- newVoibe gives Mac users a much faster way to get words down
TL;DR: Voibe AI Voice Dictation is $79.99 (reg. $199) with offline voice-to-text, app-wide cursor support, Apple Silicon optimization, and ongoing updates.A lot of writing time isn't really writing. In reality, it's waiting for your hands to catch up, deleting the stiff sentence you just typed, and wishing the computer could simply take the thought directly from your brain. — Read the rest The post Voibe gives Mac users a much faster way to get words down appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 1 hour ago 31 Jul 26, 9:00pm -
- newPatronscan's "ultimate bouncer" never forgets a face in San Francisco's gay bars
Gay bars in San Francisco are installing ID and facial scanners and requiring patrons to give it up if they want to get in, with Cydney Hayes in The San Francisco Gazetteer likening the gates to the TSA and Jacob Ogles in The Advocate pointing out the loss of anonymity and safety in LGBTQ+ spaces. — Read the rest The post Patronscan's "ultimate bouncer" never forgets a face in San Francisco's gay bars appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 31 Jul 26, 6:15pm -
- newIf you like indie games, have you tried the Itch desktop app?
If you visit Itch.io to check out indie and casual games, the website's so good you might never even realize that there's a desktop app (with downloads for Windows, macOS and Linux) to manage and run the games, apps and other interesting things hosted there. — Read the rest The post If you like indie games, have you tried the Itch desktop app? appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 31 Jul 26, 4:20pm -
- newAI won't take your job, but someone who knows Claude might — this course is just $14
TL;DR: Learn how to use Claude AI beyond basic prompts with the Claude AI Professional E-Degree, featuring four courses, 100+ lectures, and real-world projects for $13.99 with code COURSE30 through August 2.AI tools are becoming part of everyday work, but knowing how to ask Claude a quick question and knowing how to actually use it are two very different things. — Read the rest The post AI won't take your job, but someone who knows Claude might — this course is just $14 appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 7 hours ago 31 Jul 26, 3:00pm -
- newAt $4 a gallon again, even Republicans souring on Iran war
Republican support for President Trump's war with Iran remained steady at 71% in June, but has fallen to 61% in July, according to a survey by the Associated Press's NORC Center for Public Affairs. Everyone else overwhelmingly disapproves of the conflict, with support among "independents" falling to 17% and support among Democrats falling from 8% to 4% in the last few weeks. — Read the rest The post At $4 a gallon again, even Republicans souring on Iran war appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 8 hours ago 31 Jul 26, 1:40pm -
- newStolen Civil War cannonballs found in luggage
TSA staff found five Civil War-era cannonballs in a passenger's checked suitcase at Gulf Shores International Airport in Alabama. Investigators found that the munitions were missing from nearby Fort Morgan; a child supposedly pilfered them and sneaked them into grandma's luggage. — Read the rest The post Stolen Civil War cannonballs found in luggage appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newAI assistant named for long-dead pharmacy founder mutters incomprehensibly and "demands that you talk to him"
A Vermont pharmacy chain's new AI assistant led not to the efficiency improvements promised but to "delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns." The AI, named "Burt" after the chain's long-dead founder, is said to call excessively, get dosages wrong and suggest inappropriate refills, among other alarming problems. — Read the rest The post AI assistant named for long-dead pharmacy founder mutters incomprehensibly and "demands that you talk to him" appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 21 hours ago 31 Jul 26, 1:28am -
- newCuriosity rover finds field of honeycomb-textured "polygons"
Picture a vast field of honeycombed polygonal rocks stretching to the horizon in an otherworldly valley. NASA's Curiosity rover did, and the Valle Grande, as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is calling it, is the latest fascinating spot to be imaged by the rover, now in its 13th year of trundling across the Martian landscape. — Read the rest The post Curiosity rover finds field of honeycomb-textured "polygons" appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 22 hours ago 31 Jul 26, 12:01am -
- newCasio's new Ring Watch has a few smart features
Casio's CRW-H001 is a tiny retro-style watch for your ring finger, and the newest model has a few smart features to make it an alternative to models from Oura and Samsung.Added to the tiny gadget is monitoring of the wearer's heart rate, blood oxygen levels and body temperature. — Read the rest The post Casio's new Ring Watch has a few smart features appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 23 hours ago 30 Jul 26, 11:09pm -
- newU.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference
A U.S. State Department map of Africa mislabeled every country it depicted during a presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro. The slide was so egregiously wrong that multiple attendees whipped out their phones to get a shot of it; Emily Bass, a writer and AIDS expert, wrote about it at length. — Read the rest The post U.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 24 hours ago 30 Jul 26, 10:26pm -