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Make an old PC feel new again with this $10 Windows 11 Pro deal
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (380+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Give your PC a major productivity boost with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license, now just $9.97 (MSRP $199) until Aug. 2. If you've got a Windows device…...
Canadian politician mindlessly reads AI-generated speech, prompt and all
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (407+ words) Bill Oliver, a Progressive Conservative Party legislator in New Brunswick, Canada, delivered a rousing speech to last week. "One of the dangers associated with creating advocacy offices is that citizens often develop expectations that exceed the powers actually granted to…...
Half the sea lion pups died at La Jolla Cove. People are arguing about cones
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (383+ words) Half the sea lion pups born this season at La Jolla Cove have died, according to the Sierra Club Seal Society, compared with 10% in the nearby area closed to visitors. The group wants cones marking a 20-foot buffer. A local…...
The newest bipartisan issue: not wanting an AI data center next door
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (258+ words) Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds has attracted more than $5 million in support from a pro-AI super PAC. He is also losing Republican voters who do not want the industry's data centers in their communities. One Florida county, Hernando, has already…...
Book Corners is a growing map of places to leave or grab a free book
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (393+ words) Book Corners maps more than 37,000 neighborhood libraries, mostly of the little free kind but also indoor book exchanges at cafés and the like: "The goal is simple: help people discover nearby places where they can leave a book or pick…...
Grandpa Pudding Brains encounters the concept of elapsed time
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (339+ words) The confused old man was honoring the Dodgers when his script handed him a number: 229 days. Donnie Two-Pencils read it, called it a strange fact, disclaimed responsibility for it, and conceded that he did not understand what he was actually…...
Border agents entered his password. His phone erased itself. Now he faces a felony
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (307+ words) Cop City protester Samuel Tunick was forced to turn over his password during a warrantless search. Tunick gave them his duress password, and Federal agents unknowingly wiped his phone. Prosecutors are going to try to persuade a court that deleting…...
This refurbished HP ProBook with a 12th Gen Core i5 is down to $439.99
10+ hour, 11+ min ago (300+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Save $760 on a Grade A refurbished 2022 HP ProBook 640 G9 with a 12th Gen Intel Core i5, Windows 11 Pro, 8GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD for $439.99 (reg. $1,199). You don't have…...
Taylor Farms explosive diarrhea recall spreads
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (400+ words) Mayhem proceeds apace in the bathrooms of America, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today adding more states it its list of those affected by the Cyclospora outbreak, as noted by Consumer Reports in a revision to an earlier story....
Grandpa Pudding Brains cites pageant experience as Venezuela expertise
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (199+ words) America's most stable genius assessed Venezuela's readiness for elections using the diplomatic framework he knows best: pageant results. The Monroe Doctrine now comes with a sash. Mayhem proceeds apace in the bathrooms of America, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…...