overboard, but never fear: the United States Navy has a plan. Reportedly, they are considering renaming an aircraft carrier after Trump. During President Donald Trump's first term, the Navy announced that the Ford-class carrier would be called the USS Doris Miller, recognizing an enlisted sailor who helped defend US forces from Japan's attack. Read the rest The post ...

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Decrease your cortisol by increasing your control of your PDFs

TL;DR: Save 42% on a subscription to PDF Expert Premium Plan for just $79.99 (Reg. $139.99). There's nothing more frustrating than opening, closing, and reopening a PDF again and again, trying to make it do what you want. And don't get me started on the rigmarole of putting every PDF through Canva or converter apps just to make a single edit. Read the rest The post Decrease your cortisol by increasing your control of your PDFs appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Year in jail for tourist who wouldn't shut up on Bali's Day of Silence

The Day of Silence is a sacred Balinese Hindu observance, and tourists are expected to honor it too. Luzian Andrin Zgraggen not only failed in this obligation, but insulted it, an infraction that now lands him in an Indonesian jail for a year. Read the rest The post Year in jail for tourist who wouldn't shut up on Bali's Day of Silence appeared first on Boing Boing.

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More reflecting pool nonsense

Trumpian United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has a very weird idea about "sabotage." In a desperate attempt to keep her boss- not the Attorney General, but Donald Trump- happy, Pirro is somehow trying to keep open a door to subject former Olympian David Hearne to more legal abuse. Read the rest The post More reflecting pool nonsense appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Vaccination rates show what leadership is for

California's narrower guardrails on whatever exemption anti-vaxxers are currently using to reduce herd immunity work, while Florida's willingness to nod and wink at doubters has its MMR vaccination rate for youngsters falling like a rock. Nationally, of course, we have RFK Jr telling people to take cod liver oil and squinting funny when people mention vaccines. Read the rest The post Vaccination rates show what leadership is for appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Plaintiff hid prompts in court filings, hoping AI was calling the shots

In a first, Connecticut judge Walter Spader Jr. issued a decision [PDF] sanctioning a plaintiff for "use of prompt-injection" in their electronic filings. [via Ars Technica] "The Court identified text that had been formatted to be invisible to a human reader while remaining fully legible to any software that reads the document's text," Spader wrote. Read the rest The post Plaintiff hid prompts in court filings, hoping AI was calling the shots appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Mr. T's extraordinary life gets the Netflix Untold treatment

Mr. T's The Man with the Gold is one of my treasured books, so Netflix finally spending some Untold money on Laurence Tureaud feels like someone finally got something right over there. In a time when Netflix is pissing money away on Melania and rehabilitating the DOA Raygun, it is a pleasant surprise to see Mr. Read the rest The post Mr. T's extraordinary life gets the Netflix Untold treatment appeared first on Boing Boing.

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An edible mushroom causes visions of tiny people. Nobody knows why

Remember that Chinese mushroom that can cause you to hallucinate tiny people? The best guess for this bizarre effect is that the mushrooms contain some kind of psychoactive substance unknown to science, rather than cultural conditioning, because the effect is limited to a single species of mushroom.  Read the rest The post An edible mushroom causes visions of tiny people. Nobody knows why appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Someone ranked every Ikea product by assembly complexity

The IKEA Complexity Index ranks IKEA's product line by the number of steps required to assemble them. At the top of the list is the PAX Corner wardrobe ($1,755), which requires 236 steps to build, contains 743 parts, and comes with a 248-page user manual spread across 16 PDFs. Read the rest The post Someone ranked every Ikea product by assembly complexity appeared first on Boing Boing.

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An Illinois man built all six Magic Kingdom lands out of Lego in his basement

There's a replica of Disney World's Magic Kingdom in a basement in O'Fallon, Illinois. But unless you are a Minifig, you can only view it from above. Doug Schieppe started building it from Lego bricks six years ago during COVID, after his family trip to the full-size park had to be postponed. Read the rest The post An Illinois man built all six Magic Kingdom lands out of Lego in his basement appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Museum heist bags four Renaissance paintings, with two more dumped in the street

Four Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina, including three of five surviving panels of his San Gregorio Polyptych, were heisted from the Regional Interdisciplinary Museum of Messina in Sicily. The thieves came and went without triggering alarms, police say, and they don't know who is responsible. Read the rest The post Museum heist bags four Renaissance paintings, with two more dumped in the street appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Jimmy Bond: In the first filmed version of James Bond, he was American

