Javier Campos/picture alliance via Getty Images As Venezuelans begin to pick up the rubble following massive air strikes by the United States over the weekend, the full scope of the destruction is slowly coming into focus. As Agence France-Pressereports, Venezuelan officials say the US air strikes that killed at least 56 soldiers also destroyed numerous… Continue reading Trump’s Air Strikes Targeted a Scientific Research Institute, Venezuela Says
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The Venezuela Polymarket Scandal Is Looking Really Bad
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: XNY/Star Max/GC Images via Getty Images As details emerge regarding the prediction betting scandal surrounding the US attacks on Venezuela, it’s becoming harder and harder to imagine any explanation other than the obvious: that an insider took advantage of nonpublic knowledge to make a quick buck. Fresh reporting… Continue reading The Venezuela Polymarket Scandal Is Looking Really Bad
National Weather Service Uses AI to Generate Forecasts, Accidentally Hallucinates Town With Dirty Joke Name
Getty / Futurism Months before it mysteriously vaporized into thin air, Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency ravaged the National Weather Service, leading to severe staffing shortages. While the Trump administration promised to rehire most of the around 550 lost jobs at the agency last summer, effectively admitting that DOGE had gone too far,… Continue reading National Weather Service Uses AI to Generate Forecasts, Accidentally Hallucinates Town With Dirty Joke Name
Trump’s Golden Smartphone Is Getting Sketchier and Sketchier
Getty / Futurism In June 2025, Donald Trump Jr. proudly announced the founding of a mobile operator called Trump Mobile, including a mobile virtual network operator offering services for $47.45 a month, and a gaudy-looking, gold-colored, $499 smartphone that was supposedly going to be manufactured in the United States. The device, as experts quickly pointed… Continue reading Trump’s Golden Smartphone Is Getting Sketchier and Sketchier
Dell Admits That Customers Are Disgusted by PCs Stuffed With AI Features
The tech industry’s insistence on cramming AI into virtually every aspect of their consumer-facing offerings, from AI apps you can’t uninstall to hallucinating assistants that nobody asked for, has been nothing short of insufferable. Tech enthusiasts and average consumers alike have watched helplessly as software and hardware they rely on to research, work, game, and… Continue reading Dell Admits That Customers Are Disgusted by PCs Stuffed With AI Features
Terrified Investors Are Bracing for an AI Bubble “Reckoning”
Getty / Futurism Fears over a growing AI bubble that could wipe out the entire economy if it were to burst continue to mount. For many months now, investors and even tech leaders have openly been discussing the possibility — but if or when such a collapse could take place remains a subject of heated… Continue reading Terrified Investors Are Bracing for an AI Bubble “Reckoning”
Boston Dynamics’ Unnatural New Robot Demo Will Give You Goose Bumps
Boston Dynamics Not everybody agrees that replicating the four-limbed, bipedal shape of a human should be replicated in robot form. For one, walking with two feet is inherently less stable than four, nevermind a set of wheels. Replicating the dexterity and fine motor skills of human hands also remains a major challenge. In a modified… Continue reading Boston Dynamics’ Unnatural New Robot Demo Will Give You Goose Bumps
“Microslop”: Infuriating Video Sums Up How Microsoft Is Ruining Windows With AI
Futurism / Microsoft If you were already skeptical — if not livid — about Microsoft’s ongoing campaign to drown Windows 11 with useless AI features, you’re really going to hate this video. In a 30 second clip uploaded over the weekend, programmer Ryan Fleury demonstrates how even using Window 11’s purportedly AI-powered search bar to… Continue reading “Microslop”: Infuriating Video Sums Up How Microsoft Is Ruining Windows With AI
CIA Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny Records on 3I/ATLAS
Getty / Futurism Ever since it was first spotted hurtling through the solar system, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has maintained that there’s a chance mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a technological object sent by an extraterrestrial civilization. He’s meticulously catalogued what he claims are anomalous qualities of the object, which most of his peers believe… Continue reading CIA Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny Records on 3I/ATLAS
New Law Would Prevent Trump Officials From Invading a Country and Profiting by Placing Bets on Polymarket
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: XNY/Star Max/GC Images via Getty Images “Men do not make laws,” goes a maxim attributed to US president Calvin Coolidge. “They do but discover them.” If that’s true, then the US attack on Venezuela just uncovered a legislative mother lode. A new law proposed by New York representative… Continue reading New Law Would Prevent Trump Officials From Invading a Country and Profiting by Placing Bets on Polymarket