Ethos seemed like one of Austin’s hottest restaurants back in 2024. The eatery rose to prominence in October as tens of thousands of followers flocked to its Instagram page, a showcase of lustrous dishes such as the crustless pizza ball and the eye-grabbing dust mite bread loaf. There was only one small problem: Ethos only… Continue reading Famous Chef Boasts That He’s Using AI to Invent New Recipes
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Tesla Employees Startled by Elon Musk’s Confusion When He Returned to Tesla
As Tesla slowly rotted from the inside over the past year or so, big name investors and higher-ups publicly signaled their frustration with their absentee CEO, leaving many wondering when — or if — he was coming back. The electric vehicle giant has been slumping hard lately, thanks to worldwide disgust with Elon Musk’s extreme… Continue reading Tesla Employees Startled by Elon Musk’s Confusion When He Returned to Tesla
“Disgusting Abomination”: Cold War Between Musk and Trump Explodes Into Public
In a scorching tweet today, billionaire Elon Musk took aim at president Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill,” excorciating it as a “disgusting abomination” that will massively increase the federal budget deficit. It was a startling escalation in tone following Musk’s high-profile departure from his position as a “special government employee” in Washington, DC, a… Continue reading “Disgusting Abomination”: Cold War Between Musk and Trump Explodes Into Public
Scientists Create Living Plastic Alternative
Using mushrooms, scientists have created a living, plastic-like compound that uses the fungi’s unique properties to mold it into almost any form. Researchers out of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, better known as Empa, have used the common split-gill mushroom to create what they’re calling “living fiber dispersions” or LFD, a… Continue reading Scientists Create Living Plastic Alternative
There May Be Several More Billion Humans on Earth Than We Thought
We could be severely undercounting the number of humans living on Earth, researchers suggest. While the United Nations has determined that as of last summer, there were about 8.2 billion humans sharing the limited resources of our planet, a new estimate finds that figure could be off by anywhere from hundreds of millions to an astonishing… Continue reading There May Be Several More Billion Humans on Earth Than We Thought
Meta’s Platforms Have Become a Cesspool of Hatred Against Queer People
In front of hundreds of Georgetown students back in 2019, a clean-cut Mark Zuckerberg delivered an impassioned sermon on the importance of empowerment and free speech. The Meta CEO called civil rights advocate Elijah Cummings a “powerful voice for equality,” credited Facebook as ground zero for #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo, and even cited radical abolitionist Frederick… Continue reading Meta’s Platforms Have Become a Cesspool of Hatred Against Queer People
Terrifying Footage Shows Tourists Fleeing Epic Volcanic Eruption
Running Down That Hill A terrifying video that’s making its rounds on social media shows dozens of tourists fleeing a massive volcano eruption by running down an ash-covered hill. The footage was recorded on the hills next to Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, which violently erupted on Monday morning. “Stop the boat!” one… Continue reading Terrifying Footage Shows Tourists Fleeing Epic Volcanic Eruption
AI Is Destroying a Generation of Students
If the testimony of beleaguered teachers is anything to go by — as gathered in this extensive roundup of educator opinions by 404 Media — it sure sounds like the explosion of the homeworking-cheating machines also known as AI models is obliterating the up and coming generation of students. “I think generative AI is incredibly… Continue reading AI Is Destroying a Generation of Students
Business Insider Did Something So Stupid With AI That We’re Reeling
Amid Business Insider’s latest pivot to AI, the site’s past brushes with the technology are coming back to haunt it. As Semafor reports, a manager recommended fake, seemingly-AI-generated books to underlings last year on a reading list meant to help them better understand business journalism. In the staff email, which was leaked to Semafor, the senior BI manager… Continue reading Business Insider Did Something So Stupid With AI That We’re Reeling
DOGE Fires Operative After He Admits the Government Was Already Pretty Efficient
One of Elon Musk’s austerity operatives discovered that the government had far less glut than he’d banked on — and tellingly, admitting as much publicly got him fired. Sahil Lavingia, a tech founder and erstwhile software engineer with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), revealed in a recent blog post that he had “got[ten] the… Continue reading DOGE Fires Operative After He Admits the Government Was Already Pretty Efficient