- newA giant cloud storage upgrade works out to $36 per TB
TL;DR: Internxt gives you 10TB of encrypted cloud storage for a one-time $359.99 payment (reg. $2,900), with end-to-end encryption, zero-knowledge privacy, and no recurring storage bill.Cloud storage is useful. Paying rent on your own files forever is less charming. — Read the rest The post A giant cloud storage upgrade works out to $36 per TB appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newWhy hobby coders treat AI-written code as missing the point
A programmer named Fogus came across a GitHub argument about chess engine development and wrote about why hobby coding communities are hostile toward large language models. Hobbyists say is working code isn't the goal. They like to build operating systems, programming languages, and console emulators, or try to fit a working program into as few characters as possible. — Read the rest The post Why hobby coders treat AI-written code as missing the point appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 2 hours ago 12 Aug 26, 2:35pm -
- newTAC-2 is back: the new Commodore reissues an old joystick
The TAC-2 was a famous joystick offered for Commodore's C64, the 8-bit personal computer first sold in 1982, and compatible with the Atari and other systems using the classic 9-pin plug. And now you can buy it again. There are upgrades such as a stronger steel shaft (the original was just a tire valve, according to the press release, which would be typical of the old Commodore) but its otherwise high-fidelity, including the connector (no USB!) — Read the rest The post TAC-2 is back: the new Commodore reissues an old joystick appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newThe farthest you can get from a road in the San Gabriels is 2.7 miles
Dima Kogan hiked in the San Gabriel Mountains, and a friend wondered which point in the range sits farthest from any road or trail. Kogan went home and computed it, and his notes on the poles of inaccessibility above Los Angeles put the answer at 4,343 meters, or about 2.7 miles, from the nearest one. — Read the rest The post The farthest you can get from a road in the San Gabriels is 2.7 miles appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newHoover Dam is set to lose 40% of its maximum power this year
The US Bureau of Reclamation is resorting to moving water between reservoirs so that Glen Canyon Dam can continue to generate electricity. Darren Orf reported in Popular Mechanics on August 10, 2026, that a long drought has pulled Lake Powell and Lake Mead so low that Hoover Dam's output this year will fall by 40 percent from its full-capacity output. — Read the rest The post Hoover Dam is set to lose 40% of its maximum power this year appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newMicrosoft, Google and Amazon now depend on two money-losing AI firms
Microsoft, Google, and Amazon's growth depends on two companies that lose tens of billions of dollars a year. In a newsletter post, "Where's Your Ed At" reported on analyst estimates from Wells Fargo, Barclays, UBS, and Deutsche Bank.Wells Fargo estimates Microsoft's AI revenue at $34.43 billion, with about 70% coming from OpenAI. — Read the rest The post Microsoft, Google and Amazon now depend on two money-losing AI firms appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newI Love the 90s! curates classics of the web and cable TV
I Love the 90s! is a website designed to evoke the feel of channel-surfing cable TV in the 1990s. It looks like it was made before HTML was standardized (but is perfectly modern under the hood) and wraps a myriad of low-bitrate standard-def compressed-to-heck YouTubes scanned from VHS tape. — Read the rest The post I Love the 90s! curates classics of the web and cable TV appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newBorder corner stores have filed 700,000 reports on cash transfers
A federal rule that targets cartel money laundering has driven customers away from the money-transfer counters at small shops on the US-Mexico border. The Guardian's Lourdes Medrano reported on August 11, 2026 that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, ordered businesses in 30 border zip codes in Texas and California to file a report on every cash transaction above $200. — Read the rest The post Border corner stores have filed 700,000 reports on cash transfers appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newNew daily word game challenges you to be succinct
Take twelve words and rearrange them to say the same thing in just five. That's the game. Sheets.works takes spreadsheets and turns them into dashboards and reports. To show off their chops in a fun way, they release a Data Drop once a week, like a collection of startup sounds or an explanation of why it takes so long to board an airplane. — Read the rest The post New daily word game challenges you to be succinct appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newRead 20,000 restored golden-age comics free in your browser
The ComicBooks.com Reading Room is a free online library of old comics that you read in your browser, one deep-zoomable page at a time. Open Culture pointed to it this week. The counter on the front page listed 20,109 books. The site promises "No login, no paywall, no catch." — Read the rest The post Read 20,000 restored golden-age comics free in your browser appeared first on Boing Boing.
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