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Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment

Bitcoin is crashing hard, reaching historic lows of well below the $70,000 mark. At the time of writing, the token is hovering just above $63,000, levels we haven’t seen since October 2024. The ongoing plunge has made it far less economical to mine the digital token, a notoriously compute- and energy-intensive process — to the… Continue reading Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment

Crypto Guys Who Bought a Huge Gold Trump Statue Now Have a Problem

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images When a group of crypto bros spent $300,000 commissioning a 15-foot gold statue of Donald Trump, their grift seemed solid enough. Their memecoin, $PATRIOT — for which the Trump sculpture served as a sort of promotional stunt — would soon go to the Moon, covering… Continue reading Crypto Guys Who Bought a Huge Gold Trump Statue Now Have a Problem

Two Titanic Structures Hidden Deep Within the Earth Have Altered the Magnetic Field for Millions of Years

A team of geologists has found for the first time evidence that two ancient, continent-sized, ultrahot structures hidden beneath the Earth have shaped the planet’s magnetic field for the past 265 million years. These two masses, known as large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), are part of the catalog of the planet’s most enormous and enigmatic objects.… Continue reading Two Titanic Structures Hidden Deep Within the Earth Have Altered the Magnetic Field for Millions of Years

Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley

Since the middle of last year, there have been at least three major AI “acqui-hires” in Silicon Valley. Meta invested more than $14 billion in Scale AI and brought on its CEO, Alexandr Wang; Google spent a cool $2.4 billion to license Windsurf’s technology and fold its cofounders and research teams into DeepMind; and Nvidia… Continue reading Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are

The face-recognition app Mobile Fortify, now used by United States immigration agents in towns and cities across the US, is not designed to reliably identify people in the streets and was deployed without the scrutiny that has historically governed the rollout of technologies that impact people’s privacy, according to records reviewed by WIRED. The Department… Continue reading ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are

Audi announces 2027 A6/Q6 e-tron updates: scroll wheel return, new drift mode, improved regen

Audi is rolling out significant updates to its A6 e-tron and Q6 e-tron electric vehicles for the 2027 model year, bringing back physical controls, adding a new “dynamic plus” drift mode, and improving regenerative braking for better efficiency. The changes come as part of a broader update across Audi’s PPE (Premium Platform Electric) lineup, addressing… Continue reading Audi announces 2027 A6/Q6 e-tron updates: scroll wheel return, new drift mode, improved regen

Tesla drops plans for robo-charging site for the SF robotaxis it doesn’t have

Tesla has abruptly decided to give up plans to build an autonomous charging station for future driverless taxis in downtown San Francisco, ahead of a public hearing on the matter. The plan had received pushback from the Teamsters union, though whether that influenced Tesla’s decision is not clear. In case you haven’t heard, Tesla is… Continue reading Tesla drops plans for robo-charging site for the SF robotaxis it doesn’t have

Tesla Stock Plummeting Since Musk Busted in Epstein Files

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Late last month, new “Epstein files” from the Department of Justice revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in regular correspondence with deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, going as far as to invite himself to his notorious Caribbean island, asking when the “wildest party” would take place in a 2012… Continue reading Tesla Stock Plummeting Since Musk Busted in Epstein Files

Elon Laments That in Spite of His Obscene Wealth, He Still Can’t Find Happiness

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Patrick Tehan / MediaNews Group / Mercury News via Getty Images At this point, there’s nothing left to say about Elon Musk that hasn’t been said a thousand times already. Yet his latest comment is so on the nose, we couldn’t resist. “Whoever said ‘money can’t buy happiness’… Continue reading Elon Laments That in Spite of His Obscene Wealth, He Still Can’t Find Happiness