“Autopilot just tried to kill me, so please fix it.” Death Race Fred Lambert, a noted Tesla enthusiast and editor-in-chief of the electric vehicle blog Electrek, claims Full Self-Driving “tried to kill” him while he was behind the wheel of his Model 3. Had he not intervened, Lambert says, he would have crashed at highway… Continue reading Man Perturbed When Self-Driving Tesla Tries to Kill Him on the Highway
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Scientists Investigate Why Wild Boars Are So Radioactive
As it turns out, they’ve been radioactive for a very long time. Niels Boar Wild boars have become so radioactive that German hunters aren’t even bothering to pursue them anymore. And while the prevailing theory has been that the Chernobyl nuclear plant meltdown in 1986 is behind this bizarre phenomenon, new research suggests the critters have… Continue reading Scientists Investigate Why Wild Boars Are So Radioactive
Scientists Find That Weed Is Leaving Heavy Metals in Your Body
Image by Getty Images In news that may give pause to potheads, researchers led by Columbia University have found that people who consume cannabis products have surprisingly high levels of the heavy metals cadmium and lead in their bodies. “For both cadmium and lead, these metals are likely to stay in the body for years,… Continue reading Scientists Find That Weed Is Leaving Heavy Metals in Your Body
Beer Goggles Don’t Exist, Scientists Find
Image by Getty / Futurism You know how people joke about having a one-night stand with someone they wouldn’t find attractive sober, because they were under the influence of alcohol? Turns out that reasoning might not line up with reality, according to new research. A newly published study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and… Continue reading Beer Goggles Don’t Exist, Scientists Find
Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Has Nothing to Say About Man Sentenced to Death for Tweeting
If there’s any time to speak up, it’s now. Getting the Wall A Saudi man has been sentenced to death for tweets critical of his government — and self-professed free speech absolutist Elon Musk is strangely silent. As Newsweek notes, Musk has thus far been mum about news that retired school teacher Muhammad al-Ghamdi has been… Continue reading Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Has Nothing to Say About Man Sentenced to Death for Tweeting
Elon Musk Refusing to Pay Severance to Fired Twitter Employees May Be Backfiring Spectacularly
X is potentially on the hook for more than $3.5 million in filing fees. X Marks Trouble Since Elon Musk took over as CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, the company has been a lawsuit magnet. There’s that class-action suit in California by former employees who claim they weren’t paid promised bonuses. Another claims… Continue reading Elon Musk Refusing to Pay Severance to Fired Twitter Employees May Be Backfiring Spectacularly
Exxon Mobil Predicts Climate Efforts Will Fail
Exxon, a horseman of impending climate doom, has some thoughts on climate goals. Pexximist Mobil According to Exxon Mobil, oil giant and one of the more prominent architects of our planet’s fossil fuel-laden doom, humanity is likely to fail its climate goals of halting a global temperature rise of two degrees Celsius by 2050. As The… Continue reading Exxon Mobil Predicts Climate Efforts Will Fail
Neurologists Speculate What Might Be Wrong With Mitch McConnell
Image by Drew Angerer/Getty Images There’s clearly something wrong with US Senator Mitch McConnell. Twice now, the 81-year-old politician has frozen in place while taking questions, seemingly unable to speak. Back in July, he froze in place during a previous press conference. Then on Wednesday, McConnell froze again for more than 30 seconds after a… Continue reading Neurologists Speculate What Might Be Wrong With Mitch McConnell
Scientists Find Strange Golden Object at Bottom of Pacific Ocean
“Something tried to get in… or to get out.” Golden Era If you had “scientists discover spooky golden egg at the site of an ancient underwater volcano” on your 2023 bingo card, boy are you in luck. On Wednesday, as The Miami Herald reports, a team of National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) scientists came… Continue reading Scientists Find Strange Golden Object at Bottom of Pacific Ocean
USA Today and Many Other Newspapers Are Churning Out Terrible AI-Generated Sports Stories
Earlier this week a regional Ohioan newspaper called The Columbus Dispatch, owned by USA Today publisher Gannett, was met with a slew of online backlash when it was discovered that the paper was using a generative AI system to produce awful, bottom-of-the-barrel synopses of local high school sports matchups. In response, Gannett announced a pause on its… Continue reading USA Today and Many Other Newspapers Are Churning Out Terrible AI-Generated Sports Stories