marvel comics Marvel Comics has finally brought back the gun-toting animals of Brute Force Thom Dunn

crime UK cops beat phone encryption by "mugging" suspect after he unlocked his phone Cory Doctorow

security URL shorteners are a short path to your computer's hard drive Cory Doctorow

Science Scientists built a machine to solve what AI can't Ellsworth Toohey

History Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun Rob Beschizza

AI After 3.5 trillion guesses, a forgotten $400k Bitcoin wallet finally opened Ellsworth Toohey

Technology A Silicon Valley startup wants to sell you a brain-reading beanie Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Learn a new language the fun way with Qlango's gamified app Boing Boing's Shop

Technology Donald Knuth, the godfather of computer science, says an AI solved a math problem he was stuck on for weeks Ellsworth Toohey

Games Top AIs insist on using nuclear weapons in war simulations Rob Beschizza

cosplay Bovino takes the fall Jason Weisberger

Shady JD JD Vance still lying about Minneapolis Jason Weisberger

conservation Please stop stacking rocks when you're out hiking Jennifer Sandlin

Technology How a parrot on a flag reveals why AI exists Ellsworth Toohey

classical music How Houston Symphony's percussionist built the 22-pound hammer that delivers Mahler's "blows of fate" in Symphony No. 6 Ellsworth Toohey

books Even more western inspired fantasy in de Castell's "Malevolent Eight" (book review) Jason Weisberger

Technology Google bug let strangers find your phone number with just your Gmail address Ellsworth Toohey

Weird Unsettling photo from The Shining tracked down in Getty's archives Rob Beschizza

Developer creates tool that transforms boring security keys into pretty ASCII art Ellsworth Toohey

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder