Mister Plimsoll is a MacOS app by Glenn Fleishman that does one thing very well: it shows how full your disks are and warns you when they're getting full. Mister… Read the rest of the article: Mister Plimsoll: simple app to warn you when your Mac's drives are getting full
Microsoft's XBox division today announced that it would lay off 3,200 workers and cut loose four of its studios, part of the latest wave of job losses to hit the… Read the rest of the article: XBox announces layoffs
The Winamp Skin Museum impresses right away with its no-nonsense presentation: the whole browser window flooded with tiled images of the skins. You can click through to use them—yes, Winamp… Read the rest of the article: You know exactly what the Winamp Skin Museum really whips
Amber George, longtime spokeswoman of a store chain, saw an advertisement featuring her that she did not remember recording. If there was a moment of confusion, it was soon obvious… Read the rest of the article: Spokeswoman sues company after it uses AI to make new ads featuring her
Starlog, the science fiction magazine that ended its 33 year run in 2009, will return this fall with a new print edition, a weekly podcast and a newsletter. And it… Read the rest of the article: Starlog returns in November after 17 years out of print
You've heard of graveyards, where we ceremonially store human remains. But did you know that Ben & Jerry's ice cream company has a Flavor Graveyard for discontinued lines of its… Read the rest of the article: Ben & Jerry's maintains a Flavor Graveyard of discontinued ice cream products
Henrico County, Virginia, has asked its schools and government offices to cut power use as the local grid struggles to meet the power demands of its 37 data centers and… Read the rest of the article: County with 37 data centers tells schools to turn off lights to save electricity
The AI Compass [via] is an online quiz that polls your thoughts on AI, then sorts you into one of thirty archetypes mapped across a chart like the ones libertarians… Read the rest of the article: The AI Compass tells you what flavor Basilisk food you are
Jason Kottke designed the perfect tee shirt for an age of monsters: "Maybe it will happen today," tastefully typeset in Free Lunch on various dark shades of cotton in nine… Read the rest of the article: "Maybe it will happen today" tee shirts
Americans will lose about $250 billion gambling this year, reports Joey Politano, a number that's up 60% in half a decade. And that doesn't include "prediction markets" and cryptocurrencies, both… Read the rest of the article: Americans now lose a quarter of a trillion dollars a year gambling
FloodMap shows maps depicting the outcome of raised (or lowered) sea levels on the world's coastlines. It uses OpenStreetMap data, has a box to enter how many meters of water… Read the rest of the article: Floodmap shows the world without ice
A district attorney's office in Mississippi found a reliable way to get social media attention: post mugshots of suspects enhanced with AI and AI glow-ups of the DA himself. The… Read the rest of the article: Mississippi District Attorney's "depraved" AI slop posts a reminder that "everyone is 12 now"
A peculiarity of Sega's fondly-remembered Dreamcast game console was that it was compatible with Windows CE, a minimal version of Microsoft's desktop operating system. But that's nothing. Now you can… Read the rest of the article: Linux for Sega Genesis
For years, Microsoft said you should have 16GB of RAM to run Windows 11. It's good advice, too, as that beached whale of an operating system is its most bloated… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft says 8GB "great for everyday use" after years insisting on 16GB for Windows 11
A Mexican vigilante is chasing down suspected thieves in Lagos de Moreno and duct-taping them to lampposts. He has acquired the unimaginative nickname "Batman" in local media reports; police would… Read the rest of the article: "Mexican Batman" tapes suspected thieves to lamp posts
This morning, NPR published a long, detailed article about U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito retiring. Announced from the bench, wrote veteran court reporter Nina Totenberg. But he hasn't retired;… Read the rest of the article: NPR retracts comically specific article about Supreme Court's Samuel Alito retiring, after he doesn't
Microsoft's gaming division is having a rough time of it, having sold fewer consoles this generation than Sony and the game industry's general troubles pinching its ambitions. New Xbox chief… Read the rest of the article: Mass layoffs expected at Xbox, as prices go up
Hollywood director Carl Rinsch is off to the clink for 30 months after defrauding Netflix of $11 million it sent him to complete a sci-fi series. The Associated Press' Jennifer… Read the rest of the article: Prison time for director who conned Netflix out of $11m
The Last Museum archives 5.8 million artworks housed in the world's museums, from old masters to obscure comic books. Its one of those websites where a couple of minutes turns… Read the rest of the article: Browse 5.8 million works of art at the Last Museum
Flagdoku is a flag-themed puzzle game (below is embedded my solution to today's challenge) and a search engine for flags. All your favorites are there, and some you might not… Read the rest of the article: Flagdoku tests your knowledge of flags
