While leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, billionaire Elon Musk oversaw massive spending cuts that have rattled the scientific community to its core. He stood unblinkingly by the side of president Donald Trump, a climate change denier who has been carrying out a ruthlessly anti-science agenda after championing environmentalism for years. And while the… Continue reading Elon Musk Humiliated by Top Scientific Organization
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Scientists Saddened as World’s Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction
A rock from Mars that traveled tens if not hundreds of millions of miles before improbably landing on our planet’s surface has found its final resting place: the private collection of some secretive plutocrat, whose identity has not been revealed to us members of the nosy public. At roughly 54 pounds, NWA 16788, as it’s… Continue reading Scientists Saddened as World’s Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction
Waymo Responds to Elon Musk’s “Schlong Map” by Showing That Theirs Is Bigger
It’s on. Measuring Contest Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s infatuation with low-brow humor and dad jokes — including horrendously inappropriate gags about the Holocaust — is a pretty well-known thing. Earlier this week, for instance, the billionaire’s EV firm posted a picture of the expanded service area of its robotaxi service, which firmly resembled the shape… Continue reading Waymo Responds to Elon Musk’s “Schlong Map” by Showing That Theirs Is Bigger
Psychiatric Researchers Warn of Grim Psychological Risks for AI Users
Without even looking at medical data, it’s pretty clear that “artificial intelligence” — a vast umbrella term for various technologies over the years, but currently dominated by the data-hungry neural networks powering chatbots and image generators — can have life-altering effects on the human brain. We’re not even three years out from the release of… Continue reading Psychiatric Researchers Warn of Grim Psychological Risks for AI Users
The Catholic Church Reportedly Called in an Exorcist to Deal With “Yeti Cult” Running Bizarre Blood Rituals at Archdiocese of Denver
What started as a routine weekend getaway for seminarians from the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in 2024 took a hard turn into the surreal. The archdiocese of Denver confirmed that an exorcist was called in after a bizarre series of events involving a ceremonial dagger, a mysterious blood oath, and a man in a… Continue reading The Catholic Church Reportedly Called in an Exorcist to Deal With “Yeti Cult” Running Bizarre Blood Rituals at Archdiocese of Denver
Jake the Rizzbot Moves to California, Comes Out as Gay
He’s out! The Bot Closet In the few weeks since being unveiled, Jake the Rizzbot — a slang-spewing bipedal humanoid known for sporting a cowboy hat and other fashionable accessories — has moved to West Hollywood and come out as queer. As NBC4 Los Angeles reports, Jake — a four-foot-tall humanoid robot that uses large… Continue reading Jake the Rizzbot Moves to California, Comes Out as Gay
AI Data Centers Accused of Creating Major Problems for Local Water Systems
After Meta started building an enormous data center less than 400 yards away from their house, a couple living in Newton County, Georgia, says their water started to dry up. That began in 2018; years later, two of their bathroom taps still don’t work. What water remains has turned into a gritty sludge, littered with… Continue reading AI Data Centers Accused of Creating Major Problems for Local Water Systems
Doctors Say Ozempic Is Wildly Effective at Helping Addicts Beat Cravings
Image by Getty / Futurism Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy already had a lengthening laundry list of physical health benefits, but now they’re increasingly showing promise as treatments for neuropsychological conditions as well. Specifically, one of the most intriguing potential uses for these GLP-1 drugs is in addiction treatment, for vices ranging from alcohol to… Continue reading Doctors Say Ozempic Is Wildly Effective at Helping Addicts Beat Cravings
Angry Callers Accusing Real Customer Support Staff of Being AI
A penny for the thoughts of our thankless call center workers. Long have they had to endure indignant customers fuming at them for problems beyond their control. And now they must suffer accusations that call their very humanity in question, Bloomberg reports, as the proliferation of AI tech has many callers suspecting that the human… Continue reading Angry Callers Accusing Real Customer Support Staff of Being AI
In Court for Fatal Crash, Tesla Admits It Wasn’t Even Tracking Autopilot Crashes for the First Three Years of the Program
With so many massive and well-publicized safety issues, nothing should surprise us about Tesla’s internal culture — but new revelations from the country’s first federal Autopilot crash trial have us shaken once again. As Law360 reports, an engineer at Elon Musk’s car company revealed during a wrongful death trial this week that until 2018, the… Continue reading In Court for Fatal Crash, Tesla Admits It Wasn’t Even Tracking Autopilot Crashes for the First Three Years of the Program