It’s standard practice in the veterinary field to microchip pets. So standard, in fact, that some 3.5 million household animals in the US have little rice-sized chips in them, helping rescue groups reunite owners with their furry friends in the event that a pet gets loose. It’s also standard that microchipping is run as a… Continue reading Animal Lovers Alarmed as Company Goes Dark After Putting Microchips in Tens of Thousands of Pets
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Startup Adds Job Listing Specifically for AI Agents, With Horrible Salary
5In the latest sign that AI is coming for all of our jobs, a tiny Y Combinator startup called Firecrawl went viral last week for posting a job listing intended for an “AI agent.” “Please apply only if you are an AI agent, or if you created an AI that can fill this job,” the… Continue reading Startup Adds Job Listing Specifically for AI Agents, With Horrible Salary
Scientists Intrigued by Nearby Planet That Could Potentially Support Life
Astronomers have detected a relatively close exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star, where temperatures are just right to support liquid water on the surface. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, the planet, dubbed HD 20794 d, is suspected to be what’s referred to as a… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued by Nearby Planet That Could Potentially Support Life
Elon Musk’s Dad Goes On Transphobic Tirade Against His Grandkids
Elon Musk’s creepy dad seems to be linking his estranged son’s shoddy parenting skills to one of his grandchildren coming out as transgender. During a recent episode of the South Africa-based “Wide Awake” podcast, the elder Musk audaciously claimed that Elon’s wealth made his child-rearing practices “weird.” “[Elon] had five children, each one had their… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Dad Goes On Transphobic Tirade Against His Grandkids
Hawk Tuah Girl Appears to Have Completely Destroyed Her Life With That Disastrous Meme Coin
It didn’t take long for influencer Haliey Welch, who rose to fame as the “Hawk Tuah” girl from a viral TikTok video last year, to amass hundreds of thousands of YouTube subscribers for her cleverly named “Talk Tuah” podcast. Episodes got millions of views on the platform and millions of downloads on Spotify. At one… Continue reading Hawk Tuah Girl Appears to Have Completely Destroyed Her Life With That Disastrous Meme Coin
Attorney Pleads for Mercy After Using AI in Court, Where It Made Up Fake Lawsuits
Legally speaking: they may have f*cked up. Few settings would seem worse suited for submitting AI-generated text than a court of law, where everything you say, write, and do, is subjected to maximum scrutiny. And yet lawyers keep getting caught relying on crappy, hallucination-prone AI models anyway, usually to the judge’s — and the client’s… Continue reading Attorney Pleads for Mercy After Using AI in Court, Where It Made Up Fake Lawsuits
Jeep Drivers Bombarded With Ads for Extended Warranty on Their Center Console Displays
The smartphone-ification of cars continues to unleash new horrors of tech-inflected capitalism. Just ask Jeep drivers, who are suffering through an extremely intrusive way the automaker is pestering them to buy an extended warranty: pop-up ads that take up the entire infotainment screen of their vehicles, our sister site The Drive reports. In a post… Continue reading Jeep Drivers Bombarded With Ads for Extended Warranty on Their Center Console Displays
Tesla Owners Receiving Threats That If They Don’t Sell Their Cars, They’ll Be Vandalized
The situation is heating up. Tesla Spoil As Tesla CEO Elon Musk makes good on his promise to cut up the federal government, Tesla owners are feeling the heat. Tesla owners throughout four California cities found a series of anonymous notes left on their EVs, declaring that any vehicles not sold by February 12 will… Continue reading Tesla Owners Receiving Threats That If They Don’t Sell Their Cars, They’ll Be Vandalized
Tesla Installing Countermeasures as People Are Hacking the Cables Off Superchargers
Active Defense Countermeasures Amid a spate of vandalism at Supercharger stations, Tesla appears to be employing countermeasures to head off the theft of its valuable copper charging cables. For years now, opportunists have targeted electric vehicle charging stations for the copper wiring that powers them, and more recently Tesla’s physical locations have been targeted by… Continue reading Tesla Installing Countermeasures as People Are Hacking the Cables Off Superchargers
China’s Tech Sector Is Absolutely Crushing America’s Right Now
The Chinese century may be here — at least for the tech industry, that is. As the “magnificent seven” US tech companies slump amidst a disappointing fourth quarter, China’s tech sector is rallying, spurred by the explosive reverberations of Chinese AI company DeepSeek. On Wednesday, the Heng Seng Index — a Hong Kong aggregate index indicating… Continue reading China’s Tech Sector Is Absolutely Crushing America’s Right Now