Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Sabitus / Craig Ambrosio / WWE via Getty Images Whether you’re a longtime fan or you couldn’t care less, it’s hard to deny how much skill — and blood — goes into professional wrestling. Though plot lines are scripted ahead of time and the impacts are staged,… Continue reading The WWE Says It’ll Use AI to Write Storylines, in the Latest Case of Forcing AI Into Everybody’s Lives
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The Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Slamming on the Brakes, Scientist Says
Jewitt and Luu 2025 In case you missed it, there’s a fascinating object from another part of the universe visiting our neck of the woods. Dubbed 3I-ATLAS — “three” as in the third known interstellar object from outside of our solar system — the bizarre entity has had the astronomical community in a quiet fervor… Continue reading The Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Slamming on the Brakes, Scientist Says
An AI Mistook a Doritos Bag for a Gun and Called the Cops on a Teenager
Getty / Futurism An AI-powered gun detection system hooked up to a Baltimore County high school’s cameras mistook a bag of Doritos chips as a weapon — and called the cops on a 16-year-old student. As local news station WBAL-TV 11 News reports, Taki Allen was enjoying the snack while sitting outside of Kenwood High… Continue reading An AI Mistook a Doritos Bag for a Gun and Called the Cops on a Teenager
Baseus Inspire XC1 Review: Excellent Open Earbuds
Speaking of critical listening, the XC1 work with Sony’s hi-res capable LDAC Bluetooth codec, should you happen to own a compatible Android phone (sorry, iPhone users). Using LDAC can reveal more detail, especially when listening to a source of lossless audio, but for these earbuds, I don’t think the juice is worth the squeeze. Using… Continue reading Baseus Inspire XC1 Review: Excellent Open Earbuds
The Best OTC Hearing Aids (2025), Tested and Reviewed
If you’re spending hundreds or thousands of dollars buying an OTC hearing aid, make sure you’re getting a product that offers a sustainable long-term solution to your hearing loss needs. Aside from the obvious things like sound quality, take a few minutes to look into these specs. What size and style works best for you?… Continue reading The Best OTC Hearing Aids (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too
They’ve been pushed out of the workforce, now we’re training robots to do the few jobs teens have left. They’ve been pushed out of the workforce, now we’re training robots to do the few jobs teens have left. by Terrence O’Brien Oct 25, 2025, 6:00 PM UTC Terrence O’Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He… Continue reading Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too
India, the market BlaBlaCar once walked away from, is now its biggest
Every few weekends, 21-year-old student Lavanya Jain opens the BlaBlaCar app to find a lift from Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi to his home in Kandhla, a small town in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state. The 120-kilometer journey costs him about ₹500, the equivalent of about $6. That’s a fraction of the ₹1,500–₹2,000,… Continue reading India, the market BlaBlaCar once walked away from, is now its biggest
Amazon Reveals Smart Glasses That Effectively Turn Its Delivery Drivers Into Cyborg Drones
Amazon is spending copious amounts of money looking for ways to automate labor currently done by human workers. The company is hoping to replace more than half a million jobs with robots by 2033, as the New York Times reported this week (the company is currently the United States’ second-largest employer after Walmart.) And in… Continue reading Amazon Reveals Smart Glasses That Effectively Turn Its Delivery Drivers Into Cyborg Drones
Bystanders Horrified by Slightly-Too-Honest AI Billboard
@mattxiv via X San Francisco is plastered with billboards advertising AI tech, all in varying degrees of in-your-face dystopic. Even so, a new crop of them has managed to stand out from the pack by being shockingly upfront about the industry’s attitude toward regular humans. “Our AI does your daughter’s homework. Reads her bedtime stories.… Continue reading Bystanders Horrified by Slightly-Too-Honest AI Billboard
Law School Tests Trial With Jury Made Up of ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude
Eric Muller The University of North Carolina School of Law held an unusual mock trial on Friday. Looming over the proceedings even more prominently than the judge running the show were three tall digital displays, sticking out with their glossy finishes amid the courtroom’s sea of wood paneling. Each screen represented a different AI chatbot:… Continue reading Law School Tests Trial With Jury Made Up of ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude