Scientist Horrified as ChatGPT Deletes All His Research

ChatGPT may be an excellent tool in case your strongly-worded email to your landlord about that ceiling leak needs a second pair of eyes. It also excels at coming up with a rough first draft for non-mission-critical writing, allowing you to carefully pick it apart and refine it. But like all of its competitors, ChatGPT… Continue reading Scientist Horrified as ChatGPT Deletes All His Research

Top African Health Official Blasts Trump Administration’s Plans for Human Experimentation in Africa

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Samuel Corum / Getty Images Last week, officials at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced that health authorities in Guinea-Bissau had moved to halt a controversial study which would have used unvaccinated infants as lab rats. The US Department of Health and Human… Continue reading Top African Health Official Blasts Trump Administration’s Plans for Human Experimentation in Africa

Trump’s Huge AI Project Is Running Into a Major Financial Problem

It’s 2026, and tech companies continue to insist they need to spend staggering amounts of money on AI data centers. Yet for all of its enthusiasm over the past few years, Wall Street is finally starting to squint at the numbers. According to new reporting by Business Insider, JPMorgan Chase is running into trouble finding… Continue reading Trump’s Huge AI Project Is Running Into a Major Financial Problem

Mind Blowing James Webb Photo Shows Star Crumbling Into Dust

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) A new image taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provides an astonishingly close up look of a dying star crumbling into gas and dust — as well as a morbid preview of the fate that could eventually befall our Sun. Taken with the Webb’s… Continue reading Mind Blowing James Webb Photo Shows Star Crumbling Into Dust

Workers Say AI Is Useless, While Oblivious Bosses Insist It’s a Productivity Miracle

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Bosses being severely disconnected from the needs of their employees is a tale as old as time. But it sure feels like the AI craze has driven them to lock themselves in ever taller ivory towers, as employees are told that the tech is going to… Continue reading Workers Say AI Is Useless, While Oblivious Bosses Insist It’s a Productivity Miracle

Best Kitchen Composters and Food Recyclers (2026)

Best Grind-and-Dry Food Recycler Photograph: Kat Merck Photograph: Kat Merck Photograph: Kat Merck Video: Kat Merck Lomi 3 Countertop Food Recycler Most kitchen “composters” simply grind and dry your food scraps, but the Lomi 3 does the best job of this of the bunch. I’m always impressed when companies listen to feedback and adapt, and… Continue reading Best Kitchen Composters and Food Recyclers (2026)

MicroSD Express cards and Anker’s travel adapter rule the deal roost this week

Verge Shopping We also saw great deals on Samsung’s last-gen Frame TV, DJI’s Mic Mini, and the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem. We also saw great deals on Samsung’s last-gen Frame TV, DJI’s Mic Mini, and the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem. by Brandon Widder Jan 24, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC Brandon Widder is a senior editor… Continue reading MicroSD Express cards and Anker’s travel adapter rule the deal roost this week

Your car’s USB port is seriously underrated: 5 creative ways I’m using mine

Chris Bayer/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Your car’s USB ports can do much more than charge your phone. Use your USB ports to play music or update your car’s system. Even with wireless tech, USB ports still have their place. In 2005, about 3.3 million cars… Continue reading Your car’s USB port is seriously underrated: 5 creative ways I’m using mine

Facebook AI Slop Has Grown So Dark That You May Not Be Prepared

For years now, Facebook’s feeds have been drowned out by an unrelenting tidal wave of AI slop, turning the platform — which feels like it’s long been abandoned by practically anybody under the age of 65 — into an unrecognizable digital hellscape. It’s already been two years since we came across a picture of “shrimp… Continue reading Facebook AI Slop Has Grown So Dark That You May Not Be Prepared

Scientists Astonished by Glimpse of Huge, Ancient Ocean on Mars

Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once teeming with water, a tropical oasis with vast river systems that may have been able to support life billions of years ago. To get a better picture of what such a lush ocean world could’ve looked like, an international team of researchers used satellite data to simulate… Continue reading Scientists Astonished by Glimpse of Huge, Ancient Ocean on Mars