I hadn’t previously read anything by Nnedi Okorafor when I picked up Death of the Author, but after only a few pages in, I found myself making a mental note to add everything else she’s ever written to my To Read pile. Okorafor coined the term “Africanfuturism,” describing a subcategory of science fiction that’s “more… Continue reading What to read this weekend: An immersive new work of Africanfuturism
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Leaked Documents Show Plot to Dox Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Using Hacking and Facial Recognition
Never content to rest on their hoarded wealth, institutional power, and oligarchic control over our government, a growing number of moneyed right-wingers and their influential allies are now targeting the acclaimed online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Take a recent trove of documents, obtained by the Forward, that reveal plans by right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation to use cyber espionage… Continue reading Leaked Documents Show Plot to Dox Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Using Hacking and Facial Recognition
Trump Gives Elon Musk Access to All Unclassified Data in the US Government
Money buys you this. Bait and Switch The fine print of a sweeping executive order seemingly grants Elon Musk — the wealthiest and arguably most powerful unelected figure in the world — and his associates at the somehow-still-real Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to all unclassified data held by US government agencies, according to… Continue reading Trump Gives Elon Musk Access to All Unclassified Data in the US Government
There’s Apparently a Huge Financial Problem With Trump’s Massive AI Project
President Donald Trump’s behemoth $500 billion AI infrastructure project, dubbed Stargate, may be doomed from the start. Trump made the sweeping announcement earlier this week, revealing that the ChatGPT maker, investment company SoftBank, tech giant Oracle, and Abu Dhabi state-run AI fund MGX would initially spend a total of $100 billion on the project, with… Continue reading There’s Apparently a Huge Financial Problem With Trump’s Massive AI Project
A Key Trump Goal Emerges: Replacing Human Jobs With AI
It’s a $500 billion bet. Rent Seeking As Trump hits the asphalt with a bevy of executive orders, it’s becoming clearer what he and his tech bro buddies imagine for the future of US labor: AI doing jobs instead of people, which could be very bad for US workers. News of Trump’s $500 billion AI… Continue reading A Key Trump Goal Emerges: Replacing Human Jobs With AI
UnitedHealthcare’s New CEO Announcement Draws a Frenzy of Dark Humor
Image by Curtis Means / Pool / Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty / Nintendo / Futurism UnitedHealthcare has just promoted one of its C-Suiters to CEO — and the dark humor is already pouring in. Six weeks after Brian Thompson was gunned down in the streets of Manhattan, UHC announced that it was… Continue reading UnitedHealthcare’s New CEO Announcement Draws a Frenzy of Dark Humor
George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper
Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different item to his long list of publications: a peer-reviewed physics paper just published in the American Journal of Physics that he coauthored. The… Continue reading George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper
The Less People Know About AI, the More They Like It
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people wondering: Who’s most likely to embrace AI in their daily lives? Many assume it’s the tech-savvy—those who understand how AI works—who are most eager to adopt it. Surprisingly, our new research, published in the Journal… Continue reading The Less People Know About AI, the More They Like It
The filmmaker behind Barbarian is leading a new Resident Evil reboot
A new Resident Evil reboot from Barbarian writer and director Zach Cregger is in the works, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The publication reports that Cregger is on board to write and direct the movie, which will be produced by Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions, with Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 4 ) as co-writer.… Continue reading The filmmaker behind Barbarian is leading a new Resident Evil reboot
Marvel Snap users are getting a ‘welcome back’ rewards package to make up for the TikTok ban outage
Marvel Snap was one of the unexpected casualties of the TikTok shutdown that briefly went into effect last weekend, and as a way of making things right with users, its developers at Second Dinner are now offering huge rewards packages to everyone directly and indirectly affected. As detailed in an article on X, US users… Continue reading Marvel Snap users are getting a ‘welcome back’ rewards package to make up for the TikTok ban outage