Desperate Measures We’ve long been fascinated by the tragic tale of one James Howells, a Welsh computer engineer whose crypto wallet-containing hard drive was accidentally thrown out by an ex-girlfriend — and with it, an increasingly valuable stash of thousands of bitcoins. Now, in a beyond-last-ditch effort to recover his long-lost crypto wallet, Howells is… Continue reading Man Trying to Buy Entire Landfill to Recover Lost Bitcoin Hard Drive
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As Elon Musk Reviews Moon Program, Boeing Warns Workers Building Artemis Rocket of Mass Layoffs
Aerospace giant Boeing is warning that hundreds of workers currently working on NASA’s Artemis Moon rocket could be laid off in the upcoming months. A Boeing spokesperson told The Register that “to align with revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations, we informed our Space Launch Systems team of the potential for approximately 400… Continue reading As Elon Musk Reviews Moon Program, Boeing Warns Workers Building Artemis Rocket of Mass Layoffs
Allstate Says Almost All Its Communications About Insurance Claims Are Done With AI Now
Insurance company Allstate has revealed that almost all of the communications its reps send out to claimants are now written by AI, the Wall Street Journal reports. It’s a surprising revelation, highlighting the significant role generative AI will play — and is already playing — in our daily lives. In other words, there’s a growing… Continue reading Allstate Says Almost All Its Communications About Insurance Claims Are Done With AI Now
Elon Musk Makes Huge Bid to Seize Control of OpenAI
Billionaire and White House advisor Elon Musk is leading a gigantic $97.4 billion bid to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reports. Musk’s lawyer, Marc Toberoff, delivered the unsolicited offer to the ChatGPT maker’s board of directors today, signaling a dramatic escalation in his years-long beef with the company he co-founded… Continue reading Elon Musk Makes Huge Bid to Seize Control of OpenAI
Tesla Driver Issues Warning After His Cybertruck Totals Itself on “Full Self-Driving” Mode
The owner of a Tesla Cybertruck had a terrifying crash while using the carmaker’s infamous “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) feature. In a now-viral thread on X-formerly-Twitter, Florida-based owner Jonathan Challinger “crashed into a curb and then a light post” after failing to “merge out of a lane that was ending.” His vehicle “made no attempt to… Continue reading Tesla Driver Issues Warning After His Cybertruck Totals Itself on “Full Self-Driving” Mode
One of Elon Musk’s DOGE Staffers Used to Sell Ketamine Professionally
Image by Getty / Futurism As the staff of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) makes headlines for moving fast and breaking things, a deeper look into their backgrounds reveals that one used to hawk a drug the billionaire has a history of using. As the Washington Post reports, 36-year-old DOGE lackey Alexandra Beynon previously… Continue reading One of Elon Musk’s DOGE Staffers Used to Sell Ketamine Professionally
AI Likely to Increase Inequality, Sam Altman Admits, or Control the “Population Through Mass Surveillance and Loss of Autonomy”
In a new post on his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned that AI could lead to plenty of economic inequality while allowing authoritarian governments to “control their population through mass surveillance and loss of autonomy.” OpenAI has made it its goal to realize “artificial general intelligence” — the still-entirely-hypothetical point at which an… Continue reading AI Likely to Increase Inequality, Sam Altman Admits, or Control the “Population Through Mass Surveillance and Loss of Autonomy”
Oxford Scientists Say They’ve Achieved Quantum Teleportation
Researchers at the University of Oxford say they’ve achieved quantum teleportation — stitching together separate quantum computers to run an algorithm collaboratively, across a distance, in a “breakthrough” they say could lead to powerful quantum supercomputers. The scientists linked two quantum processors that were six and a half feet apart using a “photonic network interface,” as… Continue reading Oxford Scientists Say They’ve Achieved Quantum Teleportation
Man Who Claims to Have Anti-Gravity Device Now in Deep Trouble
One of the 1990s’ brightest tech stars may be headed to prison amid a shocking fall from grace that includes everything from alleged anti-gravity tech to elder abuse allegations to claims of a massive Ponzi scheme. As Bloomberg reports, tech pioneer Joseph Firmage is being sued by people who invested in his anti-gravity quest, which coasted… Continue reading Man Who Claims to Have Anti-Gravity Device Now in Deep Trouble
Military Robot Deployed as Nightclub DJ
“We are not trying to apologize for the strength of robots.” Robot Rock Everyone knows San Francisco has been captured by tech elites, but we didn’t expect robots to start replacing the key job position of disc jockeys, even in the city by the bay, quite this quickly. As the San Francisco Gate reports, an AI-powered humanoid… Continue reading Military Robot Deployed as Nightclub DJ