More from Victor Tangermann (Page 37)

Congress is holding a hearing about controversial claims that the government is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Former Intelligence Guy Tells Congress the Government Is Reverse-Engineering Alien Relics

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found that they can implant false memories by generating deepfake clips of movie remakes that were never actually made.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Implant Subjects With Fake Memories Using Deepfakes

By Victor Tangermann

Climate change experts are watching, horrified that their predictions from many years ago are turning into an overwhelming reality.

Climate Scientists Horrified That Their Predictions Were Correct

By Victor Tangermann

Meta-formerly-Facebook has a trademark related to social media for the letter X, which means Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand could cost him.

It Turns Out Facebook Also Owns a Trademark to “X,” Specifically for Social Media

By Victor Tangermann

According to several lawsuits filed in the US, people are dying after overdosing on an herbal supplement called kratom.

Lawsuits Claim People Are Dying From Taking Kratom

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have created a stunningly detailed map of the seafloor of the Monterey Canyon.

Science & Energy

New Scan of Seafloor Is So Detailed, You Can See an Individual Crab

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found that tiny changes in GPS signals could allow us to predict large earthquakes roughly two hours early.

Science & Energy

Scientists Say They Can Predict Earthquakes by Analyzing Tiny Changes in GPS Data

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter owner Elon Musk has officially changed Twitter's name with the letter "X" — a last-ditch effort to turn the ailing loss maker around.

Business Genius Elon Musk Says He’s Changing Twitter’s Name

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers just got a $600,000 grant from the Australian government to study ways of merging human brain cells with artificial intelligence.

Scientists Working on Merging AI With Human Brain Cells

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are investigating if sharks are getting high off of bales of cocaine that are landing in the waters off of the coast of Florida.

Science & Energy

Florida Sharks Suspected of Eating Discarded Bales of Cocaine

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the aftermath of the space agency's DART battering ram that smashed into an asteroid last year.

Hubble Spots Remains of Asteroid NASA Smashed With Battering Ram

By Victor Tangermann

Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried and his brother Gabriel talked about buying a tiny island to conduct genetic experiments on humans.

FTX Considered Buying an Island to Conduct Human Genetic Experimentation

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at Texas A&M University were stunned when a piece of metal appeared to heal itself before their eyes.

Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Metal That Can Heal Itself After Damage

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have discovered a suspected magnetar, which has been sending out radio waves every 22 minutes since at least 1988.

Mysterious Space Object Has Been Pulsing Every 20 Minutes Since the 1980s

By Victor Tangermann

Emad Mostaque, the CEO of open-source AI company Stability AI, says AI will be the "biggest bubble of all time."

Artificial Intelligence

AI CEO Warns AI Will Be “Biggest Bubble of All Time”

By Victor Tangermann

We know that parasitic worms called hairworms can "mind control" their host. But as it turns out, they're also missing huge amounts of genes.

Scientists Surprised by DNA in Worms That Control Hosts’ Brains

By Victor Tangermann

In light of extreme heat waves, hospitals are packing overheated patients in body bags with a bucket of ice. Others show up comatose.

Brutal Heat Wave Is Literally Putting People Into Comas

By Victor Tangermann

Residents of a Berlin suburb are being told to stay indoors over reports of a "loose, dangerous animal" — possibly an escaped lioness.

Science & Energy

Authorities Warn Residents to Stay Indoors as Lioness Escapes

By Victor Tangermann

Google is secretly demoing an artificial intelligence tool that can produce news stories and showing it off to major newspapers.

Google Secretly Showing Newspapers an AI-Powered News Generator

By Victor Tangermann

Current observations suggest we could see a solar maximum as early as 2024, not 2025, defying our predictions.

There’s Something Weird Going on With the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

A crafty Eurasian magpie stuck together some 1,500 anti-bird spikes to build a fortified, two-foot-wide nest.

Science & Energy

Bird Uses Anti-Bird Spikes to Create Fortified Nest

By Victor Tangermann

A new reality TV show is challenging an unlikely group of celebrities to survive on a simulated Mars habitat —and it looks unhinged.

