Hacked robot vacuum machines began spouting obscenities and slurs this week after an exploit allowed hackers to take remote control of them. Through the Ecovacs app, he saw that a… Read the rest of the article: Robot vacuums yell obscenities at owners after hackers take control

Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, may be an ocean world—at least in the sense that the apparently rocky surface may hide massive quantities of brine. Water is… Read the rest of the article: Ceres may be an "ocean world" only 18 months from home

It's astonishing to imagine the technical wizardry involved in Asahi Linux, running on Apple's own publicly undocumented and unsupported silicon. That you can now play AAA Windows games on it… Read the rest of the article: You can now play AAA games on Linux on Apple Silicon

The startlingly extensive list of England's supernatural (or perhaps merely cryptid) inhabitants is viral again on social media. The vastness and diversity of the folklore boggles the mind, not least… Read the rest of the article: List of supernatural inhabitants of England

In the wake of two major hurricanes to hit Florida and the southeast, emergency workers trying to get aid to survivors have to contend with a new problem: explosive misinformation… Read the rest of the article: Threats against hurricane emergency workers out of control on social media

Inspired by the Casio A158W, one of its immortal and inexpensive wristwatch designs knocking around since the 1980s, the DQD-851J-8JF—spotted by The Verge's Andrew Liszewski on the company's Japanese website—is… Read the rest of the article: New Casio desk clock is a giant version of an old wristwatch

Curly-Cue: Geometric Methods For Highly Coiled Hair is the first paper about Afro-textured hair ever to be presented at a SIGGRAPH conference in all its 50-year history, writes Theodore Kim,… Read the rest of the article: Curly-Cue: modeling Afro-textured hair in 3D

Come, friendly slop, and fall on the Internet! The crude text-scanning filters which process job applications and make life hell for human applicants have met their match: AI applicants. AI… Read the rest of the article: Job-seeking AI will apply to thousands of positions for you

California's restrictions on the wording of dates on food products was signed into law by the governor, making it illegal to stamp "sell by" dates where consumers might see them.… Read the rest of the article: California restricts sell-by dates on food, as they are misleading

Dookie Demastered is a 15-track boiling-off of the 1994 Green Day album by that memorable name. Listen to Burnout on player piano, Having a Blast compressed to fit on a… Read the rest of the article: Dookie Demastered: classic Green Day album in "obscure, obsolete, and inconvenient formats"

If you search for a wiki for your favorite fandom you'll very likely end up at one running at Fandom, formerly Wikia. Fandom is the fan wiki as a dark… Read the rest of the article: Fan wikis wanting to escape the Fandom/Wikia sinkhole have a new ally

Perhaps you've been waiting for the fabled Switch 2. Screw you! Here's an alarm clock. The Nintendo Alarmo is a $99 gadget for your bedside or desktop that tells the… Read the rest of the article: Nintendo Alarmo is a $99 alarm clock coming in early 2025

Few games since Minecraft quite tickle the same sandbox neurons Minecraft so thoroughly tickles: that feeling of having landed in an arcadian yet dangerous new world to be explored and… Read the rest of the article: Reforj is a lowpoly take on the Minecraft open-world formula

The 1992 computer game Dune, based on Frank Herbert's novel and the then-poorly received movie by David Lynch, was my first encouter with the science fiction epic and all its… Read the rest of the article: Remastered "Dune: Spice Opera," soundtrack to 1992 computer game

A permanent injunction filed by California Judge James Donato requires Google to offer alternatives to its Google Play store for downloading apps, games and other software on gadgets running its… Read the rest of the article: U.S. judge orders Google to allow alternative app stores

Michael "Dog" Artiaga, 16, is the first Tetris player to succeed in getting the NES version of the game to reset to level 0 after clearing level 255. The feat,… Read the rest of the article: 16 year-old Tetris master first to get NES classic to loop to beginning

Hindenberg Research reports that Roblox, the pay-to-play game platform marketed to children, is, quote, "A Pedophile Hellscape For Kids" whose Wall Street Success rests on "inflated metrics." Beyond inflated key… Read the rest of the article: Roblox an "x-rated pedophile hellscape" driven by "inflated metrics"

An off-duty Atlanta police officer was shot and killed while reportedly breaking into a house in Douglas County, west of the city. Investigator Aubree Horton was recently named "Officer of… Read the rest of the article: Atlanta police "Officer of the Year" shot and killed trying to break into house

"Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli, famed for jacking up the price of life-saving drugs and smirking at Congress, has already completed his jail sentence on unrelated fraud charges. But he still… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court rejects appeal from Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli

A few days ago we learned the Raspberry Pi 500 was likely on its way, and here's an alternative with some high-end features including a battery, power and video over… Read the rest of the article: Foldable pocket keyboard computer just needs a monitor