Standup comedian Bill Burr has turned the press tour for his latest Hulu special into a massive roast of Elon Musk — and he isn’t pulling any punches. Given the comedian’s prominence, it’s yet another sign that anti-Musk sentiment is reaching new heights as the CEO attempts to dismantle the federal government and makes plenty of… Continue reading Bill Burr Eviscerates Elon Musk
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Jack Dorsey’s Flailing Crypto Business Is Laying Off More Than 900 Employees
In recent years, the financial technology sector has been making bank. Between 2018 and 2023, the rapidly growing “fintech” industry rose to over $39 billion in revenue, with projections to hit over $1.5 trillion by 2030. Fintech is a sweeping industry that offers money tech to financial institutions or individual users — and increasingly crypto… Continue reading Jack Dorsey’s Flailing Crypto Business Is Laying Off More Than 900 Employees
Sam Altman Whines That When You Become a Billionaire, “Everyone Hates You For Everything”
Sam Altman — the Stanford University dropout turned VC-backed tech billionaire — just can’t catch a break. Though the 39-year-old startup tycoon has multi-million dollar mansions in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Napa, the personal favor of president Donald Trump, and enough luxury cars to make an NBA player blush, he still comes short on the… Continue reading Sam Altman Whines That When You Become a Billionaire, “Everyone Hates You For Everything”
Tesla Forced to Change Name of “Full Self-Driving” in China, Since Its Cars Can’t Fully Drive Themselves
Tesla is being forced to change the name of its so-called “Full Self-Driving” driver assistance feature in China. As spotted by Electrek, the Elon Musk-led company is now going by the name “Intelligent Assisted Driving” in Chinese on its website. The news comes days after the carmaker abruptly suspended a free trial of its infamous… Continue reading Tesla Forced to Change Name of “Full Self-Driving” in China, Since Its Cars Can’t Fully Drive Themselves
Alibaba Head Warns AI Industry Is Showing Signs of Bubble
For years now, experts have warned of an AI bubble set to burst. So far, companies have continued to pour tens of billions of dollars into building out massive data centers to meet the demands of increasingly power-hungry AI models. Whether the sector will continue to grow or find itself in for a rude awakening is… Continue reading Alibaba Head Warns AI Industry Is Showing Signs of Bubble
Parents Followed RFK Jr’s Crackpot Advice and Had to Send Their Kids to the Hospital With Yellowed Skin
Image by Getty / Futurism Unvaccinated children with measles are experiencing complications due to an alternative treatment promoted by the anti-vaxxer in charge of our nation’s healthcare. As the New York Times reports, overuse of Vitamin A — health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s purported measles cure, alongside cod liver oil, which contains the same vitamin — has… Continue reading Parents Followed RFK Jr’s Crackpot Advice and Had to Send Their Kids to the Hospital With Yellowed Skin
Get Ready to Watch This Star Explode
Keep your eyes peeled, because a dim star is about to quite literally go nuclear. And guess what? Its outburst will be visible to the naked eye, providing a once in a lifetime opportunity to witness a rare stellar explosion known as a nova. The star, T Coronae Borealis, is believed to erupt roughly every… Continue reading Get Ready to Watch This Star Explode
The White House Said No Classified Material Was Shared in the Group Chat. Then the Rest of It Leaked
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have lied when he said that “nobody was texting war plans.” In a stunning piece for The Atlantic on Monday, the magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he had accidentally been added to a Signal group chat between key national security personnel — including Hegseth, vice president JD Vance, and… Continue reading The White House Said No Classified Material Was Shared in the Group Chat. Then the Rest of It Leaked
This Ultra-Cringe Cybertruck Country Music Video May Cause Your Flesh to Slough Off From Secondhand Embarrassment
Elon Musk fanaticism has reached ludicrous levels. In a new music video, an online personality by the name of Alessandra Basher — a self-professed “stay-at-home mom,” who dreams about “being a stand-up comedian one day” — praised Musk and his businesses while crooning from the bed of a Cybertruck. To call it a cringeworthy attempt… Continue reading This Ultra-Cringe Cybertruck Country Music Video May Cause Your Flesh to Slough Off From Secondhand Embarrassment
Pentagon Issued Warning About Signal Messaging One Week Before Its Head Was Caught Using It
This is nuts. Chat N’War Earlier this week, The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed in a startling piece that he’d accidentally been added to a group chat on Signal between key national leadership including defense secretary Pete Hegseth and national security advisor Mark Waltz as they discussed an upcoming offensive in Yemen. The White House has… Continue reading Pentagon Issued Warning About Signal Messaging One Week Before Its Head Was Caught Using It