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TL;DR: When you buy refurbished, you can get the Apple MacBook Air (2022) 13'' for just $834.99 (Reg. $999) plus a gift with purchase.Tis the season to refresh all your electronics. Whether you're shopping for work, school, or for a loved one, now is the time to seek deals. - Read the rest The post This is your chance to get a free gift when you purchase a refurbished Mac appeared first on Boing Boing.

TL;DR: Get a High-Definition Monocular Telescope with 50*60 magnification, a phone clip, and a tripod - on sale for $39.99 (reg. $54.99).Cheap concert tickets usually come with a view of the performer about the size of a grain of rice. - Read the rest The post Upgrade your nosebleed seats with a $39.99 high-def monocular appeared first on Boing Boing.

If you live in West Virginia, you're lucky enough to get a cryptid-themed license plate. West Virginia is the only state that offers a cryptid-themed plate, including multiple beloved monsters from popular urban legends. All of the creatures are from urban legends that are specific to West Virginia lore. - Read the rest The post West Virginia now has a license plate full of cryptids, including Mothman appeared first on Boing Boing.

If you are a cow living in the Swiss Alps, you may find yourself in a sticky situation. If you stray too far into the summer pastures, it may be difficult to find your way back home. Luckily, there are some kind protocols put in place to help you in this situation. - Read the rest The post Swiss cows that wander too far get a helicopter ride home appeared first on Boing Boing.

The Match Archive is my new favorite place to "joy scroll" on Instagram. This page showcases all sorts of gorgeous antique matchboxes. Gone are the days when match companies put creativity and art into each little box of matches, but wonderful pages like this let you experience the joy of decorative matchboxes. - Read the rest The post The Match Archive on Instagram saves gorgeous antique matchboxes from the trash appeared first on Boing Boing.

The Bottle Imps is the newest story by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling. Read all eleven of their tales in the 2nd edition of their anthology, Transreal Cyberpunk.Transreal Cyberpunk by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling. Image: Rudy Rucker

Davey Barker's TitleArt recreates the classic style and feature-set of WordArt ("Make text like it's 1997"), the surprisingly fun and unusually well-crafted type design tools built-in to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint back in the day.

The police chief of Westborough, Massachussets, is on administrative leave after he was reportedly found asleep in a police SUV outside a liquor store. His colleagues were summoned "around noon" Friday by a caller at Star Liquors on Route 9 in Shrewsbury, and one of the responsing officers told a lieutenant that "it's the Chief of Police for Westborough and he's hammered drunk. - Read the rest The post "Hammered drunk" police chief slept outside liquor store appeared first on Boing Boing.

The Dune: Part 3 popcorn bucket sports a 2-sandworm design to "make it easier to share," reports Variety. No less suggestive than the the Dune: Part Two container, the double Shai-Hulud promises an eternity of snacks, which you'll certainly want for the sequel's extended running time. - Read the rest The post 2 sandworms, 1 bucket, Dune 3 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Police are using AI to generate reports on "suspicious" driving patterns, using data from license-plate cameras, then pulling over motorists based on that pretext.The ACLU's Jay Stanley reports the example of Grace Knowles, a woman in her 20s, whose September 2005 road trip to Florida was deemed suspicious by the Flock-based system. - Read the rest The post Cops using AI to justify stops for "suspicious driving patterns" appeared first on Boing Boing.

In May, when federal Judge April Perry uncovered apparent grand jury misconduct, the underlying Broadview Six prosecution collapsed. Perry began examining whether federal prosecutors were candid with her about what happened and whether officials outside the Chicago U.S. attorney's office were involved. - Read the rest The post DOJ tells judge probing prosecutor misconduct that Trump can make it go away appeared first on Boing Boing.

I only bought four pens when I was in Japan earlier this month. And I wish I'd bought more. As usual. But I like all four of them.Photo: Mark FrauenfelderI picked them up at a fantastic department store called Hands, formerly Tokyu Hands, but it changed its name a couple of years ago. - Read the rest The post Four cool pens I bought in Japan appeared first on Boing Boing.