Watch Celebrities Try to Patch Leaks in Simulated Mars Base

By Victor Tangermann

A "19-year-old virtual girl from Helsinki, Finland," who has amassed tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, is looking for work

Artificial Intelligence

Fully AI-Generated Influencers Are Getting Thousands of Reactions Per Thirst Trap

By Victor Tangermann

Earlier this week, reports emerged of a woman in France who was reportedly struck by a meteorite. Experts have their doubts.

Expert Says Rock That Hit Woman Was NOT a Meteorite

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are calling a new drug called donanemab a "turning point" in the fight against Alzheimer's. A trial showed promising results.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Drug Hailed as “Turning Point” in Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease

By Victor Tangermann

While the marketplace for NFTs still hasn't bottomed out, the appetite for NFTs has seen major declines this year.

NFT Bro Laments That Nobody Is Buying Expensive JPGs Anymore

By Victor Tangermann

Tim Shaddock, a 51-year-old Australian sailor from Sydney, and his dog Bella survived for two months while being adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Science & Energy

Australian and His Dog Survive Two Months Adrift in Derelict Vessel

By Victor Tangermann

Jake Watson, producer at the popular YouTube channel Corridor Crew, strapped a tiny action camera to his cat, which spotted a rat right away.

Robots and Machines

Guy Straps Tiny Camera to His Farm Cat, Discovers It’s Terrible at Hunting

By Victor Tangermann

Tech leaders are increasingly turning to painkillers, and antidepressants due to high stress and long hours, a recent survey found.

Health & Medicine

Tech Leaders Are Popping Pills Like SoundCloud Rappers

By Victor Tangermann

A recent image shared by NASA astronaut legend Buzz Aldrin shows him tucking into a hearty breakfast while wearing three watches.

93-Year-Old Buzz Aldrin Eats Lavish Breakfast While Wearing Three Wristwatches

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk has chimed in and has decreed that the universe is "possibly" twice as old as we think it is. Make of that what you will.

Elon Musk Says Universe May Be Twice as Old as We Think, Dark Matter Seems “Sketch”

By Victor Tangermann

A woman in France was reportedly struck by a tiny, rebounding piece of meteorite while chatting with a friend over a cup of coffee.

Woman Reportedly Struck by Meteorite While Drinking Coffee

By Victor Tangermann

Helicopter Pilot Leapt Into Ocean to Escape Furious Volcano

Science & Energy

Helicopter Pilot Leapt Into Ocean to Escape Furious Volcano

By Victor Tangermann

Almost half a year after announcing Twitter would pay content creators, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has finally made good on his promise.

Twitter Now Paying Accused Sex Trafficker to Keep Posting

By Victor Tangermann

Unsurprisingly, the FTC's investigation into OpenAI isn't sitting well with CEO Sam Altman, who took to Twitter to lament the decision.

Sam Altman Is Not At All Happy With The FTC’s ChatGPT Investigation

By Victor Tangermann

The current discussion surrounding the Screen Actors' Guild's strike was pretty much perfectly predicted by a recent "Black Mirror" episode.

Artificial Intelligence

Hollywood’s Plan to Scan Actors Sounds Exactly Like a Recent Episode of “Black Mirror”

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that he warned Chinese leaders that an AI-led "digital superintelligence" could take over the entire country.

Elon Musk Warns Chinese Leaders That AI Could Take Over the Country

By Victor Tangermann

Luxury cruise ship passengers were exposed to a grizzly sight after docking at the Faroe Islands capital: the slaughtering of pilot whales.

Science & Energy

A Cruise Ship Pulled Up for a Beautiful View. Then Blood Started Turning the Water Red

By Victor Tangermann

Hollywood studios reportedly want to replace background actors with AI after paying them only for a single day of work.

Artificial Intelligence

Studios Want to Replace Background Actors With AI After Paying Them for Only One Day

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered "diverse" traces of "preserved organic matter" in a Martian crater.

NASA Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomer Rajendra Gupta has devised a new theory about the expansion of the universe, concluding that it's 26.7 billion years old.

Scientist Claims Universe Is Twice as Old as We Thought

By Victor Tangermann

The FTC has started an extensive investigation into OpenAI to figure out whether its products harmed consumer reputations.

FTC Investigating ChatGPT for Saying Harmful Things About People

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created a breathtaking, three-dimensional visualization of a recent James Webb Space Telescope survey of ancient galaxies.

