The Best Exercise Bikes of 2023

The exercise bike felt like a workout relic from a bygone era for at least a decade or more. The ’90s and 2000s saw home gym equipment evolve from stationary bikes and Thigh Masters into full-body resistance machines and high-powered treadmills. Then Peloton began running a commercial involving a husband buying his wife an exercise… Continue reading The Best Exercise Bikes of 2023

Bill Gates Gives $12 Million to Flatulent Australian Cows

Whatever makes you happy, Bill. Crossover Episode Billionaire philanthropist and toilet tech evangelist Bill Gates’ climate fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), just invested $12 million dollars in — checks notes — Australian cow farts and burps. More specifically, BEV is investing in a startup called Rumin8, an Australian climate tech company seeking to reduce livestock… Continue reading Bill Gates Gives $12 Million to Flatulent Australian Cows

Of Course Elon Musk Is Pushing The Cybertruck Back Again, What Did You Expect?

“The start of production is always very slow.” Cyberfricked Like death and taxes, the slippage of an Elon Musk timeline is an inevitability you can plan your life around. Now, it’s happened once again as the multi-hyphenate CEO announced that Tesla’s long-awaited Cybertruck wouldn’t begin shipping out regularly until 2024. As the Wall Street Journal notes,… Continue reading Of Course Elon Musk Is Pushing The Cybertruck Back Again, What Did You Expect?

BuzzFeed Announces Plans to Use OpenAI to Churn Out Content

Welcome to AI Hell. CNET Effect Fresh off the heels of CNET being outed for using artificial intelligence to write articles, BuzzFeed has announced that its content machine will soon be assisted by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. As the Wall Street Journal reports, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a memo to staff today that moving forward, AI will… Continue reading BuzzFeed Announces Plans to Use OpenAI to Churn Out Content

Eccentric Wealthy Guy Spends $2 Million Per Year Staving Off Aging

Image by Bryan Johnson via Twitter Tech centimillionaire and middle-aged human man Bryan Johnson, founder of the online payment behemoth Braintree, among other ventures, wants to be 18 again. Not mentally or spiritually, but physically so — Johnson’s on a quest to turn back his biological clock, returning his body’s 45-year-old “brain, heart, lungs, liver,… Continue reading Eccentric Wealthy Guy Spends $2 Million Per Year Staving Off Aging

Twitter Is Quietly Re-Suspending the Lunatics Elon Musk Let Back On

And rightly so! Ban Hammer It’s only been a few months since Elon Musk took over Twitter and promised to resurrect those permabanned right-wing chuds who kept getting kicked off for being terrible — but now, the chickens seem to be coming home to roost. At least two previously-suspended right-wingers — Ali Alexander, best known… Continue reading Twitter Is Quietly Re-Suspending the Lunatics Elon Musk Let Back On

ChatGPT Shamelessly Writes Letter Announcing Layoffs While Promoting Execs and Quoting MLK

OpenAI’s viral text generator ChatGPT is a real jack of all trades. The AI-powered tool can write convincing college essays, pass business exams, and even apply for jobs on your behalf. And, as it turns out, it could also easily take over the role of a CEO who is tasked with delivering an unfortunate message.… Continue reading ChatGPT Shamelessly Writes Letter Announcing Layoffs While Promoting Execs and Quoting MLK

New SUV Features Electrified Door Handles and Pepper Spray Guns

“Please, please tell me this is a bit.” Battle Tank California carmaker Rezvani has come up with a genuinely apocalyptic military-grade SUV that can pepper spray, electrify, and blind passersby. The Batmobile-like monstrosity, dubbed the Rezvani Vengeance, is a heavily modified Cadillac Escalade SUV that’s decked out with a preposterous number of military features that only… Continue reading New SUV Features Electrified Door Handles and Pepper Spray Guns

Startup’s Plans for Robot Lawyer Nixed After CEO Threatened With Jail

“…it seems likely they will put me in jail for 6 months if I follow through with bringing a robot lawyer into a physical courtroom.” Big Twist It looks like AI startup DoNotPay’s “robot lawyer” — specifically, an AI-powered earpiece designed to coach defendants through court hearings about things like parking tickets and bill negotiations —… Continue reading Startup’s Plans for Robot Lawyer Nixed After CEO Threatened With Jail