Adult content has never been as accessible as it is now, thanks to the internet. Hell, online smut played a major role in the rise of the web itself in the 1990s. With that glut of porn, some have voiced concerns that some people are consuming too much of the stuff or even becoming addicted,… Continue reading Scientists Say Go Ahead, Keep Gooning
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Job Seekers Sue Company Scanning Their Résumés Using AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Thanks to scores of competing AI systems clogging up online application portals, applying for a new job in 2026 can feel more like applying for a bank loan than seeking a job. At least, that’s what a group of disgruntled job seekers is claiming in a… Continue reading Job Seekers Sue Company Scanning Their Résumés Using AI
Scientists Intrigued by Unfamiliar Life Form
Matt Humpage, Northern Rogue Studios via Loron / Cooper et al. It’s a plant! It’s a fungus! It’s… an entirely new type of lifeform hitherto unknown to science? That appears to be the case for a puzzling, spire-shaped organism that lived over 400 million years ago, according to a new study published in the journal… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued by Unfamiliar Life Form
When You Learn How Low the 2025 Murder Rate Was, You’ll Realize How Profoundly the Media Has Failed the American People
The headlines of 2025 painted a portrait of America in chaos, driven by the financial logic of America’s media ecosystem. It’s number one product isn’t news, but fear. “NYC youth crime doubled since controversial state Raise the Age Law kicked in,” exclaims one hysterical New York Post headline from September. “Business owners express frustration over… Continue reading When You Learn How Low the 2025 Murder Rate Was, You’ll Realize How Profoundly the Media Has Failed the American People
Strange Mushroom Makes You See Tiny People Chilling on Every Surface
Magic mushrooms, an informal group of fungi that contain the naturally occurring psychedelic substance psilocybin, are known for inducing powerful hallucinations. They can induce feelings of euphoria, a sense of belonging in the world, and distort reality by messing with the brain’s visual cortex, turning the world into a trippy, shimmering pocket dimension full of… Continue reading Strange Mushroom Makes You See Tiny People Chilling on Every Surface
Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE
With the marshals under attack, Kennedy deployed first the Mississippi National Guard and then thousands of federal troops as well. (That military operation, codenamed RAPID ROAD, was actually the first and only time during the Cold War that the military activated and used plans it had developed to quell civil disturbances in the wake of… Continue reading Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE
Phonak Audeo Infinio Ultra Sphere Review: Premium Hearing Aids
If you’re comparing the photos of the Audeo Infinio Ultra Sphere—Phonak’s most powerful hearing aid to date—to the product’s name, you’re not crazy: It’s not the slightest bit round. Rather, it’s a traditional, teardrop-shaped, behind-the-ear hearing aid that takes its name from Phonak’s new Spheric Speech Clarity 2.0 system, designed to enhance the understandability of… Continue reading Phonak Audeo Infinio Ultra Sphere Review: Premium Hearing Aids
No One Is Quite Sure Why Ice Is Slippery
They intuited that molecules near the surface behave differently from those deep within the ice. Ice is a crystal, which means each water molecule is locked into a periodic lattice. However, at the surface, the water molecules have fewer neighbors to bond with and therefore have more freedom of movement than in solid ice. In… Continue reading No One Is Quite Sure Why Ice Is Slippery
It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
What is the point of law enforcement that doesn’t follow the law? by Sarah Jeong Jan 25, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC Sarah Jeong is a features editor who publishes award-winning stories about law, tech, and internet subcultures. A journalist trained as a lawyer, she has been writing about tech for 10 years. Shortly after federal… Continue reading It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
Children Starting School Are Trying to Swipe Books Like They’re Phones
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images An alarming proportion of kids just starting school are baffled by how books work. In a new survey of primary, or elementary, school staff conducted by the UK charity Kindred Squared, the teachers estimated that nearly a third of students in reception class — the equivalent… Continue reading Children Starting School Are Trying to Swipe Books Like They’re Phones