How long must these poor souls be made to wait? Hold Up Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the two NASA astronauts who were left stranded aboard the International Space Station following the failure of Boeing’s Starliner, will have to wait even longer before they can return to Earth. That’s because NASA has decided to delay… Continue reading Stranded Astronauts’ Trip Back to Earth Has Been Postponed Yet Again
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Criminals Running Casinos for Children Using Roblox
This is the last thing kids should be doing. Playing the Numbers Illegal online casinos are allowing children to gamble using their Roblox accounts — and now, families are suing the video game’s parent company over it. As the UK’s Sky News reports, illegal gambling outfits like BoxFlip and RBLXWild are not hosted on Roblox… Continue reading Criminals Running Casinos for Children Using Roblox
iPhone Owners Extremely Unimpressed With Apple Intelligence AI
Steve Jobs is rolling in the grave. Dud On Arrival Apple Intelligence, the iPhone-maker’s feature-packed stab at AI integration into its devices, appears to be a total dud with buyers, according to a new survey conducted by online smartphone marketplace SellCell. In a poll of over 1,000 iPhone owners with models built with AI hardware… Continue reading iPhone Owners Extremely Unimpressed With Apple Intelligence AI
Candidates to Run Washington Post Withdraw After Being Asked How They’d Use AI to Run the Newspaper
That pivot to AI isn’t working out too well, huh? Pivotal Moment After its controversial pivot to AI earlier this year, the Washington Post‘s CEO is now turning off editorial candidates by asking them how they would use the technology to run the newspaper. As Axios reports based on insider sources, two candidates for an executive editor position… Continue reading Candidates to Run Washington Post Withdraw After Being Asked How They’d Use AI to Run the Newspaper
Trump Disgusted by Public’s Support for CEO Killer Suspect
“That’s a sickness, actually.” Not a Fan President-elect Donald Trump has finally spoken out about the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. During a news conference this week — nearly two weeks after Thompson was gunned down in the streets of Manhattan — Trump suggested that there’s either something wrong with people valorizing Mangione —… Continue reading Trump Disgusted by Public’s Support for CEO Killer Suspect
Trump Planning to Cut Funding for EVs and Chargers
Ouch. Cord Cutters President-elect Donald Trump is hellbent on reversing any progress current president Joe Biden has made by extending the national electric vehicle charging network. According to a document obtained by Reuters, Trump’s transition team is recommending to cut off any federal funding for both EVs and chargers, while actively blocking any cars or… Continue reading Trump Planning to Cut Funding for EVs and Chargers
The Self-Driving Computer in Brand New Teslas Is Failing
This is extremely embarassing. New and Unimproved It seems that Tesla’s self-driving efforts have hit another snag, because the computers built into its cars that run its semi-autonomous driving software are failing, Electrek reports, adding to the Elon Musk-owned automaker’s track record of dodgy quality control. The issue has been apparent for several weeks but has… Continue reading The Self-Driving Computer in Brand New Teslas Is Failing
Boston Dynamics Lays Off Human Employees, Says It’s “Burning Through Cash”
“However, we are also burning through cash at a rate that exceeds our commercial progress to date…” Bot Profitable Boston Dynamics, the company behind the popular Spot robot dog, is in financial trouble. As the Boston Globe reported last week, the company laid off 45 employees, accounting for about five percent of its workforce. The… Continue reading Boston Dynamics Lays Off Human Employees, Says It’s “Burning Through Cash”
Dunce-Like Senator Posts Photo of “Drone” That’s Actually a TIE Fighter From “Star Wars”
“Many Bothans died to bring us this information, Senator.” Imperial Probe Droid We still don’t know what’s behind reports of mysterious “car-sized” drones circling over the skies of much of the East Coast over the past weeks. And while the FBI and other agencies are continuing their investigation into the sightings, people are coming up… Continue reading Dunce-Like Senator Posts Photo of “Drone” That’s Actually a TIE Fighter From “Star Wars”
Dimwit Americans Are Looking at the Night Sky and Mistaking Stars and Airplanes for “Drones”
Government officials are tired of these “tips.” Fed Up After mysterious drones were spotted in the skies of New York and New Jersey, the public has caught a case of drone fever, calling in “tips” to the government in droves — and the feds seem increasingly annoyed by the hysteria. In a terse joint statement, the Defense Department,… Continue reading Dimwit Americans Are Looking at the Night Sky and Mistaking Stars and Airplanes for “Drones”