More from Noor Al-Sibai (Page 18)

Rapper Lupe Fiasco has revealed that he is, apparently, really into using his VR goggles to watch adult content.

Virtual Reality

Lupe Fiasco Reveals Strategy for Cranking the Hog With VR Headset

By Noor Al-Sibai

Zookeepers now have a new issue when it comes to their gorilla charges: limiting their smartphone screen time.

Science & Energy

Zoos Concerned as Gorillas Become Hooked on Smartphone Videos

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly is among a shortlist of seven potential VP candidates undergoing vetting to be Kamala Harris' running mate.

Kamala Harris Vetting Former NASA Space Shuttle Commander for VP Pick

By Noor Al-Sibai

As the Olympics began to kick off, a paralyzed tennis player carried the Olympic flame through Paris while wearing a robotic exoskeleton.

Paralyzed Tennis Player Carries Olympic Torch Using Robotic Exoskeleton

By Noor Al-Sibai

Grindr has, it seemed, block geolocation and search for the Olympic Village for this year's Paris summer games.

It Looks Like Grindr Has Blocked the Paris Olympic Village From Search

By Noor Al-Sibai

As Elon Musk throws his weight behind Donald Trump, people who own Teslas are starting to feel some buyer's remorse.

Tesla Buyers Disgusted by Elon Musk’s Endorsement of Donald Trump

By Noor Al-Sibai

Kamala Harris is all but guaranteed to be the Democrats' presidential nominee — and one her biggest VP contenders used to be an astronaut.

Top Pick for Kamala Harris’ VP Is a Former NASA Astronaut

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amazon initially envisioned its Alexa, the voice assistant that comes with its Echo smart home devices, as a means to sell more stuff.

Robots and Machines

Amazon Horrified by What People Actually Use Alexa For

By Noor Al-Sibai

As scientists continue brains in labs, one neuroscientist is asking the hard question: can lab-grown brains ever truly be conscious?

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Are Growing Brains in Labs. Could They Become Conscious?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Lawyers for X-formerly-Twitter are refusing to provide one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims with information from her own account.

Elon Musk’s X Fighting Not to Give Up Information in Epstein Victim Case

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has for years now been quietly giving folks a universal basic income to see if it works.

Universal Basic Income

Sam Altman Has Been Quietly Giving Out Money for Basic Income

By Noor Al-Sibai

An $800-million-dollar space telescope has been damaged by a tiny piece of space debris that's said to be smaller than a grain of sand.

Expensive Space Telescope Damaged by Small Space Rock

By Noor Al-Sibai

A woman has been arrested for allegedly smashing the windows of a Cybertruck out of which someone ran an ice cream stand.

Advanced Transport

Woman Arrested for Smashing Windows of Cybertruck Ice Cream Truck

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have found that people who moved a lot in their childhood and early teen years are more likely to be depressed as adults.

If Your Family Moved a Lot as a Kid, We Have Bad News About Your Mental Health

By Noor Al-Sibai

As OpenAI releases yet another new GPT model, CEO Sam Altman has finally admitted that it might be time for a new name.

Sam Altman Admits Its Letters-and-Numbers Salad Product Names Like “GPT-4o Mini” Are Horrible

By Noor Al-Sibai

A viral AI-generated clip of celebrities hugging their younger selves has really squicked out people online.

Artificial Intelligence

Everyone Hates That “Hideous” AI Video Of Celebs Hugging Their Younger Selves

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crowdstrike CEO and cofounder George Kurtz seemed nearly as stumped as the rest of us when trying to explain today's glitch.

Crowdstrike CEO Visibly Agitated On Camera After Massive Outage

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the top picks to replace Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket is a former NASA astronaut and current senator.

One of the Top Candidates to Replace Biden Is a Former NASA Astronaut

By Noor Al-Sibai

George Santos has a word of advice for all the men using the popular gay hookup app Grindr while attending the RNC in Milwaukee this week.

Former Congressman Says the RNC Is the “Grindr Super Bowl”

By Noor Al-Sibai

While heat waves batter Europe, a million people in Southern Russia went without power due to a nuclear false alarm.

One Million Russians Lose Power When Alarm Goes Off at Nuclear Plant

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study, elderly lab mice given an anti-aging drug were referred to as "supermodel grannies" because they looked so youthful.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Drug That Extended Lifespans of Mice While Keeping Them Young-Looking

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite their feud from just a few years ago, Elon Musk is all-in for Donald Trump and showing his support with cold, hard cash.

