They’re calling it a “minor issue.” Blabbermouth Sage Group, a self-described “leader” in accounting and financial tech for businesses, temporarily suspended its Sage Copilot AI assistant after it was caught giving out customer’s financial records, The Register reports. All you had to do to get this information, which allegedly included recent transactions, was ask. “A… Continue reading Accounting Firm’s AI Caught Telling Customers About Each Others’ Financial Records
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The Vast Majority of Trump’s Net Worth Is Now in His Meme Coin
Yes, you’re reading that correctly. Meme Streak President-elect Donald Trump may have spent his career playing the role of a wheeler-dealer businessman, but his actual financial track record has always been dodgy — he inherited a vast sum, declared bankruptcy at ventures ranging from a hotel to a casino, and estimates of his wealth have… Continue reading The Vast Majority of Trump’s Net Worth Is Now in His Meme Coin
Vile Startup Charges Gig Workers to Get Paid on Time
“It feels like we’re being held to ransom. It’s so immoral it’s unreal.” Skim off the Top A company has brought a vile new twist on what a “payday” should be: now you, the lowly grunt, are the one that’s paying. This, The Guardian‘s sister publication The Observer reports, is what retail assistants have accused… Continue reading Vile Startup Charges Gig Workers to Get Paid on Time
Scientists Suggest Electrocuting Yourself at the Gym to Get Jacked
Image by Getty / Futurism Talk about a shock to the system: zapping yourself with an electrical muscle stimulation device during resistance training can lead to greater muscle mass and strength improvements compared to weightlifting alone, according to new research. The work, published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, is a meta-analysis analyzing 13… Continue reading Scientists Suggest Electrocuting Yourself at the Gym to Get Jacked
New Cybertruck Wrap Adds Solar Panels All Over It
Hear us out. Solar Wrap While Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised for years to add a solar roof to the Cybertruck, the company has yet to actually offer such an option. In 2019, the year the brutalist pickup was first announced, Musk claimed that solar cells covering the truck’s bed could add 15 miles… Continue reading New Cybertruck Wrap Adds Solar Panels All Over It
Tesla Driver Called 9-11 After Running Down Motorcyclist While Browsing Phone on Full Self-Driving Mode
“I’m not sure how it happened, but I am freaking out.” Full Self-Distraction A Tesla driver ran down a motorcyclist outside Seattle last year, pinning him under the car, where the 28-year-old victim was later pronounced dead at the scene. Extracted data from the crash, obtained by NPR through a public records request, paint a… Continue reading Tesla Driver Called 9-11 After Running Down Motorcyclist While Browsing Phone on Full Self-Driving Mode
FDA Working to Remove the Stuff in Cigarettes That Feels Good
Image by Getty / Futurism Smoking cigarettes is extremely deadly; each year, the habit is estimated to kill around 480,000 Americans. But it makes you feel good near-instantly, washing you over with a calming buzz that nothing else quite matches. It also looks cool — at least in the movies. Soon, though, the “cool” factor… Continue reading FDA Working to Remove the Stuff in Cigarettes That Feels Good
Large Publisher Lays Off More Than 100 Employees After Striking Deal With OpenAI
The future might be now, but that doesn’t mean you’re in it. A leaked memo from media giant Dotdash Meredith (the owner of titles including People, Food & Wine, Better Homes & Gardens, and Investopedia) has revealed that the company — “America’s largest digital and print publisher,” according to its own PR fluff — will… Continue reading Large Publisher Lays Off More Than 100 Employees After Striking Deal With OpenAI
British Authorities Seize Cybertruck for Being Entirely Illegal
Oops! CyberBust Police in England have impounded a Tesla Cybertruck that apparently made it across the Atlantic, for being “not road legal in the UK.” According to a Facebook update by the Bury police department in the Greater Manchester area, the driver “was a permanent UK resident but the vehicle was registered and insured abroad… Continue reading British Authorities Seize Cybertruck for Being Entirely Illegal
Hackers Apparently Stole the FBI’s Call Logs With Confidential Informants
“Not good.” Intel Atlantic The FBI admitted that hackers appear to have broken into AT&T’s systems last year to steal months of call and text logs — data pilfering that could endanger the agency’s own operatives. According to a document reviewed by Bloomberg, the FBI scrambled to contain the disaster. The infiltrators got access to data… Continue reading Hackers Apparently Stole the FBI’s Call Logs With Confidential Informants