In a post earlier this week, I wrote about a 1958 James Bond comic strip in which the cartoonist drew the character like he was drawing Sean Connery. But Connery wouldn't be cast as Bond for the first movie until four years later. Read the rest The post Jimmy Bond: In the first filmed version of James Bond, he was American appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Kindle update disables favorite slow reader trick

Kindle users have long turned off wifi to extend their ebook library loans. A new update is closing the loophole. For slow readers and folks who borrow way too many books at a time, the 14- or 21-day loan periods for library books are problematic. Read the rest The post Kindle update disables favorite slow reader trick appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Build and manage your website on one platform now for 73% off

TL;DR: Easily build your next website with Sellful for just $399 (Reg. $1,497). Starting a business sounds good until you look at the upfront costs. But for all those administrative fees, the real uphill battle is building your website and then running it without hiring a pricey agency or choosing the wrong platform. Read the rest The post Build and manage your website on one platform now for 73% off appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 5 days ago

$100 gets you GPT-5.5, Claude Opus, and Gemini 3.1, with no monthly fee

TL;DR: A 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan lifetime subscription is $99.99 (reg. $540), with flagship models from six AI companies plus image, audio, and video tools. Every six weeks, some lab publishes a benchmark chart, declares itself the new champion, and a few million people cancel one $20 subscription to start a different $20 subscription.  Read the rest The post $100 gets you GPT-5.5, Claude Opus, and Gemini 3.1, with no monthly fee appeared first on Boing Boing.

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This $19.99 app turns a pile of receipts into a professional invoice in seconds

TL;DR: Get lifetime access to AI Invoice Maker, an AI-powered invoicing app with 9 templates and 150+ currency support, for $19.99 (MSRP $39.99). Nobody got into freelancing or running a small business because they loved making invoices. Yet somehow, invoice creation eats up more time than it deserves, especially when you're reformatting the same document every month or scrambling to remember which template you used last time. Read the rest The post This $19.99 app turns a pile of receipts into...

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Mirrorless cameras remove the reflex, digital removed the fun

Engadet explains the benefits of a Mirrorless camera and why you don't really need one if you are hanging on to an SLR or another camera that works just fine. I used to think I got all the benefits of a mirrorless camera from the reduced camera shake in my Twin Reflex Cameras, but it turns out there is more to it than not having a mirror slapping around inside your camera. Read the rest The post Mirrorless cameras remove the reflex, digital removed the fun appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Cop found dead in home of woman who wrote book praising cops

Karen Solomon, author of the book Hearts Beneath the Badge about how police officers serve their communities, is wanted by police after a police officer was found dead in her home. She is considered armed and dangerous and possibly wearing pajamas. Read the rest The post Cop found dead in home of woman who wrote book praising cops appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Polaroid and Pokémon team up to catch all the moments

First the monster, then the photograph. With Polaroid's help, you can catch all the Pokémon twice! I always found Polaroids to be fun at a party and really nowhere else. Now you can pick one of three Pokémon edition Polaroids, starting at $99, and Pikachu out. Read the rest The post Polaroid and Pokémon team up to catch all the moments appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Darline Graham makes the case against Darline Graham in one answer

Trump's handpicked replacement for her dead brother's Senate seat, Darline Graham, demonstrated why she is unqualified to be a US Senator. At a debate, where Graham is trying to hold on to the job Donald Trump gifted her, the Senator was asked whether Taiwan and the South China Sea present national-security concerns. Read the rest The post Darline Graham makes the case against Darline Graham in one answer appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Your kid can't legally drive, so why did you buy them a 40 mph motorcycle?

More and more children are being injured in "e-bike" accidents. Cops keep encountering 40-mph e-motorcycles. It's really just as simple as holding the parents responsible. E-bikes are a fantastic form of transportation and should be encouraged. Unlicensed teens and pre-teens hooning them through busy city streets isn't legal, and their parents should be reminded with a ticket. Read the rest The post Your kid can't legally drive, so why did you buy them a 40 mph motorcycle? appeared first on Boi...

