I have a small office, which presents an interesting problem with summer's arrival: even the smallest real air conditioning units at the store are obviously overkill, but the little desktop… Read the rest of the article: Miniature evaporative coolers work—but not very well

Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, famed for his performances in some 200 movies including Don't Look Now, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Hunger Games, died Thursday in Miami. He… Read the rest of the article: Actor Donald Sutherland dead at 88

Logitech, which makes nice but generally unadventurous computer peripherals, has released a mouse with a dedicated "AI" button. The button, which is an unusual shade of bright cyan so you… Read the rest of the article: Logitech mouse has a dedicated "AI" button

Anna Washenko posted From Infocom to 80 Days, a primer on a genre of game that encompasses the most elementary and elaborate forms of play. Text! But whatever its production… Read the rest of the article: Brief history of text games

I love these old VHS tapes of Jordan Mechner's brother David, then 15 years old, performing the moves that would end up as the smoothly-animated Prince of Persia. [via The… Read the rest of the article: Jordan Mechner's brother David performing the Prince of Persia's rotoscoped moves

Like your PS4 controller but wish it had a USB-C connector? Say no more: Marius Heier makes tiny adapters to replace the easily-damaged originals for just $10. You must perform… Read the rest of the article: Upgrade your PS4 controllers with USB-C ports

A massive blaze at a pallet yard in West Town, Chicago, took firefighters hours to douse on Wednesday evening. The material stored there—dry wood stacked in airy, lightweight columns—is a… Read the rest of the article: Pallet fire in Chicago

Nvidia, maker of the graphic cards powering an explosively-growing AI industry, is now the world's largest publicly-traded company. With a market capitalization of $3.34 trillion, it now surpasses Microsoft ($3.32… Read the rest of the article: Nvidia is the world's largest publicly-traded company

The tiny and inexpensive ESP32 microcontroller is useful for many things, but Chris Greening made something truly magical with it: a ZX Spectrum that implements that computer's famously troublesome keyboard… Read the rest of the article: A single-board ZX Spectrum with the keyboard silk-screened in color right onto the circuit board

Vermont Rep. Mary Morrissey, a Republican, was surreptitiously filmed pouring water into a Democratic colleague's bag. State Rep. Jim Carroll had set up the hidden camera after he found his… Read the rest of the article: Vermont lawmaker caught pouring water in colleague's bag

Ohio criminal defense attorney Jack Blakeslee has completed the six-month suspension he received for launching a Pringles potato chip can into the parking lot of a crime-victim advocacy center. If… Read the rest of the article: Lawyer who pooped in a Pringles can has license reinstated

Pastor Robert Morris admitted sexual misconduct with a 12-year-old girl earlier this week after his now-adult victim disclosed years of historical abuse by him. Though Morris first he planned to… Read the rest of the article: Texas megachurch lets pedophile pastor Robert Morris resign

Anderson Lee Aldrich, the mass shooter who killed five people at the LGBTQ+ Club Q in Colorado and hurt dozens more, will spend the rest of his life in jail.… Read the rest of the article: Club Q mass shooter will never leave prison

At a hearing on Capitol Hill, outgoing Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun admitted the company retaliates against whistleblowers: "I know it happens," he told members of congress Tuesday. He acknowledged that… Read the rest of the article: Boeing CEO admits company retaliates against whistleblowers

Microsoft's 7th-edition Surface Laptop and Surface Pro tablets are out today, and mark the lineup's switch from Intel to ARM-based processors. Built around the 12-core Snapdragon X system, the high-end… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft's ARM Surface laptops hit the shelves

The latest mirror monolith has turned up, this time near Las Vegas, Nevada. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department posted two photos of a polished metal obelisk found on a… Read the rest of the article: Another mirror monolith pops up, this time near Vegas

Robert Morris, a megachurch pastor in Dallas, Texas, reportedly admits having "inappropriate sexual behavior" with a "young lady" who was in fact a 12-year-old girl. The woman, Cindy Clemishire, told… Read the rest of the article: Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris admits "inappropriate sexual behavior" with 12-year-old "young lady"

Adobe, makers of Photoshop and its Creative Suite of design-related applications, is being sued by the U.S. government over hidden fees in its subscription plans and the contractual obligations it… Read the rest of the article: U.S. sues Adobe over shady subscription plans and hidden fees

The Qudi Mask 2 is $140 and spectacularly unsubtle, concealing the wearer's face behind a simple retro smiley-faced LED display. They're on sale at Kickstarter. Qudi Mask 2 – mask… Read the rest of the article: Qudi Mask hides your face behind an LED display

Behold Un Kyu Lee's MicroJournal, a distraction-free, instant-on writing device with knobs, a little text display, and a gorgeously unsleek form. He sells them as a kit for just $170,… Read the rest of the article: MicroJournal: a distraction-free writing device with knobs