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A cereal-box whistle that could trick the phone system into free calls
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (298+ words) A former Air Force engineer named John Draper used the whistle to make free phone calls and was the subject of a 1971 article in Esquire magazine. He was subsequently caught and arrested based on the publicity from the article and…...
Someone may have told a bunch of military fridges to defrost
1+ week, 5+ day ago (274+ words) Today in "things I never thought I would type:" Refrigeration units in multiple military commissaries across the United States may have been hacked. A Defense Department official told Military Times that there was "a possible refrigeration disruption at some Defense…...
E-Ink watch runs on solar power
1+ week, 5+ day ago (330+ words) LightInk is an e-ink wristwatch (compare to Watchy) that can run exclusively on solar power. A tribute to the solar watches of yore, the inexpensive ESP32-based design brings WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa and GPS to a tiny wearable device with a…...
Consumer Rights Wiki tracks every shady and sketchy trick they pull
1+ week, 5+ day ago (307+ words) The Consumer Rights Wiki documents anti-ownership and anti-consumer shenanigans ranging from planned obsolescence to subscription traps, with every shady and sketchy practice in between. Right-to-repair restrictions are far from history despite it becoming the law of the land in state…...
Netflix’s smartest competition doesn’t charge a monthly fee
1+ week, 5+ day ago (419+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Curiosity Stream is a full documentary streaming platform, and a lifetime subscription is on sale now for $149.99 (reg. $399.99). Netflix has like three good documentaries…...
George Santos Pete Roses himself out of Kalshi
1+ week, 6+ day ago (392+ words) Evidently, George Santos is too low for Kalshi. Kalshi gave the already convicted fraudster its first-ever lifetime ban! Santos bet on himself, then allegedly tried to manipulate the market by lying about whether he'd show up to Trump's State of…...
A grad student's claim about a lethal liquid closed MIT's chemistry building
1+ week, 6+ day ago (329+ words) MIT's building that houses its Department of Chemistry was shut down on August 27 after a grad student "self-reported to a local emergency room and claimed to have synthesized dimethyl mercury," according to MIT Emergency Management. MIT says the building has…...
Dollar Tree sued over public masturbation incidents
1+ week, 6+ day ago (389+ words) A lawsuit in El Paso County, Colorado, claims that chronic understaffing at Dollar Tree stores has made the national chain a "hunting ground" for public masturbators—and that the company has taken no serious action to prevent it. The Denver…...
The Rebrand Registry tracks Microsoft's endless brand gyrations
2+ week, 4+ day ago (462+ words) Google regularly murders fine products and leaves them for others to bury. Microsoft, though, just renames theirs constantly. The Rebrand Registry now exists to help us keep track of Redmond's insatiable taste for fresh paint. Compare current and former product…...