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There's a pretend country hiding in every book's barcode
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (349+ words) There's a pretend country called Bookland. If you're an avid reader, there's a good chance that you have a book on your shelf that has been labeled as being from this pretend land. Bookland was created to serve as a…...
Normally $199, it’s only $10 to get Windows 11 Pro right now
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (452+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro while it's on sale for $9.97 (reg. $199). Windows 10 is over a decade old, and it shows. Between the outdated interface and rusty…...
Replace your everyday laptop with a 16GB MacBook Air for $319.99
1+ week, 1+ day ago (469+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: This Grade A refurbished 2018 MacBook Air is just $319.99 (MSRP $2,299) with 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, a Retina display, an Intel Core i5, and support for macOS…...
More than 153 million drivers licenses on sale after "breach" at identity verification service
1+ week, 3+ day ago (297+ words) The name of the identity verification provider isn't disclosed by the seller, and it has not announced itself. KrebsOnSecurity's own informal investigation found that idscan.net provides relevant services to retailers and services implicated by those exposed in the data....
Ditch the AirTag bulge with this $24 ultra-slim MagTag tracker card
1+ week, 4+ day ago (534+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: The MagTag Tracker Card is an ultra-slim, travel-friendly smart card compatible with the Apple Find My app to help you keep track of your…...
A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts mixes DC punk with dead superheroes
1+ week, 4+ day ago (445+ words) I'm looking forward to reading A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts, the new graphic novel from writer/colorist Oliver Mertz and artist Alex Diotto. And not just because that is one hell of a killer title. That alone would…...
Windows 11 Pro costs less than lunch right now at $8
1+ week, 5+ day ago (392+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro adds security, virtualization, and business tools like BitLocker, Hyper-V, and Windows Sandbox, and a lifetime license for one compatible PC is…...
Enjoy the Blue Screen of Death one more time
1+ week, 5+ day ago (370+ words) bsod.win is a single-serving website that mimics the classic 20th-century Windows Blue Screen of Death. Unlike the original, you can refresh the page to get a different outcome. Whether the Current Application Will Be Terminated or It May Be…...
German study finds pain tolerance rises during a metal festival
1+ week, 5+ day ago (427+ words) This study comes out of Germany: the dark neuroscientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences tested 122 head-banging metalheads to see if there was any difference in their ability to tolerate pain compared to folks from…...
Grok's child-porn nightmare just got worse
2+ week, 1+ day ago (409+ words) A new lawsuit sheds some light on all those CSAM problems with Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk's Grok: it claims Grok was trained on child pornography, resulting in the child pornography problems created by Grok. More detail is shared on claims…...