Presidents usually get a honeymoon period in office from the public, even after close-fought elections. It took Joe Biden and Barack Obama a good six months to dip under 50%… Read the rest of the article: President Trump's approval rating already underwater
Bob Menendez, formerly a Democratic U.S. Senator, was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment Wendesday following his conviction on corruption charges. U.S. Attorney Danielle R. Sassoon said: "The sentences imposed today… Read the rest of the article: Corrupt U.S. Senator Bob Menendez off to prison for 11 years
My first full-time job as a news reporter, nearly 25 years ago, called for me to get a voice recorder. I bought the Panasonic RR at a pawn shop in… Read the rest of the article: This old dictation gadget was terrible at recording voices. Living ones, that is.
Donald Trump wants the U.S. to take over Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. The island lies in a strategic spot in the North Atlantic and has a wealth of… Read the rest of the article: Only 6% of Greenlanders want to join the U.S.
I always wanted to fly on the Concorde and never got a chance. Today, the XB-1 made the first commercial supersonic flight since the legendary Anglo-French jet last hit Mach… Read the rest of the article: Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks the sound barrier
Transfixed by the retro desktop computers seen in Severance? Want something just like it? They were based on the Data General Dasher 2, but the real thing is rare and… Read the rest of the article: Severance-style keycaps fit for some macrodata refinement
If Nigel Farage isn't right wing enough for you, Bill Gates tells The Times of London, you are talking "insane shit." He's particularly riled by Musk's put-downs of democratically elected… Read the rest of the article: Bill Gates on neurodiversity and Elon Musk's "insane shit"
"Has anything gotten cheaper?" asks NPR. "We shopped at Walmart to find the answer." Spoiler, no, except for grapes, nuts and Ocean Spray. Over and over, I pick up an… Read the rest of the article: Groceries not cheaper yet, except these nuts
An official in Bend, Oregon, claimed that it cost thousands of dollars to remove googly eyes from public artwork in town. The unlikely sum helped the amusingly-modified objects go viral,… Read the rest of the article: Man claims to be Oregon's public art googly eye upgrader
Blake Story was shot dead last year in Cleveland, Ohio, but the case against his alleged murderer hangs by a thread after it turned out cops used AI to justify… Read the rest of the article: Cleveland cops ruin murder case by using AI to get search warrant
Mark Zuckerberg recently struck a new pose in hopes of pleasing President Trump, saying Meta would no longer check facts or censor free speech, and blaming other executives for previous… Read the rest of the article: Facebook removing Linux discussions as security threats
The e-ink Pebble watch (reviewed here 12 years ago) was a Kickstarter success story and much-loved by users who still appreciate its stylish simplicity. But it was soon lost to… Read the rest of the article: Pebble e-ink watch to return
DeepSeek is China's entrance to the top shelf of language models, and it is competitive with U.S. counterparts while reportedly being vastly more efficient to develop. U.S. AI stocks, including… Read the rest of the article: DeepSeek puts U.S. AI companies in deep trouble
Diamonds may be forever, but the price is dropping fast. Naturally-formed diamonds are losing their value so quickly—26% less today in shops than two years ago—that one gemologist described them… Read the rest of the article: Diamond prices dropping sharply
Over the weekend, Popkin here at Boing Boing posted about shaved cats that look adorable. After conducting further research into the matter, I have confirmed that the primary emotional mode… Read the rest of the article: These cats didn't want to be shaved
The Financial Times reports that Trump threatened Denmark's prime minister in a "horrendous" 45-minute phone call. From the reportage, you get the impression that Mette Frederiksen hadn't considered the possibility… Read the rest of the article: Denmark Prime Minister surprised to learn Trump really does want Greenland in "horrendous" phone call
Patrick Gillespie created Subpixel Snake, an implementation of the classic Snake game that uses the RGB sub-pixel color elements of an LCD display. "It's so small that you need a… Read the rest of the article: Subpixel Snake calls for a microscope just to play
Who wants to be the CEO of a company so hated its last CEO was shot dead in the street? Weeks after Brian Thompson was murdered, allegedly by Luigi Mangione,… Read the rest of the article: UnitedHealthcare names new CEO after last one shot dead
The Most Mario Colors my be the "silliest" post Louie Mantla's ever written, but it's fun and scientific and perfectly fascinating study of the use of color in Super Mario… Read the rest of the article: The significance and distribution of color in Super Mario logotypes
The National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution map of waterways, created by the US Geological Survey, is the highest-resolution survey of its kind. With nearly 25 million rivers, streams, pipe… Read the rest of the article: Ultra-detailed map of U.S. rivers
