“…an unregulated and unsustainable fraud, similar to other Ponzi schemes…” Shark Mark Mark Cuban, billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks overlord, has been named in a class action lawsuit directed at himself and Stephen Ehrlich, CEO of embattled cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital, a platform with which Cuban and his NBA team had close, vocal ties —… Continue reading Mark Cuban Sued for Promoting Crypto Exchange That Exploded
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Hearing Aids Will Be Available Over-The-Counter Starting This Fall, FDA Says
No doctors, no wait. Getting Aid For the millions of Americans with hearing loss, a hearing aid is a life-changing but often prohibitively expensive solution. Neither covered by Medicare nor available over-the-counter, patients currently have to shell out the big bucks and get a doctor’s approval. But not anymore: the FDA says it’s creating a new… Continue reading Hearing Aids Will Be Available Over-The-Counter Starting This Fall, FDA Says
Cops Use Newborn Baby’s DNA to Nail Dad for Crime from the 90s
Image by Getty Images/Futurism Want further proof that we’re living in a sci-fi dystopia? Look no further than New Jersey, where newly-uncovered records reveal that cops used DNA taken from a newborn baby to arrest the child’s father for a crime he allegedly committed decades ago. As Wired reports, a public records request filed by the NJ… Continue reading Cops Use Newborn Baby’s DNA to Nail Dad for Crime from the 90s
How to Stream “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” on Amazon
The latest tale from the Tolkienverse, “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” takes us all back to a world unspoiled by the ravages of man. You know, New Zealand. Set thousands of years before “The Hobbit” or “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “The Rings of Power” shows just where the Middle Earth… Continue reading How to Stream “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” on Amazon
California Wants Tesla to Stop Calling Half-Finished System “Full Self-Driving”
This could be really bad for Tesla. Name Game Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) package may soon come to a full stop — under its current name, at least, because California authorities aren’t fans of what they say is the feature’s misleading name. In a complaint against the electric automaker last month, the California DMV alleged… Continue reading California Wants Tesla to Stop Calling Half-Finished System “Full Self-Driving”
How to Stream ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Amazon
Now you can get the football you want right from your phone. The NFL and Amazon inked an 11-year deal to make Prime Video the exclusive place to watch Thursday Night Football, and the 15 games you can stream live this season begin airing on September 15. Matches will air every other week through December… Continue reading How to Stream ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Amazon
Two Blockchain Sleazebags May Have Crashed the Entire Crypto Market
The crypto market took over a decade, millions of both experienced and amateur investors, and a few super annoying Super Bowl ads to build. But according to a new report from New York Magazine, it may have taken just two of the skeeziest cryptbros around to bring the industry to its knees, both of whom… Continue reading Two Blockchain Sleazebags May Have Crashed the Entire Crypto Market
Tesla Mistakes Horse and Buggy for Murderous Semi Truck
It’s definitely none of those things. Old Meets New Is it a truck? Is it a van? A new viral video, shared on TikTok, shows a Tesla vehicle getting mightily confused by a white, four-wheeled carriage being pulled by a horse. The electric vehicle’s self-driving software can be seen visibly struggling to cope, flipping between… Continue reading Tesla Mistakes Horse and Buggy for Murderous Semi Truck
Hacker Installs DOOM on John Deere Tractor For Some Reason
“Liberate the tractors!” DOOMy Days Someone hacked a John Deere tractor to make it run DOOM — and we’ve got to admit, it’s pretty based. A hacker who goes by the handle “Sick Codes” unveiled a way to jailbreak John Deeres into playing the iconic 1993 shooter on their digital control displays at this year’s… Continue reading Hacker Installs DOOM on John Deere Tractor For Some Reason
Scientists May Be Able to Fight Global Warming by Supercharging Plankton
“Give me half a tanker of iron, and I’ll give you an ice age.” Bloomin Plankton Scientists are unearthing a decades-old idea that just might make a dent in our fight against climate change, The Daily Beast reports: seeding the planet’s oceans with more phytoplankton, an organism that’s already responsible for producing 50 percent of… Continue reading Scientists May Be Able to Fight Global Warming by Supercharging Plankton