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futurism.com > health-medicine > laptop-toasts-boy

Laptop Toasts Boy

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (313+ words) Published Sep 13, 2026 11:02 AM EDT Here’s a hazard you probably didn’t expect from too much screen time. Two doctors in the UK reported in the journal BMJ Case Reports the bizarre case of a young boy whose laptop literally toasted his…...


futurism.com > future-society > police-investigator-flock-alpr-abuse-4000-illegal-searches

Police Investigator Accused of Making Over 4,000 Illegal Flock Camera Searches

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (319+ words) Published Sep 13, 2026 6:01 AM EDT In case you thought the extreme backlash against automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) was excessive, a veteran police investigator was just arrested after conducting over 4,000 unauthorized searches using the software provided by Flock Safety. According to…...


futurism.com > artificial-intelligence > labor-union-support-gallup-ai-automation

Support for Unions Is Spiking as AI Threatens Jobs

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (230+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 6:03 AM EDT As the triple-threat of AI-fueled unemployment, rampant inflation, and further erosion of workers’ rights take their toll, US workers are throwing their support behind a long-neglected institution: labor unions. According to a new survey by polling…...


futurism.com > future-society > economic-problem-tesla-cybercabs

There's a Huge Economic Problem With Tesla's Cybercabs

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (646+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 11:08 AM EDT Tesla’s flashy unveiling of its Cybercab robotaxi in 2024 left some glaring questions unanswered. The sleek, gold-colored coupé impressed with a futuristic design, but baffled onlookers with its cramped two-seat interior, lack of a charging port, and…...


futurism.com > future-society > elon-musk-argues-chess

Elon Musk Is Insisting He Knows More About Chess Than Chess.com

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (429+ words) Published Sep 7, 2026 10:02 AM EDT Is being the world’s richest man not enough for Elon Musk? He must also have us all believe that he’s a genius, sui generis, with a mind so mighty that it’s wasted on supposedly intellectual pastimes…...


futurism.com > future-society > flock-alpr-arrest-flaming-projectile-melt-slag

Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Flaming Projectile at Flock Cameras, Melting Them Into Slag

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (321+ words) Published Sep 7, 2026 9:01 AM EDT A man is facing numerous felony charges in Georgia after police allege he allegedly used a bizarre projectile to melt automatic license plate readers into smoldering heaps of metal and plastic. According to Fox5 in Atlanta, 25-year-old…...


futurism.com > artificial-intelligence > data-center-lawn-neighbors-drought-water-restrictions

Data Center Caught Watering Its Lavish Lawn While Human Neighbors Are on Year-Long Water Restriction

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (418+ words) Published Sep 7, 2026 8:02 AM EDT When the Denver board of Water Commissioners approved stage one drought restrictions back in March, they did so facing some of the driest conditions in decades. According to the US Drought Monitor, the watershed sourced for…...


futurism.com > advanced-transport > drivers-detest-giant-screens-cars

It Turns Out That Drivers Absolutely Detest Those Giant Touchscreens They Put in Cars Now

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (398+ words) Published Sep 6, 2026 8:01 AM EDT Automakers are having an increasingly difficult time convincing their customers that more in-car screens — and the often dodgy software that accompanies them — are a compelling reason to pay a major premium. Virtually every major car company…...


futurism.com > advanced-transport > waymo-self-driving-cars-horrible-work-handler-san-francisco

The People Maintaining Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Are Being Treated Horribly, Insider Claims

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (553+ words) Published Sep 4, 2026 2:58 PM EDT Yet with robotaxis from brands like Waymo and Tesla spreading through US cities like wildfire, even the Uber-fied gig economy is starting to become untenable for workers. Rising in its place is the “robotaxi handling” industry,…...


futurism.com > artificial-intelligence > college-graduate-employment-is-cratering-where-data-centers-are-being-built

College Graduate Employment Is Cratering Where Data Centers Are Being Built

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (462+ words) Published Sep 4, 2026 9:38 AM EDT Will AI supercharge the economy? Will the data centers powering it bring prosperity and provide paying jobs to the communities they’re built in? Probably not. New research shows that rapid rise of AI has instead coincided…...