And it’s not the body panels… Production Hell It’s looking increasingly likely that Tesla is facing serious trouble with the production of its recently announced Cybertruck — and we’re not talking about the pickup’s highly unusual bulletproof stainless steel exoskeleton or massive glass panels. As Tesla insiders told Reuters, the EV maker’s main bottleneck when… Continue reading Cybertruck Manufacturing Is a Disaster, Tesla Insiders Say
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Wildflowers Adapting to Insect Apocalypse by Pollinating Themselves, Scientists Say
Talk about learning self-sufficience. Wild Things The world is undergoing an insect apocalypse, with our buggy friends experiencing global mass population decreases at an estimated 2 percent yearly due to a woeful combination of climate change, pesticides, habitat loss, and other human-made ills. How are flora — which often rely on insects for pollination —… Continue reading Wildflowers Adapting to Insect Apocalypse by Pollinating Themselves, Scientists Say
Google Search Losing Battle Against Barrage of SEO Spam
“This, in my opinion, is partly the fault of Google, who appears to be putting more emphasis on content rather than links.” Dregslist Google has been under siege by search engine optimization (SEO) spammers who are abusing flaws in its search engine to rank a deluge of junk pages, sometimes for hundreds of thousands of… Continue reading Google Search Losing Battle Against Barrage of SEO Spam
Pakistan Attempts to Cut Through Killer Smog With Artificial Rain
It was a mixed success. Make It Rain In an attempt to bring the air quality index down from extremely hazardous levels, officials have begun seeding clouds to make it rain in Pakistan’s capital of Lahore. As The Guardian reports, the city of 13 million people has been choked by an unrelenting blanket of smog.… Continue reading Pakistan Attempts to Cut Through Killer Smog With Artificial Rain
GTA 6 Hacker Committed to Hospital Indefinitely After Vowing to Strike Again
A judge deemed the teenager a high risk to the public. Run on Sentence Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old hacker who leaked footage from the upcoming video game Grand Theft Auto VI, has been sentenced to an indefinite stay in a secure hospital, the BBC reports. The judge determined that the British teenager, who has severe autism,… Continue reading GTA 6 Hacker Committed to Hospital Indefinitely After Vowing to Strike Again
The Hyperloop Is Dead. Long Live the Hyperloop.
Hyperloop Done After raising almost half a billion dollars in funding since being founded in 2014, Hyperloop One is shutting down. As Bloomberg reports, the once hyped-up transportation startup — which planned to revolutionize travel from city to city by blasting us through vacuum tubes at breakneck speeds — has laid off most of its… Continue reading The Hyperloop Is Dead. Long Live the Hyperloop.
Volkswagen Bringing Back Buttons, Knob After Touchscreen Complaints
Touchscreens are garbage, drivers complain. Throw Back In the rush to modernize and electrify vehicles, many automakers followed the lead of big tech companies and turned old-school interior knobs, switches, and buttons into touchscreens. The only problem? Basically, lots of drivers hate them with a passion. Apparently, enough customers in Europe complained to Volkswagen that… Continue reading Volkswagen Bringing Back Buttons, Knob After Touchscreen Complaints
We Are Completely Mystified by This AI-Generated Image of Jack and Rose Taking a Selfie in “Titanic”
“Where to start with this one.” Icy Dip What if the Titanic never sank — and Rose and Jack decided to go for a frosty dip in the Atlantic to take a selfie? A new AI-generated image that’s making its rounds on social media has us completely mystified. The almost-photorealistic image shows the pair as… Continue reading We Are Completely Mystified by This AI-Generated Image of Jack and Rose Taking a Selfie in “Titanic”
Rite Aid’s Facial Recognition Accused Innocent Shoppers of Theft
“Rite Aid’s reckless use of facial surveillance systems left its customers facing humiliation…” Face Off When companies and organizations use facial recognition technology for surveillance or security, the results are inaccurate enough that they often lead to disastrous outcomes. The latest case in point is the drug chain Rite Aid, which used faulty facial recognition… Continue reading Rite Aid’s Facial Recognition Accused Innocent Shoppers of Theft
While Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Can Float, Tesla Told a Guy His Model 3 Broke Because He Washed It
“This is the only car that I’ve ever heard of where a car wash can damage the wiring.” Washed Up Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again been playing up his dubious claims that the Cybertruck will not only be able to float — perhaps technically true in some very narrow sense of the word… Continue reading While Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Can Float, Tesla Told a Guy His Model 3 Broke Because He Washed It