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…

Apr 3, 2026 3 min read
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…

Apr 3, 2026 2 min read
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…

Apr 2, 2026 4 min read
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…

Apr 2, 2026 4 min read
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…

Apr 2, 2026 3 min read
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…

Apr 2, 2026 3 min read
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…

Apr 2, 2026 3 min read
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…

Apr 2, 2026 2 min read
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,…

Apr 2, 2026 3 min read
Conspiracy Theorists Are Going to Have a Field Day as NASA Gears Up to Launch Historic Moon Mission on April Fools’ Day

Conspiracy theories have run rampant over the decades following NASA’s historic Apollo missions to the surface of the…

Apr 2, 2026 3 min read
Leaked Claude Code Shows Anthropic Building Mysterious “Tamagotchi” Feature Into It

After Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code to its blockbuster Claude chatbot, netizens swiftly pounced to start plowing…

Apr 1, 2026 3 min read
SpaceX Files for IPO

Following months of rumors, Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial…

Apr 1, 2026 3 min read
The CEO of Microsoft Suddenly Sounds Extremely Nervous About AI

It sounds like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is already coming up with excuses in case the whole AI…

Jan 20, 2026 3 min read
Astronauts Helicoptered to Hospital After Mystery Evacuation From Space Station

Earlier this month, NASA announced that it had to cancel a scheduled spacewalk, citing a “medical situation” affecting…

Jan 20, 2026 3 min read
Tesla Cybercab Spotted Dripping Liquid

Anybody who’s regularly driven in winter conditions knows the importance of keeping windshield washer fluid topped up. Keeping…

Jan 20, 2026 3 min read
They Started an Entire College Dedicated to Resisting Cancel Culture, and Then the Funniest Possible Thing Happened

In 2021, a crew of self-described free speech martyrs announced they were founding a university to save American…

Jan 20, 2026 3 min read
As Microsoft Stuffs Windows With AI, New Update Prevents Users From Turning Off Their PCs

Microsoft is hellbent on stuffing Windows 11 with AI — and many feel that this is coming at…

Jan 20, 2026 3 min read
Experts Concerned That AI Progress Could Be Speeding Toward a Sudden Wall

Is the AI industry racing towards a point where the tech’s progress stalls out or slows to a…

Jan 20, 2026 4 min read
Young Tech Bros Are Embracing Celibacy in Favor of the All-Consuming Drive for Wealth

The future moguls of corporate America aren’t living like the new money princes in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The…

Jan 20, 2026 3 min read
Inventor Building AI-Powered Suicide Chamber

The inventor of a controversial suicide pod is making sure his device keeps up with the times by…

Jan 20, 2026 4 min read
NASA Moves Giant Artemis II Rocket to Launchpad to Blast Astronauts to Moon

NASA’s Moon rocket has made it to its launchpad. On Saturday, the towering assembly — comprising the enormous…

Jan 19, 2026 3 min read
Cybertruck Sales Show Stomach-Churning Drop

Tesla’s “apocalypse-proof” Cybertruck is continuing to experience a near-cataclysmic plunge in sales that seems impossible to recover from.…

Jan 19, 2026 3 min read
Arrests Made for Murder at Amazon Facility

An Amazon fulfillment center in Texas became a murder scene after a dispute between co-workers spiraled into a…

Jan 19, 2026 2 min read
There’s a Particularly Sinister Explanation for Why Trump Wants to Seize Greenland

On the campaign trail leading up to his election in 2024, Donald Trump made a plenty of bizarre…

Jan 19, 2026 3 min read