Hundreds of thousands of people participated in Budapest's Pride festival on Saturday, defying a legal ban imposed by far-right prime minister Viktor Orban and his political allies. Attendance was estimated… Read the rest of the article: Budapest Pride a big success, defying ban
In the absense of local human talent, Chinese soccer fans have taken to watching robots instead. Four teams of fully-autonomous humanoid machines competed in 3-on-3 matches Saturday night in a… Read the rest of the article: Humanoid robot soccer more exciting than real thing
NovaCustom promises heavily-customized high-end laptops, a plethora of spare parts, and an emphasis on privacy and tightly-customized operating systems. They'll even knock Windows into shape. We are switching to Dasharo… Read the rest of the article: NovaCustom touts privacy-oriented custom laptops
If you're old enough to remember why you resisted the move away from plain text email, you might be pleased to know there's precious little to stop you going back.… Read the rest of the article: You can still use plain text email—and maybe you should
Looking to consolidate multiple computers into a single device that's portable but does it all? This inevitably suggests a Windows laptop: I don't have time to play recent video games,… Read the rest of the article: Good picks for Windows laptops in the gaming 'n' creating sweet spot
Erik Satie is famed for his Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, experimental piano works that have calmed, enchanted and driven listeners for more than a century. Twenty-seven lost works by the French… Read the rest of the article: A new album of lost Erik Satie works, 100 years after his death
A German Shepherd abandoned in the Lancashire fells was "exhausted, starving and shivering" when rangers finally managed to trap her. The dramatic rescue capped a "week of drama" in the… Read the rest of the article: Abandoned dog gives birth to seven puppies
Enough stories about people losing lottery tickets ran in U.K. newspapers for readers to notice odd repetitions, not least the same guy appearing in them under different names. Moreover, you… Read the rest of the article: UK papers keep running dubious stories about people losing lottery tickets
The renewed interest in sea shanties has met its end in infinity. Parker Higgins created a sea shanty generator which plays without end in your browser—at least so long as… Read the rest of the article: Infinite sea shanties on the web
Blaise Metreweli is the first woman to lead Britain's MI6, officially the Secret Intelligence Service. She's also the first MI6 leader to have a Nazi grandfather known as "the butcher."… Read the rest of the article: Britain's Secret Intelligence Service distances new chief from her Nazi grandfather
After more than 40 years of loyal and very regular service, Windows' Blue Screen of Death is joining Guru Meditation in crash Valhalla. The famous system warning, triggered by something… Read the rest of the article: New Green Screen of Death aligns crashes with Windows 11 design principles
Lalo Schifrin, dead at 93, was most famous for his theme tune for Mission: Impossible, but his lifetime of work made him a five-time Grammy Award winner, six-time Academy Award… Read the rest of the article: Composer Lalo Schifrin dead at 93
The Social Network is a quintessential Aaron Sorkin biopic: a gripping true story driven by fast-talking characters who diverge wildly from their sources. Fifteen years on from what is now… Read the rest of the article: Sequel to The Social Network on the way
Pierre Cusa's ambient.garden is an algorithmic audio landscape with lovely low-poly visuals to go with the music. Trees represent instruments and join the chorus as you draw close and pass… Read the rest of the article: Listen to relaxing algorithmic music in the Ambient Garden
A peculiar pyramidal shape, devised by mathematicians, always comes to rest on its base, slowly and uncannily righting itself when placed on other sides. The object confirms John Conway's longstanding… Read the rest of the article: Pyramidal object always corrects itself
Denis Villeneuve, director of cold and classy science fiction epics, is a perfect pick to take on Amazon's forthcoming James Bond movie. He will direct, Amazon MGM announced, and the… Read the rest of the article: Denis Villeneuve to direct next Bond movie
Pennsylvania's Department of Agriculture recommends consumers discard any Meadow View Jerseys brand raw milk they have since April: "Milk samples were tested and confirmed to be contaminated with Campylobacter after… Read the rest of the article: Raw milk recalled in Pennsylvania
The revived No JS Club celebrates websites that don't use Javascript, the powerful but sometimes overused code that's been bloating the web and crashing tabs since 1995. The No CSS… Read the rest of the article: No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites
Big "Edward Coristine" Balls, the teenage DOGE enforcer who became a symbol of Elon Musk's campaign to demolish Federal government, has reportedly left his role there. "Edward Coristine resigned yesterday,"… Read the rest of the article: Big Balls dropped from government position
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
