Amazon drivers have a hard gig. They’ve struggled for years against long hours with limited breaks, unreasonable delivery quotas, and wage theft — not to mention repressive union-busting efforts to make sure none of that changes. Those are the conditions that led the Teamsters to launch the largest labor strike against Amazon in US history just… Continue reading Amazon Testing Humanoid Robots to Ride in Vans, Hand-Deliver Packages
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“Gasping”: Scientists Make Breakthrough Toward Full Cure for HIV
Image by Getty / Futurism Researchers say they’ve taken a major step toward finding a cure for HIV. As The Guardian reports, scientists at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne found a way to make the HIV virus visible, potentially laying the groundwork for ways to banish it from the body… Continue reading “Gasping”: Scientists Make Breakthrough Toward Full Cure for HIV
Musk Is Suddenly Groveling to Get Back in Trump’s Good Graces as He Realizes He’s Made a Terrible Mistake
Billionaire Elon Musk and president Donald Trump are seething on their respective social media platforms following a major escalation of long-simmering resentment between the two. The gloves came off this week as the two enormous egos started taking public swings at each other. Trump threw particular gasoline on the fire when he threatened that Musk’s “governmental… Continue reading Musk Is Suddenly Groveling to Get Back in Trump’s Good Graces as He Realizes He’s Made a Terrible Mistake
DOGE Is on a Recruiting Spree
The relationship between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump may have publicly erupted this week, but the billionaire’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is currently on a recruiting spree, WIRED has learned. DOGE appears to be reaching out specifically to technologists who have previously worked for the government, even some of those who left… Continue reading DOGE Is on a Recruiting Spree
The Best Car Vacuums (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Honorable Mentions Bissell AeroSlim Handheld Vacuum for $41: This is a great little budget vacuum and a fine detail cleaning option. It doesn’t have as many attachments as the Airify Pro V3 and it’s battery life isn’t as long (the AeroSlim only lasts up to 12 minutes), but it’s a good option if you’re on… Continue reading The Best Car Vacuums (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Conspiracy World Thinks the Musk-Trump Breakup Is a ‘Psyop’
The extremely public and increasingly unhinged breakup of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has caused chaos in DC, forced Silicon Valley executives to pick sides, and wiped more than $150 billion off Tesla’s market cap. But in the conspiracy-theory-addicted corners of the internet, the feud between Musk and Trump is nothing more than a… Continue reading Conspiracy World Thinks the Musk-Trump Breakup Is a ‘Psyop’
Nikola founder Trevor Milton is fighting a subpoena from his bankrupt company’s creditors
The recently pardoned founder of Nikola, Trevor Milton, has been fighting a subpoena from the creditors of his bankrupt electric trucking company. The official committee of unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy case sent the subpoena to Milton’s lawyers on April 1, according to a recent filing. Milton owed Nikola nearly $100 million before it filed… Continue reading Nikola founder Trevor Milton is fighting a subpoena from his bankrupt company’s creditors
The 10 Apple Watch features that convinced me to switch to the wearable full-time
Kerry Wan/ZDNET In 2015, Jony Ive, Apple’s then-industrial designer, introduced the Apple Watch and explained the design decisions behind the wearable that would eventually revolutionize health technology. “You can’t determine a boundary between the physical object and the software,” Ive said. Also: Could WWDC be Apple’s AI turning point? Here’s what analysts are predicting On the… Continue reading The 10 Apple Watch features that convinced me to switch to the wearable full-time
The Access-Ability Summer Showcase returns with the latest in accessible games
Summer Game Fest kicked off with an attempt to bring more information around accessibility. Summer Game Fest kicked off with an attempt to bring more information around accessibility. Now in its third year, the Access-Ability Summer Showcase is back to redress the lack of meaningful accessibility information across the ongoing video game showcase season. As… Continue reading The Access-Ability Summer Showcase returns with the latest in accessible games
Are Children Losing the Ability to Read?
Parents are increasingly disinterested in reading to their kids — and it’s majorly hurting the young ones’ literacy skills down the line. In interviews with The Guardian, childhood literacy experts expressed concerns about shrinking rates of at-home reading, which occurs as the prevalence of so-called “screen time,” or time using tablets or smartphones, balloons ever higher.… Continue reading Are Children Losing the Ability to Read?