Get ready for even more chaos. Van Life Volkswagen announced on Thursday that it will debut its first stateside self-driving program in Austin, Texas. It’s the latest attempt from the German automaker to get a foothold in the autonomous vehicle market, especially in the US, after its previous ventures all but fizzled out. Spearheading Volkswagen’s… Continue reading Volkswagen to Start Testing Its Adorable Self-Driving Vans
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Good News! Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Has Significantly Dropped in Just 6 Months
It’s a promising start. New Low Brazil has seen an impressive 33.6 percent drop in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest during the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s time in office, The Associated Press reports, the lowest levels since 2019. This about-face follows a four-year period of heightened deforestation under the… Continue reading Good News! Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Has Significantly Dropped in Just 6 Months
Nearly Half of US Tap Water Laced With Toxic “Forever Chemicals,” Scientists Find
Image by Getty / Futurism At least 45 percent of all US tap water could be laced with at least one type of per – and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, a group of toxic “forever chemicals,” according to a new study conducted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). There are roughly 12,000 of these… Continue reading Nearly Half of US Tap Water Laced With Toxic “Forever Chemicals,” Scientists Find
Oh Good, Melting Glaciers Are Releasing Ancient Methane Into the Atmosphere
Just what we needed. Feedback Loop A troubling new study suggests that melting Arctic glaciers are releasing ancient stores of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. According to the study, which examined glacier retreat across the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, the gas is being released as diminishing glaciers reveal new, long-iced-over land. As the… Continue reading Oh Good, Melting Glaciers Are Releasing Ancient Methane Into the Atmosphere
Guy Who Tried to Kill the Queen of England Was Encouraged by AI Chatbot
An AI chatbot was just connected to a home-cooked, “Star Wars”-inspired assassination attempt of the late Queen of England. Yes, you read that right. As The Independent reports, the sentencing for Jaswant Singh Chail, a 21-year-old who, back in 2021, attempted to assassinate the queen on Christmas Day, is officially underway. Per the report, prosecutors… Continue reading Guy Who Tried to Kill the Queen of England Was Encouraged by AI Chatbot
Elon Musk Promises for the Millionth Time That Tesla Will Achieve Full Self-Driving Soon
We’ve definitely heard this one before. Sure, Elon Lo and behold: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has upgraded his perennial promise that Tesla will achieve full self-driving “next year” to “this year.” The jokes practically write themselves at this point. After all, he has an unbeaten, nearly decade-long streak of promising that full-self driving will be… Continue reading Elon Musk Promises for the Millionth Time That Tesla Will Achieve Full Self-Driving Soon
Russian Commanders Reportedly High on Painkillers Gave Out “Nonsensical Orders”
“It was very different from what I saw on TV. Parallel reality.” Bad Command In a rare interview with CNN, captured Russian POWs painted a grim picture of what it’s like on the front lines of the Russian invasion of Ukraine — and put bluntly, it sounds like absolute chaos. “It was very different from… Continue reading Russian Commanders Reportedly High on Painkillers Gave Out “Nonsensical Orders”
Enormous $2 Billion LED Orb in Las Vegas Looks Absolutely Deranged
“This is definitely going to attract more UFOs.” Sensory Overload Sphere Entertainment, the Madison Square Garden-funded venture seeking to “reinvent” live music, has started testing its first — and impressively large — LED-laden, orb-shaped music venue in Las Vegas, which is already being billed as the “world’s largest video screen.” First impressions: it looks absolutely… Continue reading Enormous $2 Billion LED Orb in Las Vegas Looks Absolutely Deranged
OceanGate Ceases Ocean Exploration Following Submersible Disaster
It’s probably for the best. Time to Stop OceanGate has announced that it is suspending “all exploration and commercial operations” ABC News reports, after its Titan submersible horrendously imploded, killing all five people on board. The doomed submersible, piloted by OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, was declared missing on June 18, when it lost contact less… Continue reading OceanGate Ceases Ocean Exploration Following Submersible Disaster
Furious Elon Musk Is Threatening to Sue Meta for Ripping Off Twitter
Butthurt much? Threadened Twitter is threatening to sue Meta, arguing that it ripped off its platform with its “copycat” Twitter-killer app Threads. The Elon Musk-led company went as far as to accuse Meta of stealing former employees, Semafor reports, something that Meta vehemently denies. On Wednesday, Meta launched its Threads platform, a text-focused social media… Continue reading Furious Elon Musk Is Threatening to Sue Meta for Ripping Off Twitter