“Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people.” Autocomrade North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, is tightening the leash to stop the influence of South Korean media from crossing the border, where it’s often smuggled on USB sticks and SD cards. As the BBC reports, consuming foreign media… Continue reading This Smartphone Smuggled Out of North Korea Is Absolutely Wild
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Elon Musk Is Realizing He Made a Huge Mistake
Tesla has been put through the wringer during CEO Elon Musk’s absence. The EV maker saw earnings plummet in the first quarter of this year, with net income cratering an astonishing 71 percent since the same period last year. The root of all the trouble was Musk himself, as he embraced far-right ideologies and took… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Realizing He Made a Huge Mistake
Elon Musk Squirms When Asked Tough Questions
Elon Musk’s stint as “First Buddy” has drawn to a close. But the subject of his boss and ally, president Donald Trump, appears to still be an open wound. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Musk visibly squirmed when asked a question about the Trump administration attempting to ban international students from entering Harvard… Continue reading Elon Musk Squirms When Asked Tough Questions
New Study Finds Serious Risk to Eating Edibles
Image by Getty / Futurism Edible enjoyers, beware. In a new paper published in the journal JAMA Cardiology, researchers from the University of California at San Francisco found that ingesting cannabis-infused goodies can carry similar risks to your heart as smoking the stuff. For years now, heart experts have warned, based on a growing body… Continue reading New Study Finds Serious Risk to Eating Edibles
Elon Musk Reportedly Owes Donald Trump a Colossal Sum of Money
Billionaire Elon Musk reportedly still owes president Donald Trump an eye-watering $100 million out of the $300 million he committed to get the reality TV star elected. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which reports that now that the bromance between the two has seemingly ground to a halt, Musk isn’t keeping the cash… Continue reading Elon Musk Reportedly Owes Donald Trump a Colossal Sum of Money
Elon Musk Trying to Figure Out Who’s to Blame for His Massive Unpopularity
As his time in DC disintegrated this week, Musk intimated to the Washington Post that he was very surprised by what he saw in American government — but not as surprised as he was by everyone’s reaction. “The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized,” the billionaire told the newspaper. “I thought there were problems,… Continue reading Elon Musk Trying to Figure Out Who’s to Blame for His Massive Unpopularity
New AI Startup Giving Robots Virtual Heart Rate, Body Temperature, Sweating Response So They Can Better Emulate Human Emotions Like Fear and Anxiety
A teen tech entrepreneur is working to retrofit robots with simulated artificial bodily functions like a virtual heart rate, body temperature, and sweating response — a bong-rip idea to make them better emulate human emotional states like joy or anxiety. In an interview with TechCrunch, the 19-year-old founder of “emotionally intelligent robots” company Intempus, Teddy Warner,… Continue reading New AI Startup Giving Robots Virtual Heart Rate, Body Temperature, Sweating Response So They Can Better Emulate Human Emotions Like Fear and Anxiety
Hanky Panky With Naughty AI Still Counts as Cheating, Therapist Says
Sexual relationships with AI chatbots have become all too common — but for some real-life partners, it still feels like cheating when it’s happening behind their back. That’s the takeaway from a recent HuffPost column in which Marisa Cohen, a licensed marriage and family therapist, affirmed that having intimate encounters with anyone — or anything… Continue reading Hanky Panky With Naughty AI Still Counts as Cheating, Therapist Says
Suddenly Freed From Prison, Silk Road Founder Stunned by Advancements in World Since 2013
The 12-year campaign to free Ross Ulbricht — the criminal mastermind behind the Silk Road, the original crypto-enabled dark web mail-order-drug emporium — finally ended in January, when newly-minted second term president Donald Trump officially pardoned the bitcoin criminal. Now, Ulbricht is picking up where he left off, getting his first taste of a world… Continue reading Suddenly Freed From Prison, Silk Road Founder Stunned by Advancements in World Since 2013
Drone Footage Shows What Appears to Be a Cheap Tesla Prototype Zooming Around a Test Track
Are we on the cusp of truly affordable Teslas? A YouTuber flew a drone over Tesla’s Fremont test track and saw what may be its new cheap model racing around it. As spotted by Teslarati, new flyover footage from an account that calls itself “Met God in Wildnerness” — which along with frequent Fremont flyovers… Continue reading Drone Footage Shows What Appears to Be a Cheap Tesla Prototype Zooming Around a Test Track