Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist from Queens, surged to a convincing win over former governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City's Democratic primary election. 44% of Democrats chose Mamdani… Read the rest of the article: Mamdani overwhelms Cuomo in NYC primary
A visitor from Norway was reportedly denied entry to the United States after border officers found an unflattering meme of Vice President JD Vance on it. Mads Mikkelsen, 21, told… Read the rest of the article: European tourist denied entry to US over JD Vance meme on his phone
With prices high and the rest of the 5000 series out the gate, NVidia's forthcoming 5050 graphics cards might be a sweet spot for gamers looking for new features at… Read the rest of the article: Nvidia hopes 5050 GPUs are an affordable hit
Shuna is a mile-long island off the coast of Scotland and comes with a ruined castle, a working farm, a vacation business, and long, bleak winters. It is yours for… Read the rest of the article: Scots island with ruined castle yours for $7,438,464
The last time Central Park saw 96 degrees in June was 1888, and New Yorkers appear to be headed for a sweltering summer: the record for May was broken last… Read the rest of the article: Record temperature set in Central Park
Captain Cook explored the Pacific in the HMS Endeavor, but by the time it was lost not a decade later it had been retired by the Royal Navy, sold off,… Read the rest of the article: Captain Cook's HMS Endeavor found off Rhode Island
The ubiquitous USB port wasn't the only way. Apple, Sony and Panasonic favored an alternative, IEEE 1394, marketed by the U.S. company as FireWire. It had benefits: faster throughout, daisy-chaining,… Read the rest of the article: So long, FireWire
Itgeekyonline produces a handsome 3D-printed replica of a Commodore Amiga's famous "Tank" mouse with the guts of a contemporary cheap Logitech. It's a perfect retro beauty. I used an Amiga… Read the rest of the article: 3D-printed replica Amiga mouse
A slim 23-vote margin in the House of Parliament today gave approval to assisted dying in England and Wales. Terminally ill adults may soon legally end their own lives with… Read the rest of the article: UK lawmakers vote to allow assisted dying
Britain's public broadcaster issued a legal threat to U.S. AI company Perplexity, which the BBC claims scraped its website to train language models. How did it get caught? Because it's… Read the rest of the article: BBC threatens AI firm Perplexity over content scraping
In an age of language learning models and chatbots, passing the Turing test is light work with most correspondents. But the first such machine to win the imitation game was… Read the rest of the article: Rebuilding ELIZA, the "Mother of All Chatbots"
Another SpaceX rocket underwent rapid unscheduled disassembly late Wednesday evening, and this time it didn't get off the launch pad. The latest Starship test was a bust. "On Wednesday, June… Read the rest of the article: Oops they did it again: SpaceX rocket decides to explode early this time
Framework's 12.2-inch laptop brings repairability to compact computing: a "non-boring" device fit for people on the go. Though pre-built models can get pricey if you're not bringing your own RAM… Read the rest of the article: Framework's 12-inch laptop wins encouraging reviews
A study by researchers at MIT's Media Lab found that subjects using ChatGPT to generate SAT essays had the lowest levels of brain engagement and "consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic,… Read the rest of the article: The delicious sizzling noise is your brain on ChatGPT
10-year-old Angelos Mako loved Dungeon Rampage, a simple Facebook game that had the player hack and slash their way through procedurally-generated dungeons. Fun as it was, it distracted him from… Read the rest of the article: Ephemeral Facebook game rescued from the memory hole
Mike Lindell, already a stark example of wealthy men who gave everything to Trump and lost it all, was found guilty of defaming a voting machine company employee and is… Read the rest of the article: Jury finds Mike Lindell defamed voting machine company worker
Scottish island Lewis—lovely in summer, bleak in winter—is now home to a mysterious low noise. The Hebridean Hum is yet to earn its own wikipedia entry alongside those in Taos,… Read the rest of the article: Mysterious hum haunts Scottish island
Liam Neeson's gift for dour deadpan comedy makes him perfect for a modern take on Frank Drebin; I had no doubt that the new The Naked Gun, also starring Pamela… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for the remake of The Naked Gun
What better name for a website that recreates the 90s VGA demoscene in javascript than 90s VGA Demoscene? Created by and precisely aging Justin Greisiger Frost, the tribute implements 10… Read the rest of the article: Demoscene effects recreated in Javascript
Open Culture's retrospective of one of the world's most successful consumer products opens with a reminder that you don't need to be shown such things because they're everywhere. Bich (the… Read the rest of the article: Retrospective of the Bic Cristal pen
