Victor Tangermann

Toronto

Senior Editor at Futurism

Senior Editor at @Futurism. All views expressed are my own. https://t.co/fI45O75DNg

Articles

Scientists Say That Something Very Weird Is Going on With the Universe

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have made an intriguing discovery that could upend everything we know about the structure of the universe and its expansion. Scientists recently found that dark energy, the mysterious form driving the accelerating expansion of the universe, could be weakening over time.
Scientists Say That Something Very Weird Is Going on With the Universe

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Victor Tangermann

Scientists Say That Something Very Weird Is Going on With the UniverseAstronomers have made an intriguing discovery that could upend everything we know about the structure of the universe and its expansion. Scientists recently found that dark energy, the mysterious form driving the accelerating expansion of the universe, could be weakening over time.
FDA Approves Gene-Hacked CRISPR Pigs for Human Consumption

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

Image by Getty / FuturismThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved a type of CRISPR gene-edited pig for human consumption. As MIT Technology Review reports, only an extremely limited list of gene-modified animals are cleared by regulators to be eaten in the United States, including a transgenic salmon that has an extra gene to grow faster, and heat-tolerant beef cattle. And now a type of illness-resistant pig could soon join their ranks.
FDA Approves Gene-Hacked CRISPR Pigs for Human Consumption

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Victor Tangermann

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a type of CRISPR gene-edited pig for human consumption. As MIT Technology Review reports, only an extremely limited list of gene-modified animals are cleared by regulators to be eaten in the United States, including a transgenic salmon that has an extra gene to grow faster, and heat-tolerant beef cattle. And now a type of illness-resistant pig could soon join their ranks.
Emails Show Elon Musk Begging for Privacy While Siccing His 200 Million Twitter Followers on Specific Private People He Doesn't Like

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

Billionaire Elon Musk has demonstrated an extreme level of disregard for other people's privacy. He has a long track record of singling out specific private individuals to siccing his lackeys after them. But when it comes to his own privacy, it's an entirely different matter. It's a glaring double standard, with the mercurial CEO repeatedly trying to protect his own privacy at all costs.
Nonverbal Neuralink Patient Is Using Brain Implant and Grok to Generate Replies

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

The third patient of Elon Musk's brain computer interface company Neuralink is using the billionaire's foul-mouthed AI chatbot Grok to speed up communication. The patient, Bradford Smith, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and is nonverbal as a result, is using the chatbot to draft responses on Musk's social media platform X. "I am typing this with my brain," Smith tweeted late last month. "It is my primary communication.
Nonverbal Neuralink Patient Is Using Brain Implant and Grok to Generate Replies

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Victor Tangermann

1 hour agoI tried the viral 100x ChatGPT image trend, and I've never been more insultedNo one takes away my beard. Is this really what ChatGPT thinks of me? An angry, beardless man with nothing in his life but a roommate and a fake pumpkin on a shelf? The original... ...and the final result.
Check Out Elon Musk's Desperate Bid to Boost Twitter's Ruined Reputation

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

After setting X-formerly-Twitter's brand on fire by associating himself with Nazis, making fun of the Holocaust, furthering unhinged conspiracy theories, personally spreading disinformation, and encouraging the rampant use of racial slurs, billionaire owner Elon Musk wants to revamp the social media site's tarnished image. As Business Insider reports, X is looking to hire a PR specialist in an apparent bid to boost its reputation.
Elon Musk's Urgent Concern: That the Earth Is Going to Get Swallowed by the Sun

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

Billionaire Elon Musk seems to be far more concerned about delivering humanity to Mars, a planet that's incredibly hostile to life, than ensuring we have a place to call our home over the next 100 years. Instead of meaningfully addressing a growing climate crisis, he's pursued the stripping of environmental regulations, actions that could have devastating consequences for humanity in the short term.
Elon Musk's Urgent Concern: That the Earth Is Going to Get Swallowed by the Sun

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's Urgent Concern: That the Earth Is Going to Get Swallowed by the SunBillionaire Elon Musk seems to be far more concerned about delivering humanity to Mars, a planet that's incredibly hostile to life, than ensuring we have a place to call our home over the next 100 years. Instead of meaningfully addressing a growing climate crisis, he's pursued the stripping of environmental regulations, actions that could have devastating consequences for humanity in the short term.