The Trump administration’s Justice Department has been directed to disband a team of prosecutors who’d been investigating cryptocurrency crimes. In a memo, deputy attorney general Todd Blanche argued that the “Department of Justice is not a digital assets regulator,” accusing Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden of using the department to “pursue a reckless strategy of regulation… Continue reading Trump Tells Justice Department to Just Let Crypto Fraud Slide
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Quartz Fires All Writers After Move to AI Slop
The cursed pattern continues: following a baffling and error-ridden turn to AI content, the once-acclaimed business publication Quartz has been sold off and its editorial team almost entirely axed — making it the latest media brand to see low-quality AI use precede mass layoffs. As the business publication’s cofounder Zach Seward, who now leads editorial AI… Continue reading Quartz Fires All Writers After Move to AI Slop
China Creates Mocking AI Video of Average Americans Working in Garment Factory
As Americans fret about what their future looks like amidst Donald Trump’s heightening trade wars, the people of China have a suggestion: get used to sweatshops. A wild AI-generated post depicting schlubby Americans toiling in dingy factories has gone viral on Chinese social media before leaking out onto US trending tabs. It pokes fun at… Continue reading China Creates Mocking AI Video of Average Americans Working in Garment Factory
Elon Musk Is Now Actively Raging Against the Trump Administration
Billionaire White House advisor Elon Musk is escalating his spat with Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro, who’s widely credited for architecting the president’s disastrous tariff war. In a series of tweets, Musk cussed him out for being “truly a moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks,” after Navarro told CNBC that Tesla was “not… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Now Actively Raging Against the Trump Administration
Tesla Is So Cooked That It’s Now Refusing to Accept Cybertrucks as Trade-Ins
Embattled carmaker Tesla is sitting on almost 2,400 unsold Cybertrucks, worth roughly $200 million. It’s a harsh reality check. According to its latest — and eighth — recall issued last month, the carmaker has only sold around 46,000 of the divisive pickup trucks so far, despite a $7,500 tax credit. That’s a far cry from the… Continue reading Tesla Is So Cooked That It’s Now Refusing to Accept Cybertrucks as Trade-Ins
Elon Musk Reportedly Begged Donald Trump to Reverse the Tariffs
Donald Trump’s brutal tariff war is already rattling the global economy — and the resolve of business leaders everywhere. Look no further than the president’s close ally and number one henchman Elon Musk, who the Washington Post reports has been personally begging Trump to reconsider behind closed doors. Over the weekend, Musk broke rank and railed… Continue reading Elon Musk Reportedly Begged Donald Trump to Reverse the Tariffs
This Appears to Be Why Sam Altman Actually Got Fired by OpenAI
It’s been nearly 18 months since OpenAI Sam Altman was unceremoniously sacked by the firm before being summarily reinstated just a few days later — and a new book claims to have the tea behind the stunning coup. In an excerpt from her forthcoming book about Altman, Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey revealed, based… Continue reading This Appears to Be Why Sam Altman Actually Got Fired by OpenAI
Social Security Staff Worried Elon Musk’s Meddling Is Going to Accidentally Crash the Whole System
Elon Musk and his Department of Government of Efficiency are tearing through the Social Security Administration, vowing to root out fraud and to rewrite the entire system’s code in a matter of months. And behind the scenes, they’re also gutting the teams that run it, leaving employees terrified that it’ll be sent into a “death… Continue reading Social Security Staff Worried Elon Musk’s Meddling Is Going to Accidentally Crash the Whole System
Elon Musk Rage Quits Gaming Livestream After Repeatedly Dying, Gets Mercilessly Mocked by Viewers
Even after turning himself into a laughing stock in the gaming world for blatantly cheating, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hasn’t given up the hobby just yet. During a Saturday livestream of himself playing the free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) — which allegedly served as an “airborne continuity test” of SpaceX’s Starlink… Continue reading Elon Musk Rage Quits Gaming Livestream After Repeatedly Dying, Gets Mercilessly Mocked by Viewers
Cory Booker Releases Oura Ring Data From His 25-Hour Speech
Image by Nathan Posner / Anadolu via Getty / Oura / Futurism Cory Booker, the senior Democratic senator from New Jersey, stood on the Senate floor for over 25 hours last week as he delivered what proved to be the longest speech in the chamber’s history — breaking the previous record of 24 hours and… Continue reading Cory Booker Releases Oura Ring Data From His 25-Hour Speech