Plastic pollution is literally raining down on us. Plastic Scene A team of researchers in Japan has discovered microplastics inside rain clouds — the latest sign that the tiny particles are contaminating nearly every part of nature, from the things we eat and drink to the air we breathe. The team sampled water from mists… Continue reading Scientists Find Microplastics Inside Clouds
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Dudes Arrested for Trying to Steal Entire Uber Eats Delivery Robot
“It didn’t end well (for them).” All-Seeing Bot In a fresh display of our looming panopticon, an investigation has revealed that the camera on an Uber Eats food delivery robot has been used to convict two men accused of trying — and ultimately failing — to steal said robot. The newly-launched 404 Media — which has… Continue reading Dudes Arrested for Trying to Steal Entire Uber Eats Delivery Robot
France Just Raided the Offices of Nvidia
Uh oh. Wake Up Call French authorities just paid an early morning visit to the offices of Nvidia, one of the world’s foremost computer chip manufacturers and a red-hot player in the AI arms race. On Wednesday, the French Competition Authority (FCA) announced that it had raided a company in the “graphics cards sector,” but… Continue reading France Just Raided the Offices of Nvidia
Elon Sends Pleading Email to All of Twitter Staff After Live Stream Flub
That didn’t go as planned. Libera Te Elon Musk paid a visit to the US-Mexico border on Thursday evening, but his attempt to livestream the occasion on his platform Twitter-now-known-as-X didn’t quite go as planned. The centi-billionaire has reignited his obsession with immigration as of late, promising earlier this week to visit the Texas border… Continue reading Elon Sends Pleading Email to All of Twitter Staff After Live Stream Flub
Scientists Disappointed to Find That Antimatter Falls When You Drop It
In the world of science fiction, warp drives or antigravity devices are often powered by antimatter, which in real-life physics are mysterious particles that have an opposite charge and spin compared to the regular particles you encounter in everyday life. According to the latest results, unfortunately, the exotic material may be a lot more conventional… Continue reading Scientists Disappointed to Find That Antimatter Falls When You Drop It
Judge Warns Sam Bankman-Fried He’s Facing a “Very Long Sentence”
He’s staring down the barrel. Buckle Up Disgraced crypto scion Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial is about to start heating up — and the judge has a stark warning for the FTX founder. As the Reuters reports, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan told SBF ahead of his trial, which begins Monday, that he’s facing major time.… Continue reading Judge Warns Sam Bankman-Fried He’s Facing a “Very Long Sentence”
Facebook Proud of New Glasses That Let You Record People Without Them Knowing
Spying just got easier. Spy Glasses Meta-formerly-Facebook just unveiled its new model of Ray-Ban smart glasses, and as you might expect, they’re a privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Awkwardly announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, these new pieces of facewear, formally called an unwieldy “Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses,” are… Continue reading Facebook Proud of New Glasses That Let You Record People Without Them Knowing
Sam Altman Says He Intends to Replace Normal People With AI
That’s one way to talk about other human beings. As writer Elizabeth Weil notes in a new profile of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in New York Magazine, the powerful AI executive has a disconcerting penchant for using the term “median human,” a phrase that seemingly equates to a robotic tech bro version of “Average Joe.”… Continue reading Sam Altman Says He Intends to Replace Normal People With AI
The FDA Says Ozempic Might Block Your Intestines
Image by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty / Futurism Ozempic, the uber-popular injectable diabetes drug, has had to update its potential side effect warnings to include intestinal blockage. As CBS News reports, the Ozempic label change reflects updates posted last week by the Food and Drug Administration which acknowledged that some users experienced a condition known as… Continue reading The FDA Says Ozempic Might Block Your Intestines
OpenAI May Be in Big Legal Trouble
This lawsuit could “open the pandora’s box.” Copyright Conundrum Last week, a number of high-profile authors — including George R. R. Martin of “Game of Thrones” fame and the acclaimed legal novelist John Grisham — filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot is infringing their copyright by directly drawing on work. And… Continue reading OpenAI May Be in Big Legal Trouble