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Suspended Google engineer Blake Lemoine says that the lawyer who had signed on to represent a "sentient" AI has been "scared off" the case.

Google Engineer Says Lawyer Hired by “Sentient” AI Has Been “Scared Off” the Case

By Jon Christian

The DALL-E Mini image generator is super fun to play around with — but like all neural networks, it has a pretty big racism problem.

Artificial Intelligence

That AI Image Generator Is Spitting Out Some Awfully Racist Stuff

By Jon Christian, Noor Al-Sibai

Insider dropped an alarming story today reporting that SpaceX paid one of its employees $250,000 to keep quiet about improper sexual advances from Musk.

SpaceX Reportedly Paid $250,000 to Silence Sexual Allegations Against Elon Musk

By Jon Christian

A new investigation in the New York Times provides surprising new details about Elon Musk's youth in South Africa under apartheid.

Why Elon Musk Got Bullied In High School

By Jon Christian

Musk's Twitter buy raises the inevitable question of why he's pouring resources in something as earthbound as a messy, controversial social media platform.

Buying Twitter Seems Like a Huge Distraction for Elon Musk’s Mars Plans

By Jon Christian

He Jiankui, the scientist who gained wide notoriety for genetically modifying two human babies in 2018, has been released from prison.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Genetically Modified Human Babies Released From Prison

By Jon Christian

Amazon is reportedly working on an internal messaging app — and employees working on it have discussed banning a hilarious number of labor-related words.

Amazon Discussed Banning the Words “Fairness” and “Pay Raise”

By Jon Christian

Elon Musk is joining the board of Twitter — and he's already throwing his weight around by promising big changes to the site.

Elon Musk Joins Board of Twitter, Promises “Significant Improvements”

By Jon Christian

New reporting from Scientific American leaves open the possibility that NASA could still change the name of the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA May Still Rename James Webb Telescope Over Homophobia Controversy

By Jon Christian

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine has been repatured from Russia, both US and Ukrainian officials are saying.

Science & Energy

Ukraine Recaptures Chernobyl After Russian Soldiers Reportedly Suffer Radiation Poisoning

By Jon Christian

Elon Musk is griping that Twitter's algorithm isn't fair, and that there should be more transparency around how it works.

Elon Musk Is Absolutely Furious at the Twitter Algorithm

By Jon Christian

Here are a few April Fools' shenanigans that, if they weren't necessarily works of comedic art, certainly caught our attention.

Okay, Here Are 2022’s Most Futuristic April Fools’ Jokes

By Jon Christian

Ukraine officials are now saying that the Russian military is making a hasty retreat from Chernobyl nuclear after troops suffered radiation poisoning there.

Russian Military Reportedly Panics, Flees Chernobyl After Radiation Poisoning

By Jon Christian

SpaceX's long-awaited Crew-4 mission, previously scheduled for April 19, is now slated for April 20, a day with particular significance to CEO Elon Musk.

SpaceX Is Launching a Bunch of NASA Astronauts to Space on 4/20

By Jon Christian

In a new photo of the International Space Station, you can actually make out two astronauts clambering on its exterior during a space walk.

Guy Snaps Photo of Space Station So Detailed You Can See Spacewalking Astronauts on Exterior

By Jon Christian

NASA just released a Hubble Space Telescope image of Earendel, which they say is the most distant and ancient star ever observed.

Science & Energy

NASA Releases Hubble Image of Most Distant Star Ever Seen

By Jon Christian

Sources are telling Reuters that when Russian forces seized Chernobyl, they drove a convoy of vehicles directly through the still-forbidden Red Forest.

Science & Energy

Chernobyl Workers Say Russian Soldiers Entered Forbidden Zone, Inhaled Radioactive Dust

By Jon Christian

This morning, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned from the International Space Station to in a Russian Soyuz capsule, along with two Russian cosmonauts.

NASA Astronaut Returns to Earth on Russian Spacecraft

By Jon Christian

University of Maryland quantum researcher Sankar Das Sarma says that quantum computing is progressing slower than you think.

Quantum Computing

Quantum Computer Researcher Warns That the Industry Is Full of Ridiculous Hype

By Jon Christian

Will Smith's Academy Awards confrontation with comedian Chris Rock has already hit the dubious world of blockchain, with a coin and even NFT drop.

Ah Yes, There’s Already an NFT Collection of Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

By Jon Christian

A new proposition from NASA suggests encasing the entire planet of Venus in a giant shell, letting colonists create a breathable atmosphere above it.

