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Best Walmart deals to compete with Prime Day 2025: All-time-low prices from Microsoft, Samsung, and more
Show more (11 items) Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale, taking place on October 7-8, is a great time to snag discounts on tech for your home and office — and October Prime Day is now only days away. You can expect sales on a variety of tech products, including laptops, TVs, headphones, smartphones, and more. However,… Continue reading Best Walmart deals to compete with Prime Day 2025: All-time-low prices from Microsoft, Samsung, and more
Amazing New Tech Turns Your Screen 3D by Tracking Your Eye Position With Your Webcam
3D screens have really struggled to take off. Neither bulky 3D televisions that require cheap-looking glasses nor VR headsets have ever caught on in the mainstream. Movies projected in 3D have plummeted in popularity after hitting their peak in the early 2010s. But that doesn’t mean there are other clever ways to trick your brain… Continue reading Amazing New Tech Turns Your Screen 3D by Tracking Your Eye Position With Your Webcam
Trigger Warning Have a Weird Effect on People, New Paper Finds
Getty Images In theory, trigger warnings, also known as content warnings, should save us from seeing something upsetting — whether it’s a plain old gross-out, or some legitimately disturbing footage that can ruin your entire day. They’ve become more important in an age where even the most mainstream social media sites have turned into veritable… Continue reading Trigger Warning Have a Weird Effect on People, New Paper Finds
College Student Died Locked Inside a Cybertruck on Fire, Family Now Suing Tesla
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – SEPTEMBER 21: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on September 10th while speaking at an event during his “American Comeback Tour”… Continue reading College Student Died Locked Inside a Cybertruck on Fire, Family Now Suing Tesla
Lazy Parents Are Giving Their Toddlers ChatGPT on Voice Mode to Keep Them Entertained for Hours
Getty / Futurism Our society has only recently come to terms with the fact that maybe placating young children by getting them hooked on touchscreen devices with unfettered access to the internet was bad for their brains. Now, with the rise of human-like AI chatbots, a generation of “iPad babies” could seem almost quaint: some… Continue reading Lazy Parents Are Giving Their Toddlers ChatGPT on Voice Mode to Keep Them Entertained for Hours
Can tap-to-pay save public transportation?
Transportation Mass Transit More cities are adopting OMNY-like open-loop payment systems for transit. Can it keep transit from slipping into a death spiral? by Andrew J. Hawkins Oct 5, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC Transportation Mass Transit More cities are adopting OMNY-like open-loop payment systems for transit. Can it keep transit from slipping into a death… Continue reading Can tap-to-pay save public transportation?
You can get antique plates for a first-gen Prius now — feeling old, yet?
This fall marks the 25th anniversary of the US launch of the first-gen Toyota Prius — a car that, arguably, has done more to more to shift the market away from fossil fuels than any other single vehicle (more on that in a minute). That means that, in many states, you can now get “antique”… Continue reading You can get antique plates for a first-gen Prius now — feeling old, yet?
Scientists Spot “Rogue” Planet Floating Between Stars, Devouring Everything in Reach
European Southern Observatory About 620 light years away in the constellation Chamaeleon, a strange planet is devouring everything around it at a furious pace. Cha 1107-7626, a “rogue” planet because it doesn’t orbit a star, has suddenly increased its appetite in recent months and is now gobbling every bit of gas, dust and rocks near… Continue reading Scientists Spot “Rogue” Planet Floating Between Stars, Devouring Everything in Reach
AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If you plan a trip using AI, triple check that the locations it recommends visiting actually exist. The BBC reports that unsuspecting tourists all over the world are leaning on AI to plan vacations — and getting themselves into potentially dangerous situations because AI model are… Continue reading AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations