Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs' year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Offbeat11 Feb 2026 | 47
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French jet left circling while Corsican controller caught Zs
Wake-up call for dozed and confused chap who had to turn on runway lights
Offbeat18 Sep 2025 | 43
Wasp nest at US nuclear site tests ten times over safe radiation limit
Everything's fine, says Department of Energy report
Science01 Aug 2025 | 77
Composer for worst Tomb Raider games jailed over COVID-19 loan fraud
Peter Connelly inflated turnover and claimed second payment when only entitled to one
Bootnotes21 Jul 2025 | 18
Game, set, botch: AI umpiring at Wimbledon goes long
Line-judging tech flubs crucial point, leaving players and fans seeing red
Offbeat07 Jul 2025 | 38
Google outfoxed by crafty squatters in $1B London HQ's rooftop garden
Vulpes vulpes has run of five-story park before staffers move in
Offbeat10 Jun 2025 | 94
Forgotten Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer
Computing pioneer's personal papers expected to fetch tens of thousands
Offbeat24 May 2025 | 17
Grandpa-conning crook jailed over sugar-coated drug scam
Callous fraudster tricked elderly gents into smuggling meth hidden in chocolate truffles
Offbeat23 May 2025 | 13
CERN boffins turn lead into gold for about a microsecond at unimaginable cost
So alchemists had the right idea – they just lacked a 27 km particle accelerator
Science12 May 2025 | 39
'Cybertruck ownership comes with ... interesting fan mail'
Comment Muskmobile Facebook group becomes support circle for anti-Tesla abuse
Offbeat05 Mar 2025 | 156
Are you cooler than ex-Apple design guru Sir Jony Ive?
What is it with high-powered execs and their love for U2?
Offbeat25 Feb 2025 | 85
California goes ape with bill to crown Bigfoot official state cryptid
Beast remains as mythical as the return on AI investment
Offbeat22 Feb 2025 | 66
Insurance giant finds claims rep that gives a damn (it's AI)
Tech shows customers more humanity than its human staff
Offbeat13 Feb 2025 | 24
AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds
Updated Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 105
Sri Lanka goes bananas after monkey unplugs nation
Simian saboteur or a grid screaming for modernization?
Offbeat10 Feb 2025 | 46
Ireland's AI minister has never used ChatGPT but swears she'll learn fast
Hey, it's not like any governments know what they are doing
Offbeat04 Feb 2025 | 23
Google Maps to roll out Trump-approved Denali and Gulf of Mexico rebrands
Updated Official is official
Offbeat28 Jan 2025 | 162
AI pothole patrol to snap flaws in Britain's crumbling roads
Now if only the councils could afford to fill them
Offbeat21 Jan 2025 | 141
Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam
Plus: Man who tossed Bitcoin drive worth millions barred from digging in dump
Offbeat13 Jan 2025 | 32
CAPTCHAs now run Doom – on nightmare mode
As if the bot defense measure wasn't obnoxious enough
Offbeat03 Jan 2025 | 42
'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive
To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site
Bootnotes16 Oct 2024 | 85
Netizens are torturing Google's AI podcast hosts
NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature rudely discovers its wife never existed
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 12
Earth's new mini-moon swings by, then ghosts us by late November
No need for farewells, 2024 PT5 may drop in again in 2055
Science01 Oct 2024 | 32
Homing pigeon missiles, dead trout swimming, butt breathing honored with Ig Nobel Prize
Mad science award ceremony returns to MIT after four years online
Bootnotes14 Sep 2024 | 67
If every PC is going to be an AI PC, they better be as good at all the things trad PCs can do
Comment Microsoft's Copilot+ machines suck at one of computing's oldest use cases
Channel05 Sep 2024 | 151
Say 'ahhhh' – AI robots are now gunning for your gums
Perceptive turns its automated dental dynamo on humans, and Zuck's dad thinks it's great
Bootnotes02 Aug 2024 | 25
Tesla parental controls keep teenage lead feet in check
Because trusting your kid with 300 horsepower should come with a curfew
Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 83
Nintendo sues alleged Switch pirate pair for serious coin
And if court finds for gaming giant? It's-a me! Bankruptcy!
