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Elon Musk's DOGE is cutting off people from their Social Security benefits by writing them off as dead, even though they're alive.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has Reportedly Cut Off a Bunch of People From Their Rightful Social Security

"They marked them as dead."

After Sam Altman bemoaned the massive costs of people saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT, one columnist argues it's worth it.
OpenAI

Hot Take Argues Why You Should Say Please and Thank You to ChatGPT

We've never thought it that way before.

Judging by the absolute chaos that has unfurled, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency experiment has been a disaster.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s DOGE Has Been a Dismal Failure

"DOGE is not a serious exercise."

It's not just progressives who've become turned off by Tesla. Even owners in red states are returning their Teslas in record numbers.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has a Huge Problem With His Republican Fans: They’re Ditching Their Teslas

Even Republicans are getting tired of Musk.

The government is looking to break up Google's monopoly over the internet — and OpenAI is ready to swoop in.
OpenAI

OpenAI Trying to Buy Chrome So It Can Ingest Your Entire Online Life to Train AI

Imagine an AI that knows everything about you.

Promoter and convicted fraudster Billy McFarland revealed that he would be selling the Fyre Festival and all of its IP.
Future Society

Billy From Fyre Fest Says He Just Can’t Do it Anymore

Fyre Fest 2 just went up in flames.

Many Tesla investors remain highly concerned that Musk's long-awaited return could be too little, too late.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk May Not Be Able to Save Tesla

"I don’t know how you take the stain off of Musk’s behavior."

Elon Musk's vision for Tesla's "Cybercab" autonomous robotaxis is pretty detached from reality.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s “Robotaxis” Have a Dirty Secret

More smoke and mirrors.

Scientists want to build a new type of detector they liken to a "cosmic car radio," that could listen to what the dark matter is saying.
Dark Matter

Scientists Say Dark Matter May Be Giving Off a Signal

"We already have the technology, now it’s just a matter of scale and time."

Before he became the leader of Catholics, Pope Francis was known for his charity — but his own organs will not be donated due to doctrine.
Health & Medicine

The Pope Can’t Be an Organ Donor Because the Catholic Church Has Seized Ownership of His Body

There's a lot of controversy behind this rule.

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.