Image by Open Bionics A UK startup called Open Bionics has just unveiled the world’s first wireless bionic arm, called Hero — and it’s so advanced that the hand can fully detach and amble about on its own, like the Addams Family’s Thing. 19-year-old influencer Tilly Lockey, a double-amputee who’s been using Open Bionics’ arms… Continue reading New Bionic Hand Can Detach From User, Crawl Around and Do Missions on Its Own
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NASCAR Now Showing Off Fully Electric Racecar
A flashy new advertisement by multinational engineering company ABB shows off what could one day be the future of American auto racing body, NASCAR: a sleek, all-electric racecar. While NASCAR, which is considered one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in the world, is broadly speaking associated with tailgating rural culture — and seminal pieces… Continue reading NASCAR Now Showing Off Fully Electric Racecar
Experts Concerned That AI Is Making Us Stupider
Artificial intelligence might be creeping its way into every facet of our lives — but that doesn’t mean it’s making us smarter. Quite the reverse. A new analysis of recent research by The Guardian looked at a potential irony: whether we’re giving up more than we gain by shoehorning AI into our day-to-day work, offloading so many… Continue reading Experts Concerned That AI Is Making Us Stupider
Top Chatbots Are Giving Horrible Financial Advice
Watch out. Wrong Dot Com Despite lofty claims from artificial intelligence soothsayers, the world’s top chatbots are still strikingly bad at giving financial advice. AI researchers Gary Smith, Valentina Liberman, and Isaac Warshaw of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence posed a series of 12 finance questions to four leading large language… Continue reading Top Chatbots Are Giving Horrible Financial Advice
Uber Is Being Accused of Something Incredibly Sleazy
When it comes to trailblazing skeevy new business models, no one does it quite like Uber. The company hasn’t just modernized management — it’s automated it, all while using legal loopholes and psychological tricks to create an entire new class of hyper-exploited workers. It’s also breaking new ground in consumer violations as well, according to… Continue reading Uber Is Being Accused of Something Incredibly Sleazy
Government Banning Dye That Gives “Flamin’ Hot” Cheetos Their Distinctive Color
Image by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP / Dennis McColeman / Getty Images From Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Fruit Loops to Gatorade and Mountain Dew’s Baja Blast flavor, bizarrely-hued junk food favorites will soon lose their color thanks to a new artificial food dye ban. As NPR reports, Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert F. Kennedy announced… Continue reading Government Banning Dye That Gives “Flamin’ Hot” Cheetos Their Distinctive Color
Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother
Image by David Wall / Getty Images When it comes to battling demons trapped inside your loved ones, maybe it’s best to leave it to the professionals. Take that from Alexander Valdez, a 23-year-old man accused of murdering his mother in a botched DIY exorcism in Fort Worth, Texas last week. Police rolled up to… Continue reading Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother
Experts Alarmed by China’s Enormous Army of Robots
As Donald Trump’s trade war brings new levels of uncertainty to American manufacturing sector, one issue seems to have been vastly overlooked: China’s massive legion of robot workers. New reporting by the New York Times on Chinese robotics is shedding light on the enormous scale of automation happening across the Pacific. The article highlights the fact that… Continue reading Experts Alarmed by China’s Enormous Army of Robots
Professors Staffed a Fake Company Entirely With AI Agents, and You’ll Never Guess What Happened
If you’ve been worried about the AI singularity taking over every job and leaving you out on street, you can now breathe a sigh of relief, because AI isn’t coming for your career anytime soon. Not because it doesn’t want to — but because it literally can’t. A recent experiment by researchers at Carnegie Mellon… Continue reading Professors Staffed a Fake Company Entirely With AI Agents, and You’ll Never Guess What Happened
The MyPillow Guy’s Lawyers Used AI in Court and You’ll Never Guess How That Turned Out
“I’m in ruins.” We all remember Mike Lindell, the disgraced MyPillow founder who lost everything fighting to prove — against insurmountable evidence to the contrary — that the 2020 US election had somehow been stolen from Donald Trump. Well, he’s in the news again — this time for using AI to file his legal briefs. As… Continue reading The MyPillow Guy’s Lawyers Used AI in Court and You’ll Never Guess How That Turned Out