Cowboy saddles up with a new owner

Transportation And so ends the independent e-bike era. And so ends the independent e-bike era. by Thomas Ricker and Andrew Hawkins Dec 18, 2025, 7:02 AM UTC The Brussels-based electric bike company has officially closed its deal to be acquired by ReBirth Group Holding, which also owns cycling brands Peugeot, Gitane, and Solex. The transaction… Continue reading Cowboy saddles up with a new owner

The ChatGPT app store is here

OpenAI’s one step closer to making ChatGPT an ‘everything app’ that connects directly to Apple Music and DoorDash. OpenAI’s one step closer to making ChatGPT an ‘everything app’ that connects directly to Apple Music and DoorDash. by Richard Lawler Dec 18, 2025, 4:27 AM UTC Richard Lawler is a senior editor following news across tech,… Continue reading The ChatGPT app store is here

Hacker Busts Startup Running Huge Web of AI-Generated “Influencers” on Instagram

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Doublespeed / Getty Images Back in October, word started making the rounds of an AI startup called Doublespeed. Backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Doublespeed offers customers a unique service: access to a massive phone farm that could be used to operate hundreds of AI-generated social media… Continue reading Hacker Busts Startup Running Huge Web of AI-Generated “Influencers” on Instagram

AI Sends School Into Lockdown After It Mistook a Student’s Clarinet for a Gun

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Students at Lawton Chiles Middle School in Florida were sent scrambling into lockdown last week, after an alert from an AI surveillance system detected a student carrying a gun. There’s just one issue: the “gun” was actually a band student’s clarinet. The whole thing unraveled quickly,… Continue reading AI Sends School Into Lockdown After It Mistook a Student’s Clarinet for a Gun

A Huge Number of People Starved to Death After Elon Musk Cut USAID’s Funding

TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images In the weeks following the second inauguration of Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk — appointed to a powerful position in the government after supporting Trump’s run —began laying waste to a number of government agencies with the help of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). One major target in… Continue reading A Huge Number of People Starved to Death After Elon Musk Cut USAID’s Funding