NASA Scientist Releases Plan for Encasing Entirety of Venus in Giant Shell

By Jon Christian

Looters have reportedly seized radioactive dirty bomb materials from a lab near the site of the Chernobyl disaster, according to Science.

Robots and Machines

Dirty Bomb Ingredients Reportedly Stolen From Seized Chernobyl Site

By Jon Christian

An extraordinary image from the ESA shows the Sun from much closer than Earth — and spoiler alert, it's pretty incredible.

Scientists Release Stunning Picture Taken Really Close to the Sun

By Jon Christian

Well, turns out that SpaceX's latest Crew Dragon capeule, "Freedom," is probably going to be the last of the iconic spacecraft ever made.

SpaceX Says It’s Not Building Any More Crew Dragon Spacecraft

By Jon Christian

A physicist from the UK named Melvin Vopson is raising a startling possibility: that dark matter might be information itself.

Science & Energy

Scientist Says That Dark Matter May Be Information Itself

By Jon Christian

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that he's caught COVID — again, that is, because he already caught it, way back in 2020.

Elon Musk Says He Has COVID Again

By Jon Christian

Could a powerful slap actually kill a person, as was suggested after Will Smith's Oscars altercation with Chris Rock? Let's examine the science.

Can You Die From Getting Slapped Too Hard?

By Jon Christian

Insider reports that last summer, an experimental Amazon delivery drone crashed in Oregon and caused a large fire that consumed several acres.

An Amazon Delivery Drone Crashed and Caused a Large Fire

By Jon Christian

Newly released emails show NASA employees agonizing over allegations of the homophobic legacy of James Webb, the namesake of its new space telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

Internal Emails Show NASA Employees Agonizing Over James Webb’s Homophobic History

By Jon Christian

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stuck a tweet in his mouth today, tweeting a meme that compared Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Elon Musk Deletes Adolf Hitler Tweet After Widespread Outrage

By Jon Christian

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is investing $200 million into Forbes so that the website can become publicly traded.

The World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Is Investing $200 Million in Forbes, a Site Where Anyone Can Shill Crypto

By Jon Christian, Noor Al-Sibai

The identities of the creators of the wildly successful NFT project known as the Bored Ape Yacht Club have seemingly been revealed.

Creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Reportedly Doxxed

By Jon Christian

According to MarketWatch, John McAfee's body is the subject of a dramatic legal conflict involving his daughter, his ex-wife, and Barcelona investigators.

Various People Are Fighting Over John McAfee’s Body, Which Is Stuck in a Spanish Morgue

By Jon Christian

An updated lawsuit claims that a DNA analysis of the sandwich chain Subway's putative tuna shows that the substance contains anything but.

Science & Energy

Lawsuit Claims That Subway “Tuna” Contains Extremely Weird DNA

By Jon Christian

The US government's Office of Foreign Assets Control declaring this week that numerous NFTs, and even one entire exchange, are now verboten.

The US Government Says These NFTs Are Now Illegal

By Jon Christian

According to new financial filings, Elon Musk appears to have unloaded approximately $1.1 billion worth of his stock in Tesla.

Elon Musk Just Sold $5 Billion of His Tesla Stock

By Jon Christian

Former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman says he feared drowning during a spacewalk, when a malfunction threatened to fill his spacesuit helmet with water.

NASA Astronaut Says He Almost Drowned During Spacewalk

By Jon Christian

Tesla CEO Elon Musk waded into tax discourse this weekend, saying that he'd sell $21 billion in Tesla stock depending on the results of a Twitter poll.

Elon Musk Is Letting a Twitter Poll Decide Whether He Sells $21 Billion in Tesla Stock

By Jon Christian

Once the James Webb Space Telescope got to an ESA spaceport, officials donned protective gear and took it out of its enormous box.

James Webb Space Telescope

Video Shows Glorious Unboxing of James Webb Space Telescope

By Jon Christian

A NASA astronaut stationed aboard the ISS acknowledged this week that the crew of her SpaceX return journey will need to wear diapers.

NASA Astronaut: SpaceX Forcing Her to Pee in Diaper Is “Suboptimal”

By Jon Christian

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr went on a Twitter rant this week about robodogs, citing apocalyptic science fiction movies and television

FCC Commissioner Says He’s Afraid of Robodogs and We Can’t Tell If He’s Joking

By Jon Christian

Several Musk's tweets appear to have crossed a line even for him — because, after an outcry, he deleted them, in a rare reversal for Musk.

Elon Musk Deletes Sexist Tweets

By Jon Christian

A top VR developer at Facebook sounds like he's not entirely on board with the company's refocus on the metaverse -- and his remarks were interesting.

