LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! In celebration of Guinness World Records Day, the world's tallest and shortest women met for the first time over afternoon tea at London's Savoy Hotel. Jyoti Amge is 2 feet 0.7 inches tall while Rumeysa ...

BoingBoing

21 nov., 22:42

Neuralink brain chips head for the Great White North

Canadian volunteers wanted for mind-meld trials Elon Musk's brain chip biz, Neuralink, has been given the nod by Health Canada to start recruiting for its CAN-PRIME Study.…

TheRegister

21 nov., 22:30

Lego and Formula 1 Roll Out Full Sets of Teams and Drivers

In 2025, you will be able to recreate full Formula 1 Grands Prix in your living room, complete with Lego cars, drivers, and garages.

Wired: Tech.

21 nov., 22:30

Airweave Advanced Mattress Review: A Firm Feel With Extraordinary Airflow

Woven polyethylene looks like tangled fishing line but delivers superior airflow for a firm mattress.

Wired: Tech.

21 nov., 22:28

Microsoft Bombards Windows 10 Users With Full-Screen Ads for Upgrade

Microsoft has expanded its campaign to migrate Windows 10 users to Windows 11, deploying full-screen ads urging users to purchase new computers ahead of Windows 10's end-of-support date. The ads, appearing on Windows 10 devices, remind the October 14, 2025 cut-off date for...

Slashdot

21 nov., 22:16

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How Best to Use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Other AI Tools? Our AI Expert Answers Your Questions

If you missed our live, subscriber-only Q&A with WIRED’s AI columnist Reece Rogers, you can watch this replay of the livestream.

Wired: Tech.

21 nov., 22:08

Black Friday : Amazon retire 400€ à ce PC portable gamer (écran 165Hz, Intel Core i7, RTX 4060)

Vous aimeriez acheter un PC portable gamer doté d'une configuration solide? Vous avez bien fait de patienter jusqu'au Black Friday. Amazon pourrait bien avoir ce qu'il vous faut en stock, avec ce modèle Dell boosté à bloc.

01net

21 nov., 21:48

PNY unveils PRO Elite V3 and Attaché X USB 3.2 flash drives

PNY has unveiled two new flash drives aimed at satisfying both performance-focused and everyday users. The PRO Elite V3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 delivers blazing speeds, while the Attaché X USB 3.2 caters to those seeking a practical storage solution at an affordable price. The PRO...

BetaNews

21 nov., 21:41

Pakistan's Tech Lobby Warns That Slow Internet is Strangling IT Industry

Pakistan's IT Industry Association (P@SHA) -- the nation's sole tech biz lobby group -- has warned that government policy could lead to business closures and financial losses among its constituents, and damage the nation's IT exports. From a report: P@SHA's main beef is with ...

Slashdot

21 nov., 21:35

"Amateurish" and "clumsy" tomb raiders forced to return ancient artifacts

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Two men in Citta della Pieve, Italy were excavating their land when they found an incredible array of 3rd century BCE artifacts including eight urns, bronze mirrors, a perfume bottle, and two stunning...

BoingBoing

21 nov., 21:31

AI art haters unknowingly prefer AI-generated works, according to test

Last month, over 11,000 people took Astral Codex Ten's survey to see if they could they tell the difference between 50 human-made art and AI-generated images. The results were humbling for humans, especially ones who professed a loathing for AI art. — Read the rest The post...

BoingBoing

21 nov., 21:12

You Too Can Hire an ‘Etsy Witch’ to Curse Elon Musk

Riley Wenckus used TikTok to tell Elon Musk she paid “an Etsy witch” $7.99 to make his life “a living hell.” A new market has opened up for others looking to follow her lead.

Wired: Tech.

21 nov., 20:56

New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence

As part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit, The New York Times says it spent 150 hours sifting through OpenAI’s training data looking for potential evidence—only for OpenAI to delete all of its work.

Wired: Tech.

21 nov., 20:55

Google Has Canceled the Pixel Tablet 2

AndroidAuthority: Android Authority has learned that Google has canceled the Pixel Tablet 2, the presumed name of Google's second-generation Pixel Tablet. This is disappointing for Pixel fans who were waiting for Google to refresh its first-generation Pixel Tablet with a...

Slashdot

21 nov., 20:55

Red Hat Linux to be official WSL distro

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is set to become an official Linux distribution for Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), a Windows feature that allows users to run Linux environments on Windows without a separate virtual machine. The move was announced by Red...

InfoWorld

21 nov., 20:39

DARPA-backed voting system for soldiers abroad savaged

VotingWorks, developer of the system, disputes critics' claims An electronic voting project backed by DARPA – Uncle Sam's boffinry nerve center – to improve the process of absentee voting for American military personnel stationed abroad has been slammed by security...

TheRegister

21 nov., 20:27

New Windows 11 tool can fix devices that won’t boot remotely

Microsoft is working on a new Windows feature, “Quick Machine Recovery,” that will allow IT administrators to use Windows Update with “targeted fixes” to remotely fix systems that can’t boot, according to Bleeping Computer. The new feature is part of the Windows...

ComputerWorld

21 nov., 20:20

Fortnite change sa formule d'abonnement

Entre le Battle Royale, LEGO, Festival, et dans une moindre mesure Rocket League, Epic Games a prévu de mettre de l'ordre pour le 1er décembre prochain sur ces formules d'abonnements et ses passes de combat.

GameKult

21 nov., 20:03

Freedom-hating Texas Attorney General sues Dallas for voter-approved measure to end pot arrests

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who never met a federal law he didn't want to defy, has suddenly discovered his inner control freak when it comes to what Texans can put in their own bodies. Despite his constant chest-thumping about Texas sovereignty and telling the feds...

BoingBoing

21 nov., 20:01