Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Waymo might be expanding its autonomous taxi services to northern cities like Minneapolis and Detroit, but back in Santa Monica, the company’s strained relationship with local residents has reached a breaking point. According to the Santa Monica Daily Press, the city council has issued a formal… Continue reading Waymo Forced to Halt Overnight Operations As Punishment for Causing Nonstop Ruckus
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Researchers Hack DeepSeek to Speak Freely About Tiananmen Square
Futurism Getty / Futurism Earlier this year, a Chinese AI chatbot called DeepSeek sent Silicon Valley into a tailspin when it released a new AI model that rivaled the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, while relying on only a fraction of the computing power. The lean open-source AI model, dubbed DeepSeek R1, was so impressive that… Continue reading Researchers Hack DeepSeek to Speak Freely About Tiananmen Square
Robot Walks for Three Days Straight, Hotswapping Its Battery Over and Over in New World Record
A three-day walk would be hard enough for humans, but for robots, it might as well be a trek around the world. An AgiBot A2 unit, developed by Chinese firm Zhiyuan Robotics, recently completed a 66-mile pilgrimage from Jinji Lake in Suzhou to Shanghai. The whole trek lasted three straight days, and set a new… Continue reading Robot Walks for Three Days Straight, Hotswapping Its Battery Over and Over in New World Record
The Economy Is Sputtering as People Keep Using Their Old Phones That Work Fine
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Do you really need to buy a new smartphone every year? Probably not. If you bought a decent one in the first place, chances are your smartphone is still doing a perfectly fine job. Ditto for getting that latest tablet, or upgrading your gaming rig with… Continue reading The Economy Is Sputtering as People Keep Using Their Old Phones That Work Fine
Best Vacuum Cleaner Black Friday Deals (2025): Dyson, Bissell, Eufy
There’s a lot of shopping you can do this weekend, but these Black Friday vacuum cleaner deals are ones you shouldn’t skip if you need any kind of cleaning upgrade. Changing to a stick vacuum hugely improved my life after moving to a three-story home, but all kinds of vacuum types can turn your life… Continue reading Best Vacuum Cleaner Black Friday Deals (2025): Dyson, Bissell, Eufy
The Best Black Friday Ninja Deals of 2025: Slushi, Crispi, more
Ninja has become synonymous with fun in the American home kitchen—whether slushies or ice cream makers or improbably multi-purpose devices or air fryers that didn’t used to look like that. But underneath all that novelty is a hive of engineering and invention. Ninja often manages to take devices once reserved for professional kitchens and make… Continue reading The Best Black Friday Ninja Deals of 2025: Slushi, Crispi, more
Black Friday Protein Powder Deals and Supplement Steals (2025)
The wellness industry is a wild marketplace. You can’t trust the marketing alone, and FDA regulation is quite limited. It pays to be cautious. So for this year’s Black Friday, we sifted through the markdowns, cross-checked claims, verified third-party tests, and sampled the supplements so you don’t have to. If you’re looking to stock up… Continue reading Black Friday Protein Powder Deals and Supplement Steals (2025)
German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: VW finds a solution for its smallest plant – but two questions remain unresolved011939
The Transparent Factory in Dresden is to be converted into an innovation center. There is a declaration of intent on this – but for some employees at the VW location there is still no perspective. Go to Source
Germany to urge EU to soften 2035 ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars
Porsche employees at work in the German car manufacturer’s Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen plant. Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters View image in fullscreen Porsche employees at work in the German car manufacturer’s Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen plant. Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters Germany to urge EU to soften 2035 ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars Friedrich Merz to ask for series of… Continue reading Germany to urge EU to soften 2035 ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars
This Lotus can hit 420kW – if you find a fast enough charger
How long does it take to fill up a car? When the difference between a fast fuel pump and a slow one and a big tank and a small one is three minutes, the answer is ‘who cares?’. That said, I still find filling up with fuel quite tedious, largely because you have to stand… Continue reading This Lotus can hit 420kW – if you find a fast enough charger