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The ‘Anti-Grammarly’ Helps People Hide Their Participation in the AI Slop Era

Is this satire? Does it even matter?

Artificial Intelligence Tom Hawking Apr 25

Wild Gunman title screen

Watch a Game Collector Recreate 1974’s Nintendo Arcade Target Shooter ‘Wild Gunman’

Full-motion video! From 1974!

Culture Tom Hawking Apr 23

Dr Semiconductor and DIY RAM

Watch a Guy Fabricate Functioning Micron-Scale RAM Cells in His Garden Shed

No, really.

Gadgets Tom Hawking Apr 21

Humanoid robot wins half marathon

This Goofy Humanoid Robot Can Run a Half Marathon Faster Than You (and Everyone Else)

It's all fun and games until the thing is chasing you.

Robots Tom Hawking Apr 20

Amazon drone drops package

Amazon Delivery Drones Involve a Perilous 10-Foot Drop. Users Are Posting the Apparent Results

Broken blue raspberry syrup: bad. Broken GPS security: worse.

Commerce Tom Hawking Apr 18

The iconic Windows "Bliss" wallpaper is seen. It features green hills and perfect blue skys little fluffy clouds.

What’s the Best Weather Day in the USA?

Long answer: it's complicated. Short answer: it's not April 25.

Culture Tom Hawking Apr 17

Turntable sequencer

PhD Student Uses Turntable to Create the Most Impractical Drum Machine Ever

A cleverly designed academic exercise in beatmatching angst.

Gadgets Tom Hawking Apr 13

VHS-Inspired ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Mod Takes Night City Back to the Future

Sometimes looking less realistic can mean feeling more realistic.

Culture Tom Hawking Apr 11

An air traffic controller monitors flights while working in the Terminal Radar Approach Control center at the Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado.

The Trump Administration Wants Gamers to Step Up and Fill the Air Traffic Controller Shortage

Shockingly, the answer to a long-running and complex issue is not "gamers."

Transportation Tom Hawking Apr 10

SG-41 model

The Nazis’ Most Notoriously Complex Cryptographic Machine Is Now Available Online

Explore the byzantine inner workings of... the Hitler Mill.

Gadgets Tom Hawking Apr 9

Turns Out Home Taping Wasn’t Killing Music After All

Archivists are uploading thousands of cassette recordings of legendary live shows for your listening pleasure

Culture Tom Hawking Apr 8

Boards Of Canada Vhs 2

Mysterious VHS Tapes May Herald the Release of a New Boards of Canada Project

Weird analog visuals? Inscrutable mutterings? Hexagons??

Culture Tom Hawking Apr 7

Psilocin molecule and tobacco field

Researchers Discover How to Add Psilocybin, DMT, and Other Psychedelics to Tobacco

AI assisted with the study, which could make it cheaper and easier to produce these mind-bending drugs.

Culture Tom Hawking Apr 3

Raspberry Pi and cash

RAM Prices Are Threatening the Viability of the Raspberry Pi and Single-Board Computing

The random access meltdown rumbles on.

Gadgets Tom Hawking Apr 2

RAMless Snake

Can You Run a Computer Without RAM? Surprisingly, Yes—But You’ll Be Miserable

Shell out for RAM, or try to do without—you're going to have a bad time either way.

Tech News Tom Hawking Apr 1

World's smallest QR code

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Data storage? Yes! A replacement for printed menus? No!

Tech News Tom Hawking Mar 30

Handy Geng sword machine

YouTuber Resolves Fraternal Disagreement With Excavator and Hilariously Large Sword

But mom, he started it!

Gadgets Tom Hawking Mar 28

Ace Ventura rhino

‘Butt Birth’-ing Rhinoceros from Ace Ventura Sequel Sold at Auction for a Whopping $60,000

Yes, the one that, um, gave birth to Jim Carrey.

Culture Tom Hawking Mar 26

Robot crash at bus stop in Chicago

Self-Directed Delivery Robot Directs Itself Straight Through a Bus Shelter

Whoops! Who could possibly have seen something like this coming?

Robots Tom Hawking Mar 25

Lightning On Demand Tesla coil

Kindly Uncle Unleashes Fires of Hell With Giant Boosted Tesla Coil

Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!

Culture Tom Hawking Mar 25

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