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Turns out Grandpa Pudding Brains' expertise is poles, not polls

Since he rode down his golden escalator, reviling Mexican immigrants, the Orange Menace has been lit up over every single poll he has heard of. Turns out he meant a different kind of pole. Diaper Don explained that "top-of-the-line" flag poles have a certain taper. Read the rest The post Turns out Grandpa Pudding Brains' expertise is poles, not polls appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs go back to when America was Great

Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH the intrepid MAGAs magically travel back to the time when America was Great! -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this hostile Trumpverse! Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs go back to when America was Great appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Fairphone finally sells its repairable phones directly in the US

Having the right to repair your hardware doesn't matter much if you don't have hardware you can repair. As phones have become more svelte and complex, they've also become significantly more difficult to take apart. Even with the right tools and detailed instructions from a joint like iFixit, replacing the battery in a recent iPhone can leave you having nightmares for a month. Read the rest The post Fairphone finally sells its repairable phones directly in the US appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Slow Horses season 6 is coming September 16th

In the crapshoot of streaming television, Slow Horses has been rolling nothing but sevens over the past five seasons. Its cast is solid, its writing is consistently tight and I've never had a problem with its pacing. And, as with all great TV shows of the modern age, none of the characters in the series, no matter how popular, seem safe from being liquidated: the show has killed off a lot of loveable losers over the years and is the better for it. Read the rest The post Slow Horses season 6 is ...

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NASA image shows crater on moon created by SpaceX rocket crash

NASA posted before-and-after images showing a crater dug by a Falcon 9 rocket hitting the Moon's surface on August 5, 2026. The Luna Reconnaissance Orbiter took the shots after the spectacular coda to the Firefly Blue Ghost mission. To capture imagery of the impact, engineers tilted the spacecraft so its cameras would point toward the crater each time LRO passed about 60 miles above the Moon, traveling 1 mile per second. Read the rest The post NASA image shows crater on moon created by Space...

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Florida Republican who wants child sex abusers put to death is one, say cops

Florida Republican Michael Caruso has strong opinions about pedophiles: they should receive the death penalty when convicted of sexually battering children under 12 years of age. He was arrested Tuesday and charged with five felony counts of child abuse. Caruso, 67, formerly Palm Beach's House Representative and its current county clerk, allegedly kidnapped and molested a young child. Read the rest The post Florida Republican who wants child sex abusers put to death is one, say cops appeared fi...

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Tired of recreating the same AI prompt from scratch? This $39.99 app saves it

TL;DR: Get lifetime access to VibefarmAI's prompt composition workspace, including a 10,000+ prompt library, for $39.99 (MSRP $179). Anyone who uses AI tools regularly knows the frustration of landing on the perfect prompt, then losing it in a sea of chat history, half-remembered wording, or a screenshot you can no longer find.  Read the rest The post Tired of recreating the same AI prompt from scratch? This $39.99 app saves it appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Logos of the early UFOlogy scene and Japanesel love hotels

Klasse Wrecks is a record label and publishing company based in London and Hong Kong. I haven't listened to their records or cassettes yet, but I've been tempted to buy some of their 22 KFAX zines.  Each is about 100 pages long and consists of black-and-white reproductions of logos. Read the rest The post Logos of the early UFOlogy scene and Japanesel love hotels appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Drug dealer jailed after taking gun to probation meeting

A drug dealer took his gun to a meeting with his probation officer and thereby ended up back in jail. This being England, there are few circumstances under which firearms are legal to own in the first place, and none at all if you are a convict on probation carrying a blank revolver converted to shoot live rounds. Read the rest The post Drug dealer jailed after taking gun to probation meeting appeared first on Boing Boing.

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How reusable heat packs work

I took a home blood test today, and it included a reusable heat pack. These things have been around since the 1970s, but this was the first time I've used one. It's a plastic pouch with liquid inside and a small metal disc stamped with many dents. Read the rest The post How reusable heat packs work appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Android ported to reMarkable's color tablet

You'll need the high-end reMarkable Paper Pro model (previously at Boing Boing), but now that Android's been ported to it, the color e-ink device can run third-party apps and connect to external peripherals. Chalid Raqami posted the feat to his YouTube channel, where he posts in-depth E-ink tablet reviews This is Android 13 running on a reMarkable Paper Pro. Read the rest The post Android ported to reMarkable's color tablet appeared first on Boing Boing.

