- newMakeover your PC for under $45 with this Microsoft bundle deal
TL;DR: Give your PC some TLC with The Ultimate Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License + Windows 11 Pro Bundle, now on sale for $42.47 (reg. $418.99) with code MARCH15. Sometimes it's the simple things that make the most sense. — Read the rest The post Makeover your PC for under $45 with this Microsoft bundle deal appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newHonest Trailer tackles "Big Trouble in Little China"
One of the greatest bad movies of all time, Big Trouble in Little China is a classic.Nothing about this movie ever makes sense, so Screen Junkies doesn't even try.Previously:• Big Trouble in Little China continues, in comic book form, with John Carpenter still at the helm• John Carpenter will care about the 'Big Trouble in Little China' remake if they pay him• John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China, Volume 1• Fun trivia about 'Big Trouble in Little China'The post Honest Trailer tackles "Big Trouble in Little China" appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 12 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 7:43pm -
- newInsect farming startups going bankrupt
The pitch was irresistible: feed agricultural waste to bugs, grind the bugs into protein meal, replace soybean and fishmeal, save the planet. Investors poured roughly $2 billion into insect farming startups after a 2013 UN report endorsed the idea. Now nearly a quarter of the 20 largest have gone belly up, and the shuttered companies account for almost half of all that investment, according to Undark. — Read the rest The post Insect farming startups going bankrupt appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 12 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 7:26pm -
- newOpenAI's own advisers call ChatGPT erotica a "sexy suicide coach"
OpenAI's handpicked council of mental health advisers unanimously told the company not to launch sexually explicit chat in ChatGPT. The company is moving forward anyway.The Wall Street Journal reported that the well-being advisory council — psychologists and neuroscientists assembled by OpenAI after the first known ChatGPT-linked suicide of a minor, the Sewell Setzer III case in October — warned in January that AI-powered erotica could foster unhealthy emotional dependence and that minors would inevitably find ways into sex chats. — Read the rest The post OpenAI's own advisers call ChatGPT erotica a "sexy suicide coach" appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 7:21pm -
- newSparkling water reduced cognitive fatigue in esports players, study finds
Fourteen gamers played three hours of virtual soccer while drinking either plain or sparkling water. The sparkling water group stayed mentally sharp, committing significantly fewer fouls in-game, possibly because their impulse control stayed intact while the flat-water players got sloppy.Researchers at the University of Tsukuba used a randomized crossover design — with each participant completing both conditions — and measured cognitive fatigue during prolonged eFootball sessions. — Read the rest The post Sparkling water reduced cognitive fatigue in esports players, study finds appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 7:09pm -
- newThe "unhackable" Xbox One has been hacked — and Microsoft can't patch it
For 13 years, the Xbox One sat there like a locked vault nobody could crack. That streak ended last week when security researcher Markus "Doom" Gaasedelen unveiled "Bliss" at the RE//verse 2026 conference — the first complete hack of the console Microsoft's engineers once called "the most secure product Microsoft has ever produced." — Read the rest The post The "unhackable" Xbox One has been hacked — and Microsoft can't patch it appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 7:00pm -
- newA 1992 paper proposed classifying happiness as a psychiatric disorder
In 1992, psychologist Richard P. Bentall of Liverpool University published a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics proposing that happiness be reclassified as a psychiatric disorder. He suggested the name "major affective disorder, pleasant type."His argument: happiness is statistically abnormal — most people, at any given time, aren't particularly happy. — Read the rest The post A 1992 paper proposed classifying happiness as a psychiatric disorder appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 6:57pm -
- newPhysicists calculate exactly how long it takes to completely drain a bottle of olive oil
You're tilting a bottle of olive oil over a pan, waiting for the last bit to slide out. Physicists at Brown University now know exactly how long you'll be standing there: over nine minutes.PhD candidate Thomas Dutta and professor Jay Tang applied the Navier-Stokes equations — the same math used to model ocean currents and airflow over wings — to the problem of draining kitchen containers. — Read the rest The post Physicists calculate exactly how long it takes to completely drain a bottle of olive oil appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 6:50pm -
- new"There Is No Antimemetics Division" short film
The SCP Foundation is one of the internet's great collaborative fiction projects — a sprawling wiki where thousands of writers have built a shared universe around a secret organization that contains supernatural threats. One of its most popular story arcs just got a short film adaptation. — Read the rest The post "There Is No Antimemetics Division" short film appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 14 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 6:01pm -
- newMike Johnson: Trust us, this war totally had to happen
Trump bootlicker "MAGA" Mike Johnson says Iran was an "imminent threat" and the U.S. had to strike first. That claim is doing a lot of work, given the lack of evidence that Iran was anywhere near building a nuclear weapon.If this sounds familiar, it should. — Read the rest The post Mike Johnson: Trust us, this war totally had to happen appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 14 hours ago 17 Mar 26, 5:37pm -