Facebook’s Top VR Expert Seems Pretty Annoyed by Metaverse Push

By Jon Christian

After news came out that Facebook is considering changing its name, a former Facebook employee has a theory about what it might be.

Is This Facebook’s New Name?

By Jon Christian

Scammers are cooking up fake Harvard students to shill brands on the university’s website -- and the practice appears to be widespread.

Scammers Are Creating Fake Students on Harvard.edu and Using Them to Shill Brands

By Jon Christian

William Gibson, widely credited with coining the term "cyberspace" and imagining the internet, says he can't send emails due to a glitch.

Man Who Coined the Term “Cyberspace” Says He Can’t Send Emails

By Jon Christian

NASA boss Bill Nelson made some eyebrow-raising remarks about possible connections between military sightings of UFOs and the search for alien life.

Head of NASA Suggests That UFOs Could Be Alien Technology

By Jon Christian

Scientists at the University of Chicago say that they've successfully created a "strange" new state of matter in the laboratory called "superionic ice."

Scientists Say They’ve Created a “Strange” New State of Matter

By Jon Christian

The most established space tourism company says it had to cancel its upcoming launch with SpaceX because it couldn't find any passengers for the journey.

Space Tourism Company Cancels Launch Because It Couldn’t Find any Passengers

By Jon Christian

A container ship encountered rough seas in Canadian waters on Friday, dropping several containers of "spontaneous combustibles."

Science & Energy

Shipping Containers of “Spontaneous Combustibles” Fall Overboard

By Jon Christian

The day after the cryptocurrency finally hit the New York Stock Exchange, Bitcoin has reached the highest price at any point in its 12-year history.

Bitcoin Hits Highest Price in Its Entire History

By Jon Christian

New Statesman makes the case that a handful of ventures are actually starting to hone in on tech that could provide significant life extension.

Researcher Predicts Anti-Aging Drug “by the Time It’s Relevant for Me”

By Jon Christian

In 2008, Microsoft's top lawyer and top HR officer had to team up to warn Gates to stop hitting on a female employee via email.

Microsoft’s Top Lawyer Had to Tell Bill Gates to Stop Hitting on Employee

By Jon Christian

The New York Stock Exchange is expected to start allowing traders to bet on Bitcoin, in a milestone for the world of cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin Is Hitting The New York Stock Exchange Tomorrow

By Jon Christian

Experts say installing a gun on a robodog marks an inflection point in the development of killer robots — and maybe the tech shouldn't be allowed at all.

Experts Shocked by Military Robodog With Sniper Rifle Attachment

By Jon Christian

In an interview with the Financial Times, the Pentagon's former chief software officer said that he resigned in protest of slow innovation in the US.

Artificial Intelligence

Pentagon Tech Chief Quits in Frustration, Says US Has No “Fighting Chance” Against China

By Jon Christian

In Los Angeles shots published by Page Six, in fact, Grimes can be seen leafing through Marx's influential volume "The Communist Manifesto."

Grimes Spotted Reading Karl Marx After Breaking Up With Elon Musk

By Jon Christian

NASA's Curiosity rover has found something awesome on the surface of Mars: a small, naturally-formed stone arch in Gale Crater.

NASA Rover Finds Ancient Stone Arch on Martian Surface

By Jon Christian

Remember last week, when a new book claimed that Elon Musk once demanded to be made the CEO of Apple? Now he says it never happened.

Elon Musk Denies Demanding That CEO of Apple Give Up His Job

By Jon Christian

A new study examined which places on Earth would be best prepared to deal with the collapse of global civilization. Did yours make the cut?

Science & Energy

Study: These Countries Are Most Likely to Survive Collapse of Civilization

By Jon Christian

According to explosive allegations in a new book, Elon Musk once demanded to be made CEO of software megacorporation Apple.

Elon Musk Reportedly Demanded to Be Made CEO of Apple

By Jon Christian

After a month-long saga, NASA says that the iconic Hubble Space Telescope is back online after it switched to a backup computer system.

Good News: NASA Says It Managed to Fix the Hubble Space Telescope

By Jon Christian

An undersea pipeline ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico today — and then somehow ignited, causing the surface of the ocean to catch fire.

Underwater Pipeline Leaks, Gulf of Mexico Ocean Catches on Fire

By Jon Christian

Scientists Warn That Social Media Could Be a Threat to Civilization

Science & Energy

Scientists Warn That Social Media Could Be a Threat to Civilization

By Jon Christian

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