“I’m unbelievably sorry for my role in all of this.” Friendly Fire Nishad Singh, a cofounder and former Director of Engineering of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, officially pled guilty to six federal charges on Tuesday. Among other charges, Singh admitted to committing wire fraud. This would be less surprising if Singh hadn’t been one… Continue reading FTX Cofounder Who Was Allegedly in Groupchat Called “Wirefraud” Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
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Scientists Scan Great Pyramid, Discover Hidden Corridor
Where does it lead to? Tunnel Vision Researchers have discovered a 30-feet-long unfinished corridor not far from the main entrance to the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, Reuters reports — a breathtaking revelation, especially given the fact that we’ve been scanning the 4,500-year-old structure with infrared rays since 2015. As detailed in a new article… Continue reading Scientists Scan Great Pyramid, Discover Hidden Corridor
Scientists Discover That Toilet Paper Contains Toxic “Forever” Chemicals
This doesn’t seem great! Forever After As if we needed more shit to deal with. Published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Environmental Science & Technology this week is a new study suggesting that the toilet paper we use is full of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), toxic “forever” chemicals that don’t break down in landfills… Continue reading Scientists Discover That Toilet Paper Contains Toxic “Forever” Chemicals
They’re Dumping $30 Million of Funko Pops Directly Into a Landfill
The company is in serious trouble. Funko Popped As if having the planet drown in a giant pile of plastic pollution wasn’t enough. The company behind Funko Pop collectibles, those small figurines that vaguely represent celebrities and fictional characters and which you likely ignore at your local GameStop, vastly over-estimated demand and is dumping $30… Continue reading They’re Dumping $30 Million of Funko Pops Directly Into a Landfill
CNET’s Post-AI Layoffs Apparently Gutted 50 Percent of Its News and Video Staff
The full scope of CNET’s layoffs after its disastrous foray into AI-powered journalism is coming further into focus — and frankly, things don’t look too good. According to internal correspondence Futurism obtained, CNET — which has maintained that the job cuts have absolutely nothing to do with their misfired AI, actually — gutted 50 percent of… Continue reading CNET’s Post-AI Layoffs Apparently Gutted 50 Percent of Its News and Video Staff
Gen Z Is Apparently Baffled by Basic Technology
Members of Gen Z are entering the workforce with certain types of technological know-how, from navigating the depths of the internet and using apps to editing photos on their smartphones. But when it comes to using a scanner or printer — or even a file system on a computer — things become a lot more challenging to… Continue reading Gen Z Is Apparently Baffled by Basic Technology
Bank of America Obsessed With AI, Says It’s the “New Electricity”
“If data is the new oil, then AI is the new electricity.” BofA AIs The financial industry’s response to artificial intelligence has been all over the place. Now, Bank of America is weighing in very much on the side of the bots. In a note to clients viewed by CNBC and other outlets, BofA equity… Continue reading Bank of America Obsessed With AI, Says It’s the “New Electricity”
Guy Launches News Site That’s Completely Generated by AI
The “world’s first” entirely AI-generated news site is here. It’s called NewsGPT, and it seems like an absolutely horrible idea. The site, according to a press release, is a reporter-less — and thus, it claims, bias-free — alternative to conventional, human-created news, created with the goal of “[providing] unbiased and fact-based news to readers around… Continue reading Guy Launches News Site That’s Completely Generated by AI
The FTC Is Readying a Crackdown on Online Therapy
Image by Getty / Futurism The Federal Trade Commission is making moves to bar the controversial online therapy company BetterHelp from sharing private mental health information with advertisers. In a new filing, the FTC announced that it is moving to ban BetterHelp, a subsidiary of the telehealth company Teladoc, from sharing consumers’ mental health information… Continue reading The FTC Is Readying a Crackdown on Online Therapy
MIT Invents “X-Ray Vision” Headset That Can See Inside Boxes
“There isn’t anything like this today.” Discount Superpower If you want “X-ray vision,” you may no longer need to be an actual Superman. It’s now possible for your average Joe Blow to see through objects — with the right bleeding-edge tech, that is. As detailed in a new paper, researchers at MIT have designed such… Continue reading MIT Invents “X-Ray Vision” Headset That Can See Inside Boxes