No one is surprised that Neom — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s $1.5 trillion-with-a-t plan to build a futuristic megacity smack dab in the middle of the desert — has turned out to be a disaster. Its centerpiece was supposed to be a towering skyscraper called The Line, over 100 miles in length, that… Continue reading As Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper Crumbles, They’re Replacing It With the Most Desperate Thing Imaginable
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Google Staffers Terrified of ICE After Attempt to Force Entry Into Company Building
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Octavio Jones / AFP via Getty Images; Jonathan Wiggs / The Boston Globe via Getty Images While employees at some tech corporations are demanding their executives cancel government contracts on principle, workers at other companies are begging leadership to protect them from government raids and physical violence. New… Continue reading Google Staffers Terrified of ICE After Attempt to Force Entry Into Company Building
Even Palantir Staff Are Now Disgusted With ICE
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images You do not, under any circumstances, gotta to “hand it” to Palantir, a company known for its AI surveillance and battlefield tech, and whose CEO Alex Karp has mused about legalizing war crimes. But you have to admit, it’s pretty striking to… Continue reading Even Palantir Staff Are Now Disgusted With ICE
Tech Execs Weirdly Silent After Private Screening of “Melania” Documentary
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Thomas Coex / AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration may govern for the billionaire class, but that doesn’t necessarily mean billionaires are enjoying the show. Far more likely is that they don’t have the guts to speak up. Case in point: late on Saturday night, a group… Continue reading Tech Execs Weirdly Silent After Private Screening of “Melania” Documentary
Trump Department Responsible for Airline Safety Using AI to Write New Regulations, So They Can Be Churned Out as Fast as Possible
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The Department of Defense might be the first government agency to roll out a department-wide AI chatbot, but the Department of Transportation is about to be the first to draft actual binding regulations with the tech. According to a new investigation by ProPublica, the top transportation… Continue reading Trump Department Responsible for Airline Safety Using AI to Write New Regulations, So They Can Be Churned Out as Fast as Possible
Trump Says the Military Deployed a Secret “Discombobulator” Weapon in Venezuela
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images; Carlos Becerra / Getty Images Nations that defy the US-led world order may soon face a new weapon designed to hamstring defenses, disorient troops, and sow fear into the hearts of its enemies. In a familiarly bizarre interview with the New… Continue reading Trump Says the Military Deployed a Secret “Discombobulator” Weapon in Venezuela
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Is Slashing Its Hiring Pace as Financial Crunch Tightens
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images In a memo sent out to staff last month, OpenAI CEO issued a “code red” urging employees to double down on improving the company’s flagship product ChatGPT, as financial pressure loomed and competitors gained ground. The company continues to frantically chase some much-needed revenue. Despite Altman calling ads a “last resort for… Continue reading Sam Altman Says OpenAI Is Slashing Its Hiring Pace as Financial Crunch Tightens
Moon Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Launch
We’re just days away from NASA’s historic return to the Moon. The agency’s Artemis 2 mission will see a crew of four astronauts travel far beyond the dark side of the Earth’s natural satellite, reaching the farthest point that humans have ever traveled from Earth. They will get unfettered views of the Moon’s surface during… Continue reading Moon Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Launch
Elon Musk Haters Have Found a Hilariously Easy Way to Make Money on Polymarket
Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk has long garnered a reputation for being massively wrong in his promises and predictions about the future. In 2024, for instance, he said that AI would become “smarter than the smartest human” by 2025. He said his company’s SpaceX Starship rocket, which is still exploding during test flights, will… Continue reading Elon Musk Haters Have Found a Hilariously Easy Way to Make Money on Polymarket
Tesla Kills Autopilot After Storm of Criticism, Paywalls Basic Features
Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Images The concept for Tesla’s driver-assistance system, Autopilot, has been around for well over a decade. Elon Musk’s EV maker has long used the term to describe features like advanced cruise control and auto-steer, all the while admitting that drivers still need to be able to take over at any… Continue reading Tesla Kills Autopilot After Storm of Criticism, Paywalls Basic Features