More from Maggie Harrison Dupré (Page 17)

Chinese protest content posted to Twitter was impossible to find due to bots, ultimately rendering Elon Musk's Twitter an ineffective ally to protestors.

An Overwhelming Number of Porn Bot Accounts “Drowned Out” Chinese Protest Content on Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

George Hotz, the infamous hacker-turned-entrepeneur-turned-Twitter-intern, just left his internship role at Twitter as a direct result of Elon Musk's chaos.

Even Twitter’s Intern Just Resigned in Disappointment

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a seemingly chaotic court hearing on Monday, SBF "leaned back with his eyes closed" and had to be "awakened by a court official," according to Reuters.

Sam Bankman-Fried Caught Either Sleeping or Resting His Eyes in Court

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Former president Donald Trump absolutely grotesque NFT "trading cards," which sold for $99 each, were allegedly plagiarized. Cheers.

It Turns Out Trump’s Wretched NFTs Were Plagiarized

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Despite what Elon Musk claims, police reportedly can't seem to find a link between ElonJet and an alleged stalking incident that occurred last week.

It Turns Out Elon Musk’s Stalking Incident Had Nothing to Do With ElonJet

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Disgraced ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who was officially arrested Monday night in the Bahamas on US criminal charges, just had his first court hearing.

SBF’s Dad Kept Sticking His Fingers in Ears During Court Hearing

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has refused to pay the rent for Twitter's San Francisco HQ for several weeks now, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Squatter Elon Musk Reportedly No Longer Paying Rent at Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a surprise to absolutely no one, scientists have discovered that applying testosterone to the skin of young straight dudes makes them unbelievably horny.

Smearing Testosterone on Men Makes Them Into Horny Beasts, Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk has used his platform to falsely insinuate that Yoel Roth, forced to flee his home, was implicit in a partisan muzzling of former president Trump.

Former Twitter Employee Flees Home After Elon Musk Whips Up Mob

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new report alleges that ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison were in a secret groupchat called "Wirefraud."

SBF and Caroline Ellison Allegedly Had a Secret Groupchat Called “Wirefraud”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Star Trek alum George Takei, handily — and eloquently — eviscerated Twitter CEO Elon Musk's recent dive into far-right conspiracies.

Beloved Actor George Takei Absolutely Skewers Elon Musk

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Who better than to call Elon Musk out on extremely gross, transphobic behavior than fellow Space Dude and Outspoken Guy, former US astronaut Scott Kelly?

Elon Musk Rages as NASA Astronaut Calls Out His Transphobia and Conspiracy Theories

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A lawsuit is alleging that Yuga Labs conspired to inflate the worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs through undisclosed celebrity endorsements.

Huge List of Celebs Accused of Taking Secret Payments to Shill Bored Apes

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Twitter owner Elon Musk might have a new way to solve his App Store problem: just charge iOS users 30 percent extra for a Twitter Blue subscription.

Elon Musk’s Ingenious Plan to Avoid Apple’s 30% Fee: Charge 30% More

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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The FBI Says Apple’s New Encryption Is “Deeply Concerning”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Gemini, the Winklevoss twin-founded crypto exchange, guaranteed Earn users high returns and product safety. Some ex-employees say Gemini downplayed risk.

Former Employees Say Problems Were Obvious at the Winklevoss’ Exchange Before It Paused Withdrawals

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The war between Floridians and invasive iguanas continues. Unfortunately for some Floridians, one iguana laid its life on the power line this week.

Science & Energy

Saboteur Iguana Causes Mass Power Outage, Then Dies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta-formerly-known-as-Facebook has reportedly banned its own employees from talking about divisive topics — including gun rights and abortion — at work.

Totalitarian Zuckerberg Bans Employees From Discussing Guns, Vaccines, Abortion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In the wake of Twitter's chaotic exchange of power, Facebook-turned-Meta is reportedly hoping to fill the Twitter void — by going back to its roots.

Inspired by Twitter’s Struggles, Facebook Considers Making an App Where You Can Post Text. Wait a Second…

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

While we're photos won't ever do the Moon's sheer size perfect justice, a new video from the Artemis mission's uncrewed Orion spacecraft might come close.

Epic Artemis Video Shows the Astonishing Size of the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a short amount of time, a number of AI algorithms have been bottled into consumable products. One problem: these products, and the public, aren't ready.

Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Problem With That AI Portrait App: It Can Undress People Without Their Consent

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Bloomberg reports that Twitter's janitorial staff is officially on strike. The acquisition has been a total mess — now, the building will match.

Twitter HQ May Sink Into Literal Filth as Its Janitors Go on Strike

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Introducing Asteroid Launcher, an app that allows you to simulate exactly how an asteroid impact might destroy your hometown — or anywhere else.

Fun Website Lets You Simulate an Asteroid Impact in Your Hometown

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The European Union investing $400k into a 24-hour metaverse "beach party," only to attract a handful of guests — who all left within the first hour.

Man Alarmed to Become Only Guest at $400,000 Metaverse Party

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

MSN has deleted some of their garbage fake news, but continues to publish fake stories about the Loch Ness Monster, haunted toys, and killer asteorids.

Artificial Intelligence

MSN Deletes Fake News About Mermaids and Bigfoot, Runs New Story About Haunted Ventriloquist Dummy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is adding the Twitter Files as a new feather in his "free speech absolutist" cap — and thinks their reveal could put him in danger.

Elon Musk Thinks It’s Likely that “Something Bad” Will Happen to Him

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New research shows that standard goose harassment tactics are horribly ineffective at shooing — and keeping — away geese.

Science & Energy

Furious Geese Are Defeating Humans, Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There's now a surer sign than ever that NFTs are doomed for eternal lameness: museums are buying — and even minting — them in growing numbers.

The Ultimate Sign That NFTs Are Uncool: Museums Are Now Embracing Them

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Turns out there's a hack for getting OpenAI's new AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to tell you how to do illegal things: just tell it to be unethical.

OpenAI’s New AI Offers Detailed Instructions on How to Shoplift

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A scientist in the UK wants to build an old growth Earth forest in a bubble on surface of Mars, and honestly? He makes a good case.

Scientist Proposes Growing a Forest Inside a Bubble on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The crypto industry hosted its inaugural award show this week. It was called The Crypties, and it sounded... super weird.

Glitzy Crypto Award Show Gets Weird When Host Keeps Roasting Guests For Dismal Failure

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is speaking out, and he's sort of, kind of, taking responsibility — but also not really?

An Interviewer Asked Sam Bankman-Fried If He’d Been Honest and His Answer Was Bizarre

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Hemgenix is the latest form of a gene therapy drug to be approved by the FDA, and it's now the most expensive drug in the world. Too expensive.

Another Crypto Exchange Is Laying Off 1,100 Employees

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk's chaotic workforce cullings at Twitter has decimated the team responsible for redressing child sexual exploitation.

Elon Musk Reportedly Slashed the Team That Fights Child Sexual Abuse on Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Billionaire commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman says we should bring back the dinosaurs — and we're almost convinced that he's kidding.

Billionaire Private Astronaut Suggests Reviving Dinosaurs

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to court filings, FTX owes about $55,319 to Jimmy Buffet's Bahamian Margaritaville resort, because of course it does.

FTX’s Worst Sin: It Owes an Immense Bill to Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Billy McFarland, scammer of Fyre Fest fame, wants you to invest in a not-metaverse metaverse project — and we have to say, we're confused.

The Fyre Fest Guy Is Off House Arrest and of Course His New Scheme Involves the Metaverse and Crypto

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

3D printing firm ICON just landed a $57.2 million contract from NASA for Project Olympus, the company's mission to create 3D-printed Moon shelters.

NASA Hires Company to 3D Print American Base on the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Mark Cuban, who's currently being sued for his role with the bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital, thinks Sam Bankman-Fried should fear prison.

Mark Cuban Says SBF Should Be Afraid of Imprisonment “For a Long Time”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

From the department of Why Not, Axios reports that a UK-based startup dubbed Joipaw is prototyping a new kind of videogame... made for dogs.

Startup Unveils Videogame for Dogs

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The OMOTENASHI (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor), a JAXA CubeSat that launched with Artemis I, has failed.

Lunar Lander Released by NASA’s Artemis 1 Mission Dies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Miami nightclub owners missing the business of high-rolling crypto millionaires, who sought to loudly flaunt their wealth on the city's nightlife scene.

Miami Nightclubs Horrified That Big-Spending Crypto Bros Are Broke Now

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists in China claim to have genetically modified tobacco plants to be able to produce cocaine — but don't get too excited just yet, kids.