Legal02 Jul 2024 | 20
Glastonbury to turn festivalgoer pee into eco-friendly fertilizer
Now that's what you call a golden harvest
Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 39
Footage of Nigel Farage blowing up Rishi Sunak's Minecraft mansion 'not real'
Hats off to The Guardian for double checking, though
Bootnotes19 Jun 2024 | 88
Wrongful termination lawsuit accuses Neuralink of Herpes B-infected monkey business
Forced to work through lunch, attacked by virus-carrying primates, and sacked for being pregnant – allegedly
Science17 Jun 2024 | 20
Italian premier taps Pope Francis to warn G7 of AI disaster if ethics ignored
Holy smokes, don't screw this up
Bootnotes12 Jun 2024 | 5
Musk wants to ban Apple at his companies for cosying up to OpenAI
Comment Concerned about secrecy... or just mad no one's buying his AI tech?
AI + ML11 Jun 2024 | 55
Tesla chair begs investors to bless Musk's billions or face an Elon exodus
He needs that compensation because he's easily dist- oo a piece of candy!
Personal Tech07 Jun 2024 | 107
From meatballs to metaverse – IKEA's flatpack fantasy lands on Roblox
Swedish furniture giant has 10 paid in-game jobs to fill
Bootnotes05 Jun 2024 | 9
Graveyards a favorite haunt for solar farms in Valencia
Because the dead don't really need all this space to themselves, surely?
Offbeat04 Jun 2024 | 11
Research finds electric cars are silent but violent for pedestrians
You're thrice as likely to be hit by a battery-powered vehicle
Offbeat22 May 2024 | 226
Really? A sarcasm detector? Wow. You shouldn't have
Computers learning to spot sass – what could go wrong?
Bootnotes20 May 2024 | 41
Dublin debauchery derails Portal to NYC in six days flat
Webcam art installation quickly descends into public Chatroulette
Bootnotes15 May 2024 | 62
Cops developing Ghostbusters-esque weapon to take out e-bike thugs
'Who you gonna call?' Dunno, my phone's been stolen
Bootnotes14 May 2024 | 68
Tesla devotee tests Cybertruck safety with his own finger – and fails
Faith in frunk flunks
Bootnotes08 May 2024 | 136
Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't
Customers to get their light-up cyberpunk respirators refunded
Offbeat30 Apr 2024 | 22
Cloudflare CEO sues over free-roaming fidos at his ski resort paradise
Who let the dogs out?
Bootnotes29 Apr 2024 | 32
Throwflame launches fire-spitting robo-dog from Hell
The Thermonator can be yours for just $9,420
Bootnotes25 Apr 2024 | 55
Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin
Accidents at intersection quadruple
Bootnotes23 Apr 2024 | 88
Gone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal
Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga
Personal Tech22 Apr 2024 | 73
Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash
Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'
Personal Tech20 Apr 2024 | 172
Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai
There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water
Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 17
Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick
Computer says you're single
Bootnotes16 Apr 2024 | 57
Musk burns bridges in Brazil after calling for senior judge to be impeached
Tycoon threatens to ignore court order banning far-right accounts on X
Legal08 Apr 2024 | 83
Meta, Microsoft, X, Match pledge selves to Epic battle against Apple App Store
You have my sword ... and my bow ... and my axe!
Applications21 Mar 2024 | 14
Britain enters period of mourning as Greggs unable to process payments
First they came for McDonald's and I did not speak out because I have even worse taste in food
Off-Prem20 Mar 2024 | 251
When life gives you Lemon, sack him
Comment CNN veteran publishes Musk interview that got his X show canceled
Offbeat19 Mar 2024 | 115
McDonald's ordering system suffers McFlurry of tech troubles
Global meltdown turns fast food slow
Off-Prem15 Mar 2024 | 109
Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep
Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters
Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 111
YouTube workers laid off mid-plea at city hall meeting
Caught on camera: 'Our jobs are ended today, effective immediately'
Offbeat05 Mar 2024 | 46
Legal eagles demand $6B in Tesla stock after overturning Musk's mega pay package
'Criminal,' says CEO
Offbeat04 Mar 2024 | 58
It's that most wonderful time of the year when tech cannot handle the date
Fuel pumps refuse payment, smartwatches stop – all part of the rich tapestry of computer calendars
Software29 Feb 2024 | 245
Willy Wonka event leaves bitter taste with artificially sweetened promises
Charlie and the AI factory flop compared to 'meth lab'
Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 45
Apple Vision Pro rentals take China by storm ahead of official release
Factoring in the deposit, you'd be better off running away with it
Personal Tech27 Feb 2024 | 6
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