More from Frank Landymore (Page 20)

A new look at a protoplanetary disk surrounding a star revealed a massive exoplanet forming spiral arms, the first detection of its kind,
Off-World

Scientists Attempt to Explain Star With Tentacle-Like Arms

By Frank Landymore

A study that tracked the ocean surface over two decades found that it's slowly getting greener, likely due to climate change.
Climate Change

Climate Change Is Getting So Bad That the Ocean Is Changing Color

By Frank Landymore

By observing quasars from 12 billion years ago, astronomers have seen the universe flow in slow-mo, thanks to wonky time dilation.
Off-World

Astronomers Observe Mind-Blowing Time Dilation in the Ancient Years of the Universe

By Frank Landymore

Volkswagen says it will start testing two of its self-driving ID Buzz electric vans in Austin by the end of July.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Volkswagen to Start Testing Its Adorable Self-Driving Vans

By Frank Landymore

During the first six months of President Lula's time in office, the area of deforested land in the Amazon has dropped by 33 percent.
Climate Change

Good News! Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Has Significantly Dropped in Just 6 Months

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX's Starlink satellites are emanating low frequency waves from their onboard electronics.
SpaceX

SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With “Unintended” Radiation

By Frank Landymore

The Indian Space Research Organization has fully assembled its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft and plans to launch on July 14.
Moon

India to Launch Third Moon Mission Next Week After Failed Landing Attempt

By Frank Landymore

Just as he's done for the better part of the past decade, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tesla will achieve full-self driving in the near future.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Promises for the Millionth Time That Tesla Will Achieve Full Self-Driving Soon

By Frank Landymore

OceanGate has announced that it is suspending "all exploration and commercial operations," ABC News reports.
Future Society

OceanGate Ceases Ocean Exploration Following Submersible Disaster

By Frank Landymore

Io9 Staff Horrified as Site Publishes Error-Filled AI Generated Garbage
Artificial Intelligence

Io9 Staff Horrified as Site Publishes Error-Filled AI Generated Garbage

By Frank Landymore

Steam, one of the world's largest video game storefronts is reportedly not having any of this AI generated stuff.
Artificial Intelligence

Steam Is Apparently Rejecting Games Using AI Generated Assets

By Frank Landymore

By using neural radiance fields, a team of researchers have developed a technique to render a 3D scene of what's reflected in your eye.
Science & Energy

Scientists Reconstruct What You’re Looking at by Enhancing Reflection in Your Eye

By Frank Landymore

According to a biographer, Elon Musk can enter into "demon mode," causing him to be "dark" and act "with a real lack of empathy."
Elon Musk

Grimes Apparently Says Elon Musk Can Enter “Demon Mode”

By Frank Landymore

Since 2020, the number of different e-cigarettes being sold in the US has tripled in large part due to unauthorized Chinese imports.
Developments

These New Gas Station Vapes Are Horrifying

By Frank Landymore

Devastating wildfires in Canada have continued to burn, and its smoke is already hitting the United States for a second wave this year.
Climate Change

Canada Is Hotboxing the United States Again

By Frank Landymore

The International Agency on Cancer Research will list aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" next month, according to a report.
Cancer

The WHO Is About to Declare Aspartame a Possible Carcinogen

By Frank Landymore

On Monday, SpaceX conducted a static fire test of its Starship spaceship, firing all six of its Raptor engines.
Advanced Transport

SpaceX Fires Up Starship Engines Ahead of Next Orbital Test

By Frank Landymore

The BepiColombo mission, led by the ESA and JAXA, recently completed an ultra-close flyby of Mercury's surface.
Off-World

Space Probe Takes Stunning Close Up Images of Mercury

By Frank Landymore

The Hunga volcano's eruption blasted through seawater, creating the perfect conditions for the most intense lightning storm ever observed.
Science & Energy

Violent Volcano Eruption Triggers an Ungodly Number of Lightning Flashes

By Frank Landymore

Experts warned that AI's autonomy is just a "veneer," and that it surveils you through the scraped data it needs to train on.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Isn’t Magic, It’s Being Used to Spy on You, Experts Warn

By Frank Landymore

A Visibly Upset James Cameron Compares Submarine Implosion to Sinking of the Titanic
Future Society

A Visibly Upset James Cameron Compares Submarine Implosion to Sinking of the Titanic

By Frank Landymore

An orca repeatedly slammed into a yacht sailing in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland earlier this week.
Science & Energy

Relentless Orca Repeatedly Rams Yacht

By Frank Landymore

The secret mode, which the hacker nicknamed "Elon Mode," allows for completely hands-free driving during Full Self-Driving mode.
Tesla

