Day: August 20, 2025

The Venn diagram of computer geeks and noodle lovers overlaps in a delicious way. The Fugaku supercomputer is the pride of Japan, with about 160,000 CPUs housed in approximately 400…

There are numerous popular browser-based free VPNs. FreeVPN is one such extension that was recently caught to be spying on its users. As the saying goes, if it's free, you…

There’s more than one reason why Grave of the Fireflies merch doesn’t pop up very often, but this new T-shirt collection is a bittersweet exception. Out of the many anime…

Transferring large files via typical USB thumb drives is a pain. Try it with a 20 GB file and it will take an hour just for copying the files. That's…

We delight in some unusual octo-offerings at this Osaka-based takoyaki shop right smack in the middle of our own neighborhood. Takoyaki: the quintessential soul food of Osaka. You’d be hard-pressed…

The glare of a vice-principal is enough to make a bear run away. On the morning of 18 August, students were arriving at Ipponki Junior High School in Takizawa City,…

For one month only, an uplifting fundraiser makes limited-edition prints by global wildlife photographers available for purchase, with proceeds directly benefiting Conservation International. Since its launch in 2020, Prints for…

One Piece Card Game Happy Meals hadn’t even been formally announced yet, were supposed to debut in less than 10 days. McDonald’s Japan runs a lot of cool Happy Meal…

If you’ve ever studied the rainbow-like mineral rings of petrified wood or observed light filter through the striations of a slice of agate, you’ll understand Jessica Drenk’s fascination with geology.…

If you’re picking up one of Uniqlo’s new Pokémon Trading Card T-shirts, you’re going to want to hold onto the tag. Uniqlo and Pokémon have teamed up more than once…