Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander isn’t doing so hot. The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon’s Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole, around noon on Thursday. But things didn’t quite go as planned. The lander touched down sideways within a crater near… Continue reading Lunar Lander Trips and Dies Inside South Pole Crater
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Elon Musk Is Trying to Get Access to the Child Support Database
Elon Musk’s DOGE has taken the chainsaw to a number of agencies that pose glaring conflicts of interest. His team of Trump-approved cost-cutters has gone after the United States Agency for International Development, impacting Musk’s Starlink, the Federal Aviation Agency, affecting SpaceX, and the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates Neuralink. So far, those are… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Trying to Get Access to the Child Support Database
The Cofounder of Google Has a Secret New AI Startup
Though the US stock market has officially lost its post-election Trump bump, some investors and tech founders still seem hyped on AI growth — at least in the short term — with tech companies like Broadcom surging ahead on the trading floor. That’s good news for Google’s cofounder Larry Page, who’s reportedly launching a new… Continue reading The Cofounder of Google Has a Secret New AI Startup
Man Builds Robot to Force-Feed Him Alcohol
It’s no secret that the world is a dark, sad place these days. The planet is dying thanks to endless extraction, worker’s rights are regressing back to the Gilded Age, and reactionary extremism is becoming a social norm. If all that’s got you feeling glum, though, you’ve got options. You can always reach out to… Continue reading Man Builds Robot to Force-Feed Him Alcohol
Numbers Show Massive Numbers of Consumers Are Turning Against Tesla
Despite growth in the electric vehicle industry writ large, Tesla’s sales are slipping more than ever as its boorish CEO’s toxic politics take center stage. In new numbers shared with the Wall Street Journal, the research firm Wards Intelligence found that Tesla sold approximately 7 percent fewer cars in the United States last year when compared… Continue reading Numbers Show Massive Numbers of Consumers Are Turning Against Tesla
Google Announces “AI Mode” For Search Results That Only Shows You AI Slop
Whoop-de-doo. Put on your sturdiest boots, because the decades-long part of our internet journey over dry land is over. Now it’s time to knuckle down and trudge through an endless bog of AI slop. That’s because Google, our tech overlords whose search engine is basically the connective tissue of the entire surface web, has announced… Continue reading Google Announces “AI Mode” For Search Results That Only Shows You AI Slop
Trump Cuts Elon’s Power as Disaster Deepens
In the face of a tumbling economy, president Donald Trump has finally put his foot down. As Politico reports, Trump made it clear that government agency heads are in charge of personnel decisions in their departments — rather than Elon Musk — during an in-person Cabinet meeting on Thursday, which was attended by both. Musk… Continue reading Trump Cuts Elon’s Power as Disaster Deepens
Elon Musk Is Not Taking the Latest Starship Explosion Well
SpaceX’s Starship has, once again, exploded — and CEO Elon Musk does not seem to be taking it well at all. After investor and avowed Tesla hater Dan O’Dowd poked fun at the billionaire for setting off a “huge fireworks display for the Caribbean” when Starship’s eighth test flight ended in a spectacular explosion, Musk… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Not Taking the Latest Starship Explosion Well
Musk Changes Tune, Says He’s Not Behind Government Firings
Earlier this year, unelected White House advisor and billionaire Elon Musk made a splashy appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, wielding a golden chainsaw gifted to him by Argentina’s president and self-described anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei. Photos show the richest man in the world brandishing the chainsaw — a particularly unsubtle symbol for the ruthless… Continue reading Musk Changes Tune, Says He’s Not Behind Government Firings
Pentagon Signs Deal to “Deploy AI Agents for Military Use”
The Pentagon has signed a deal with AI company Scale AI, in an initiative it’s calling “Thunderforge,” to use AI agents for military planning and operations. The team-up, described as a “flagship program,” is a notable development given how divisive the topic of the use of AI in warfare has proven — and how many… Continue reading Pentagon Signs Deal to “Deploy AI Agents for Military Use”