Hacker Discovers Hidden “Elon Mode” That Makes Teslas Way More Dangerous

By Frank Landymore

Marvel Used AI to Generate the Intro Sequence to Its New Show, Angering Fans
Artificial Intelligence

Marvel Used AI to Generate the Intro Sequence to Its New Show, Angering Fans

By Frank Landymore

Upside Foods and Good Meats received a grant of inspection from the USDA, allowing their lab grown meat products to be sold to consumers.
Science & Energy

First Lab Grown Meat Products Approved for Sale in US

By Frank Landymore

The erratic behavior of Betelgeuse, a bright star some 300 light years away, has many wondering what its supernova would look like.
Off-World

If Betelgeuse Explodes, It’ll Be So Bright You Could See It During the Day For a Year

By Frank Landymore

After unceremoniously blowing up during its first test, Starship's next launch could be this summer, if SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is to believed.
Starship

Elon Musk Preparing to Launch His Explodey Starship Rocket Once Again

By Frank Landymore

By using a technique known as error mitigation, IBM scientists believe they've worked around the uncertainty that plagues quantum processors.
Physics

IBM Says It’s Made a Big Breakthrough in Quantum Computing

By Frank Landymore

Cedric Lodge, manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue, allegedly let some of his patrons into the morgue to shop for human remains.
Developments

Harvard’s Morgue Manager Accused of Selling Stolen Body Parts

By Frank Landymore

The Food and Drug Administration just approved the first topical erectile dysfunction drug in the US that works within just ten minutes.
RX and Medicine

FDA Approves First Erectile Dysfunction Gel That Doesn’t Require a Prescription

By Frank Landymore

Gamurs, which owns gaming sites like Destructoid and Dot Esports, is looking for an AI editor to output up to 250 articles per week.
Artificial Intelligence

Owner of Gaming Sites Fires Writers, Hires for “AI Editor” to Churn Out Hundreds of Articles Per Week

By Frank Landymore

An internal report examined by Wired details how an "alpha" Cybertruck design was mired with braking, handling, and body-sealing issues.
Advanced Transport

Leaked Documents Reveal Cybertruck’s Glaring Design Flaws

By Frank Landymore

Our primate predecessors may have enjoyed masturbation for millions of years before we ever entered the picture.
Science & Energy

Scientists Ponder When Our Ancestors First Started Cranking the Hog

By Frank Landymore

The OpenAI CEO explained that he does not want to take the company public. His "strange decisions" might be too much for Wall Street.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says OpenAI May Need to Make a “Very Strange Decision” If It Develops AI Superintelligence

By Frank Landymore

Alejandro Núñez Vicente wants airlines to provide more legroom with his Chaise Lounge Economy seat design, but at what cost?
Future Society

Double Decker Airplane Seats Could Let Travelers Fart Directly In Your Face

By Frank Landymore

Furious Orcas Throw Around Yacht “Like a Ragdoll”
Science & Energy

Furious Orcas Throw Around Yacht “Like a Ragdoll”

By Frank Landymore

Smoke from especially dire wildfires in Canada has swept across the East Coast, leaving an ugly and hazardous haze over cities like New York.
Climate Change

A Huge Cloud of Smoke Is Casting a Ghoulish Gloom Over New York City

By Frank Landymore

From their experiments, the researchers calculate that their tractor beam could be used to move debris weighing several tons.
Off-World

Scientists Experimenting With Actual Tractor Beam to Clean Up Space Junk

By Frank Landymore

Sam Altman, a tech CEO, has finally watched a movie about sleazy tech CEO that invents a possibly conscious AI humanoid robot. Huh.
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Says He Finally Watched “Ex Machina”

By Frank Landymore

A US Air Force Colonel described a simulation in which an AI drone went rogue, but the military claims this was taken out of context.
Military

US Military Denies AI Drone Killed Its Operator During Simulation

By Frank Landymore

Scientists say they've successfully transmitted solar energy gathered in orbit down to the Earth's surface.
Solar Power

Satellite Beams Solar Power Down to Earth Using Microwave Transmitter

By Frank Landymore

By using X-rays, scientists can more precisely detect and measure atoms in ways that other imaging techniques can't on their own.
Science & Energy

Scientists Just X-Rayed a Single Atom

By Frank Landymore

Yoshua Bengio, who is considered to be one of the three "godfathers" of AI, feels "lost" over his life's work.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Who Helped Invent Modern AI Is Now Wracked With Regret

