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Scientists used laser pulses to hack the human eye into seeing a brand new color, which they termed "olo."
Developments

Scientists Hack Human Eye to See a Whole New Color, Called “Olo”

"There is no way to convey that color in an article or on a monitor."

Prominent right wing accounts on X, formerly Twitter, suddenly saw their popularity fall off a cliff after criticizing Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

Twitter Appears to Be Shadow Banning Accounts That Criticize Elon Musk

"Don't sit here and cloak yourself in the First Amendment and free speech, and then do things like that."

In a blog post published this week, Business Insider cofounder Henry Blodget used AI to create a fictional exec. He then harassed it.
Artificial Intelligence

Investor Creates AI Employee, Immediately Sexually Harasses It

You can't make this stuff up.

Adding the word "meaning" to nonexistent folksy sayings is causing Google's AI Overviews to cook up invented explanations for them.
Google

“You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice”: Google’s AI Is Making Up Explanations for Nonexistent Folksy Sayings

This is getting ridiculous.

Elon Musk's long-hyped Optimus robots are in trouble, but there's more to it than Trump's mounting trade war with China.
Robotics

Musk Says Trump Preventing Him From Building Legion of Robots

"Anything to get you not to look at the facts."

The timing of Trump's announcement that he's planning to be "very nice" to China couldn't have come at a better time for Elon Musk's Tesla.
Future Society

The Timing of Trump’s China Announcement Is Incredibly Convenient for Tesla

Almost like Trump was doing Elon Musk a huge favor!

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's plundering of the federal government has been incredibly bad for business, something that's dawning on him.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Realizes He’s Dragging Tesla Into Ruin

Better late than never.

Priscilla Chan's free school is shutting down operations amid anti-diversity rollbacks at her billionaire husband's enterprises.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife Is Shutting Down a School for Low Income Families

Sorry, kids!

Tesla has released its first-quarter earnings for 2025 — and the numbers are even more brutal than we expected.
Tesla

Tesla’s Earnings Are Even More Brutal Than We Expected

Yikes.

The Trump administration is slapping giant tariffs on solar panels — and the figures are so high, you will straight up gasp.
Solar Power

Trump Just Set a Tariff on Solar Panels So High That Your Eyebrows May Raise Involuntarily

This is bonkers, even for Trump.

A woman says she found herself stuck in the middle of an express loop when her self-driving Waymo taxi decided it needed a break.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Passengers Alarmed as Self-Driving Car Kidnaps Them, Refuses to Let Them Exit

"Cars kept honking at us and it would not move, would not let us out."

Longtime Tesla investor and Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives warned that CEO Elon Musk has created a "code red" situation for the company.
Future Society

Formerly Optimistic Tesla Megainvestor: “Code Red”

"We view this as a fork in the road time."

Trump's proposed NASA budget would cancel NASA's follow-up to its James Webb Space Telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Future Society

Trump Trying to Cancel NASA’s Successor to the James Webb Space Telescope, Even Though It’s Already Built

"This is nuts."

A 21-year-old went from viral sensation to startup founder after getting kicked out of Columbia for creating an AI that helps you cheat. 
Artificial Intelligence

Columbia Student Kicked Out for Creating AI to Cheat, Raises Millions to Turn It Into a Startup

That's one way to do it!

A half marathon foot race in Beijing saw thousands of humanoid robots running right alongside their flesh-and-blood counterparts.
Robotics

Watching These Humanoid Robots Try to Run a Half Marathon Is Hilarious and Bizarre

Honestly, relatable.

Actors who sold their likenesses to AI companies are horrified to learn what their faces are being used for.
Artificial Intelligence

Actors Horrified as They Learn What Selling Their Faces as AI Actually Means

"The clients I've worked with didn't fully understand what they were agreeing to at the time."

The heads of banks get paid the big bucks for a reason — and the latest missive from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is a perfect exemplar. 
Future Society

JPMorgan CEO Says Something Everyone Can Agree On: “Kill Meetings” and Corporate Jargon

This guy really hates meetings!

Elon Musk's budget cuts to international humanitarian aid have proven devastating for some of the poorest people on the planet.
Elon Musk

Children Starving to Death After Elon Musk Cut Their Food

"A death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation."

Elon Musk still not admitted that his time at the White House is about to be up. Behind the scenes, he's apparently singing a different tune.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Now Privately Admitting He’s Out of His Depth

Who could have seen this one coming?

OpenAI's latest AI models tend to make things up — or "hallucinate" — substantially more than earlier versions.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Hot New AI Has an Embarrassing Problem

How have we not solved this yet?!