There’s a Scandal Growing About That Paper About How Black Spatulas Are Killing You

Image by Getty / Futurism Remember that huge panic around black spatulas? It turns out that the whole thing may ...
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Astronomers Were Watching a Black Hole When It Suddenly Exploded With Gamma Rays

Woah. Blast Radius In 2018, astronomers took the first-ever picture of a black hole, a fascinating and unprecedented glimpse of ...
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Google-Backed AI Startup Announces Plans to Stop Grooming Teenagers

Content warning: this story discusses sexual abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. Earlier this week, Futurism reported ...
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Video Shows Robot Welding SpaceX Starship

Look at it go! A Cure for Weldness SpaceX is pulling out all the stops in preparation for the upcoming ...
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Character.AI Was Google Play’s “Best with AI” App of 2023

In the face of piling controversy — and a second lawsuit concerning the welfare of children — Google has taken ...
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Leaked Video Shows Insurance CEO Gloating About Denying Care, Calling Critics Delusional

Image by Kent Nishimura via Getty / Futurism UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty made some eyebrow-raising remarks following the assassination ...
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Google-Backed AI Startup Tested Dangerous Chatbots on Children, Lawsuit Alleges

Two families in Texas are suing the startup Character.AI and its financial backer Google, alleging that the platform’s AI characters ...
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Murdered Insurance CEO Was a “Gangster”

“They’re gangsters, dude.” Mob Life Comedian Bill Burr was brash in his condemnation of slain UnitedHealthcare (UHC) CEO Brian Thompson, ...
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Mariah Carey Denies That Her Holiday Video Is AI Slop, But We’re Not Convinced, for Obvious Reasons

“She has officially been uploaded to the cloud.” Wrap It Up Christmas queen Mariah Carey has released her latest yuletide ...
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US Military Alarmed by Russian Nuclear Weapon Platform in Orbit

This is some freaky stuff. Dumb War A Russian spacecraft launched higher than most satellites has long had the Pentagon ...
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