Boing Boing

Boing Boing started as a zine in 1988 and has since evolved into a group blog. The site often covers a range of topics such as technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, Disney, and communism. It has received recognition, winning the Bloggies award for Weblog of the Year two times, in 2004 and 2005.

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Internet Roadtrip heads for the Canadian border

15 hours ago | boingboing.net | Rob Beschizza

Check out Neal Agarwal's Internet Roadtrip, cleverly superimposed upon Google Street View. It's the latest work from the creator of Infinite Craft, Asteroid Launcher (previously at Boing Boing), Rock Stacking Simulator and many other cool web toys—not least an earlier tour of Street View's wonders. Now, though, you get to do it with other people. "The internet gets to vote which direction to go every 5-10 seconds," writes Agarwal.
Judge fines lawyers $31k after they use AI to generate brief with made-up citations

16 hours ago | boingboing.net | Rob Beschizza

Two California law firms surreptitiously used AI to generate a 10-page supplemental brief, but the judge, intrigued by unfamiliar cases cited within it, looked them up only to find some did not even exist. After asking for clarification, Judge Michael Wilner was treated to "more made-up citations and quotations beyond the two initial errors" and it thereby became time to issue sanctions: "this was a collective debacle," he wrote. Directly put, Plaintiffs' use of AI affirmatively misled me.
Google readies blocks on "unpaid toll" scam texts

16 hours ago | boingboing.net | Rob Beschizza

Send people a text demanding money, get paid! But one scam will soon be less profitable, assuming Google nails the implementation of its new block on "unpaid toll" messages in Android. It willstart rolling out on Tuesday and is just one of several Android updates Google announced ahead of its developers' conference next week – along with cosmetic software changes and the expansion of its Gemini AI helper to Android-powered smartwatches and cars.
Nudity and billowing outfits banned on Cannes' red carpet

1 day ago | boingboing.net | Rob Beschizza

If you were hoping to wear a Gundam at Cannes—or nothing at all—know that such shenanigans will no longer be tolerated at the film industry's fanciest festival. The Hollywood Reporter noticed an update in the official charter prohibiting nudity and "voluminous ensembles."Ahead of the start of the 2025 edition, the Cannes Film Festival has issued an updated red carpet dress code that effectively bans full nudity and "voluminous" ensembles.
Psilocybin effectively reduces symptoms of depression, study finds

1 day ago | boingboing.net | Rob Beschizza

A study found that high doses of psilocybin led to a significant reduction in depressive symptoms, with effects observed from the first treatment and sustained over several weeks. The 2024 trial, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, investigated the effects of psilocybin for severe, treatment-resistant depression.
Researchers find that weight-loss drugs cut alcohol use too

1 day ago | boingboing.net | Rob Beschizza

Patients taking liraglutide or semaglutide for weight loss report their alcohol intake dropping with the pounds—by as much as two thirds, according to research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity. Among regular drinkers, drinking decreased from 23.2 units a week to 7.8 units a week, a drop in line with specialized addiction-treating drugs.
Dead birds alarm residents of California neighborhood

1 day ago | boingboing.net | Rob Beschizza

Birds are dying at an "alarming" rate in a neighborhood in Richmond, California, and they go with a pop: more than 50 have dropped from a power line they perch on. "It's very traumatic," one Maximilian Bolling told ABC News 7 there. Ring security video from one homeowner captured a loud pop. You then see a bird fall lifeless to the ground, and the passersby gasp. Residents say the "pop" sounds like a BB gun or firecracker and has been happening far too often.
Firefox moves to GitHub

1 day ago | boingboing.net | Rob Beschizza

Firefox, the onetime prince of web browsers, has moved its codebase to GitHub along with 2,500 other Mozilla projects. It didn't all happen at once, but is part of a version management overhaul announced more than a year ago. Putting the eggs in Microsoft's basket is an ironic sign of the times. Keep in mind that nightly builds, which are used by Firefox developers for testing, may be buggy.
RFK Jr and grandkids celebrated mother's day with a swim in a sewage-filled creek

2 days ago | boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
Trump walks back problem he created; declares victory

2 days ago | boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger

As US ports sit empty, convicted felon #47 Donald "Two Dolls, Five Pencils" Trump announced he has victoriously dropped his disruptive tariffs on China. "Winning!" ala Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump's big success with China seems to have massively disrupted the economy for very little change. These stops and starts to the economy are supremely damaging, have already cost jobs and serve a purpose no one beyond Trump and his inner circle of dimbulbs seems to understand.