Scientists Gene Hack Random Plant to Grow Cocaine

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Sam Bankman-Fried — who Twitter owner Elon Musk has been heavily firing shots at left and right — is actually Musk's partner in the deal.

Elon Musk Vigorously Denies That SBF Secretly Owns Part of Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Employers are starting to invest in mind-reading tech, which promise to do things like maximize worker productivity and ensure employee wellness.

Companies Already Investing in Tech to Scan Employees’ Brains

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The next Indiana Jones film, set in 1969, features Indy fighting NASA Nazis. The sad truth? A few of these guys actually existed.

Bad Guy in New “Indiana Jones” Movie Is Nazi Who Works at NASA

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Bill Gates took to LinkedIn over the weekend to celebrate one of the nicher holiday: World Toilet Day. And trust us, he's really in the spirit.

Science & Energy

Bill Gates Reflects on Drinking Product of Fecal Sludge

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scott Kelly, the retired NASA astronaut who once held the American record for the longest time spent in a single off-world orbit, is an outspoken guy.

Retired NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Dishes on Ukraine, Russia, and Moon Mission

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers in Austria are making biodegradable computer chip substrates out of the mushroom skin. The results are promising.

Science & Energy

Scientists Build Circuit Boards Based on Mushrooms

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ozempic, the viral TikTok weight loss drug, is so popular that its creator has declared a shortage — wreaking havoc on the lives of actual diabetics.

So Many People Are Using a Diabetes Drug for Weight Loss That Actual Diabetics Are Having Trouble Getting It

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Lawyer Explains Why He's Suing Celebs Who Shilled FTX Before Its Spectacular Meltdown

Behind the Lawsuit Against Celebs Who Shilled FTX Before Its Spectacular Meltdown

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A spaceflight photographer took to Twitter to post a mesmerizing video of the Artemis I launch, only to find himself the victim of an AI error.

Twitter Claims Video of Moon Rocket Launch Is Revenge Porn

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Experts Baffled by Why NASA’s “Red Crew” Wear Blue Shirts

Experts Baffled by Why NASA’s “Red Crew” Wear Blue Shirts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As crypto exchange FTX continues its demise, 3AC's Zhu Su and Kyle Davies have somewhat unexpectedly crawled out of the rubble.

Guy Linked to Huge Crypto Meltdown Says It’s Just a Coincidence That He’s Hanging Out in a Country With No Extradition to United States

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Conviction is easy if you're surrounded by a bunch of yes men — which Mark Zuckerberg just might be. And $15 billion down the line, that may not bode well.

Former Facebook Exec Says Zuckerberg Has Surrounded Himself With Sycophants

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The first civil suit against the crypto exchange FTX was just filed, naming FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, and 11 of FTX's many celebrity ambassadors.

Celebrities Are Officially Being Sued by FTX Retail Investors

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

They say "don't meet your heroes," but what's even worse? When your hero buys Twitter, makes you pay for a blue check, and the check doesn't work.

Telsa Superfan Dismayed When He Pays for Checkmark and It Doesn’t Even Appear on His Profile

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Boston Dynamics is suing computer Ghost Robots, alleging that their rival robot maker has infringed on patents related to the Spot quadruped.

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Sues Competitor That Put a Gun on Its Robodog

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In the wake of the FTX crash, Tom Brady and others have deleted evidence of his partnership with the embattled cryptocurrency exchange.

Celebrities Frantically Deleting Tweets Shilling FTX Before Its Collapse

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

You just hate him 'cause you ain't him, and it's time to lay off — according to one Maye Musk, mother of Elon Musk, that is.

Elon Musk’s Mom Pleads With Everyone to Stop Being So Mean to Her Perfect Boy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There are few things that wealthy people can do to get in trouble in the crypto-friendly tax haven of the Bahamas. But alas, Sam Bankman-Fried has done it.

The FTX Collapse Is So Egregious That Even the Bahamas Are Investigating

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

You go to the gym, you pick things up. But maybe, as the second half of the famous quote goes, the focus should really be on putting them down.

Scientists Find That Lifting Weights Offers No Benefit Over Simply Lowering Them

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Humans have known about climate change for decades. So why are we choosing to destroy our planet — and with it, ourselves?

Professors Warn of “Horrifying” Self-Destruction of Human Civilization

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ABC News reports that Chinese space debris from another one of the nation's Long March 5B rockets was just discovered at sea off the Philippines coastline.

Chinese Space Debris Crashes Down in the Philippines

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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