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White House furious after Jon Ossoff mentions Trump's fawning aide Natalie Harp

Reputedly foul-smelling and held liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll by a federal jury in New York, Donald Trump has maintained a string of oddly dedicated aides during both his terms as United States President. Natalie Harp has been described as someone who "will jump highest" when Trump commands it. Read the rest The post White House furious after Jon Ossoff mentions Trump's fawning aide Natalie Harp appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Trump may be ready to claim he doesn't know Pete Hegseth

The undeclared war with Iran is dragging on as the United States is running out of munitions, and the Orange Menace may have found his scapegoat. Rumors are that Diaper Don is gonna toss Whiskey Pete under the bus. Multiple unnamed sources have told the South China Morning Post that Hegseth's job is in danger. Read the rest The post Trump may be ready to claim he doesn't know Pete Hegseth appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Mixed reviews for Instagram's new logo

Instagram has rebranded with a new logo, and it's gone in the direction so widely-disliked it had supposedly went out of fashion years ago: geometric sans-serifs. Instragram boss Adam Mosseri explains. The wordmark at the top of the app hasn't changed in 10 years, so it was time for a refresh. Read the rest The post Mixed reviews for Instagram's new logo appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Keep your cats entertained with this $27 self-rolling LED cat toy

TL;DR: The Cheerble Ball is a self-rolling, LED-lit cat toy designed to appeal to even the fussiest cat's senses. Get yours now for just $26.90 (reg. $27.99).  The Cheerble Ball is a safe, self-rolling, interactive toy for cats. All it needs is a nudge from a paw or nose, and it'll move in unpredictable movements bound to keep even the most intelligent of pets entertained—grab one now for just $26.90 (reg. Read the rest The post Keep your cats entertained with this $27 self-rolling LED cat toy ...

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Kevin Kelly: AI will be a microscope we point at our own minds

My incurable optimist friend, Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired and my partner at Cool Tools and the Recomendo newsletter, has been posting essays on Substack mainly about the future, artificial intelligence, and what it means for humanity. I am loving these essays. Read the rest The post Kevin Kelly: AI will be a microscope we point at our own minds appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Unfortunately, there are only three Ana and Din mysteries

Having finished The Tainted Cup, I immediately dove into the next Ana and Din novel by Robert Jackson Bennett. I also finished the third in the series. Now I must wait. This series fantasy worldbuilding inside of a detective novel is really a lot of fun. Read the rest The post Unfortunately, there are only three Ana and Din mysteries appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Lost VHS promos from the twilight of the arcade era

Brian Peek scanned and shared his collection of gaming promotional VHS cassettes, including five that Atari Games sent to arcade operators in the 1990s. Peek inherited the tapes from his dad, who ran a gaming center and received them from Atari Games' then-parent company Midway. Read the rest The post Lost VHS promos from the twilight of the arcade era appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Harder boners for a longer life

Rock harder, rock out for longer. The biohacking community has found a new trend that's easy to jump on: erectile dysfunction medication for longevity. Tho studies show nothing conclusive, the biohackers are taking Viagra and Cialis to open their blood vessels, improve cardiovascular health, and live longer than the rest of the limp populace. Read the rest The post Harder boners for a longer life appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Enhance your workflow with this $55 MS Office 2024 Pro Plus lifetime license 

TL;DR: Get this lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for Windows for just $54.99 (reg. $249.99).  If you're a working professional, small business owner, or part of an organization with a controlled IT environment, Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for Windows is a fitting software choice. Read the rest The post Enhance your workflow with this $55 MS Office 2024 Pro Plus lifetime license  appeared first on Boing Boing.

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24-hour clock face shows the hours of darkness

Geoff Pack made Sun Clock is a neat online visualization of the hours of daylight and darkness, casting it against a regular (but 24-hour!) clock face. You can tweak with the appearance and hands, set location and direction manually, and turn off the moon. Read the rest The post 24-hour clock face shows the hours of darkness appeared first on Boing Boing.

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The Pilot Kakuno Fountain costs under $20 and writes beautifully

A fountain pen or gel pen is a superior way to write, says science fiction writer Neal Stephenson. He says handwriting is good for your brain. Fountain and gel pens are better than pencils or ballpoint pens because there is less friction when you write, so your hand doesn't get tired. Read the rest The post The Pilot Kakuno Fountain costs under $20 and writes beautifully appeared first on Boing Boing.

