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vendredi 27 juin 2025, 16:54
Blaise Metreweli is the first woman to lead Britain's MI6, officially the Secret Intelligence Service. She's also the first MI6 leader to have a Nazi grandfather known as 'the butcher.' Metreweli, 47, is currently 'Q,' the service's technical chief. But her appointment as...
After more than 40 years of loyal and very regular service, Windows' Blue Screen of Death is joining Guru Meditation in crash Valhalla. The famous system warning, triggered by something going badly awry with one's computer, was put on death row four years ago and now the...
Lalo Schifrin, dead at 93, was most famous for his theme tune for Mission: Impossible, but his lifetime of work made him a five-time Grammy Award winner, six-time Academy Award nominee and receipient of four Emmy Awards. Other famous movies graced by his compositions include ...
jeudi 26 juin 2025, 23:00
TL;DR: Keep all your Joy-Con controllers fully charged thanks to this 4-in-1 Charging Dock for the Nintendo Switch 2, now only $18.99 (reg. $29.99) with free shipping. When new consoles drop, that means it's time for a little shopping spree. — Read the rest The post Keep...
Aesop's fable 'The Frogs Who Asked for a King' is about human folly and the dangers of discontent. This version comes from the beautifully illustrated 1915 edition Aesop's Fables for Children, available in the Internet Archive's digital collection. It features Art...
Rep. Lauren Boebert sure has a bizarre self-image, comparing herself to a 'nippy,' diaper-wearing chihuahua. Her nervous-canine remarks were in answer to whether it was hard to be as outspoken as she is. 'No, it's not hard at all,' replied the Colorado Congressman, known...
A drunk American tourist broke into and damaged a centuries-old Zen temple in Kyoto, reports Tokyo Weekender. The incident occurred at Shoden Eigen-in, a subtemple of the historic Kenninji monastery, when the intoxicated visitor entered through a kitchen door at 6:20 a.m. —...
Bulgarian proverbs offer a window into a culture's soul through darkly observant insights into human nature. Here are a few from a longer list published in Futility Closet: Hunger sees nothing but bread. The clean gets dirty more easily. God's feet are of wool; his hands...
A surreal music video reimagines America's political elite as violent crime bosses. Joe Biden rides in a wheelchair, flanked by attack dogs, while Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Kamala Harris prowl looted grocery store aisles with heavy weaponry. A tearful Elon Musk begs for...
The Social Network is a quintessential Aaron Sorkin biopic: a gripping true story driven by fast-talking characters who diverge wildly from their sources. Fifteen years on from what is now a halogencore classic, there's going to be a sequel. Sorkin will write and direct,...
A Chinese hotel must stop letting red pandas wake up guests by climbing into their beds, following orders from local authorities concerned about both safety and animal welfare, reports The Independent. The Lehe Ledu Liangjiang Holiday Hotel in Chongqing had made the unusual...
After watching this video, Mirumi is currently the #1 thing on my wishlist. Mirumi is a palm-sized emotional support gremlin from the Tokyo-based oddities lab at Yukai Engineering. This fluffy little critter looks like a friendly Yeti, who bashfully clings onto your bag,...
LEGO has released the results of the 'Build Your Nostalgia – 90s Throwback' challenge from late last year. The grand prize winner is The X-Files: The Truth Is Out There, and the design will be turned into a real LEGO set. The fan who designed the set gets ten copies of the...
A fake airport sign in Wales has cost its creator over £25,000 to maintain over the past two decades, becoming a cultural landmark that sparked public protests when it was removed. The 'Llandegley International Airport' sign, created in 2002 by Nicholas Whitehead along the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth avoided a simple question about the U.S. strikes on Iran by attacking his own former colleague, Fox Pentagon reporter Jennifer Griffin. 'You've been about the worst,' he scolded. Griffin, a decades-long national security correspondent for Fox...
The 2025 Hackaday Pet Hacks Challenge winners have been announced, and they range from the most innovative to the most practical. From Fytó, which gamifies plant care, to TinyML meets dog training, which combines a remote dog feeder with machine learning for positive...
TL;DR: The Canyon Pro Plan for optimizing your job search is available now for the new low price of $39.99 after using code CANYON20 at checkout. Mess of a market or not, applying to jobs is a numbers game. For recent graduates, it can feel daunting to keep going, but that's...
By alif_abdulrahman - Costasiella Kuroshimae, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41894580 The post Leaf sheep: the adorable sea slug that looks like a tiny succulent and can photosynthesize appeared first on Boing Boing.
When I first floated the idea of writing this review, one of my friends, in all their infinite wisdom, reminded me that there's no shame in knowing what I like. But you know what? I'm still frustrated. I'm frustrated that Hideo Kojima, for all his pretentiousness, for his...
Pierre Cusa's ambient.garden is an algorithmic audio landscape with lovely low-poly visuals to go with the music. Trees represent instruments and join the chorus as you draw close and pass by. Click or drag to move, or head in on autopilot. — Read the rest The post Listen...
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