Microsoft is finally relaunching “Recall,” its AI-powered feature that records almost everything you do on your computer by constantly taking screenshots in the background. The tool is rolling out exclusively to Copilot+ PCs, a line of Windows 11 computers built with specific hardware optimized for AI tasks. And if it sounds like a privacy nightmare,… Continue reading Microsoft’s AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages
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Elon Musk Has Become Toxic Waste to the Average Person, New Poll Shows
A new Associated Press-backed poll has shown that billionaire Elon Musk’s popularity is declining rapidly. According to the survey, which was conducted in partnership with the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, a measly 33 percent of US adults now view Musk as “very or somewhat favorable” as of April — an incredible reversal, since before… Continue reading Elon Musk Has Become Toxic Waste to the Average Person, New Poll Shows
Elon Musk Using Private Data to Build List of People to Deport
Elon Musk is slated to leave the White House soon — but he’s still planning to mine private data with the help of his old friend Peter Thiel to assist in speedier deportations on his way out the door. According to sources who spoke to Wired and CNN, Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to… Continue reading Elon Musk Using Private Data to Build List of People to Deport
Sam Altman Admits That New OpenAI Updates Made ChatGPT’s Personality Insufferable
With its latest update, ChatGPT seems have adopted an uber-annoying tone — and it’s so bad, even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is calling it out. Following weeks of user complaints about the chatbot’s new toxic positivity, Altman acknowledged in a Sunday tweet that the “last few” updates to GPT-4o — the most advanced version of… Continue reading Sam Altman Admits That New OpenAI Updates Made ChatGPT’s Personality Insufferable
Extremely Bare-Bones $20,000 Electric Pickup Truck Doesn’t Even Have a Radio
A Michigan-based startup called Slate Auto has shown off an extremely affordable, all-electric pickup truck. By far the most eye-catching figure related to the sleek two-seater Slate Truck is its cost: just $20,000 — before federal EV incentives. But you get what you pay for. The truck is as bare-bones as it gets, lacking even a… Continue reading Extremely Bare-Bones $20,000 Electric Pickup Truck Doesn’t Even Have a Radio
This 1987 Prediction of What Technology Would Be Like Today Will Make You Gasp and Wheeze
More than three decades ago, the BBC envisioned what today’s consumer technology would look like — and their predictions were somehow both astonishingly accurate and hilariously misfired. Aired in 1987, the clip from the British broadcaster’s “Tomorrow’s World” technology show correctly forecasted that in the year 2024 — now the recent past, for those keeping track… Continue reading This 1987 Prediction of What Technology Would Be Like Today Will Make You Gasp and Wheeze
Elon Musk Is Shutting Down the Part of the Government That Helped Him Save Tesla
Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s businesses have greatly relied on government funds, rescuing them from certain doom on several occasions. A prominent example was in early 2010, when Tesla received a $465 million loan through the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office that allowed it to establish crucial supply lines for its Model S production… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Shutting Down the Part of the Government That Helped Him Save Tesla
Scientists Successfully Grow Human Tooth in Lab, With Aim of Implanting in Humans
Image by Getty / Futurism Scientists at King’s College London say they’ve successfully grown a human tooth in a lab for the first time. As detailed in a paper published in the journal ACS Macro Letters, the team said it uncovered a potential way to regrow teeth in humans as a natural alternative to conventional… Continue reading Scientists Successfully Grow Human Tooth in Lab, With Aim of Implanting in Humans
Scientists Scanned the Brains of Authoritarians and Found Something Weird
Image by Getty / Futurism People who support authoritarianism on either side of the political divide have, according to a new study, something weird going on with their brains. Published in the journal Neuroscience, new research out of Spain’s University of Zaragoza found, upon scanning the brains of 100 young adults, that those who hold… Continue reading Scientists Scanned the Brains of Authoritarians and Found Something Weird
New Bionic Hand Can Detach From User, Crawl Around and Do Missions on Its Own
Image by Open Bionics A UK startup called Open Bionics has just unveiled the world’s first wireless bionic arm, called Hero — and it’s so advanced that the hand can fully detach and amble about on its own, like the Addams Family’s Thing. 19-year-old influencer Tilly Lockey, a double-amputee who’s been using Open Bionics’ arms… Continue reading New Bionic Hand Can Detach From User, Crawl Around and Do Missions on Its Own