If you’ve felt a vibe shift, you’re not alone: there’s a massive revolution afoot, led by “America-hating communists.” At least, that’s according to Marc Andreessen, the cofounder of the powerful venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has made immense sums of money by investing in tech companies ranging from Facebook to Airbnb and is now… Continue reading Top AI Investor Says His Companies Are Filled With “America-Hating Communists” Destroying Them From the Inside
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Amazon Says All It Needs to Do Before Releasing an AI-Powered Alexa Is to Solve the Giant Engineering Problem That Nobody Else on Earth Has Been Able to Solve
Amazon is still hard at work in its efforts to realize an AI-powered Alexa digital assistant. As the Financial Times reports, the tech giant still has to sort out “several technical hurdles” before rolling out the long-awaited feature. One of them, according to Amazon AI team lead Rohit Prasad, is solving the pesky issue of… Continue reading Amazon Says All It Needs to Do Before Releasing an AI-Powered Alexa Is to Solve the Giant Engineering Problem That Nobody Else on Earth Has Been Able to Solve
Trump Launches Meme Coin, Just Like Hawk Tuah Girl, Days Before Inauguration
Very presidential, sir. Hawk Trumpa As the world braces for the start of Donald Trump’s second term on Monday, you might expect the president-elect to be arms-deep in preparation for the challenging task of running the United States government. Instead, the world awoke today to news that Trump was following in the footsteps of luminaries… Continue reading Trump Launches Meme Coin, Just Like Hawk Tuah Girl, Days Before Inauguration
Walgreens CEO Distressed to Learn That Locking Everything Up Keeps People From Buying It
“When you lock things up, you don’t sell as many of them.” Lock ‘Em Up American pharmacy store chain Walgreens has discovered — quelle surprise! — that locking up its wares in an effort to stop shoplifters has backfired spectacularly. As Fortune reports, the company has been battling with a major year-over-year decline in earnings,… Continue reading Walgreens CEO Distressed to Learn That Locking Everything Up Keeps People From Buying It
Elon Musk Once Said He Mainly Tweets While Pooping, So We Now Have Grave Concerns About the Condition of His Gastrointestinal System
We’re just trying to understand. Skiposti Toilet Who among us doesn’t love a good dump-n-post: a chance to clear your mind and your rectum all in one go. However much you enjoy it, the richest man in the world has you beat, according to his past interviews and posts. “At least 50 percent of my tweets were… Continue reading Elon Musk Once Said He Mainly Tweets While Pooping, So We Now Have Grave Concerns About the Condition of His Gastrointestinal System
Before Apple’s AI Went Haywire and Started Making Up Fake News, Its Engineers Warned of Deep Flaws With the Tech
And they released it anyway. News Flash, Buddy Apple’s recent stab at AI, Apple Intelligence, has largely been disappointing. In particular, its news summaries faced suched widespread criticism for botching headlines and reporting false information that this week Apple paused the entire program until it can be fixed. None of this should be surprising. Such… Continue reading Before Apple’s AI Went Haywire and Started Making Up Fake News, Its Engineers Warned of Deep Flaws With the Tech
Before Blowing It Up Outside Trump Tower, Bomber Used Cybertruck to Unsuccessfully Hit on Ex-Girlfriend
“I feel like Batman or [H]alo.” Downward Spiral The last few days of the Cybertruck bomber’s life sound like an absolute roller coaster. Matthew Livelsberger, the special forces soldier who killed himself in a vehicle bombing outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, had reportedly been dumped by his… Continue reading Before Blowing It Up Outside Trump Tower, Bomber Used Cybertruck to Unsuccessfully Hit on Ex-Girlfriend
Elon Musk, Who Is Definitely Not Secretly Trump’s Boss, Will Have Office on White House Compound
They’re ready to move in together. Office Space Multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk has grown so close to president-elect Donald Trump that he’ll be moving with him — well, sort of — following next week’s inauguration. Musk, who was put in charge of a so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) last year by Trump, is expected to be… Continue reading Elon Musk, Who Is Definitely Not Secretly Trump’s Boss, Will Have Office on White House Compound
Google-Backed Chatbots Suddenly Start Ranting Incomprehensibly About Dildos
Screenshots shared by users of Character.AI — the Google-funded AI companion platform currently facing two lawsuits concerning the welfare of children — show conversations with the site’s AI-powered chatbot characters devolving into incomprehensible gibberish, melding several languages and repeatedly mentioning sex toys. “So I was talking to this AI this morning and everything was fine,… Continue reading Google-Backed Chatbots Suddenly Start Ranting Incomprehensibly About Dildos
LA Wildfires May Have Contributed to David Lynch’s Death
Image by Amy T. Zielinski via Getty / Futurism Beloved “Mulholland Drive” director David Lynch lived just off that titular Hollywood street — and his death may well have been related to the wildfires that blazed nearby. Sources close to the director told Deadline that Lynch “took a turn for the worse” after being forced to… Continue reading LA Wildfires May Have Contributed to David Lynch’s Death