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A lost Spanish flagship could be under the ocean, under a river, or even a beach

Researchers from the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology are looking for a 500-year-old coastline to find a 500-year-old lost flagship. The ship hasn't moved, but the coastline has. South Carolina's coastline has changed so much since a Spanish flagship ran aground near Winyah Bay in 1526 that its remains could now be reasonably close to any coastal waterfront. Read the rest The post A lost Spanish flagship could be under the ocean, under a river, or even a beach appeared f...

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Disney patent for a fake-elevation ride trick matches new Encanto ride

As reported by wdwmagic.com, last week, Disney Enterprises, Inc. published a patent for "a way to make a flat ride track feel like it's climbing or dropping, without the track actually changing height." U.S. Patent Publication The core version of the trick needs no moving parts and no screens at all, just angled walls and stairs, though the patent leaves room for add-ons like video projection and set pieces that shift or change dimension as a vehicle passes, layered on top of the static illusion...

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A dog, tho joining in the fun, does not help a skateboarder at all

This excellent doggo saw a good time fly by his face and decided it was playtime. This skater is having a ball until he isn't! Those awesome wallrides had the dog just wanting to play! View this post on Instagram Luckily, the skater is able to catch himself, and the video was made only more epic. Read the rest The post A dog, tho joining in the fun, does not help a skateboarder at all appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Sea lion-kicking young man discovers the Marine Mammal Protection Act

MMA loses to the MMPA. The gentleman in question was most assuredly NOT Max Holloway. Tyler Muehl approached a resting California sea lion at La Jolla Cove, assumed a fighting stance, invoked the UFC star's name, and started kicking. The sea lion tried to flee. Read the rest The post Sea lion-kicking young man discovers the Marine Mammal Protection Act appeared first on Boing Boing.

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GTA 6 is now paywalling its own advertisements

For better or worse, the state of the contemporary game industry has always been reflected in Rockstar's blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series. The mid-2000s push toward gritty realism (i.e. putting a brown filter on everything), the emergence of ruthlessly exploitative live-service elements, even the 3D sandbox tropes we now take for granted GTA has always been a time capsule of the triple-A gaming sphere at large. Read the rest The post GTA 6 is now paywalling its own advertisements appeared fi...

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The comic strip that may have cast Sean Connery as the first James Bond

In 1958, London's Daily Express newspaper started running a comic strip adapting Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. This was well before the first James Bond movie (Dr. No, 1962), so cartoonist John McLusky created the first non-literary published images of the fictional spy. Read the rest The post The comic strip that may have cast Sean Connery as the first James Bond appeared first on Boing Boing.

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The Digi-Comp I was a $5 plastic computer powered by rubber bands

The Digi-Comp I was a plastic and rubber band toy that sold for $5 in 1963. According to Chris Staecker, a Fairfield University math professor who posted a video about its operation, "This was the first digital computer." It didn't use electricity; instead, it required the user to push and pull a "clock" lever. Read the rest The post The Digi-Comp I was a $5 plastic computer powered by rubber bands appeared first on Boing Boing.

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A little plastic holder for the yen coins in my pocket

I'm headed back to Japan soon. This will be my 10th visit there. I've been going to Japan since 1986. It's changed in a lot of ways. Most noticeably, it is less expensive than it was in 1986, and there are far more foreigners in Tokyo now. Read the rest The post A little plastic holder for the yen coins in my pocket appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Disney will reunite Figment and Dreamfinder at EPCOT

Disney made many announcements for the future of its theme parks at the D23 Disney fan event in Anaheim, California, Saturday night. One headline is that an upcoming refurbishment of the Imagination Pavilion in Disney World's EPCOT (Orlando, Florida) will feature beloved but neglected characters Figment and Dreamfinder. Read the rest The post Disney will reunite Figment and Dreamfinder at EPCOT appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler tool sorts English words by birth year

Just today, I became a time traveler. Unfortunately, you'll need to put aside the images of a humble writer running from dinosaurs or flirting with Cleopatra running through your head right now, but the reality is still pretty cool. What I mean is that I checked out Merriam-Webster's "time traveler" tool, which lets one take a far less literal look into the past. Read the rest The post Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler tool sorts English words by birth year appeared first on Boing Boing.

