Image by Getty / Futurism An experimental new medical treatment to grow a liver inside someone’s body has just hit a major milestone. After a decade of development, the biotech company LyGenesis has announced that for the first time, a human patient has been dosed with a cocktail of donated liver cells to — hopefully… Continue reading Scientists Inject Patient With Slurry to Make Them Grow a New Liver
Author: Futurism_Magazine Online News
Amazon Abandons Grocery Stores Where You Just Walk Out With Stuff After It Turns Out Its “AI” Was Powered by 1,000 Human Contractors
It was all smoke and mirrors. Just Walked Away Amazon is giving up with its unusual “Just Walk Out” technology, The Information reports, which allowed customers to simply put their shopping into their bags and leave the store without having to get in line at the checkout. The tech, which was only available at half… Continue reading Amazon Abandons Grocery Stores Where You Just Walk Out With Stuff After It Turns Out Its “AI” Was Powered by 1,000 Human Contractors
United Begging Pilots to Take Unpaid Time Off Amid Boeing Disaster
This does not bode well for the summer travel season. No PTO United Airlines is now asking its pilots to take unpaid time off as things keep going wrong at Boeing, from massive production problems to that small matter of all those planes breaking. As CNBC reports, the late delivery of new Boeing planes, including those… Continue reading United Begging Pilots to Take Unpaid Time Off Amid Boeing Disaster
Cybertruck Breaks Down After One Mile of Driving
“Oh my god, f*cking Elon, bro. How’s it already broken?” Cyberlemon Private jet pilot and YouTuber Thomas Remo took possession of his brand-new, top-of-the-line Cybertruck — and then it broke down less than a mile into its maiden voyage. In a recently shared video, Remo can be seen picking up his $100,000 electric pickup from… Continue reading Cybertruck Breaks Down After One Mile of Driving
New Brain Cap Lets People Play Video Games With Their Minds
Image by University of Texas at Austin Researchers have created a wearable brain-computer interface (BCI) that allows users to play video games just by using their minds. But that’s not all. As detailed in a new study published in the journal PNAS Nexus, the device — a black and red cap lined with brain wave… Continue reading New Brain Cap Lets People Play Video Games With Their Minds
Tesla’s “Nightmare” Year Off to a Horrible Start: “Only One Person Responsible For This”
“Basically Tesla can’t sell its cars due to Elon’s behavior.” Fight Nightmare Tesla has posted its first-quarter earnings — and the numbers are even worse than analysts predicted. The Elon Musk-led company’s “nightmare” year is off to a rough start, having delivered approximately 387,000 vehicles in Q1, a 20 percent drop over the last quarter.… Continue reading Tesla’s “Nightmare” Year Off to a Horrible Start: “Only One Person Responsible For This”
Donald Trump Loses $1 Billion in a Single Day Amid “Truth Social” Disaster
Literally everybody saw this coming. Laughing Stock Shares for Donald Trump’s social media business went into freefall on Monday, tumbling well over 20 percent in a single day — which, as Bloomberg reports, wiped out acool $1 billion of the former president’s net worth. The share price of Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns… Continue reading Donald Trump Loses $1 Billion in a Single Day Amid “Truth Social” Disaster
Good News, Sickos! Google Says It’s Deleting Records of Your Incognito Searches
It’s been a long time coming. Not-So-Incognito In response to a lawsuit, Google is going to delete billions of data points from users who browsed on Chrome’s Incognito mode — which is great news for those who have used it for not-safe-for-work purposes. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the settlement in Google’s class action lawsuit,… Continue reading Good News, Sickos! Google Says It’s Deleting Records of Your Incognito Searches
AI Companies Running Out of Training Data After Burning Through Entire Internet
This manufactured problem seeks manufactured solutions. Mass Shortage As AI companies keep building bigger and better models, they’re running down a shared problem: sometime soon, the internet won’t be big enough to provide all the data they need. As the Wall Street Journal reports, some companies are looking for alternative sources of data training now that… Continue reading AI Companies Running Out of Training Data After Burning Through Entire Internet
New York City: Please Test Driverless Cars on Our Chaotic Streets
As if New York City’s busy streets aren’t chaotic enough, mayor Eric Adams is looking to shake things up with the addition of autonomous vehicles. “This technology is coming whether we like it or not, so we’re going to make sure that we get it right,” Adams wrote in a statement, as spotted by Gothamist.… Continue reading New York City: Please Test Driverless Cars on Our Chaotic Streets