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
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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
Iran Apparently Using Facial Recognition to Catch Women Breaking Hijab Law
This is grim. Very Grim The authoritarian state of Iran has been embroiled in mass citizen protests for months now, kicked off by the Iranian state morality police’s alleged murder of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Amini, who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly failing to wear her state-mandated hijab properly. Amini’s… Continue reading Iran Apparently Using Facial Recognition to Catch Women Breaking Hijab Law
Tom Brady Apparently Lost an Ungodly Amount of Money in the FTX Crash
Sorry, Tom. Deflated Shares It’s no secret that Tom Brady, golden-aged quarterback extraordinaire, was heavily invested into the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX at the time of its disastrous implosion into bankruptcy. The tomato-avoidant footballer was one of the crypto giant’s most visible ambassadors, starring in FTX commercials and often taking to Twitter to tweet football-related… Continue reading Tom Brady Apparently Lost an Ungodly Amount of Money in the FTX Crash
CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI
“This article was generated using automation technology,” reads a dropdown description. Next time you’re on your favorite news site, you might want to double check the byline to see if it was written by an actual human. CNET, a massively popular tech news outlet, has been quietly employing the help of “automation technology” — a… Continue reading CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI