crime Weekend SIM-swapping blitz targets US cryptocurrency holders Cory Doctorow

science fiction 'They're Made Out of Meat,' rewritten as a dialogue about LLMs Ellsworth Toohey

china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy

climbing Sherpa left for dead on Everest found alive Gail Sherman

Boing Boing Gadgets ChatGPT Plus is $20/month—ChatOn packs in GPT, Claude & Gemini for 5 years for just $90.99 Boing Boing's Shop

robot Robo-party clown ignores Asimov's first law of robotics Jason Weisberger

History The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad Ellsworth Toohey

Comic Books Mike Mignola throws Uri Tupka to the devils Gareth Branwyn

top talent "Tiny Grandma" brings joy to the world Jennifer Sandlin

wheels on the bus Sticky tires are dirtier than they look Jason Weisberger

Games The next Silent Hill has a twist fans won't see coming Grant St. Clair

Games New God of War game does not feature the god of war Grant St. Clair

Science The chemistry behind Garden Grove's runaway chemical tank Ellsworth Toohey

video Baby's hand makes a cherry look like a giant piece of fruit Popkin

books Cartoonist Jeff Smith, author of "Bone," is getting comics' most prestigious honor Ruben Bolling

consequences Florida sues OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged body count Jason Weisberger

Food Farmer digs up yam shaped like a human hand in China Popkin

gadgets Microsoft Surface Ultra laptop features Nvidia's new Spark platform Rob Beschizza

gadgets Dell counters the MacBook Neo with a $599 XPS 13 Rob Beschizza

YouTuber banned from Six Flags after smuggling McNuggets onto 93 MPH rollercoaster Rob Beschizza