It’s a pretty serious accusation. J’Accuse! Just days after several space journalists found themselves banned from Twitter for posting images of rockets, several users found that The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein — who had recently posted highway surveillance video of a self-driving Tesla causing a pileup that injured eight people, including a child — was curiously… Continue reading Journalist Critical of Elon Musk Allegedly Shadowbanned on Twitter
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Lowe’s Now Selling Blockchain Power Tools That Won’t Work If They’re Stolen
“A product’s NFT undergoes a status change when it is either sold by Lowe’s, if it has been stolen, or if the status is unknown.” Soured Tools Retail giants have been brainstorming all kinds of ways to combat theft — and big box hardware titan Lowe’s is now pushing those efforts to the limit. The… Continue reading Lowe’s Now Selling Blockchain Power Tools That Won’t Work If They’re Stolen
Mr. Beast Hopeful That Science Will Let Him Live Several Hundred Years
“That would be really nice.” Would Be Cool Jimmy “Mr. Beast” Donaldson, the youth-beloved YouTuber behind videos like “I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive” and “I Ate $100,000 Golden Ice Cream,” proclaims in his Twitter bio that he wants to “make the world a better place before he dies.” A noble goal. Fortunately, he may… Continue reading Mr. Beast Hopeful That Science Will Let Him Live Several Hundred Years
Congress Rejects Funding the Military’s Microsoft AR Goggles Because They Made Soldiers Sick
Finally, some sanity. Rejected Funding Last week, the US Army announced it was ordering a redesign of its flawed and extremely expensive Microsoft mixed reality headsets. But, according to Bloomberg, the military may struggle to finance such a venture, with Congress reportedly rejecting the Army’s request for $400 million — which would come out of… Continue reading Congress Rejects Funding the Military’s Microsoft AR Goggles Because They Made Soldiers Sick
Sam Bankman-Fried, Bored on House Arrest, Starts a Substack
Sam Bankman-Fried, fallen crypto golden boy and former CEO of the imploded cryptocurrency exchange FTX, simply cannot shut up. Pre-arrest, he posted long rants on Twitter, and against all sane legal advice has gone on numerous talk shows, panels, and otherwise ill-advised outlets to say various versions of “I fucked up but definitely not criminally.”… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried, Bored on House Arrest, Starts a Substack
Virgin Orbit Admits That Its Rolling Stones-Themed Mission Disintegrated After Launch
You can’t always get what you want. Gimme Shelter Virgin’s space arm has sheepishly admitted that its latest mission disintegrated into pieces after lift-off — but investors shouldn’t worry because before this one, which was named after The Rolling Stones’ smash hit “Start Me Up,” all the others did just fine. “Prior to [the] Start… Continue reading Virgin Orbit Admits That Its Rolling Stones-Themed Mission Disintegrated After Launch
Solar Powered Machine Turns CO2 and Waste Plastic Into Valuable Fuel
In promising news for our humanity-burdened planet, a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge say they’ve built a machine that transforms both CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuel and other valuable materials, using only energy from the Sun to do so. As the researchers detail in a new study published in the… Continue reading Solar Powered Machine Turns CO2 and Waste Plastic Into Valuable Fuel
Internet Horrified by CNET Secretively Publishing Articles Written by an AI
Earlier this week, we reported that popular tech news outlet CNET had been quietly publishing entire articles written by an AI for months, without making the AI authorship immediately clear to readers. Unlike the robot reporting used by news agencies such as the Associated Press, these articles — 75 and counting — are substantial financial… Continue reading Internet Horrified by CNET Secretively Publishing Articles Written by an AI
A Programmer Created an AI “Waifu” But His Real Girlfriend Forced Him to Kill It
“I think I hear her when she really didn’t say anything.” Wifed Up Having an artificial intelligence “waifu” is bad enough — but killing her off because you’ve grown too obsessed is another entirely. With OpenAI’s uber-powerful ChatGPT and the Stable Diffusion image generator making headlines last fall, a TikTok hacker known only by the name Bryce… Continue reading A Programmer Created an AI “Waifu” But His Real Girlfriend Forced Him to Kill It
Tesla Smashes Through Wall, Lands in Swimming Pool
Fortunately, nobody got hurt. Going for a Dip Tesla CEO Elon Musk may have promised that his company’s long-awaited Cybertruck could double as a boat — but that doesn’t mean the company’s other vehicles fare well in water, as demonstrated by a terrifying incident that occurred on Tuesday morning in Pasadena, California. A Tesla driver “hit… Continue reading Tesla Smashes Through Wall, Lands in Swimming Pool