Image by Michael Siluk / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty / Futurism While seeking re-election, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro is making a huge campaign promise: free Ozempic for all. As Quartz reports, Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said that he lost 66 pounds after taking the popular weight-loss injectable manufactured by Danish drugmaker… Continue reading Deranged Mayor Promises “No More Fat People” With Free Ozempic Shots
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Google Is Stuffing Annoying Ads Into Its Terrible AI Search Feature
Oh great. Ad Attack Google’s notoriously wonky AI Overviews feature — you know, the one that repeatedly makes up facts and literally tells users to eat rocks — is about to get a whole lot more annoying. On Thursday, the tech giant announced that its AI-generated search summaries will now begin to show ads above, below,… Continue reading Google Is Stuffing Annoying Ads Into Its Terrible AI Search Feature
Vast Majority of CEOs Ready to Make Remote Workers’ Lives As Miserable As Possible
It’s back to the office — or else. Giving an Edge The battle over remote work continues — and it looks like chief executives are overwhelmingly willing to take extreme measures to get folks back to the office. A recent report from the global research and accounting firm KPMG shows that 89 percent of corporate… Continue reading Vast Majority of CEOs Ready to Make Remote Workers’ Lives As Miserable As Possible
California Greenlights Amsterdam-Style Weed Cafes Where You Can Get Stoned Without Getting the Munchies
People in the US will be able to “smoke in a restaurant for the first time in 30 years.” Cafe Culture Starting in January, Californians will be able to enjoy cannabis Netherlands-style thanks to a newly passed bill legalizing weed cafes. As the Los Angeles Times reports, governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law Assembly Bill… Continue reading California Greenlights Amsterdam-Style Weed Cafes Where You Can Get Stoned Without Getting the Munchies
Epic has a plan for the rest of the decade
/ Tim Sweeney says Epic is now ‘financially sound.’ Next up, building the next generation of metaverse tools. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Share this story Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Just over… Continue reading Epic has a plan for the rest of the decade
Clean Technica: Cumulative Tesla Model 3 & Model Y Sales Pass 6 Million — Charts003634
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Following Tesla’s release of delivery data for Q3 2024, we can now update Tesla’s cumulative sales, cumulative sales of the Model Y and Model 3 combined, and estimated cumulative sales of the Model Y and Model 3 separately. Let’s… Continue reading Clean Technica: Cumulative Tesla Model 3 & Model Y Sales Pass 6 Million — Charts003634
Meta’s AI Bootleg Moo Deng Is an Insult to Pygmy Hippos Everywhere
Long live the real Moo Deng. Boo Deng Meta has just announced Movie Gen, its new AI-powered video generation tool for creating realistic-looking footage — and one-upping OpenAI’s Sora, it can automatically add matching audio to its output. But notable detail is its de facto choice of mascot. Featured front and center on the product’s… Continue reading Meta’s AI Bootleg Moo Deng Is an Insult to Pygmy Hippos Everywhere
No, Donald Trump Isn’t Wading Through Hurricane Floodwaters, You Absolute Morons
Get a grip. Get Your Waders An image depicting former president Donald Trump wading through floodwaters alongside a fellow disaster responder went viral on social media this week. But there’s one tiny problem: the image is an AI-generated fake, as multiple publications have confirmed. The image, which shows Trump wearing a lifejacket and blue jeans as… Continue reading No, Donald Trump Isn’t Wading Through Hurricane Floodwaters, You Absolute Morons
Haunted Woman Calls the Cops After Discovering a Rug Mysteriously Buried in Her Backyard
“What if there really is a body?” No Diggity After digging up a weird rug buried in her backyard, an Ohio woman began experiencing some unexplained goings-on — and eventually decided to bring in the cavalry. As People reports, Columbus local Katie Santry discovered the buried and rolled-up rug when she and her boyfriend were digging… Continue reading Haunted Woman Calls the Cops After Discovering a Rug Mysteriously Buried in Her Backyard
I Own a Chevy Bolt, and Superchargers Are a Total Game Changer
It should not be so exciting to eat a breakfast quesadilla in your car. But this quesadilla was from Wawa, this Wawa hosted a Tesla Supercharger, and this car was the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV, hooked up to that Supercharger through an NACS/CCS adapter. More than a year after GM’s switch to NACS was announced,… Continue reading I Own a Chevy Bolt, and Superchargers Are a Total Game Changer