Bashar al-Assad had no wish to become Arsenal Football Club's second-most famous dead supporter. Accordingly, the 59-year-old dictator of Syria fled to Moscow over the weekend as insurgents closed in… Read the rest of the article: Assad deposed in Syria
The design language of body armor in science fiction has attained an optimum of implausibility. Form-fitting rigidity somehow allows unrestrained mobility in ways no fantasy of material science can entertain.… Read the rest of the article: Sci-fi armor now just completely implausible
Muhammed is the most popular baby name in England for the first time. It pipped Noah for the top spot by less than 100, though when you include variants such… Read the rest of the article: Muhammed now the most popular baby name in England
Britain developed an AI-based system for detecting benefits fraud. The AI determined that some groups are more likely to commit benefit fraud than others. A review shows that the AI… Read the rest of the article: Britain's AI-based benefit fraud detector unfairly targets minorities
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! After years of cost-cutting, lobbying and mismanagement, Boeing finally sent hundreds of passengers to their deaths in 737 MAX… Read the rest of the article: Conservative judge upset at "diversity policy" rejects Boeing's deal in 737 MAX crashes
Whenever Gen X's slacking, odd behavior and political derangement is noted, people wonder: was it all the lead? Experts have often been quick to say that no, it was not… Read the rest of the article: Lead may have driven Gen X bonkers after all
An analysis of Venus's atmosphere concludes that the planet was never home to life as we know it on Earth. As inhospitable as its lead-melting surface and sulphuric atmosphere now… Read the rest of the article: There was never life as we know it on Venus
Antec's Core Micro is a little branding around the Ayaneo Pocket, but comes with the promise of wider availability. The basic idea is that it's small, like many other inexpensive… Read the rest of the article: Antec Core Micro is a tiny pocket retrogame handheld
A technical roadmap sourced to tech analysts Omdia poses an 18-inch foldable display on Apple's OLED roadmap alongside expected upgrades to laptops and iPads. Way too big to be a… Read the rest of the article: 18-inch foldable display in Apple's plans
Times are bad for Intel, up the creek without a paddle and searching for a new boss. But one new product is making a splash: its new midrange "Battlemage" graphics… Read the rest of the article: Intel "Battlemage" GPUs get warm reception
Disney Plus and the BBC released the trailer for the Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special, appearing on those channels on—see if you can guess the date. There will apparently be… Read the rest of the article: Doctor Who Christmas special trailer
By the body of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, killed in broad daylight in New York City in what police describe as a premeditated murder, were found three shell casings. Written… Read the rest of the article: Deny, Defend, Depose: words found on shell cases by UnitedHealthcare CEO's body
Kevin Boone writes about the Yamaha DX7, which changed everything when it turned up in the mid-1980s: "the 'Electric Piano 1' preset alone appeared in over 60% of album releases… Read the rest of the article: Retrospective of the world-changing Yamaha DX7 synthesizer
Vizio makes smart TVs which go easy on the wallet and hard on the ads. Perfect for a retailer like Walmart, which has bought the company for $3.2bn. "VIZIO offers… Read the rest of the article: Walmart buys Vizio for $3.2bn
After Twitter was used to spread lies that led to race riots in the U.K—a wave of violence hyped by the site's owner—police forces in Britain have reduced their official… Read the rest of the article: UK police forces leaving Twitter
The threat posed by international hackers, not least state-sponsored ones, has U.S. intelligence agencies finding the good in end-to-end encryption. The FBI is warning smartphone users to stick to it,… Read the rest of the article: FBI warns iPhone and Android users about text messaging security
If you already have a machine powerful enough to play modern games you can stream the action to TV sets or portables. The Raspberry Pi makes a good game streaming… Read the rest of the article: Raspberry Pi 5 as a game streaming box
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! After his effort to impose martial law was struck down by a unanimous vote against it in parliament, South… Read the rest of the article: South Korea's president faces impeachment after martial law misadventure
Charles Frederick Goldie's 1938 portrait of Māori elder Wharekauri Tahuna sold for $3.75m NZ ($2.2m US) at auction Tuesday, breaking records. Wharekauri Tahuna was one of Goldie's favourite subjects and… Read the rest of the article: Painting of Maori elder fetches record price
South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law last night and there are reports of troops trying to force their way into parliament there. Yoon is at odds with… Read the rest of the article: Martial law declared in South Korea
