Image by Getty Images Television doctor and Pennsylvania senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz is many things. He’s an alleged vegetable elitist, an Oprah cast-out, and, um, a pretty bad doctor, at least according to other physicians. Now, in the heat of the campaign, you can add “alleged mass animal murderer” to that list. Yes, seriously.… Continue reading Dr. Oz Accused of Killing Hundreds of Dogs, Puppies, Bunnies
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Watching Elon Musk’s Robot Back to Back With Boston Dynamics Is… Something
At Tesla’s artificial intelligence event on Friday, the company showed off two early prototypes of its Optimus humanoid robot, a walking automaton meant to take care of the “boring” tasks in life. Perhaps as expected, what the company unveiled on stage was far from impressive — especially considering just how far ahead the competition is.… Continue reading Watching Elon Musk’s Robot Back to Back With Boston Dynamics Is… Something
Neil deGrasse Tyson Reveals What He Really Thinks of Elon Musk
“He dreams big. And I don’t think all of his dreams are realistic, but that doesn’t matter…” Edison Adjacent Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson weighed in on SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk over the weekend — but we’re not entirely convinced by his choice of words. “Elon Musk is like a modern day Thomas Edison, right?”… Continue reading Neil deGrasse Tyson Reveals What He Really Thinks of Elon Musk
Elon Musk Fans Horrified as He Suggests Ukraine Give in to Putin’s Demands
In an uncharacteristically brazen Twitter outpour, Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Ukraine should give up parts of its territories and other rights to reach a peace agreement with Russia — or else risk a bloody end to the conflict, culminating in a full blown “nuclear war.” In short, even for Musk, it’s exactly the… Continue reading Elon Musk Fans Horrified as He Suggests Ukraine Give in to Putin’s Demands
US Military Criticized for Dumping Sewage Into Hawaiian Ocean
This is unconscionable. Smell Grant The US military keeps dumping wastewater into Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor — and the locals are, understandably, pissed. As the Honolulu Civil Beat reports, the famous harbor is now an Environmental Protection Agency-identified Superfund site thanks to a busted Naval wastewater line that released more than 1,000 gallons of raw sewage into… Continue reading US Military Criticized for Dumping Sewage Into Hawaiian Ocean
Project Lets Houseplant Control Robot Arm Equipped With Machete
What could go wrong? Plants vs. OSHA What if you gave a plant control of a robotic arm… and then gave that robotic arm a machete? That’s the pressing question explored by robotics artist David Bowen, the creator of an installation called “Plant Machete,” which does exactly that. “Essentially,” Bowen’s website reads, “the plant is… Continue reading Project Lets Houseplant Control Robot Arm Equipped With Machete
Scientists Find Evidence of “Ocean” Hundreds of Miles Below Earth’s Surface
Researchers say they’ve found new evidence of an “ocean” deep inside the Earth. After analyzing an extremely rare diamond believed to have been formed at a depth of around 410 miles below Botswana, an international team of researchers concluded in a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience that the boundary between our planet’s upper… Continue reading Scientists Find Evidence of “Ocean” Hundreds of Miles Below Earth’s Surface
Kim Kardashian Ordered to Pay Million Dollar Penalty for Pushing Crypto on Instagram
Seriously, Kim? Keeping Up Ur-influencer Kim Kardashian has officially been ordered to pay a $1.26 million settlement to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allegedly pushing crypto token EthereumMax (EMAX) without disclosing how much she was paid to do so, The Washington Post reports. Along with financial penalty, the star has also agreed to… Continue reading Kim Kardashian Ordered to Pay Million Dollar Penalty for Pushing Crypto on Instagram
Bruce Willis Denies Claims He Sold Rights to Be Deepfaked into New Movies
Something very odd is going on here. Deepfake Indeed Bruce Willis apparently isn’t going to be deepfaked into movies after all, according to a representative who denied claims that circulated last week. In a statement provided to The Hollywood Reporter, a representative for the “Die Hard” icon denied that he had any current involvement with Deepcake,… Continue reading Bruce Willis Denies Claims He Sold Rights to Be Deepfaked into New Movies
Google Creates AI That Turns Text Into 3D Objects
Okay, this is pretty cool. DreamFusion DreamFusion, Google’s next-gen, AI-powered text-to-3D-image generator, is here. Well, sort of. A proof-of-concept paper is here, at least. DreamFusion is an evolution of Dream Fields, a text-to-3D-image generator revealed by Google back in 2021. And like Dream Fields, DreamFusion creates its 3D images by combining a Neural Radiance Field… Continue reading Google Creates AI That Turns Text Into 3D Objects