oregon There are huge polka dots all over Portland's Pioneer Square Rusty Blazenhoff

video DJI claims 17 stops of dynamic range for its Osmo Pocket Pro camera Rob Beschizza

science fiction The man who built the spaceships for 2001, Alien, and Empire has died Séamus Bellamy

AI Harvard students cheer graduation speaker encouraging them to mercilessly destroy AI Rob Beschizza

Science Craig Venter, who booted up the first synthetic cell, dies at 79 Ellsworth Toohey

youtube Analog horror pioneer Local 58 returns after a year with "Ad Spot" Grant St. Clair

books Art book features the best 100 games on the Amstrad CPC Rob Beschizza

Business NJ teen buys abandoned storage unit for $450, finds $50,000 in art inside Ellsworth Toohey

Science Iranian physicists estimate advanced civilizations last 5,000 years or less Rob Beschizza

Crime Dog A nose for justice: the FBI's tech-sniffing dog Jason Weisberger

photography Anna Atkins' blue algae and the dawn of photography Popkin

News Yale professor defends describing a student's looks to Epstein: "This is how men behave" Ellsworth Toohey

Comics Legendary cartoonist Will Eisner's life's work, including The Spirit, is up for sale Ruben Bolling

Games Play classic Infocom text adventures with an AI companion Ellsworth Toohey

Games Early 3D game pioneer Graeme Baird dead at 63 Rob Beschizza

iceland 1893 photo shows man standing inside a volcanic "spiracle" in iceland Popkin

Games Atari unveils gaming hotel in Phoenix that sounds like hell on earth Grant St. Clair

metal Dillinger Escape Plan's reunion tour hits San Francisco with original lineup Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

rip Loraine Hutchins has died. She gave bisexual activism its name, shape, and sass Jason Weisberger

"Vibe Coding" is Collins' Dictionary word of the year Rob Beschizza