The 12-year campaign to free Ross Ulbricht — the criminal mastermind behind the Silk Road, the original crypto-enabled dark web mail-order-drug emporium — finally ended in January, when newly-minted second term president Donald Trump officially pardoned the bitcoin criminal. Now, Ulbricht is picking up where he left off, getting his first taste of a world… Continue reading Suddenly Freed From Prison, Silk Road Founder Stunned by Advancements in World Since 2013
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Drone Footage Shows What Appears to Be a Cheap Tesla Prototype Zooming Around a Test Track
Are we on the cusp of truly affordable Teslas? A YouTuber flew a drone over Tesla’s Fremont test track and saw what may be its new cheap model racing around it. As spotted by Teslarati, new flyover footage from an account that calls itself “Met God in Wildnerness” — which along with frequent Fremont flyovers… Continue reading Drone Footage Shows What Appears to Be a Cheap Tesla Prototype Zooming Around a Test Track
Secret OpenAI Memo Describes Plans to Make Users Rely on “Entity”
An internal OpenAI document somehow ended up in the discovery process for an antitrust trial against Google — and the revelations about the company’s plans for ChatGPT are illuminating and, depending on your point of view, disquieting. As The Verge reports, the Justice Department’s ongoing attempts to break up Google’s alleged monopoly garnered an OpenAI memo… Continue reading Secret OpenAI Memo Describes Plans to Make Users Rely on “Entity”
This palm recognition smart lock doubles as a video doorbell (and has no monthly fees)
ZDNET’s key takeaways The Eufy FamiLock S3 Max is a new video smart lock available for $400. This smart lock also features a camera and doorbell button, and an indoor screen shows you who is at the door. I just wish the FamiLock S3 Max could unlock with human recognition using the Eufy HomeBase BionicMind,… Continue reading This palm recognition smart lock doubles as a video doorbell (and has no monthly fees)
Amazon Programmers Say What Happened After Turn to AI Was Dark
The shoehorning of AI into everything has programmers at Amazon feeling less like the tedious parts of their jobs are being smoothly automated, and more like their work is beginning to resemble the drudgery of toiling away in one of the e-commerce giant’s vast warehouses. That’s the bleak picture painted in new reporting from the… Continue reading Amazon Programmers Say What Happened After Turn to AI Was Dark
Week in Review: Perplexity Labs wants to do your work
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got a ton of stories for you this week, including a new AI-powered browser from Arc; not one but TWO hacks; Gemini email summaries; and much more. Have a great weekend! Look out, Google: AI-powered search engine Perplexity released Perplexity Labs, which gives Pro subscribers a tool that… Continue reading Week in Review: Perplexity Labs wants to do your work
First-ever production electric Honda motorcycle is here – and it’s a cafe racer!
Year after year, a seemingly endless raft of all-electric concept bikes wearing Honda badges have made their way across the motor show stage without ever making it onto the dealer showroom. But now, it’s here: this unmissable, cafe racer-inspired electric Honda motorcycle is the company’s first – and you can buy it! We got our first… Continue reading First-ever production electric Honda motorcycle is here – and it’s a cafe racer!
Scientists Startled by Discovery of Small Star Swimming Through Outer Layers of Another Larger Star
A team of researchers in China have discovered a stunning binary system in which a stellar object known as a pulsar orbited inside the outer layers of its companion star — which it accomplished after stripping its host’s innards and dispersing them into space. The findings, detailed in a new study published in the journal… Continue reading Scientists Startled by Discovery of Small Star Swimming Through Outer Layers of Another Larger Star
Scientists Want You to Ink an Electronic Tattoo On Your Forehead So Your Boss Can Detect Your Mental State
Image by Device / Huh et al. / Futurism Burned out but too anxious to admit it to your boss? Or are you just bad at knowing when to take a break? In either case, a new device could be just what you need — if you’re willing to rock some temporary face tats, and sacrifice… Continue reading Scientists Want You to Ink an Electronic Tattoo On Your Forehead So Your Boss Can Detect Your Mental State
Another Bodybuilder Just Died a Horrible Death
Image by @tkachyk_1990 via Instagram / Futurism After quitting the bizarre injections that puffed up his muscles, a Russian bodybuilder has become the latest in a long and unfortunate line of pro weightlifters to meet untimely demises. As The Sun reports, 35-year-old Nikita Tkachuk hadn’t injected synthol — a so-called “site enhancement oil” primarily made up… Continue reading Another Bodybuilder Just Died a Horrible Death