When Donald Trump took office in January, volunteer archivists got to work, ensuring that government websites were backed up before the incoming administration had a chance to purge more than 110,000 government pages. As part of the administration’s extremist anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda, agencies were forced to take down any material related to anything… Continue reading Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive
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Meta Made a Wild Screwup in the Documents It Showed in Court
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta just made a huge mistake. Or more accurately, a bunch of huge mistakes, which have drawn the wrath of lawyers for Meta’s peers Apple, Google, and Snapchat. The issue is that during the latest phase of its massive antitrust trial, Meta lawyers presented slides revealing information it held about other companies. Though… Continue reading Meta Made a Wild Screwup in the Documents It Showed in Court
Tech CEOs Realizing They Made a Terrible Mistake by Supporting Trump
Tech CEOs rallied behind Donald Trump in hopes that he would lower regulations and increase profits — and although he’s already done the former, the latter now seems like a pipe dream. As Vox reports, any gains tech companies have gleaned from Trump’s deregulation are minuscule in comparison to the economic havoc the president has wreaked… Continue reading Tech CEOs Realizing They Made a Terrible Mistake by Supporting Trump
Novo Nordisk Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed
Image by Getty / Futurism Shares of Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind the groundbreaking GLP-1 weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, have been absolutely plummeting. The company’s stock price slid over eight percent on Thursday, after its main competitor in the space, US-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, announced promising Phase 3 trial results for… Continue reading Novo Nordisk Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed
Brothers Build Clever System to Keep Their Family Home Dry While Everything Around It Floods
“I’ll build it 30 feet tall if I got to.” Levee Johnston A man and his brother in western Tennessee deployed a clever system to save their family home from devastating river surges triggered by a catastrophic storm earlier this month. As the Washington Post reports, farmers Tucker Humphrey and his brother Justin constructed levees… Continue reading Brothers Build Clever System to Keep Their Family Home Dry While Everything Around It Floods
Elon Musk Is in Huge Trouble Over Donald Trump’s Tariffs
President Donald Trump’s escalating tariff war is putting Tesla in serious danger. As Politico reports, the trade war has put Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an extremely awkward position politically. While the president’s top henchman’s businesses are somewhat insulated thanks to a strong manufacturing presence in the United States, Musk’s ambitions to turn Tesla into… Continue reading Elon Musk Is in Huge Trouble Over Donald Trump’s Tariffs
There’s Something Incredibly Sketchy About How They Opened the Hatch on Katy Perry’s Rocket
By pretty much any account, Blue Origin’s publicity stunt of sending an all-female crew into space was a major flop. The Jeff Bezos-owned New Shepard capsule spent mere minutes in kinda-sorta-maybe space, giving its extremely wealthy passengers a momentary glimpse of weightlessness — though more in the way a rollercoaster ride causes you to shift… Continue reading There’s Something Incredibly Sketchy About How They Opened the Hatch on Katy Perry’s Rocket
The Cybertruck Is Turning Into a Complete Disaster
Tesla is reportedly pulling back production of its much-maligned Cybertruck. According to Business Insider, the EV maker has dropped production targets for several Cybertruck lines over the last few months – and is going as far as to move workers from the line entirely at its manufacturing facility in Texas. “It feels a lot like… Continue reading The Cybertruck Is Turning Into a Complete Disaster
Man With Gun Arrested at UnitedHealth Headquarters
At UnitedHealthcare’s headquarters in Minnesota, a young man was arrested with a weapon after calling in threats against the insurance giant. As USA Today and other outlets report, police arrested 26-year-old Ian Wagner with a gun and bullets near UHC’s Minnetonka campus after an hour of phone negotiations led to his surrender. Though he’s the same… Continue reading Man With Gun Arrested at UnitedHealth Headquarters
Elon Musk Lost It on a Call With the Government After Autopilot Killed a Tesla Driver
In March 2018, Tesla Model X owner Walter Huang died after his vehicle crashed into a concrete highway median at 71 mph — while its Autopilot driver assistance software, a buzzy new feature at the time, was turned on. The entire front of the vehicle was ripped off, sending the SUV spinning. Huan was pronounced dead… Continue reading Elon Musk Lost It on a Call With the Government After Autopilot Killed a Tesla Driver