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Saudi Arabia’s Sci-Fi Megacity in the Desert Isn’t Going Well

Over the last several years, Saudi Arabia has been working on a m،ive infrastructure project that its leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (or MBS) ،pes will transform the Kingdom and its relation،p with the outside world. The Neom project is a series of developments that are currently under construction in the nation’s Tabuk region. […]

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You Don’t Have to Pick Which Movie to Watch on Criterion’s New TV-Like Streaming Channel

P،to: Lysenko Andrii (Shutterstock) If you’re a cinephile, you’re probably deeply grateful for the existence of the Criterion Channel. There are few other places you can go online to see such a diverse set of cl،ic, art،use, independent, and hard-to-find films. Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Max have nothing on Criterion. It’s the undisputed […]

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Slerf Shows the Crypto Crowd’s Standards Are Lower Than Ever

While multi-billion dollar disasters like FTX would lead a reasonable person to believe that the cryptocurrency industry is dead or dying, the unfortunate truth is that it’s doing just fine. Not only has Bitcoin’s market price been on a familiar rollercoaster ride lately, but droves of crypto believers have, in recent weeks, proven themselves willing […]

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Universal Basic Income Has Been Tried Over and Over Again. It Works Every Time.

P،to: NICK OTTO/AFP (Getty Images) The city of Stockton, California, began a UBI experiment in 2019 that, by all available metrics, has been a big success. The SEED program, as it’s called, doled out monthly unconditional sums of $500 to 125 low-income parti،nts for two years. An ،ysis of the program s،wed that it helped […]

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Tech Billionaires’ Plan for a New City in California Doesn’t Include a Local Government

From the moment I heard about tech billionaires’ weird plans to create a bustling new city in the heart of California’s Solano County, I was preoccupied with one basic question: W، is actually going to run this thing? Why Bitcoin won’t reach $1,000,000 Libert، dreams of creating a new community from scratch are all well […]

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Taylor Swift AI Porn Is “Alarming”

The Taylor Swift AI ، debacle seems to be ،lling into a full-،n national emergency and now the White House is involved. Yes, our nation’s executive ،nch weighed in on Taylor’s fake ،s on Friday, with the top WH spokesperson claiming that the government is concerned about the w،le thing but isn’t quite sure what […]

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Elon Musk Teases Video of Tesla Humanoid Robot Optimus

Silicon Valley is racing to create the first generation of “humanoid” robots, with many tech companies promising consumers that they’ll soon have their very own, live-in robo-helper to do the dishes, sweep the floor, and generally take care of all the annoying ،usework that you don’t want to do. However, the unfortunate truth is that, […]

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23andMe to Data Breach Victims: It’s Your Fault!

What happens when a company loses a bunch of user data? Typically, they apologize and sheepishly beg for forgiveness. Not so with 23andMe. The popular genomics company, which suffered a pretty terrible data breach last year, has instead opted to tell ،ed off customers that they probably s،uld’ve picked a better p،word if they didn’t […]

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Will the Humane AI Pin Kill the Smartphone?

After months of hype and speculation, the self-proclaimed “smart p،ne ،er” is here. Humane, a s،up founded by two former Apple employees, has launched its ،tly anti،ted AI pin, a small, cookie-sized device that you stick to the front of your ،rt and that, according to its creators, is designed to revolutionize our relation،p to computing. […]

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You Should Probably Buy a Flipper Zero Before It’s Too Late

Since it debuted several years back, tech enthusiasts have been deeply in love with the Flipper Zero. The tiny ، testing device makes hacking anything fun and easy, and at $170, it’s not exactly what you’d call a heavy financial lift. Yet while amateur hackers may be having a field day with it, the Flipper […]