TL;DR: Compare answers from Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and more in one search with a lifetime subscription to Clearafi's Tier 1 Plan for $49.99 (reg. $299).Getting a second opinion on an AI answer usually means pasting the same question into another chatbot and comparing the replies yourself. - Read the rest The post This AI tool asks multiple chatbots your question and shows where they agree, and a lifetime subscription is only $50 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Say what you will about gaming auteur and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, but the man clearly has a talent for the pitch. On its surface, post-apocalyptic mailman simulator Death Stranding doesn't lend itself well to a cinematic universe, given its slow, action-averse gameplay. - Read the rest The post Death Stranding gets a second animation before the first is out appeared first on Boing Boing.

David S. Pumpkins returned to SNL in 2022 and, importantly, had not changed.Still dancing, still confounding horror-seekers, David S. Pumpkins came back, ostensibly from Ibiza.These skits almost justify SNL's continued existence.Previously:

TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for $27.97 through November 1, with no recurring subscription fees.Microsoft 365 Personal costs $99.99 per year, even if you only use Word or Excel occasionally. Microsoft Office Professional 2021 gives you another option: pay once and keep the productivity software without annual renewals. - Read the rest The post For only $28, get Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, and more without recurring subscription fees appeared first on Boing Boing.

Kevin Bates, creator of the credit card-sized Arduboy game system, now sells a $149 digital candle that uses a small neural network ("8-dimensional latent, convolutional decoder, 3,545 parameters, 30 fps") to generate a realistic flame simulation on its low-resolution display. - Read the rest The post Arduboy Digital Candle has AI-simulated flame appeared first on Boing Boing.

TL;DR: Catch threats before they can strike with this GhostShield AI-Powered VPN Premium Plan lifetime subscription, on sale now for just $49.99 (MSRP $399).A VPN is the most basic way to protect your online privacy, but sometimes you need a little more. - Read the rest The post One $50 payment gets you lifetime VPN protection on 10 devices appeared first on Boing Boing.

Patrick Stewart, the Olivier award-winning Shakespearean actor who achieved international stardom as Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard and The X-Men's Professor X, is dead at 86.Already a distinguished stage and screen presence when he took the role of the Enterprise's new captain, Stewart went on to star as Picard in seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, three of Picard, four motion pictures, and at least 10 video games. - Read the rest The post Patrick Stewart dead at 86 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Last month I went to Japan with my family. It was my 10th time in Japan. But until this visit, I had never gone to any island other than Honshu, the one that has Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. This time we went to Kyushu, which is south of Honshu. - Read the rest The post Why a Fukuoka subway sign calls your backpack a "rucksack" appeared first on Boing Boing.

A few years ago, I was on a plane with my Kindle Paperwhite in my lap, and when I grabbed the seatbelt to strap in, the buckle hit the screen and cracked it. It was still usable, but the bright spot was distracting. - Read the rest The post My Kindle cracked again, so I switched to a tiny Xteink e-reader appeared first on Boing Boing.

Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Elon Musk and His Doge Pals must finad and defeat the biggest threat to Western Civilization!-> "Back in 2012 Bolling-noting that the comic was more widely read than ever yet generating less money than ever-started a subscription membership called The Inner Hive. - Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug: Elon Musk and His Doge Pals hunt down the threat to Western Civilization appeared first on Boing Boing.

It feels like AI is coming for everybody's jobs, but especially for phone scammers. Thanks to the availability of consumer AI, anyone in any call center anywhere can throw up a decently convincing-sounding AI agent to fleece people out of their money with no effort required. - Read the rest The post Bankrupting scammers is surprisingly easy appeared first on Boing Boing.

Keep your Cyberpunks or your Fallout 76es: when it comes to launch disasters, No Man's Sky remains the undisputed champion, which I'm not sure is something to be proud of. Something Hello Games can be proud of, however, is its continued and intensive effort to raise the game above its buggy, barebones launch state with more than a decade of constant updates. - Read the rest The post Somehow, No Man's Sky is still getting updates appeared first on Boing Boing.

TL;DR: Prep for nine CompTIA exams with the 2026 CompTIA Certification Training Complete Exam Prep Bundle for $24.99 (reg. $269.91).Preparing for CompTIA exams usually means buying a separate prep course for each certification. If you'd rather get them all at once (and for a whole lot cheaper), try the 2026 CompTIA Certification Training Complete Exam Prep Bundle. - Read the rest The post Breaking into IT? Start with nine CompTIA exam prep courses for $24.99 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Adam Lawson's Zac-OS-9 is a completist recreation of the classic Mac desktop experience for Debian Linux, "drawn pixel by pixel from scratch." Modeled on the last versions before the switch to Mac OS X (more than 25 years ago!) it's not just a skin: it replicates the window manager, file browser, menu bar and every control panel. - Read the rest The post How to turn modern Linux into an old Mac appeared first on Boing Boing.

