Cool Tools (a site I co-run with Kevin Kelly) has a YouTube channel that runs tool reviews. In our latest video, Sean Michael Ragan takes a look at a number… Read the rest of the article: What's the best multi-bit screwdriver?

In this episode of Technology Connections, we learn about different kinds of sound making horns. If you have wondered why some car horns produce a simple beep, while others play… Read the rest of the article: If you are curious about car horns and klaxons, here's the video for you

Fifteen percent of all human consciousness that has ever existed is present and happening today. As we speed up and grow ever more connected via the Internet, what are the… Read the rest of the article: The Life Cycle podcast discusses the future of freedom with Lawrence Lessig

Melania Trump, perhaps best known for promoting a racist birth certificate hoax on national television, was loudly booed in Baltimore today as she took the stage to give a speech… Read the rest of the article: Melania Trump receives "loud and substantial" booing when giving speech

An AI startup called Dessa made a deepfake that allows people to sound like podcaster Joe Rogan. I can't tell the difference between the fake Rogan's voice and the real… Read the rest of the article: AI startup makes a deepfake to look and sound like podcaster Joe Rogan

I spent the first part of the year co-writing a book with Ryan Bates for Apress called Raspberry Pi Retro Gaming: Build Consoles and Arcade Cabinets to Play Your Favorite… Read the rest of the article: My new book about Raspberry Pi Retro Gaming is on sale for $7

  Bradley Slums describes himself as an "inter-dimensional freeriding BASE jumper." After watching this video, you'll understand why. View this post on Instagram Freeride MotoBASE Fun @hyrmotorsports @shiftmx @squirrel.ws #freeride… Read the rest of the article: Just when you think this dune-riding motorcycle rider is a goner…

Aubry and Kale Walch run a vegan specialty food shop, called The Herbivorous Butcher in Northeast Minneapolis. In 2017 they applied to trademark the term "Vegan Butcher" with the U.S.… Read the rest of the article: USPTO denies "vegan butcher" trademark to indy food shop, then gives it to Nestlé

"It’s a custom-molded silicone-body bong with a glass bowl and downstem. The squeaker is the same type used in standard squeaky chickens." It squeaks "on every rip." It's from MSCHF.

John Schnatter, the founder and ex-CEO of Papa John's pizza, resigned in 2017 when he admitted to using the N-word on a conference call. Now he's on TV complaining about… Read the rest of the article: Papa John Schnatter: "I've had more than 40 pizzas in the last 30 days"

Kevin Kelly and I host a weekly podcast called Cool Tools. For more than 5 years now we have invited notable and creative people to talk about their favorite tools.… Read the rest of the article: My new 300-page tool recommendation book

A wealthy Lebanese businessman based in Switzerland bought Nazi memorabilia, including Adolf Hitler's top hat, at an auction and donated them to a Jewish organization, reports The Independent. Abdallah Chatila… Read the rest of the article: Man buys Hitler's top hat and other Nazi items at auction for £513,000 and donates them to Jewish org

Researchers at Sussex University have developed a 3D model with a single "pixel" — a tiny white plastic bead that's quickly moved around the space inside a black box by… Read the rest of the article: This 3D display uses a single bead controlled by acoustic levitation

The Supreme Court will not hear a new trial for Adnan Syed, featured in the 2014 season of the podcast Serial. Syed is serving a life sentence for murdering his… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court denies Adnan Syed's appeal for a retrial in murder case

Burgess Meredith stars in this 1943 film produced by the United States Office of War Information to teach U.S. soldiers how to conform to the customs of British pubs. The film has… Read the rest of the article: "How to Behave in a British Pub" — 1943 film for U.S. soldiers

On my last trip to Tokyo, I brought along the Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Day Pack ([amazon_link asins='B00DI7GDY4' template='PriceLink' store='boingboing' marketplace='US' link_id='68119611-f5b7-4b46-9542-44b7f831beed'] on Amazon). It weighs 2.4 oz (my iPhone… Read the rest of the article: This travel daypack zips up into a tennis ball sized bundle

My 16-year-old introduced me to r/boomershumor, a subreddit dedicated the the kinds of cartoons boomers enjoy sending as attachments in emails (usually address to dozens of people because they don't… Read the rest of the article: My new favorite subreddit is r/boomershumor

In Oregon, a woman was being attacked by her boyfriend. The woman's daughter called 911 but didn't want the man to know, so she told the operator she wanted a… Read the rest of the article: Smart 911 operator realizes a caller asking for a pizza is reporting domestic abuse

While unveiling his new Cybertruck, Elon Musk asked one of his colleagues to demonstrate the toughness of its "Armor Glass" windows by throwing a metal ball at them.

Here's a professional sportsball player who is about to embark on a second career as the voice of Mister Ed. This rugby interview is one of the best sports interviews… Read the rest of the article: The interview with a sportsball player has been deemed the best sportsball interview of all time