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In Lynx, a cybernetic cat solves murders next to killer angels

I knew I was going to like Lynx the moment I encountered the cybernetically-enhanced, be-goggled, crime-fighting talking cat. Sometimes you just know. Lynx, the new tech-noir manga from writer Samuel Sattin (Unico, Buzzing) and Tokyo-based artist tokitokoro (Jeff the Land Shark), is out now on VIZ Originals. Read the rest The post In Lynx, a cybernetic cat solves murders next to killer angels appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Level up your piano skills with this $150 Skoove lifetime subscription

TL;DR: Polish your piano skills on your own time with this Skoove Premium Piano Lessons Lifetime Subscription for just $149.99 (reg. $299.99). Take the shame and embarrassment out of learning the piano with this $149.99 (reg. $299.99) Skoove Premium Piano Lessons Lifetime Subscription. Read the rest The post Level up your piano skills with this $150 Skoove lifetime subscription appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Scanners are basically vintage now. SwiftScan VIP is just $50.

TL;DR: SwiftScan VIP turns your iPhone, iPad, or Android device into a portable scanner, PDF editor, OCR tool, and fax machine for $47.97 (reg. $199.99) through August 16 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Scanners are weirdly committed to staying in our lives. Read the rest The post Scanners are basically vintage now. SwiftScan VIP is just $50. appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Control your PDFs, don't let them control you even on Mac

TL;DR: End the cycle of frustration! Make peace with your PDFs with a subscription to PDF Reader Pro for just $39.99 (Reg. $79.99) that's 50% off. The definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Read the rest The post Control your PDFs, don't let them control you even on Mac appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Lock in this back-to-school season with a Grade A refurbished Chromebook for only $55

TL;DR: A Lenovo Chromebook in near-mint condition can be yours for just $54.97 (MSRP $199.99) until Aug. 23 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Focus up with a Chromebook, free of the bells and whistles that cause distractions. This back-to-school season, students, teachers, and scholars of the world could enjoy the perks of a Grade A refurbished Lenovo 100E Gen 2 Chromebook (2019) for just $54.97. Read the rest The post Lock in this back-to-school season with a Grade A refurbished Chromebook for only $55 appea...

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Elevate your prompt game with Prompting Systems for $29.99

TL;DR: Elevate your AI prompts to pro level, no complicated engineering required, with a lifetime subscription to Prompting Systems for $29.99, a 91% price cut from the $360 regular price. Crafting the just-right prompts that generate relevant, tone-perfect images, social posts, and content you want is time consuming and tedious — if you don't have the tools. Read the rest The post Elevate your prompt game with Prompting Systems for $29.99 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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In 1983 I couldn't afford to beat Dragon's Lair

I love and still play Don Bluth's amazing video games. I never would have been able to finish them were it not for re-releases years later on several personal platforms. The animations, matched with a fantastic sense of humor, made Dragon's Lair an instant favorite. Read the rest The post In 1983 I couldn't afford to beat Dragon's Lair appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Grok explains why it called for Elon Musk's assassination

The time-honored trick of "repeat after me" strikes again. Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk calls his expensive AI Grok "maximum truth-seeking." Users apparently discovered they could create maximum truths by putting inflammatory text in an X bio, asking Grok to repeat the bio verbatim, and then sitting back as Musk's personal AI shared it with the world. Read the rest The post Grok explains why it called for Elon Musk's assassination appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Your next gaming obsession is half off right now

TL;DR: Disappear into an immersive game with Red Dead Redemption 2 Ultimate Edition, now just $49.99 for an XBOX Live Key. Your real life might be filled with responsibilities and boring things like emails, work tasks, and chores, but if you're Arthur Morgan, you're regularly dealing with bank robberies, shootouts, and everything the Wild West entails. Read the rest The post Your next gaming obsession is half off right now appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Escaped pygmy goats try Portland public transit

Budding Portland celebrities Billy the Kid and Billy the Goat escaped their owner's yard, found a TriMet stop, and briefly attempted the morning commute. Two pygmy goats showed up at a Portland bus stop Tuesday morning, waited for the FX2 and climbed on aboard with the other passengers. Read the rest The post Escaped pygmy goats try Portland public transit appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Russia to test AI models for traditional spiritual and moral values

If you want to sell AI to the Russian state, you're going to have to tune it to the nation's "traditional spiritual and moral values" before you have a shot, reports Vedomosti, a Russian-language business daily out of Moscow. Read the rest The post Russia to test AI models for traditional spiritual and moral values appeared first on Boing Boing.