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Artificial Intelligence

Data Centers Are Sucking Up So Many Construction Workers That There Isn’t Anybody Left to Build Houses, Expert Says

"Many of those people that were in housing are going to these data centers."

Drones

Amazon Delivery Drone Drops Package Directly Into Customer’s Swimming Pool

"Oh s***!"

Finance

“Biblical Levels of Insider Trading”: New Prediction Market Monetizes Anything in Livestreams

"What if any livestream could become a prediction market?"

Finance

Insider Trading on Polymarket Is Revealing Military Secrets

"It would be ⁠naive to think foreign-intelligence agencies aren't monitoring these markets."

Future Society

Expert on Financial Crises Says the Signs Are Impossible to Miss

"We need to acknowledge that the bottom can fall beneath the US economy, practically, in any minute."

Elon Musk

Tesla Is Giving Up on Solar Roof Tiles as Elon Musk Leans Into Fossil Fuels

Yet another flopped product built on too much hype.

Military

Horrified School District Pleads Police to Stop Using Electric Shock Torture Gloves on Students

"I can't even imagine walking down the hallway and seeing a peer of mine being electrocuted in a place that is supposed to be a safe space for students."

Artificial Intelligence

Patients Are Skipping Going to the Doctor Because AI “Receptionists” Can’t Understanding What They’re Saying

"I ended up just hanging up and not bothering to try and book an appointment."

Future Society

AI-Generated Children’s Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns

"The same tropes kept coming up."

Advanced Transport

Paramedics Now Rolling Up to Medical Emergencies in Flying Hovercraft

It's helping paramedics "redefine emergency response in rural communities."

Artificial Intelligence

This Is Probably Not the AI-Generated Version of “The Odyssey” That Elon Musk Was Imagining

Or in all likelihood, that *anyone* was imagining.

Artificial Intelligence

The Results of Middle and High School Students Using AI Are Extremely Ominous

In an age of AI, getting good grades is a mirage.

Mass Transit

Government Spending on Mass Transit Would Be Incredible for Small Towns, Study Finds

New York isn't the only city that could have incredible transit.

Artificial Intelligence

Devious New Font Turns AI Scrapers Into Mincemeat

The font makes "the text itself polluted, harder, and more expensive to collect without permission."

Robotics

This Has to Be the Most Amazing Robot Death We’ve Ever Seen

Ever blow out your back so hard that you split in half?

Privacy

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole

"Any good prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich."

Future Society

The AI Industry Has Fumbled Its Public Image So Badly That It’s Incredible

The majority of young adults in the US say they're "more concerned than excited" about AI.

Neuroscience and Brain

Wild New Paper Claims Human Brain Doesn’t Produce Consciousness

"Nothing in science explains how three pounds of matter... can love, hate, dream, imagine, fear or hope for its future."

Data Privacy

Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky

It's the company's "fastest growing business unit."

Physics

Cop Used Electrocution Gloves to Subdue High School Student in Special Education Program

"We are constantly seeking ways to keep the public and police officers safe through innovations like G.L.O.V.E."