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Meta

Someone Reportedly Mailed a Live Squirrel to Meta, Where It Sent an Employee to the Hospital

Meta is a chaotic place to work.

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Privacy

Flock Cameras Screw Up, Swarm Innocent Man With Armed Police

"Once these systems have you in their crosshairs, there's pretty much only one way it can go."

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Ethics

The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible

Sickening.

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Neuroscience and Brain

Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer’s May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis

Infuriating.

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Astrophysics

Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth’s Magnetic Field, in Orbit

"It gives you acceleration without fuel."

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Self-Driving Vehicles

New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis

"This is not anti-Tesla."

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Climate Change

You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming

"Many people assume that if solar and wind are growing quickly, fossil fuels must be shrinking."

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Anthropic

American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AI

Reality is setting in.

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Ethics

Coinbase AI Sends Mass “Breaking News” Alert That’s Completely Hallucinated

"Maybe the AI knew something we didn't!"

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Drones

Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety

Just in time.

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Blue Origin

If You Thought SpaceX Stock Was Doing Badly Before, Now It’s Really Tanking

It just hit a record low.

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Robotics

Sheriff Unveils Humanoid Robot for Hostage Negotiation Purposes, Which Definitely Won’t End in Disaster

"Any motion I want it to do, I can program it to do."

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Finance

Trump Suddenly Opens Dozens of Gas Stations Selling Suspiciously Cheap Fuel, and Experts Are Already Warning of Impending Disaster

"When losses happen, somebody's got to pay for it."

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Takes Revenge, Dropping Drunk Teens Directly Into Squad of Cops

Rowdy teens are evolving. So are the cops.

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Parasites

If You’ve Been Having Explosive Diarrhea, You May Want to Read This

"Investigations to identify potential clusters and potential sources of illness are ongoing."

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s Safety Camera Lets Woman Cruising at Highway Speed While Completely Passed Out

"You can't let the robot drive your car for you."

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Finance

Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free

"Many organizations are still building the capabilities required to forecast, monitor, and manage AI spending effectively."

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Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Identify Most Degenerate Known ChatGPT User

Unashamedly debauched.

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Anthropic

Anthropic Caught Secretly Spying on Users

Anthropic's privacy claims are now "harder to believe."

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Environment

Freak Tornado Sucks Man Out of 12-Floor Apartment

It even ripped his cabinets out of his walls.