Things seem to be going nightmarishly bad at an isolated scientific base in Antarctica, where a researcher has been accused of assaulting and threatening to murder colleagues. As England’s The Times reports, an unnamed climate researcher at the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE IV), a scientific base on Norway’s Queen Maud Land region of the… Continue reading Researcher “Threatened to Kill” Colleagues Trapped in Antarctic Base
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Voice Actor for Aloy in “Horizon” Games Creeped Out by AI Version of Her Character
Ashly Burch, the voice actor behind Aloy from the acclaimed PlayStation titles Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Hidden West, has responded to the leaked tech demo showing off a clumsy but uncanny AI imitation of her performance as the character. In a video shared on TikTok, Burch said that the footage had her concerned —… Continue reading Voice Actor for Aloy in “Horizon” Games Creeped Out by AI Version of Her Character
Mothers and Children Are Already Dying Because of Elon Musk’s Cuts
Image by Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty / Futurism People are already dying due to cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the New York Times reports, care workers in African nations — which, lest we forget, the president called “shithole countries” during his first turn in the Oval Office — relied… Continue reading Mothers and Children Are Already Dying Because of Elon Musk’s Cuts
Man Tests If Tesla Autopilot Will Crash Into Wall Painted to Look Like Road
In a damning new video, YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober has perfectly demonstrated why Tesla relying entirely on visual data from a suite of cameras isn’t such a good idea for driver-assistance tech. The Elon Musk-led EV maker has given up entirely on LIDAR or radar sensors, which its many competitors have been… Continue reading Man Tests If Tesla Autopilot Will Crash Into Wall Painted to Look Like Road
New AI Gadget Records Your Entire Life and Then Lies to You About What Happened
In a review as humorous as it was dystopian, The Verge‘s Victoria Song described what it was like to wear Bee, an inexpensive new AI wearable pin, for a month — and how it sometimes spat out “fanfiction” about her life as it listened to everything she said and did. Billed as an AI “memory” device… Continue reading New AI Gadget Records Your Entire Life and Then Lies to You About What Happened
The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of People With Zero Contact With One Another
Around the world, on separate continents that had no contact with each other, multiple groups of ancient humans invented farming more or less simultaneously — and scientists still don’t know how or why. Known to archaeologists and anthropologists as the Neolithic Revolution, the discovery of this historical head-scratcher is by no means new. Nevertheless, it… Continue reading The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of People With Zero Contact With One Another
Tesla Reportedly Stops Cybertruck Deliveries Because a Massive Part Keeps Flying Off
Tesla’s highly divisive Cybertruck has long garnered a reputation for falling apart, getting stuck, and generally struggling to keep up with its truckly competition. Aside from all that — nevermind becoming the number one target of mockery and vandalism on the road due to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s abhorrent behavior — it now sounds like the… Continue reading Tesla Reportedly Stops Cybertruck Deliveries Because a Massive Part Keeps Flying Off
OpenAI Says It’s “Over” If It Can’t Steal All Your Copyrighted Work
OpenAI says the US will lose the AI race if it’s unable to scrape copyrighted materials — and its favorite bogeyman, China, will take the crown instead. As Ars Technica reports, the Sam Altman-led company is begging president Donald Trump to instate federal regulations defining “fair use,” the thorny standard at the heart of the copyright lawsuits… Continue reading OpenAI Says It’s “Over” If It Can’t Steal All Your Copyrighted Work
Tesla Warns That Trump’s Tariffs Are Hurting It Terribly
It’s been a rough start to the year for Tesla. The EV giant kicked off 2025 with the announcement of its first recorded annual sales decline, a staggering 71 percent drop in profit compared to the previous year. This kicked off a chaotic yet inexorable decline in the company’s stock price, as recalls and quality issues… Continue reading Tesla Warns That Trump’s Tariffs Are Hurting It Terribly
Human Intelligence Sharply Declining
Image by Getty / Futurism No, it’s not just you — people really are less smart than they used to be. As the Financial Times reports, assessments show that people across age groups are having trouble concentrating and losing reasoning, problem-solving, and information-processing skills — all facets of the hard-to-measure metric that “intelligence” is supposed to… Continue reading Human Intelligence Sharply Declining