LabPadre Space Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok experienced its latest meltdown this week, telling users that the mercurial CEO is more athletic than basketball superstar LeBron James and rivals Leonardo da Vinci in intelligence. But when it comes to launching rockets, the entrepreneur is struggling to live up to Grok’s outrageous flattery. Right on the… Continue reading While Grok Calls Him a Genius, Elon’s New Rocket Explodes While Just Sitting There
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Corporation Pumping Soothing Gas Into New York Subway Station
Getty / Futurism You know that nose-wrinkling experience of walking into a Sephora? Now, imagine if your morning commute was suffused with a similar barrage. In what it’s calling an “aroma ad,” home goods and fragrance corporation Bath & Body Works is pumping vanilla and fresh pine scent from diffusers attached to steel girders in… Continue reading Corporation Pumping Soothing Gas Into New York Subway Station
Twitter Use Has Stagnated Pathetically Under Elon Musk
Elon Musk via X / Getty Images Despite his vast fortunes, Elon Musk has an incredible ability to turn an enterprise into radioactive waste. Tesla, for example, has suffered unprecedented brand damage owing to Musk’s rampage through the federal government, while the Boring Company is becoming a nearly $1 billion disaster. Another looming case in… Continue reading Twitter Use Has Stagnated Pathetically Under Elon Musk
Best Black Friday Google Pixel Deals (2025)
Google Pixel deals abound! The company has kicked off its Black Friday promotions on all of its Pixel hardware, from the value-friendly Pixel 9a to the flagship Pixel 10 Pro XL. There are even discounts on the brand-new Pixel Watch 4 and Google’s wireless earbuds. We’ve rounded up the best Google Pixel discounts this shopping… Continue reading Best Black Friday Google Pixel Deals (2025)
Kids in China Are Using Bots and Engagement Hacks to Look More Popular on Their Smartwatches
At what age should a kid ideally get a smartwatch? In China, parents are buying them for children as young as five. Adults want to be able to call their kids and track their location down to a specific building floor. But that’s not why children are clamoring for the devices, specifically ones made by… Continue reading Kids in China Are Using Bots and Engagement Hacks to Look More Popular on Their Smartwatches
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
A powerful United States Senate committee has requested that multiple academic research centers focused on political extremism hand over years worth of documentation on federal watch list programs, the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, vaccine mandates, the 2020 election, and Trump supporters, according to information obtained by WIRED. The queries appear to… Continue reading Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
Who is AI nostalgia slop even for?
Entertainment Video generators like Sora rely on a monoculture that no longer exists — and their creations are straight-up trash. by Charles Pulliam-Moore Nov 21, 2025, 6:02 PM UTC Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9… Continue reading Who is AI nostalgia slop even for?
Giant AI-Generated Christmas Decoration Being Torn Down After Residents Noticed Grotesque Horrors Hidden in It
Bluesky / Reddit / Futurism Earlier this week, locals in Kingston upon Thames, a small borough south-west of London, were perturbed by “scenes of Lovecraftian horror” in the form of two enormous murals that appear to have been sloppily generated by AI to celebrate the holiday season. The murals showed horrifyingly disfigured people, animals and… Continue reading Giant AI-Generated Christmas Decoration Being Torn Down After Residents Noticed Grotesque Horrors Hidden in It
AirDropping stuff from a Pixel phone rules so much
Please let us keep this one, Apple. Please let us keep this one, Apple. by Allison Johnson Nov 21, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC Allison Johnson is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. It’s… Continue reading AirDropping stuff from a Pixel phone rules so much
The new silicon valley (literally)
Is the promise of jobs worth all the water and chemicals it takes to manufacture chips in the desert? by Justine Calma Nov 21, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or… Continue reading The new silicon valley (literally)