Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Allison Robbert / AFP via Getty Images Amid a slew of investigations into horrific accidents involving its Full Self-Driving software, Tesla has brought back its “Mad Max” mode that allows its self-driving cars to blow past the speed limit, Electrek reports. It’s almost like the Elon Musk owned… Continue reading Tesla Deploys Self-Driving Mode That Ignores Speed Limits
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Two People Almost Drown After Asking ChatGPT When Low Tide Was
Getty / Futurism The owner of a shore-facing restaurant in South Wales potentially saved the lives of two swimmers who ventured out into unsafe waters — after consulting ChatGPT to find tide times. As local news outlet WalesOnline reports, the swimmers attempted to wade back from Sully Island, a rocky outcropping thousands of feet offshore,… Continue reading Two People Almost Drown After Asking ChatGPT When Low Tide Was
Tech Bros Have Been Accidentally Poisoning Themselves With Severe Brain Toxins for Years
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Let’s not kid ourselves here — tech bros do important work. Crammed in San Francisco apartments like joyless digital monks, these builders are now the bedrock of the ailing US economy, cranking out enough AI startups to stave off a global financial crisis. And for their… Continue reading Tech Bros Have Been Accidentally Poisoning Themselves With Severe Brain Toxins for Years
Easy Delivery Co. is a cozy, Lynchian dream
Entertainment Games Review A combination of cats, kei trucks, and existential dread. A combination of cats, kei trucks, and existential dread. by Geoffrey Bunting Oct 18, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC I have been a fan of David Lynch ever since a friend’s older brother interrupted a 13th birthday celebration to insist we all watch Eraserhead.… Continue reading Easy Delivery Co. is a cozy, Lynchian dream
The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me
This very first-gen device raises several questions about where the next chapter of mobile computing is headed. by Victoria Song Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales Oct 18, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC Victoria Song is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter.She has more than 13 years of experience reporting on wearables, health tech,… Continue reading The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me
The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China
Transportation Electric Cars As the EV industry stumbles, GM makes a big bet on new chemistries to help revive sales — and regain the global lead. by Lawrence Ulrich Oct 18, 2025, 11:00 AM UTC Transportation Electric Cars As the EV industry stumbles, GM makes a big bet on new chemistries to help revive sales… Continue reading The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China
Clean Technica: Tesla’s Mission Has Been Completely Assaulted By Current US Policy004211
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla’s original mission was to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and sustainable energy. As Elon Musk and others have said numerous times, there wasn’t even much hope of the business surviving. However, it was deemed useful to push the auto industry to electrify. That… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla’s Mission Has Been Completely Assaulted By Current US Policy004211
Police Issue Warning About “AI Homeless Man” Prank
TikTok / Futurism AI-powered deepfake tech has come a very long way. Unsurprisingly, teens have been using the tech to prank their friends and family. The latest hoax involves kids sending their parents AI-manipulated pictures of them welcoming homeless men into their houses — prompting widespread alarm and even 911 calls, as NBC News reports.… Continue reading Police Issue Warning About “AI Homeless Man” Prank
The Biggest Fall Deals at Home Depot (2025)
Fall is for nesting—and for feathering your nest with whatever will keep you sane during the winter. Which is why a number of retailers, including The Home Depot, drop prices on home goods with big fall deals. The Home Depot fall savings event for 2025 is unusually broad, because The Home Depot itself is unusually… Continue reading The Biggest Fall Deals at Home Depot (2025)
Best Indoor Garden Systems: We’ve Been Testing All Year (2025)
“Like a coffee capsule machine, but for plants,” reads Click & Grow’s marketing copy. Sure enough, the Click & Grow Smart Garden’s seed pods come in a Nespresso-evoking plastic three-pack with a tear-off cover. (Pods run about $3 to $5 each.) Put a nutrient-packed “smart soil” seed pod in one of the Click & Grow’s… Continue reading Best Indoor Garden Systems: We’ve Been Testing All Year (2025)