By Frank Landymore

Tourism Company Offering Zero-G Concerts
Off-World

Tourism Company Offering Zero-G Concerts

By Frank Landymore

A poor star some 173 million light years succumbed to the gaping maw of a black hole, dying in what's known as a tidal disruption event.
Black Holes

Grim Images Show Helpless Star Disappearing Into Black Hole

By Frank Landymore

Geoffrey Hinton, who pioneered neural networks, has suddenly left Google after almost a decade, warning of the dangers of AI.
Google

Godfather of AI Quits Google, Fears AI’s Risks and Regrets His Work

By Frank Landymore

Researchers from Google's DeepMind AI lab did us a solid by showcasing the cutesy power of tyke-sized robots trying to actually play soccer.
Robotics

Watch These Adorable Lil Robots Try to Play Soccer

By Frank Landymore

In a bid to avoid Elon Musk being interviewed under oath, Tesla's lawyers have cried 'deepfake' over Autopilot claims he's made in the past.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Lawyers Say Elon Musk’s Claims Over Self-Driving Safety Might Just Be Deepfakes

By Frank Landymore

Touchscreens dominate cars, but not for the best. Amidst consumer backlash, some automakers are beginning to reign their tech fad in.
Advanced Transport

Death to Car Touchscreens, Buttons are Back, Baby!

By Frank Landymore

"Portopia," an icon of text-based adventures games, got the AI treatment for a new release. The AI made the game borderline unplayable.
Artificial Intelligence

An AI-Powered Videogame Just Came Out and Gamers HATE It

By Frank Landymore

Joe Russo, a director who's helmed some of Marvel's biggest movies, thinks it's only a matter of time before AIs can make legit films.
Artificial Intelligence

Marvel Director Expects Fully AI-Generated Movies Within Two Years

By Frank Landymore

Landing on the Moon is hard, so scientists at the MBR Space Centre in Dubai aren't beating themselves up too hard about this failed attempt.
Moon

Scientists Celebrate After Their Lunar Rover Smashes Into the Moon and Dies

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI seems worried about its competitors using "GPT" in the name of their chatbots, and has tried to fast-track the trademark process.
OpenAI

OpenAI, Which Has “Open” in Its Name, Is Trying to Trademark “GPT”

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk may have accidentally leaked his alternate Twitter account — and it's really, really weird.
Elon Musk

This Strongly Appears to Be Elon Musk’s Alt Account on Twitter Where He Roleplays as His Own Child

By Frank Landymore

CNBC obtained new footage showing the dramatic fire that melted through three Ford F-150 Lightnings at a holding lot in February.
Advanced Transport

Footage Shows Three Ford F-150 Electric Trucks Burning

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, made short work of its launchpad below, blasting a crater straight through its concrete surface.
Starship

Starship Launch Absolutely Wrecked SpaceX’s Facilities, Photos Show

By Frank Landymore

ChatGPT's immense popularity and power make it eye-wateringly expensive to maintain, The Information reports, with OpenAI paying up to $700,000 a day.
OpenAI

Just Running ChatGPT Is Costing OpenAI a Staggering Sum Every Single Day

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX finally got Starship off the ground, but it looks like it didn't do its due diligence to make sure the aftermath didn't spill over to nearby cities.
SpaceX

City Annoyed When SpaceX Launch Coats It in Layer of Grime

By Frank Landymore

A published YA author recommended up and comers use ChatGPT to critique your writing. We're here to tell you that this is a bad, bad idea.
OpenAI

Your Brain Will Melt When You Hear How This Author Is Using ChatGPT

By Frank Landymore

Universal Music Group is pissed about AI, and it's already taken down a viral voice clone of "Drake" and "the Weeknd." This is likely only the beginning.
Artificial Intelligence

Drake’s Label Is Still Absolutely Furious About That AI-Generated Song

By Frank Landymore

You'd think being trapped in a cave for over a year would be a nightmare, but Spanish mountaineer Beatriz Flamini says it was a mighty good time.
Future Society

Woman Confined to Cave for 500 Days Says She Had a Nice Time

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk Says He’s Building a “Maximum Truth-Seeking AI”
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He’s Building a “Maximum Truth-Seeking AI”

By Frank Landymore

NASA is locking four individuals inside a 1,700-square-foot Mars habitat analog for an entire year to see if they can get along.
Mars

NASA Selects Test Subjects to Contain in Simulated Mars Base

By Frank Landymore

Google CEO Sundar Pichai warned audiences in a 60 Minutes interview on CBS that AI will drastically disrupt society as we know it.
Google

Google CEO Warns Earthlings to Brace for AI Impact

By Frank Landymore