Lucas Ropek

Staff Reporter

Lucas Ropek was previously a staff writer at Gizmodo covering cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency.

Lucas Ropek's posts

A landfill in Newport, Wales

Guy Who Threw Away $500 Million Bitcoin Hard Drive Sues Local Government to Search Dump

What do you do when you've thrown half a billion dollars worth of crypto in the trash?

Cryptocurrencies Lucas Ropek Oct 17

Caribbean island of Martinique

Praxis: Another Tech Billionaire-Backed Urban Project Gets $525 Million in Funding

The weird new urban development plan seeks to remake human society.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 16

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Delete Your 23andMe Data. Here’s How to Do It

The troubled startup has records of millions of Americans' DNA and personal information.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 16

A Tesla Cybertruck in New York City

European Road Safety Orgs Are Terrified of the Cybertruck

Tesla's bulky and sharp-cornered Cybertruck is a disaster waiting to happen, the safety organizations claim.

Transportation Lucas Ropek Oct 15

A statue of the mysterious Bitcoin inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, in Budapest Park

New HBO Doc Promises to Unmask the Mysterious Inventor of Bitcoin

Who invented crypto? A filmmaker believes he's cracked the case.

Cryptocurrencies Lucas Ropek Oct 4

Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Microsoft’s Nuclear Power Deal Could Saddle Taxpayers With $1.6 Billion Federal Loan

A new scheme for AI fuel could offload financial risk from Microsoft's business partner onto the American taxpayer.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 3

A man carrying a sign with an AI-generated image of Donald Trump rescuing cats

Newly Released Emails Show How Trump’s ‘Eating the Pets’ Conspiracy Theory Led to a Deluge of Threats

A public information request shows the true extent of the damage caused by the viral conspiracy theory.

Politics Lucas Ropek Oct 3

A sign about the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025

The Heritage Foundation Is Spamming the Government With Thousands of FOIAs

The organization behind Project 2025 is trying to identify government employees to be purged.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 2

A Serve Robotics autonomous delivery robot

Robots and Drones Are Forming a Delivery Voltron

Do you trust two autonomous vehicles with your burrito delivery?

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 2

Jason Allen, creator of AI art, in a hotel room in Las Vegas

Famous AI Artist Says He’s Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work

The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.

Artificial Intelligence Lucas Ropek Oct 1

Alex Jones speaks to reporters outside a courthouse in Connecticut

Liberal Watchdog Group Is Considering Buying Alex Jones’s InfoWars

Who will own Alex Jones' notorious conspiracy theory show?

Politics Lucas Ropek Oct 1

A Waymo on Steiner Street in San Francisco

A Stalled Waymo Blocked Kamala Harris’s Motorcade in San Francisco

One of the self-driving cars pooped out at an intersection near the presidential candidate's hotel.

Transportation Lucas Ropek Oct 1

Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania

Trump Promises ‘Very Large Faucet’ Will Funnel Water from Oregon to Los Angeles

The former President's plan to bring water to the California desert is, like a lot of his promises, a goofy pipe-dream.

Politics Lucas Ropek Sep 30

Protesters stand in front of Van Gogh painting

Judge Throws the Book at Climate Activists Who Threw Soup on Van Gogh Painting

Tossing a can of soup at a priceless work of art will get you time in the slammer, apparently.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Sep 27

Newsmax booth at an NRA convention

Newsmax Settles with Smartmatic Over Defamation Claims

The two entities had been set to go to trial over the election vendor's grievance claims.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Sep 27

Elon Musk speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference

Elon Musk’s Super PAC Is Reportedly Doing a Terrible Job Running Trump’s Voter Turnout Program

Musk's full-throated support for Trump may turn out to be a gift to Democrats.

Politics Lucas Ropek Sep 26

Vladimir Putin at a meeting at the Kremlin

Putin Proposes a New Nuclear Weapons Policy for Russia

The Russian President wants to expand potential targets for nuclear strikes.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Sep 26

Rescue crews near where Mike Lynch's superyacht sunk

The Saga of a Tech Exec’s Sunken Yacht Just Got a Lot More Interesting

Super-encrypted hard drives, water tight safes, and classified documents have entered the picture.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Sep 25

Art Critic Brian Sewell at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

London Newspaper Plans to Revive Dead Art Critic With AI, Lays Off Real Writers

One of London's biggest newspapers is resurrecting a famous editorial personality via algorithm.

Artificial Intelligence Lucas Ropek Sep 25

Sarco Assisted Suicide Capsule in Zurich

Swiss Government Says Assisted Suicide Capsule Does Not Meet Safety Standards

Switzerland wants local suicides to be done by the book, and it's now making arrests.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Sep 24

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