Anxiety is an interactive exploration of early 1990s artwork by Suzanne Treister, who imagined games that didn't exist, first as paintings and then digitally, with a Commodore Amiga. Their appeal… Read the rest of the article: Explore the imaginary 16-bit games of Suzanne Treister

Former president Joe Biden was diagnosed last week with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer, which has metastasized to his bones, his office reported Sunday. "Last week, President Joe Biden… Read the rest of the article: Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

Without assuming anything about meaning or trying to decode the mysterious 15th-century Voynich Manuscript, Brian Grant wrote software that analyzed the structure of its inscrutable text to see if it… Read the rest of the article: Structural analysis of Voynich Manuscript reveals features of natural language

Don't assume that the new thing is better for the environment than the old thing. This caution comes courtesy of Seagate, a company with a rich history in the old… Read the rest of the article: Which has the larger carbon footprint: SSDs or HDDs?

The Journal of Imaginary Research publishes fiction presented in the form of formal research abstracts. The imagined research abstracts, and their imagined researchers were constructed by real academic staff, research… Read the rest of the article: Important science still underway at the Journal of Imaginary Research

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R—Arkansas) introduced a bill that would require manufacturers of high-end graphics processors (i.e. Nvidia, but also AMD, Intel and Apple) to include geotracking technology in them.… Read the rest of the article: U.S. Senator wants high-end graphics chips to have mandatory geolocation

The Audio Study Mate was a "multimedia briefcase," as Hackaday's Al Williams puts it, combining a cassette player with a 35mm film strip viewer to create a 1970s audiovisual smorgasbord.… Read the rest of the article: Singer's Audio Study Mate was a 1970s multimedia machine

You know what God hates? Chess. Afghanistan's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue has banned the game due to "religious considerations," and officials from the Ministry of Sports there confirmed that… Read the rest of the article: Chess banned by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers

The Wall Street Journal reports an "epidemic" of scams targeting Facebook and Instagram users. Meta knows about it but is "reluctant to add impediments for ad-buying clients" driving a 22%… Read the rest of the article: Facebook and Instagram overwhelmed by scam ads and listings

If a teacher known to his students as "Mr. Pedophile" were arrested and charged with a crime, and one were challenged to guess the nature of the offense, you might… Read the rest of the article: Teacher nicknamed "Mr. Pedophile" arrested on child sex charges

Controllers that use buttons for directions as well are making their way to the mainstream. Razer has a pretty one at a truly eyewatering price, Mayflash has an ugly one… Read the rest of the article: 8bitdo teases rumored Hitbox-style controller

Storied British automaker Jaguar recently rebranded itself with a new logo featuring the letters of its name in a rounded and mixed-case typeface, a lurid color scheme, and gibberish vibe… Read the rest of the article: Jaguar ditches ad agency after widely-ridiculed rebrand

Harvard University bought what it thought was a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50 in 1946. But after hyperspectral imaging at the University of East Anglia, the document… Read the rest of the article: Harvard's $27.50 copy of the Magna Carta may be one of 7 issued by Longshanks in 1300

Home Box Office is a legend in American television, one of the industry's most famed and prestigious brands. So it was a mystery when its new owners renamed it "Max"—a… Read the rest of the article: HBO logo reappears on channel after "Max" debrands to old name

Check out Neal Agarwal's Internet Roadtrip, cleverly superimposed upon Google Street View. It's the latest work from the creator of Infinite Craft, Asteroid Launcher (previously at Boing Boing), Rock Stacking… Read the rest of the article: Internet Roadtrip heads for the Canadian border

Send people a text demanding money, get paid! But one scam will soon be less profitable, assuming Google nails the implementation of its new block on "unpaid toll" messages in… Read the rest of the article: Google readies blocks on "unpaid toll" scam texts

Two California law firms surreptitiously used AI to generate a 10-page supplemental brief, but the judge, intrigued by unfamiliar cases cited within it, looked them up only to find some… Read the rest of the article: Judge fines lawyers $31k after they use AI to generate brief with made-up citations

If you were hoping to wear a Gundam at Cannes—or nothing at all—know that such shenanigans will no longer be tolerated at the film industry's fanciest festival. The Hollywood Reporter… Read the rest of the article: Nudity and billowing outfits banned on Cannes' red carpet

Patients taking liraglutide or semaglutide for weight loss report their alcohol intake dropping with the pounds—by as much as two thirds, according to research presented at this year's European Congress… Read the rest of the article: Researchers find that weight-loss drugs cut alcohol use too

A study found that high doses of psilocybin led to a significant reduction in depressive symptoms, with effects observed from the first treatment and sustained over several weeks. The 2024… Read the rest of the article: Psilocybin effectively reduces symptoms of depression, study finds