Image by Joel Saget via Getty / Futurism The true cost of Ozempic might be higher than we thought. Semaglutide — the hunger-inhibiting diabetes-turned-weight-loss medication powering the wildly popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — has been in incredibly high demand in recent months, despite the sky-high sticker price and a fairly long list of negative… Continue reading Doctors Say People Taking Semaglutide Are Suffering From Stomach Paralysis
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I Let Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Scan My Eyeballs With a Orb, and They Didn’t Even Pay Me Crypto
Usually when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in the news, it’s for the tumultuous effects his company’s tech — like ChatGPT and DALL-E — are having on society and the job market. Not so much this week. Instead, headlines have focused on the global launch of another of his ventures, called Worldcoin: a metallic orb… Continue reading I Let Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Scan My Eyeballs With a Orb, and They Didn’t Even Pay Me Crypto
Florida’s Ocean Now Officially the Temperature of a Hot Tub
This is devastating. Hot Tub Clime Machine As extreme heat waves are boiling vast swathes of the country, the oceans aren’t faring much better. The waters off the coast of Florida are being hit particularly hard, with one sensor buoy in Manatee Bay, 40 miles south of Miami, registering a stunning 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit — which,… Continue reading Florida’s Ocean Now Officially the Temperature of a Hot Tub
Elon Musk Seizes @X Account From Guy Who Owned It
Wow. X Marks After abruptly changing Twitter’s name to “X,” erstwhile CEO Elon Musk has also taken over the handle associated with the letter — without compensating the person who owned it before. In an interview with Mashable, Gene X Hwang, the previous owner of the @X account, said that he wasn’t paid a dime after… Continue reading Elon Musk Seizes @X Account From Guy Who Owned It
General Brags That US Military AI Will Be Better Because of “Judeo-Christian” Values
“No military actions motivated by Christian values [have] ever ended poorly.” Church and State A decorated Air Force general is getting some heat after saying that any artificial intelligence employed by the United States’ military will be better because of our country’s so-called “Judeo-Christian” values. As The Washington Post notes, Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore… Continue reading General Brags That US Military AI Will Be Better Because of “Judeo-Christian” Values
Drivers Horrified as Writhing Toads Cover Entire Surface of Road
“The word Biblical came to mind.” Toad Work Ahead The toads cometh. In an incident that’s been described by one witness as “toad-mageddon,” a mile-and-a-half wide swarm of tiny toads reportedly overtook a stretch of highway in Stockton, Utah last week, causing a temporary traffic stand-still as drivers waited for the froggy critters to cross… Continue reading Drivers Horrified as Writhing Toads Cover Entire Surface of Road
Scientists Say Recycling Has Backfired Spectacularly
We thought we were doing the right thing! Reduce, Reuse, Repudiate While recycling campaigns can help limit what heads to the landfill, scientists are now saying that it’s masked the glaring problem of over-production and de-emphasized other waste reduction strategies that are far more sustainable. In a new essay for The Conversation, an interdisciplinary group… Continue reading Scientists Say Recycling Has Backfired Spectacularly
Climate Scientists Horrified That Their Predictions Were Correct
“This is what climate change looks like now.” Climate Monsters Temperatures are soaring around the world, beating decades-old records and even venturing into unprecedented territory. Devastating heat waves are gripping much of the northern hemisphere, a perfect storm of the return of El Niño piling onto already high temperatures caused by climate change. And veteran… Continue reading Climate Scientists Horrified That Their Predictions Were Correct
Scientists Discover Clown Planet With Density of Cotton Candy
I want to go to there. Cotton Feeder An exoplanet way bigger than Jupiter — but with a minuscule fraction of Earth’s density — has just been discovered. In a new not-yet-peer-reviewed paper, a consortium of planetary scientists based on three continents describe the newly-discovered world — located about 1,200 light years away and dubbed “WASP-193b”… Continue reading Scientists Discover Clown Planet With Density of Cotton Candy
Experts Say AI Girlfriend Apps Are Training Men to Be Even Worse
Our modern world is so alienating that legions of lonely men are turning to an unlikely source of comfort: AI-generated girlfriends, powered by chatbot tech. We already knew that could lead to some dark places, but new reporting from The Guardian suggests that these endlessly patient silicon fembots — Replika is one such popular app that generates… Continue reading Experts Say AI Girlfriend Apps Are Training Men to Be Even Worse