TL;DR: Get ChatPlayground AI's Unlimited Lifetime Plan for just $79 (MSRP $619), with side-by-side comparisons across 20-plus AI models and more.Asking three chatbots the same question shouldn't require three tabs and a spreadsheet. ChatPlayground AI's Unlimited Lifetime Subscription is on sale right now for just $79 (MSRP $619), putting multiple AI responses in one window so you can spend less time copying and more time deciding. - Read the rest The post Get lifetime of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini + more in a single workspace for $79 appeared first on Boing Boing.

If you need a lot of fake blood for Halloween this year, this is the video for you. It's a tutorial that shows you how to make realistic fake blood.It starts with a base of corn syrup plus red food coloring. - Read the rest The post How to make realistic fake blood for Halloween appeared first on Boing Boing.

Ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6's preload early next month, I and many others have been wondering how much space to clear before it smacks into our collective hard drives with the force of a thousand suns. Triple-A games have been steadily ballooning in size, after all, partially to force other games off of your system and partially because devs don't seem to care much about compression anymore. - Read the rest The post Grand Theft Auto 6 will take up 210 gigabytes of your hard drive appeared first on Boing Boing.

The Comu Action Pro is a surprisingly capable little recorder; the hoops Apple makes these developers jump through are dopey.I was excited to try the Comu TN20 Pro, as I wanted an AI transcription device. Recording oral stories and getting a quick transcription is something I'd wanted for a while, and I kept forgetting my iPhone should just do it for me. - Read the rest The post This excellent little AI recorder makes me resent the App Store appeared first on Boing Boing.

Overgrown is a Chrome browser extension that plants seeds in neglected browser tabs, which slowly become overwhelmed by spreading foliage. Creator Charlie Gerard was inspired by a creative exercise around the word and decided to do something special.

After Florida cop Brian Louis Sguros performed a welfare check at Dennis West's home and found his dead body, he did what any reasonable law enforcement officer would do under the circumstances: he moved in, assumed West's identity, and renovated the Lauderhill dwelling. - Read the rest The post Florida cop moved into dead man's house, renovated it and impersonated him appeared first on Boing Boing.

A long-awaited OLED upgrade to Apple's iPad Mini launched this week with an international marketing campaign. But a moment in one ad has drawn controversy in South Korea, as the pinch gesture in it means "you have a small penis" and carries popular connotations of feminism. - Read the rest The post iPad Mini ad edited in Korea to remove gesture inadvertantly mocking your penis appeared first on Boing Boing.

TL;DR: Get five years of flowkey Classic for $59.97 (reg. $899), including interactive piano lessons, real-time note feedback, and more than 1,000 classical and public-domain songs.A piano teacher can tell you when you've hit the wrong note, but scheduling regular lessons isn't always convenient. - Read the rest The post Your piano-playing ambitions could use this $60 learning app appeared first on Boing Boing.

A stolen painting was identified at Parma's annual antiquity fair by cops using AI software trained on photos of missing works.

Melvin West, 70, cut a rare map from a 17th-century atlas at the Caird Library in Greenwich, London, and was sentenced to three years in jail for the theft. But the 1684 map, cut out with a utility knife, has not been recovered, and the presiding judge at Woolwich Crown Court said West had led authorities on a "merry dance" over where it was. - Read the rest The post Map thief jailed after refusing to show the way appeared first on Boing Boing.

Hundreds of spiders decided to hang out on a power line in Indonesia. They wove their webs around the power lines, creating a giant invisible wall where they all stand guard. This scene is an arachnophobe's nightmare.Seeing this in the daytime would be one thing. - Read the rest The post Hundreds of spiders turned a power line in Indonesia into a giant web wall appeared first on Boing Boing.

A kind man named John wanted to help the squirrels in his neighborhood feel safe and comfortable. He built squirrel boxes around his neighborhood to serve as homes and shelters for local squirrels. The squirrel boxes are simple wood shelters that the squirrels can freely enter and exit as they wish. - Read the rest The post A man built cozy squirrel boxes with cameras inside, and the squirrels love them appeared first on Boing Boing.