Elon Musk Is Giving $180 Million to Trump Even After Trump Publicly Humiliated Him

By Noor Al-Sibai

Loud booms and shakes earlier this week were the result of a meteor burning up over New York City's Statue of Liberty, NASA says.

NASA Says a Meteor Burnt Up Over the Statue of Liberty

By Noor Al-Sibai

A giant dataset of YouTube subtitles has been used to train AI without the permission of the creators whose work was scraped.

YouTubers Furious After Apple and Anthropic Steal Their Data to Train AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has sent a hip-hop song to space for the very first time and chosen the ineffable Missy Elliott to do the honors.

NASA Sends Missy Elliott Song to Her Favorite Planet, Venus

By Noor Al-Sibai

It took a few days, but the FBI has finally cracked the phone of the now-deceased 20-year-old man who shot at Donald Trump.

FBI Cracks Phone of Man Who Shot Trump

By Noor Al-Sibai

Eli Lilly, the maker of Zepbound, is hoping that new studies into off-label treatments will help get the drugs covered by insurance.

RX and Medicine

Drug Companies Have a Sneaky Idea to Get Insurance to Pay for Drugs Like Zepbound

By Noor Al-Sibai

With his incessant need to post random junk on the social network he's owned for nearly two years, Elon Musk may have overdrawn his hand.

Elon Musk Posts Garbled AI-Generated Image of Cybertruck

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study, behavioral scientists found that people tended to judge men more harshly than women for having casual sex.

Surprise Research Finds Men Are Judged More Harshly Than Women for Sleeping Around

By Noor Al-Sibai

To save himself from would-be assassins, Elon Musk is now proposing a new type of "Iron Man"-inspired security.

Elon Musk Says People Have Tried to Kill Him, Muses About Building “Flying Metal Suit of Armor” as Defense

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have found concentrations of lead, arsenic, and mercury in several different tampon brands — including organic ones.

For Some Reason Nobody’s Ever Tested for Heavy Metals in Tampons Before, and the Results Are Alarming

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's grand plan for Mars colonization includes, apparently, a long-term dream to create new species on the Red Planet.

Elon Musk Planning to Bioengineer New Species to Live on Mars

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a recent survey, a pair of researchers found that many ChatGPT users have interesting misconceptions about the OpenAI chatbot.

Most Users Think ChatGPT Is Conscious, Survey Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sleazy Company Buys Beloved Blog, Starts Publishing AI-Generated Slop Under the Names of Real Writers Who No Longer Work There

Artificial Intelligence

Sleazy Company Buys Beloved Blog, Starts Publishing AI-Generated Slop Under the Names of Real Writers Who No Longer Work There

By Noor Al-Sibai

In contradiction to the notion that any amount of alcohol is unhealthy, a new study suggests that moderate drinking is good for you.

Study Finds That You Should Drink Specific Amounts of Specific Types of Alcohol for Maximum Health

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk chose to mock a new investigation into SpaceX's damage to the environment by making a really dumb joke.

Elon Musk Mocks Concern Over SpaceX Obliterating Baby Birds in Their Nests

By Noor Al-Sibai

Lawyers are already creating so-called "revival trusts" for cryogenically frozen rich people — even though resurrection is not yet possible.

Rich People Who Get Cryogenically Frozen Are Hoarding Their Money for When They Get Thawed Out

By Noor Al-Sibai

After self-described gay furry hackers breached the Heritage Foundation, an exec with the think tank has completely lost it.

Project 2025 Exec Loses Mind, Threatening “Furry Perverts” After Embarrassing Hack

By Noor Al-Sibai

The thrusters on Boeing's cursed Starliner space capsule keep overheating — and NASA is hard at work on a fix for the issue.

Stranded Starliner Spacecraft’s Thrusters Have Been Overheating, NASA Admits

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nothing spells dystopia quite like using the Whataburger app to track damage from a hurricane — but in Texas, they make do.

Science & Energy

After Deadly Hurricane, Texans Using Whataburger App to Track Power Outages

By Noor Al-Sibai

After an alarming new study came out suggesting a link between Ozempic and a condition that causes blindness, some experts are calling foul.

RX and Medicine

Experts Not Convinced That Ozempic Is Causing Blindness

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nicolas Cage has joined the growing ranks of Hollywood AI critics that say they're freaked out by what the tech may do to their likenesses.

Artificial Intelligence

Nicolas Cage Says He’s Terrified AI Will “Steal” His Body

By Noor Al-Sibai

Cybertrucks have been shipped out to customers for less than a year, but the earliest owners seem to already need new motors.