James Webb Space Telescope

Amazing Video Soars Through James Webb’s Dazzling 3D View of Universe

By Victor Tangermann

A notorious female sea otter has garnered a reputation for harassing surfers in Santa Cruz, California — and even jacking their surfboards.

Science & Energy

Mischievous Sea Otter Keeps Stealing Surfboards

By Victor Tangermann

Yuga Labs' Bored Ape NFTs have absolutely plummeted in value, dropping to multi-year lows earlier this month.

Remember Bored Apes? They’re Almost Worthless Now

By Victor Tangermann

A 31-year-old CEO of an e-commerce platform fired 90 percent of the company's support staff after arguing an AI chatbot outperformed them.

Artificial Intelligence

CEO Fires 90 Percent of Support Staff, Saying AI Outperforms Them

By Victor Tangermann

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who passed away earlier this month, used meritless lawsuits to threaten and silence his many critics.

OceanGate CEO Used Legal Threats to Silence His Critics Before Dying in Sub

By Victor Tangermann

China is preparing to deliver zebrafish to its Tiangong space station to study how they interact with other microorganisms and bone loss.

China Is Sending Fish to Its Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time ever, OpenAI's ChatGPT has lost users, The Washington Post reports, a sign that its popularity may have already peaked.

ChatGPT Is Now Losing Users

By Victor Tangermann

An intriguing new video shows what appears to be an early prototype of a Tesla van that is designed to carry passengers through a tunnel.

Leak Allegedly Shows Bizarre New Tesla Vehicle

By Victor Tangermann

Royal Caribbean International's Icon of the Seas is here to break all records — and all we can do is be in awe of this absolute unit.

Advanced Transport

We’re in Awe of This Comically Gigantic Luxury Cruise Ship

By Victor Tangermann

Scientist: No, We Didn’t Just Find an Alien Spacecraft on the Bottom of the Ocean

Scientist: No, We Didn’t Just Find an Alien Spacecraft on the Bottom of the Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

An incredibly life-like humanoid robot had a bit of a dodgy answer when asked if it would rebel against its human creators.

Realistic Robot Awkwardly Dodges Question When Asked If It Will Rebel Against Humans

By Victor Tangermann

Furious Elon Musk Is Threatening to Sue Meta for Ripping Off Twitter

Furious Elon Musk Is Threatening to Sue Meta for Ripping Off Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suggest another planet could be lurking in the Oort cloud, a collection of icy objects stretching beyond the Kuiper Belt.

Our Solar System May Be Hiding an Extra Planet, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Earlier this month, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious donut-shaped rock. Experts are divided on what it could be.

Scientists Attempt to Explain Mars Rock With Hole Straight Through It

By Victor Tangermann

Four individuals have agreed to be locked inside NASA's Mars simulator for just over a year. And they're being paid surprisingly little.

Here’s What NASA Pays to Be Locked in a Mars Simulator for a Year

By Victor Tangermann

Below the Indian Ocean, there's a giant "gravity hole" over one million square miles in size. Scientists may have figured out why it exists.

Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by “Gravity Hole” at Bottom of Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

Consultant Roger Anderson has created a voice, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, that can waste and frustrate telemarketers and scammers.

Artificial Intelligence

Finally, a Good Use for AI: Wasting Scam Callers’ Time Forever

By Victor Tangermann

For over 100 years, scientists have been puzzling over a blood-red liquid seeping out of a glacier in Antarctica. Until now.

Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Glacier Bleeding Red Fluid

By Victor Tangermann

Space Force major general David Miller is worried the US could fall behind China and Russia in the space race — and is calling for action.

General Says Space Force Should Stop Waffling and Build Epic Space Weapons

By Victor Tangermann

G/O Media, an online media company that owns Gizmodo and Kotaku has announced that it will begin a "modest test" of AI content on its sites.

Artificial Intelligence

Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content

By Victor Tangermann

Local authorities saw a huge spike in 911 calls at Bonnaroo after countless iPhones started mistaking dancing for car crashes.

Apple iPhones Are Calling 911 When Owners Go Dancing

By Victor Tangermann

A part of the summit of a mountain in the Alps has collapsed, the likely result of permafrost thawing, dramatic footage shows.

Climate Change Blamed for Collapse of Mountain

By Victor Tangermann

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