The series of photos shows what a particularly cold district in Vorkuta, Russia looks like in the dead of winter. The images at the beginning of the series show a town covered in a heavy blanket of snow, with only slivers of cars and buildings visible. - Read the rest The post Photos show bedrooms in an Arctic Russian town filled with icicles appeared first on Boing Boing.

America is a politically polarized country. But one topic has both the left and the right in full agreement: Flock cameras suck. No one likes the government spying on them.To make matters worse, police and 911 staff enjoy using Flock cameras to stalk their exes. - Read the rest The post Police and 911 staff have used Flock cameras to stalk their exes appeared first on Boing Boing.

A man and his wife were taking a relaxing poolside vacation when suddenly a monkey jumped into his lap. Instead of being afraid, the man decided to cuddle the monkey back. The monkey had already decided that this man was her new best friend, and what happens next is unbelievably sweet. - Read the rest The post A mama monkey picks a vacationing man as her safe place to rest with her baby appeared first on Boing Boing.

Often, the coolest art comes from simple, often unnoticed materials. When reimagined into a new context, everyday household materials can be the base for wonderful works of art. I've always loved watching people transform everyday materials into new ideas.This aluminum foil piece, Cats and Mice by artist Dean Millien, fills me with joy. - Read the rest The post An artist sculpts magical cats and mice out of aluminum foil appeared first on Boing Boing.

This fascinating animation clip is from a film called Renaissance, made in 1963 by Walerian Borowczyk. The stop-motion animation shows a destroyed room that slowly puts itself back together. It suggests that a ghost is moving everything around and reconstructing each broken item. - Read the rest The post In this 1963 stop-motion film, a destroyed room puts itself back together appeared first on Boing Boing.

TL;DR: Use GPT-5.5 Pro, Claude 4.6 Sonnet, and Gemini 3.1 Pro in one app with a 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan for a one-time $69.97 (reg. $540).Every few months, a new chatbot is declared the winner in the ChatGPT versus Claude debate, and testing them yourself usually means paying $20 a month for each. - Read the rest The post Settle the ChatGPT vs. Claude debate yourself for $70 appeared first on Boing Boing.

There are details, but the whole story is in the headline. Conspiracy theorist weirdo RFK Jr. says a racist thing and is immediately wrong.Campaigning in Michigan for Mike Rogers, the Secretary of Health and Human Services took a break from spreading falsehoods about good health practices and instead turned to racist lies trying to undermine an excellent Senate candidate. - Read the rest The post RFK Jr. says Arabs don't win Nobel Prizes. Last year's chemistry winner was born in Jordan appeared first on Boing Boing.

Thick as thieves, Don Jr. and his wedding-bankrolling Russian oligarch buddy went off to kill the threatened Mongolian Altai argali sheep. This is not the first time Don Jr. has killed an argali, or had a wedding.

Diaper Don's crowning achievement, the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom, seems less popular than expected.The Orange Menace likes to talk about his probably illegal ballroom. At Monday night's rally in Corinth, Mississippi, an attendee had apparently heard enough. "Shove that ballroom up your fat ass!" - Read the rest The post "Shove that ballroom up your fat ass!" Trump gets some architectural feedback appeared first on Boing Boing.

When it comes to YouTube chefs, Guga is one of the best. His experiments are clear, and while you might not even want to try some of them, like long-aging steaks in just about every goo he can find, the results are always amazing and educational. - Read the rest The post Guga puts the baking soda/ground beef trick to the test appeared first on Boing Boing.

There is no doubt that ancient Egyptians drilled holes in granite. Archaeologists and laypeople have marveled at cores and tool marks for hundreds of years, wondering, "How'd they do that?" Into The Map decided to stop wondering and figure it out. - Read the rest The post This ridiculous human-powered machine tests an ancient Egyptian engineering problem appeared first on Boing Boing.

I think it's going to be a good long while before I stop feeling sad about Mass Effect: Universe. Since its abrupt cancellation and its studio's closure, more information has been leaking out in bits and pieces from former BioWare devs, although some are admittedly more believable than others. - Read the rest The post Mass Effect 5 composer releases incomplete soundtrack appeared first on Boing Boing.