April 4, 2026 7:39 AM
April 4, 2026
AI-Powered Tractor Startup Burns Through a Quarter Billion Dollars, Fires All Employees in Epic Implosion
The world simply wasn’t ready for AI powered tractors. Or perhaps it was Monarch Tractor, the much-hyped company…
$60 Million Startup Says It’s Invented a New Particle to Dim the Sun
In October, Israel-US startup Stardust Solutions announced it had raised $60 million, the largest-ever fundraising round for tech…
Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude’s Source Code
The AI industry largely acts as if it’s above lowly copyright laws — unless, of course, those laws…
Insurance Companies Already Deploying AI Systems to Deny Claims Faster Than Ever Before
No one who’s dealt with one would ever accuse an insurance claims adjuster of being too generous, but…
Delivery Robot Companies in Trouble as Bot Become Targets for Vandalism
When University of California Berkeley allowed the startup Kiwibot to pump its campus full of delivery robots in…
Do You Cry More or Less Than the Average Person?
In common parlance, allowing yourself to have a “good cry” about something is usually associated with feelings of…
There’s a Blinking Warning Sign for the Data Centers in Space Industry
It’s plain to see that Elon Musk’s ambition of putting data centers in space is a daring and…
Moon Spacecraft’s Toilet Fails Hours Into Ten-Day Journey
The four crew members of NASA’s historic Artemis 2 mission around the Moon may be on one of…
Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed
The data centers powering your favorite AI chatbot are running low on helium, cash, and neighbors who don’t…
JONATHAN THE 193-YEAR-OLD TORTOISE IS STILL ALIVE, REPEAT HE HAS NOT DIED
On Wednesday, sorrow swept through the Futurism newsroom as we heard that Jonathan, a 193-year-old Seychelles giant tortoise…
Chinese University Announces 30-Story “Artificial Island” for Marine Research Purposes
Some countries pump out aircraft carriers to project power across the globe; others build research megastructures to plumb…
The Trump Administration Is Doing Something Horrifying to Workers at Nuclear Facilities
It isn’t just the guys handling plutonium who need to worry about radiation — every US nuclear worker,…
NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of AI Content Grows
Amid mounting scrutiny into AI usage creeping into the newspaper of record, the New York Times has cut…
Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests
The data centers at the heart of the AI boom are producing so much heat that they’re spiking…
A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into
Since the mid-1990s, scientists have been obsessed with cloning animals. Dolly the sheep famously became the first mammal…
Students Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests
Smart glasses aren’t just being used by juvenile pranksters and pickup artists to terrorize strangers, traumatize Meta’s data…
Tesla Admits Its Robotaxis Are Being Driven Remotely
Autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo made headlines last month after one of its executives explained during a Congressional hearing…
Remember That Robot Olaf Disney Was So Proud of? It Just Wiped Out So Hard That His Carrot Nose Went Clattering Across the Pavement
Disney’s much-hyped Olaf robot just got a faceful of pavement. In a viral video, the animatronic of the…
Second SpaceX Satellite Abruptly Explodes
In December, SpaceX revealed that it had lost control of one of its Starlink satellites after suffering an…
Bank Warns of Tesla Stock Collapse
In its quest to pivot from selling EVs to AI and humanoid robots, Tesla has seen his core…
You Know How Scientists Keep Finding Microplastics Literally Everywhere? Well, You’d Never Guess What Their Lab Gloves Are Coated in Straight Out of the Packaging
A growing contingent of the scientific community has become skeptical about the body of research finding that microplastics…
Scientists Investigating Whether Object NASA Is Approaching Is Core of Destroyed Planet
Scientists have long been intrigued by an enormous potato-shaped asteroid, dubbed 16 Psyche, that they suspect to be…
Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users
Your AI chatbot isn’t neutral. Trust its advice at your own risk. A striking new study, conducted by…
Australia Turns Into Bright-Red Vision of Hell
Tropical cyclone Narelle made history last week by becoming the first storm in over 20 years to make…