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Rob Beschizza’s Journalist Portfolio

The Mechanism Lost at Antikythera

The Mechanism Lost at Antikythera

The student of history who devotes his attention solely to the most notable events and personae of the Hellen…

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The Lost Decade

The Lost Decade

The Phantom Time Hypothesis, developed by Heribert Illig, proposes that error and falsification have radicall…

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Spokeswoman sues company after it uses AI to make new ads featuring her

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By Rob Beschizza Verified
| Boing Boing Verified
Amber George in a Fred's Appliance ad Amber George, longtime spokeswoman of a store chain, saw an advertisement featuring her that she did not remember recording. If there was a moment of confusion, it was soon obvious what Fred's Appliance had done: run old ads through AI to generate new ones featuring her.
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Starlog returns in November after 17 years out of print

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By Rob Beschizza Verified
| Boing Boing Verified
Starlog #19. Photo: Joe Crawford CC BY 2.0 Starlog, the science fiction magazine that ended its 33 year run in 2009, will return this fall with a new print edition, a weekly podcast and a newsletter. And it will be edited by Annalee Newitz! "Fifty years ago, STARLOG went behind the scenes of alternate worlds for the first time. Now it's back, exploring the visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science that inspire what comes next. The future will be wild.
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Ben & Jerry's maintains a Flavor Graveyard of discontinued ice cream products

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By Rob Beschizza Verified
| Boing Boing Verified
You've heard of graveyards, where we ceremonially store human remains. But did you know that Ben & Jerry's ice cream company has a Flavor Graveyard for discontinued lines of its popular dairy snacks? Even the best Ben & Jerry's flavors eventually melt away. Here we lay our dearly de-pinted to rest so we can mourn their chunks and swirls and keep their sweet memories alive. The Flavor Graveyard is closed in the winter season due to its remote location on property and the hazardous winter terrain.
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