neural network What happens when a neural network tries to write a bad sex scene Thom Dunn

Robot Love Melancholy short film 'Telton 7' explores love in the age of robotics Caroline Siede

DIY Mad genius builds robotic arm to control synth with Nintendo Power Glove Gareth Branwyn

social distancing Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets These toys and games can keep the kids busy while you’re all trapped inside Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Let a bunch of robots help you get your house cleaned while you are stuck at home Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Get a head start on spring cleaning with these innovative tools from Elicto Boing Boing's Shop

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

Technology Pizza-making robot startup lays off 80% of staff Xeni Jardin

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

movies The 1994 Denise Richards movie where Paul Walker's brain is inserted into a T-Rex has a new gorier version John Struan

Gadgets Save 30% on this robotic chessboard that lets you play online or with AI Boing Boing's Shop

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

law Far-right Australian billionaire demands $500k and a vow of silence from a satirical vlogger Cory Doctorow

infinite monkeys StoryAI, a bot that autocompletes a story for you Clive Thompson

makers Interview with Dan Shapiro, creator of the Glowforge laser cutter Mark Frauenfelder

Business Arbitrage nomads are stripping the carcasses of America's dying big-box stores and moving the choicest morsels into Amazon warehouses Cory Doctorow

Japan Akira to be re-released in high definition Seamus Bellamy