Archive - Boing Boing

Logos of the early UFOlogy scene and Japanesel love hotels

Klasse Wrecks publishes the KFAX zines — black and white archives of early computer software logos, UFO group logos, and love hotel logos.

9 hrs ago • Mark Frauenfelder

Drug dealer jailed after taking gun to probation meeting

Noble Nwokocha, 24, will serve four years and eight months after a converted revolver was found in his coat in Laindon.

11 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing, August 18, 2026

A ported Android tablet, a lost arcade-era VHS, and a sub-$20 fountain pen

12 hrs ago • Boing Boing

How reusable heat packs work

The pouch holds supersaturated sodium acetate, and snapping the metal disc seeds crystals that fall out of solution and hit 130°F.

12 hrs ago • Mark Frauenfelder

Android ported to reMarkable's color tablet

Chalid Raqami got Android 13 running on the Paper Pro, with double-tapping the power button switching to stock OS in about 20 seconds.

12 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

White House furious after Jon Ossoff mentions Trump's fawning aide Natalie Harp

Even Harp's own brother Preston calls her relationship with the president unhealthy after becoming estranged over it.

12 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger

Trump may be ready to claim he doesn't know Pete Hegseth

Sources say Hegseth's job is in danger as the Iran war drags on and the Strait of Hormuz stays closed with gas near $4 a gallon.

12 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger

Mixed reviews for Instagram's new logo

Adam Mosseri unveiled the geometric sans-serif wordmark, but commenters read it as "instagzam" and Ars Technica called it AI slop.

14 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

Kevin Kelly: AI will be a microscope we point at our own minds

The Wired co-founder's new essay argues this second revolution will inspect human cognition, the way the microscope revealed cells.

18 hrs ago • Mark Frauenfelder

Unfortunately, there are only three Ana and Din mysteries

Robert Jackson Bennett blends fantasy worldbuilding with detective fiction across The Tainted Cup, A Drop of Corruption, and A Trade of Blood.

Aug 18 • Jason Weisberger

Lost VHS promos from the twilight of the arcade era

Brian Peek digitized five Atari Games tapes his dad received from Midway, plus Capcom and Namco reels from 1993 and 1995.

Aug 18 • Rob Beschizza

Harder boners for a longer life

Biohackers are taking Viagra and Cialis off-label for cardiovascular health and longevity, though no studies confirm it extends life.

Aug 17 • Jason Weisberger

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