Tesla Quietly Contacting Early Cybertruck Buyers to Replace Their Electric Motors

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite being out for less than a year, Amazon has announced that its Astro for Business patrol robots will be bricked at the end of August.

After Just Ten Months, Amazon Says Its “Security Guard” Robot Will Become a Useless Brick

By Noor Al-Sibai

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy, has been linked to an eye condition that can cause blindness.

RX and Medicine

Active Ingredient in Ozempic Linked to Condition That Causes Blindness

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's a death toll associated with SpaceX's success — and the Elon Musk-owned company played the government to make that success happen.

Investigation Finds Elon Musk’s SpaceX Used Trickery to Open Rocket Facility

By Noor Al-Sibai

To keep fliers abreast of delays, United Airlines has developed AI that its C-suite thinks is indistinguishable from human labor.

Artificial Intelligence

Airline Exec Raves That AI Is So Good at Sending Flight Delay Texts It’s “Hard to Tell the Difference” From Human Work

By Noor Al-Sibai

As astronauts remain stuck on the ISS thanks to issues with Boeing's Starliner capsule, NASA is praising the company for getting them there.

NASA Praises Boeing’s Stranded Starliner for Managing Not to Explode While Docked to Space Station

By Noor Al-Sibai

A sociologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is studying the artificial intimacy afforded to humans by AI girlfriends.

Artificial Intelligence

Researcher Studying Married Men With AI Girlfriends

By Noor Al-Sibai

President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders are calling on the makers of weight loss drugs like Ozempic to make them cheaper.

RX and Medicine

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders Demands Drug Companies Cut Price of Ozempic and Other New Weight Loss Drugs

By Noor Al-Sibai

As the tech sector reels from layoffs, one underemployed worker is urging others to sell their blood to make ends meet.

Laid Off Tech Worker Suggests That Unemployed People Should Sell Their Blood to Survive

By Noor Al-Sibai

Drivers Are Not Buying Teslas Specifically Because of Elon Musk’s Annoying Behavior

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is now claiming that the update to Grok, his dad joke-spewing AI chatbot, is going to drop next month.

Elon Musk Says a Second Grok AI Will Hit the Internet Next Month

By Noor Al-Sibai

Less than a year after joining xAI's founding team, one of the researchers poached by Elon Musk has apparently returned to OpenAI.

AI Researcher Elon Musk Poached From OpenAI Returns to OpenAI

By Noor Al-Sibai

After boldly going to the Moon's far side, China is now in possession of more than four pounds of lunar samples.

China Cracks Open First Ever Sample From Moon’s Far Side

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a controversial new study, scientists are claiming that trees in Los Angeles are contributing to the city's air pollution.

Trees Blamed for Air Pollution

By Noor Al-Sibai

Neuralink has canceled its second human implantation after discovering medical issues in the person who was going to get the brain chip.

Neuralink Cancels Second Implant Surgery Due to Medical Issues

By Noor Al-Sibai

During a test launch, a Chinese company accidentally launched one of its rockets, which crashed spectacularly into a nearby mountain.

Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test, Soars Over City and Crashes Into Mountain

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of scientists have created a chip that can fit into smartphone and "see" through barriers using electromagnetic waves.

Science & Energy

Scientists Invent Smartphone Chip That Peers Through Barriers With Electromagnetic Waves

By Noor Al-Sibai

Eli Lilly, the pharma firm behind Zepbound and Mounjaro is, ironically, calling people out for using the drugs to lose weight.

RX and Medicine

Eli Lilly Blasts Use of Mounjaro and Zepbound for “Cosmetic Weight Loss”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have long observed animals having gay sex — but those observations have rarely made their way into academic papers.

Science & Energy

Scientists Accused of Ignoring Gay Animals

By Noor Al-Sibai

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about counterfeit Ozempic, noting that some of the batches might contain a different drug.

RX and Medicine

Scary Counterfeit Ozempic Contains the Wrong Drug

By Noor Al-Sibai

The writer of a new Donald Trump biography said the ex-president couldn't remember him on their second meeting.

Neuroscience and Brain

Journalist Says Trump Suffered “Severe Memory Problems” During Extensive Interviews

By Noor Al-Sibai

After leaving OpenAI, founding member and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is starting his own firm to build "safe" superintelligence.

OpenAI Scientist Ousted After Failed Coup Against Sam Altman Is Starting a New AI Company

By Noor Al-Sibai

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