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Doing no "evil," Google proposes paving over protected wetlands for a data center
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (424+ words) Google has encountered a difficult engineering problem at its enormous Fort Wayne data center: some of the land it wants to build on is protected wetlands. And if state authorities decide to go ahead with the data center campus, it…...
Never lose your wallet again with this $32 smart tracker
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (499+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Never lose your wallet or ID cards again with this Gen 3, 1-pack KeySmart SmartCard for just $31.99 (reg. $39.99). The KeySmart SmartCard is a credit-card-thin, IPX8 waterproof,…...
Take a seat and watch the trailer to Primetime
9+ hour, 6+ min ago (318+ words) There's been some speculation about exactly what Primetime, A24's movie about the hit show To Catch A Predator, is going to say. Having seen the trailer, I figure that if you were skeptical of host Chris Hansen's motives and character,…...
Meta pays 16.2 million accounts, including neo-Nazi-linked pages
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (507+ words) Meta is paying for posts that appear to break its own rules, according to an ABC (Australia) New Verify investigation by Lucy Carter. The report cites four accounts that have received payment from Facebook's invitation-only Content Monetization program, including a…...
Hear what the Odyssey may have sounded like as a song
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (335+ words) Georg Danek and Stefan Hagel have worked out a way to sing Homer, and Open Culture has their recording. Danek teaches at the University of Vienna and Hagel is at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. What they recorded is lines…...
Cancel your AI subscriptions—get a lifetime of ChatGPT, Claude & a ton of other tools for just $70
1+ day, 14+ min ago (447+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. Remember when having three browser tabs open felt excessive? Now it's ChatGPT in one tab, Claude in another, Gemini somewhere else, plus an image generator, a…...
AI self-checkout bills a snack run at $8.5 billion
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (394+ words) A Circle K shopper posted a screenshot of an AI self-checkout screen that listed a few flavors of Gatorade at a few dollars apiece, then a line item of $8.5 billion for the American Red Cross, according to the New York…...
Every country was wrong on the State Department's map of Africa
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (396+ words) A State Department slide that mislabeled every country on a map of Africa — Nigeria landlocked in the Sahara, Mozambique moved to the Horn — has drawn an apology, the Guardian reports. The department said it takes "full responsibility for the confusion…...
DuckDuckGo's "Normal F***ing Sunglasses" sell out in a day
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (424+ words) DuckDuckGo is well-known for its privacy-oriented search engine, but a pivot into fashion proved a big hit this week. Its "Normal Fucking Sunglasses," posted yesterday here at Boing Boing, sold out right away despite being otherwise unremarkable Paso Robles from…...
Own your PDF software outright with this $80 Mac tool
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (424+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Edit, convert, merge, split, rotate, crop, delete, and reorganize PDFs with ease with this lifetime subscription to PDF Expert's Premium Plan while it's on…...