“It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president.” Spilled Tea Party More cracks are showing in the testy alliance between president Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Behind the scenes, some of Trump’s staffers are incensed at Musk for breaking rank and blasting the president’s $500 billion AI deal, Politico reports. Speaking anonymously, one… Continue reading Trump’s Staff Have Had It With Elon Musk’s Insubordination
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The Onion Deletes Image From Article After Realizing It Was AI-Generated
Readers of the satirical publication The Onion noticed something surprising today: it had used an AI-generated picture on a new article, despite the paper’s CEO Ben Collins recently promising that “we don’t use AI.” The image of a lizard-like, humanoid face accompanied an article titled “Monster Devastated To See Film Depicting Things He Told Guillermo Del… Continue reading The Onion Deletes Image From Article After Realizing It Was AI-Generated
Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Woke AI
Wokeness was apparently keeping AI down. Guardrails Gone President Donald Trump’s second administration is all-in on AI — just not the woke kind. Amid his weeklong flurry of executive orders, the real estate mogul-turned-president suggested in his latest that wokeness is, essentially, keeping AI down. “To maintain this leadership, we must develop AI systems that… Continue reading Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Woke AI
This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin
What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could reach such stratospheric levels that lipids start oozing from your blood vessels, forming yellowish nodules on your skin. That was the disturbing case of a man in Florida who showed… Continue reading This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin
Apple says 68 percent of all iPhones are running iOS 18
Apple posted iOS 18 adoption rates on Friday, which are only slightly different from the numbers for iOS 17 a year ago. The company says iOS 18 has been installed on 68 percent of all iPhones (as of January 21) and 76 percent of models from the last four years. A year ago, 66 percent… Continue reading Apple says 68 percent of all iPhones are running iOS 18
Endless Legend 2 is real and there’s a mysterious trailer to prove it
The extremely popular strategy game Endless Legend is finally getting a sequel, ten whole years after the original game began blowing up sales charts. Developer Amplitude Studios, who made the first one, just dropped a trailer for Endless Legend 2 and it looks pretty darned cool. This game and its sequel fall under the “4X”… Continue reading Endless Legend 2 is real and there’s a mysterious trailer to prove it
Audi’s lifted Q6 E-tron Off-Road concept is ready for winter driving
/ Audi could probably find a market for these in America. By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Share this story Looking like a true brute of an off-roader.Image: Audi Audi… Continue reading Audi’s lifted Q6 E-tron Off-Road concept is ready for winter driving
Tesla has a new self-driving computer retrofit, but it’s not even for HW3 cars
Screenshot According to a well-known Tesla hacker, Tesla has designed a new self-driving computer retrofit, but it’s not even for HW3 cars. Teska has two primary computational hardware generations for its self-driving program: HW3 cars (up until 2023) and HW4 cars (since 2023), sometimes called AI4. The computer in the HW4 suite has much more… Continue reading Tesla has a new self-driving computer retrofit, but it’s not even for HW3 cars
Joe Rogan’s new custom Tesla Model S Plaid looks sick
Joe Rogan got himself a new Tesla Model S Plaid customized by Unplugged Performance, and I think it looks sick. Dope or nope? Rogan was not always a fan of electric vehicles. In fact, at one point, he was one of the biggest EV misinformation spreaders. It wasn’t intentional. Like many, he got caught in… Continue reading Joe Rogan’s new custom Tesla Model S Plaid looks sick
Trump Says AI Is So Important He’ll Build New Power Plants Attached to Datacenters
“I can get the approvals done myself without having to go through years of waiting.” Big Brain During a consortium of global billionaires and power players, President Donald Trump said AI is so important that he plans to attach literal powerplants to AI datacenters. “We’re going to make it so that the plants will have… Continue reading Trump Says AI Is So Important He’ll Build New Power Plants Attached to Datacenters