Despite an economy that’s booming on paper, economists are warning that the middle class is being squeezed as new jobs aren’t materializing fast enough to make up for the ones we’re losing. It’s a grim economic outlook for those who are already struggling to make ends meet. At the same time, sports betting is taking… Continue reading Golden Globes Constantly Begs Viewers to Place Polymarket Bets
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Plastic Surgeons Are Using Material From Dead People on New Patients
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Cosmetic surgeons have turned to using a “fat filler” harvested from dead people in order to give patients new breasts, sexier buttocks and other body contouring tweaks, according to reporting by Business Insider — in a practice that not even “Frankenstein” author Mary Shelley could have… Continue reading Plastic Surgeons Are Using Material From Dead People on New Patients
Red Hot Christmas Toy Crashes So Badly That Kids Can’t Actually Use It
Getty Images / Catherine Falls Commercial Parents were left scrambling on Christmas day after the hot toy of the season appeared to crash and burn, in a perfect cautionary tale about the era of connected gadgets that can easily brick if their delicate infrastructure is put under strain. The toy, called the Tin Can, is… Continue reading Red Hot Christmas Toy Crashes So Badly That Kids Can’t Actually Use It
Researchers Just Discovered Something Startling About How Conservatives Pick Political Positions
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If you’ve been watching the intense partisan divide over the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minnesota this week, it’s likely felt as though different Americans are living in completely separate realities. As it turns out, neuroscience might be able to explain why.… Continue reading Researchers Just Discovered Something Startling About How Conservatives Pick Political Positions
War Profiteers Furious After Polymarket Refuses to Pay Out on Venezuelan Invasion Bets
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Nearly a week after US strikes bombarded Venezuela during the kidnapping of its president Nicolás Maduro, betting platform Polymarket is refusing to pay out users who gambled on the invasion of Venezeula. Polymarket is a controversial prediction market where users can gamble on the outcome of… Continue reading War Profiteers Furious After Polymarket Refuses to Pay Out on Venezuelan Invasion Bets
Elon’s xAI Is Losing Staggering Amounts of Money
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk constructed his personal mythology around a pair of weighty accomplishments: building actual, stable businesses around both rockets and electric cars. So far, he has yet to accomplish the same thing around his AI business. According to documents obtained by Bloomberg, xAI recorded a net loss of $1.46 billion… Continue reading Elon’s xAI Is Losing Staggering Amounts of Money
Pentagon Begs Shop to Stop Sending Butt Plugs to Military Personnel
The owners of a Toronto-based sex toy shop made a bizarre discovery after opening two returned items that were sent back from a US naval base in Bahrain. As CTV News reports, cofounder Grace Bennett recalled discovering two letters from the Pentagon, which effectively told her business to — in her words — “stop sending… Continue reading Pentagon Begs Shop to Stop Sending Butt Plugs to Military Personnel
Scientists Weirded Out by Cosmic Bones in Distant Space
NASA/ESA/Anand et al. Current theories suggest that dark matter — the mysterious substance that’s believed not to emit, absorb, or reflect light — dominates in the known universe, making up over 85 percent of all matter. But thanks to its elusiveness, it remains incredibly difficult to study, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of… Continue reading Scientists Weirded Out by Cosmic Bones in Distant Space
Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Move over, Ship of Theseus — there’s a new paradoxical thought experiment in town. Some power users of generative AI have grown so comfortable with their new tools — especially image-generating ones — that they now feel entitled to the specific prompts they use to churn… Continue reading Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized
Government Approving Artist Visas for OnlyFans Models Based on How Many Followers They Have
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images For foreign-born people looking for an easy entry into the United States, success no longer seems to hinge on merit, or even lady luck. Nowadays, it’s more about whether you flaunt your stuff on OnlyFans — and how many slobbering followers you can amass while doing… Continue reading Government Approving Artist Visas for OnlyFans Models Based on How Many Followers They Have