It’ll only take 300 million years. Come Together Over the next 300 million years, all the Earth’s continents will smash together and form a new supercontinent called Amasia, closing the Pacific Ocean in the process. At least, that’s according to a new study from researchers at Curtin University, published in National Science Review last week, that plots the… Continue reading Scientists Say All Land on Earth Is Smashing Together Into a New Supercontinent
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Lawsuit Accuses Walmart and CVS of Equating Homeopathic Treatments With Real Medicine
Image by Getty Images/Futurism A federal court has revived a lawsuit against Walmart and CVS for allegedly passing off long-discredited homeopathic treatments as actual, proven medicine. A three-judge panel in the District of Columbia’s Superior Court is set to look into why the newly-revived suit, filed by an anti-pseudoscience nonprofit called the Center for Inquiry (CFI)… Continue reading Lawsuit Accuses Walmart and CVS of Equating Homeopathic Treatments With Real Medicine
Dr. Oz Accused of Killing Hundreds of Dogs, Puppies, Bunnies
Image by Getty Images Television doctor and Pennsylvania senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz is many things. He’s an alleged vegetable elitist, an Oprah cast-out, and, um, a pretty bad doctor, at least according to other physicians. Now, in the heat of the campaign, you can add “alleged mass animal murderer” to that list. Yes, seriously.… Continue reading Dr. Oz Accused of Killing Hundreds of Dogs, Puppies, Bunnies
Watching Elon Musk’s Robot Back to Back With Boston Dynamics Is… Something
At Tesla’s artificial intelligence event on Friday, the company showed off two early prototypes of its Optimus humanoid robot, a walking automaton meant to take care of the “boring” tasks in life. Perhaps as expected, what the company unveiled on stage was far from impressive — especially considering just how far ahead the competition is.… Continue reading Watching Elon Musk’s Robot Back to Back With Boston Dynamics Is… Something
‘Dead Space’ remake trailer shows a twist on familiar gameplay
Motive and EA have finally shared a gameplay trailer for their long-expected Dead Space remake. To an extent, the clip shows what you’d expect. It’s a familiar retelling of Isaac Clarke’s horror-filled mission to the mining ship USG Ishimura, but with much-improved visuals and sounds that make better use of modern hardware. You’re still severing… Continue reading ‘Dead Space’ remake trailer shows a twist on familiar gameplay
White House unveils its ‘blueprint’ for an AI Bill of Rights
Amazon exploiting tech to wring every last ounce of productivity from its workforce, Clearview AI harvesting our facial features from social media and public surveillance footage, school proctoring software invading our children’s rooms, Facebook’s whole “accused of contributing to genocide” thing — the same machine learning/AI and automation technologies that have brought us the wonders… Continue reading White House unveils its ‘blueprint’ for an AI Bill of Rights
CD Projekt Red is working on a ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ follow-up and several new Witcher games
CD Projekt Red may be much busier than you expect. The developer has shared a long-term roadmap that elaborates and expands on its plans. To start, a project codenamed “Orion” is effectively a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 that will “further develop the potential” of the sci-fi franchise. It’s in development by CDPR’s teams in Boston… Continue reading CD Projekt Red is working on a ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ follow-up and several new Witcher games
Elon Musk tells Twitter he wants to go ahead with original deal, according to Bloomberg
Elon Musk wants to own Twitter after all. The Tesla CEO has decided he wants to go ahead with the deal he originally struck to buy the social media company for $54.20 a share, Bloomberg reports. News of the proposal comes less than two weeks before the two sides were set to go to trial… Continue reading Elon Musk tells Twitter he wants to go ahead with original deal, according to Bloomberg
American utilities aren’t living up to their climate pledges, new report finds
/ Most utilities are all talk and very little action on climate change, according to a new report that gives them a ‘low D’ grade for their attempts to shift to clean energy Kingston Fossil Plant, a coal-fired power plant operated by the Tennessee Valley AuthorityPhoto by Paul Harris / Getty Images A damning new… Continue reading American utilities aren’t living up to their climate pledges, new report finds
Pat Gelsinger came back to turn Intel around — here’s how it’s going
How CEO Pat Gelsinger changed the culture at Intel and bet big on the silicon heartland Share this story Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge. Pat Gelsinger is the CEO of Intel. I’ve been excited to have this conversation for a very long time — ever since Pat took over as CEO a… Continue reading Pat Gelsinger came back to turn Intel around — here’s how it’s going