Amber George, longtime spokeswoman of a store chain, saw an advertisement featuring her that she did not remember recording. If there was a moment of confusion, it was soon obvious… Read the rest of the article: Spokeswoman sues company after it uses AI to make new ads featuring her

Starlog, the science fiction magazine that ended its 33 year run in 2009, will return this fall with a new print edition, a weekly podcast and a newsletter. And it… Read the rest of the article: Starlog returns in November after 17 years out of print

You've heard of graveyards, where we ceremonially store human remains. But did you know that Ben & Jerry's ice cream company has a Flavor Graveyard for discontinued lines of its… Read the rest of the article: Ben & Jerry's maintains a Flavor Graveyard of discontinued ice cream products

Henrico County, Virginia, has asked its schools and government offices to cut power use as the local grid struggles to meet the power demands of its 37 data centers and… Read the rest of the article: County with 37 data centers tells schools to turn off lights to save electricity

The AI Compass [via] is an online quiz that polls your thoughts on AI, then sorts you into one of thirty archetypes mapped across a chart like the ones libertarians… Read the rest of the article: The AI Compass tells you what flavor Basilisk food you are

Jason Kottke designed the perfect tee shirt for an age of monsters: "Maybe it will happen today," tastefully typeset in Free Lunch on various dark shades of cotton in nine… Read the rest of the article: "Maybe it will happen today" tee shirts

Americans will lose about $250 billion gambling this year, reports Joey Politano, a number that's up 60% in half a decade. And that doesn't include "prediction markets" and cryptocurrencies, both… Read the rest of the article: Americans now lose a quarter of a trillion dollars a year gambling

FloodMap shows maps depicting the outcome of raised (or lowered) sea levels on the world's coastlines. It uses OpenStreetMap data, has a box to enter how many meters of water… Read the rest of the article: Floodmap shows the world without ice

A district attorney's office in Mississippi found a reliable way to get social media attention: post mugshots of suspects enhanced with AI and AI glow-ups of the DA himself. The… Read the rest of the article: Mississippi District Attorney's "depraved" AI slop posts a reminder that "everyone is 12 now"

A peculiarity of Sega's fondly-remembered Dreamcast game console was that it was compatible with Windows CE, a minimal version of Microsoft's desktop operating system. But that's nothing. Now you can… Read the rest of the article: Linux for Sega Genesis

For years, Microsoft said you should have 16GB of RAM to run Windows 11. It's good advice, too, as that beached whale of an operating system is its most bloated… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft says 8GB "great for everyday use" after years insisting on 16GB for Windows 11

A Mexican vigilante is chasing down suspected thieves in Lagos de Moreno and duct-taping them to lampposts. He has acquired the unimaginative nickname "Batman" in local media reports; police would… Read the rest of the article: "Mexican Batman" tapes suspected thieves to lamp posts

This morning, NPR published a long, detailed article about U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito retiring. Announced from the bench, wrote veteran court reporter Nina Totenberg. But he hasn't retired;… Read the rest of the article: NPR retracts comically specific article about Supreme Court's Samuel Alito retiring, after he doesn't

Microsoft's gaming division is having a rough time of it, having sold fewer consoles this generation than Sony and the game industry's general troubles pinching its ambitions. New Xbox chief… Read the rest of the article: Mass layoffs expected at Xbox, as prices go up

Hollywood director Carl Rinsch is off to the clink for 30 months after defrauding Netflix of $11 million it sent him to complete a sci-fi series. The Associated Press' Jennifer… Read the rest of the article: Prison time for director who conned Netflix out of $11m

The Last Museum archives 5.8 million artworks housed in the world's museums, from old masters to obscure comic books. Its one of those websites where a couple of minutes turns… Read the rest of the article: Browse 5.8 million works of art at the Last Museum

Flagdoku is a flag-themed puzzle game (below is embedded my solution to today's challenge) and a search engine for flags. All your favorites are there, and some you might not… Read the rest of the article: Flagdoku tests your knowledge of flags

Writer-director Robert Eggers (Nosferatu, The Witch) moves his moody bleak weirdness to medieval England for Werwulf, which comes to theaters this Christmas. It's not clear exactly what the story is… Read the rest of the article: Howl you know if Werwulf is worth seeing if you don't watch this trailer?

At 0°N 0°E, where the prime meridian crosses the equator, there is an island. But there is no land there to be found, and the seabed lies nearly 5,000 meters… Read the rest of the article: Now space has been corrupted by capitalism, there's only one place left to escape to: Null Island

The Osmo Pocket 3, a tiny gimbaled camera with a big sensor, is a runaway success for DJI. Even movie pros use them, a fact that led it to develop… Read the rest of the article: DJI claims 17 stops of dynamic range for its Osmo Pocket Pro camera