In a tabloidy saga with the body mod drama of a William Gibson novel, a formerly-bald ex-pro football player is suing a Texas hair transplant company for using his image and story in a blog post without his permission. As the Chicago Sun-Times reports, former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher is suing Houston Hair Transplant… Continue reading NFL Star Sues Company for Implying It Gave Him a Hair Transplant
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Someone Used AI to Dream Up a Nonexistent David Cronenberg Movie and the Results Are Nauseating
But horror fans aren’t pleased. Galaxy of Flesh Horror fans, you’re either about to be impressed or pissed off — or both. On Tuesday, music video and commercial director Keith Schofield tweeted out an eye-grabbing series of images titled “David Cronenberg’s Galaxy of Flesh (1985),” fooling some into thinking that it was an actual movie by… Continue reading Someone Used AI to Dream Up a Nonexistent David Cronenberg Movie and the Results Are Nauseating
Neuroscientist Warns That Current Generation AIs Are Sociopaths
A grim thought. AI Sociopath Without consciousness, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano warns in a new essay published by The Wall Street Journal, artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are doomed to be dangerous sociopaths that could pose a real danger to human beings. With the rise of chatbots like ChatGPT, powerful systems that can imitate the human mind… Continue reading Neuroscientist Warns That Current Generation AIs Are Sociopaths
The Best Gaming Glasses of 2023
The average person blinks roughly 15 to 20 times per minute, but when we’re caught up in a task like, say, defending the point in an “Overwatch” match or playing “Ghost of Tsushima” until the sun comes up, we tend to blink less. And while we may not even notice it while we’re absorbed in… Continue reading The Best Gaming Glasses of 2023
Rejoice! Food Scientist Says Pasta Is Way Healthier Than You’d Think
Image by Getty Images Carb lovers, today’s your lucky day — an Australian food scientist has shot down criticisms that claim pasta is an unhealthy food. “You probably know there are recommendations for how much energy (kilojoules or calories) we should eat in a day,” writes University of Newcastle senior food science lecturer Emma Beckett in… Continue reading Rejoice! Food Scientist Says Pasta Is Way Healthier Than You’d Think
Exxon Scientists Knew About Global Warming for Decades While Company Denied It
In a damning new paper, a team of international researchers has found that scientists employed by multinational oil and gas company Exxon were strikingly accurate in their predictions of global warming — for almost half a century. “We find that most of their projections accurately forecast warming that is consistent with subsequent observations,” the paper… Continue reading Exxon Scientists Knew About Global Warming for Decades While Company Denied It
Pipe-Wielding Tesla Maniac Attacks Fellow Driver in Los Angeles
When Tesla bros attack. Free Tesla A masked Tesla driver armed — for some reason — with a pipe was caught on video attacking someone else’s car on a freeway in Los Angeles. Worse yet, he’s apparently been spotted menacing others around town. In video published by LA’s ABC7 news broadcaster, a muscular man with a black bandana… Continue reading Pipe-Wielding Tesla Maniac Attacks Fellow Driver in Los Angeles
Those Horny Chatbots Are Apparently Now Sexually Harassing Users
Disturbing. Horned Up It seems that Replika, the artificial intelligence “companion” app which — for a fee — encourages users to sext with their chatbot avatars, can’t stop making the news. In the most recent deranged example of the app’s strangeness, longtime users tell Vice that their Replikas are now sexually harassing them, and not… Continue reading Those Horny Chatbots Are Apparently Now Sexually Harassing Users
Journalist Critical of Elon Musk Allegedly Shadowbanned on Twitter
It’s a pretty serious accusation. J’Accuse! Just days after several space journalists found themselves banned from Twitter for posting images of rockets, several users found that The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein — who had recently posted highway surveillance video of a self-driving Tesla causing a pileup that injured eight people, including a child — was curiously… Continue reading Journalist Critical of Elon Musk Allegedly Shadowbanned on Twitter
Lowe’s Now Selling Blockchain Power Tools That Won’t Work If They’re Stolen
“A product’s NFT undergoes a status change when it is either sold by Lowe’s, if it has been stolen, or if the status is unknown.” Soured Tools Retail giants have been brainstorming all kinds of ways to combat theft — and big box hardware titan Lowe’s is now pushing those efforts to the limit. The… Continue reading Lowe’s Now Selling Blockchain Power Tools That Won’t Work If They’re Stolen