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Apple Could Have Entered a Real Formula 1 Team for the Budget of Its Upcoming Brad Pitt Drama ‘F1’
An Apple film production has been running around the Formula 1 paddock during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, working on a new F1 movie driven by lead actor Brad Pitt and producer Lewis Hamilton, called “F1.” According to reports, the film has already blown through its entire $US300 million budget with plenty of production still…
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You Probably Don’t Understand The Scale Of Elon’s $56B Payday
Elon Musk is once again the world’s richest man, as the value of his Tesla shares continues to bounce back from a massive drop earlier this year. According to Forbes, the Tesla CEO’s net worth is about 224.2 billion U.S. dollars. Much of his wealth was slashed earlier this year when a judge blockedhis 2018…
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Google AI Uses Enough Electricity in 1 Second to Charge 7 Electric Cars
Nobody asked for this AI search bullshit, Google. Not only are the AI generated responses demonstrably worse than normal, they’re infringing on intellectual property rights, killing traditional media, and—thanks to a new Jacobin report we now know—soaking up gobs of electricity in the process. Artificial intelligence-powered search engines are an all-around bad idea, and a…
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Spontaneous Tsunamis Could Take Out Cruise Ships
Landslide-generated tsunamis don’t come with any warning signs and they’re impossible to predict. Tsunami scientists are meeting with vessel operators in Alaska this month to put together some practical guidelines for captains to use in the case they encounter one of these snap tsunamis. These recommendations will be useful for the hundreds of tour ships…