“Robots, unlike people, are spiritually incorruptible.” Crisis of Faith Strangely enough, Hinduism is the latest venue for robots and automation — and worshippers as well as religious experts are freaked out by it. As anthropology expert Holly Waters describes in her recent piece for The Conversation, there are substantial concerns surrounding the use of robots… Continue reading Experts Worried Ritual Robots May Worship Gods Better Than Humans
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Regulators Just Shut Down a Crypto Lender to Stem a Growing Financial Disaster
Things aren’t looking great, folks. Seize Up The fallout from the government seizure of Silicon Valley Bank continued apace this weekend with the regulator-mandated shutdown of Signature Bank, which is known as a big cryptocurrency industry lender. In a jointly-released statement, the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation cited the “systemic risk”… Continue reading Regulators Just Shut Down a Crypto Lender to Stem a Growing Financial Disaster
This Bill Would Make the Four-Day Workweek a Federal Law in the US
It only makes sense. 32 Hours California Congressman Mark Takano has reintroduced a bill that would make four-day workweeks a federal mandate, something that would bring about “a significant change which will increase the happiness of humankind,” as Takano told CNBC. “Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor — and our laws need… Continue reading This Bill Would Make the Four-Day Workweek a Federal Law in the US
Scientists Just Created the First Complete Map of an Insect Brain
Image by Getty / Futurism Scientists have created the first complete map of an insect’s brain and, crucially, all of the synaptic wiring that connects it together, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The resulting map is known as a connectome, and is an absolute cornerstone of neuroscience. “Now we have a… Continue reading Scientists Just Created the First Complete Map of an Insect Brain
Environmentalist Group Files “Criminal Charges” Against Tesla, Accusing It of “Water Pollution”
They’re absolutely furious. Criminal Charges A German environmentalist group just filed “criminal charges” against Tesla, accusing the company of “suspected water pollution and a possible environmental crime” at its Gigafactory in Berlin, Electrek reports. It’s the latest entry in a long saga of the EV maker butting heads with environmentalists, who opposed the construction of… Continue reading Environmentalist Group Files “Criminal Charges” Against Tesla, Accusing It of “Water Pollution”
People Are Mad They Aren’t Getting Attention on Twitter After Paying for Twitter Blue
“This is a slap in the face to me!” Daddy Issues Despite the fact that Twitter Blue — Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s monthly subscription plan that offers customers pay-to-play blue verification checkmarks — states that algorithmic priority for subscribers is still “Coming Soon,” it looks like a lot of Twitter Blue-ers are disappointed that their… Continue reading People Are Mad They Aren’t Getting Attention on Twitter After Paying for Twitter Blue
The Ocean’s Plastic Pollution Has Spiked to “Unprecedented” Levels
Over 171 trillion plastic particles are already poisoning our planet’s oceans. Amassing Microplastics After trawling through some forty years’ worth of data, scientists have identified a foreboding “plastic smog” pervading our oceans that comprises more than 171 trillion plastic particles, according to their new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. Weighed altogether, that amounts… Continue reading The Ocean’s Plastic Pollution Has Spiked to “Unprecedented” Levels
Bad News: Bees Are Dying At a Shocking Rate
This isn’t good at all. Not Good It’s not exactly news that bee populations have been suffering, especially those that live in or nearby human-populated areas. But according to a new long-term study, published in the journal Current Biology, even pollinators that live in remote, human-free forests, away from humans and aren’t directly exposed to… Continue reading Bad News: Bees Are Dying At a Shocking Rate
Chuck E. Cheese Is Weirdly Defensive About Its Floppy Disk-Powered Robots
Apparently they “work surprisingly well.” Flip Flop The history respecters at the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant/entertainment chain still use floppy disks to control their animatronic rodent-bots — and they wouldn’t have it any other way, apparently. As BuzzFeed News reports, there are actually more than 600 Chuck E. Cheese locations throughout the world, and less than… Continue reading Chuck E. Cheese Is Weirdly Defensive About Its Floppy Disk-Powered Robots
Facebook Is Working on a Twitter Clone That Nobody Asked For
“They are much better acquirers than they are innovators or developers.” P92 In a surprise to absolutely no one, Meta-formerly-Facebook has once again decided that the best way to beat ’em is to shamelessly copy ’em. In an attempt to plug the void that the now-Elon-Musk-owned Twitter may or may not be leaving, Meta is… Continue reading Facebook Is Working on a Twitter Clone That Nobody Asked For