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A woman wearing a headscarf and a sleeveless top is looking at her smartphone with a concerned expression, her hand partially covering her mouth. The lighting casts a greenish tint over the scene, emphasizing her contemplative mood.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots Telling Cancer Patients to Try Useless Woo-Woo Treatments Instead of Chemotherapy

Why do chemo when you can try a "cancer-fighting diet" instead?

By Frank Landymore

New images released by the European Space Agency picture a shadowy presence spreading across the surface of Mars.
Mars

Scientists Puzzled by Huge Shadowy Blight Spreading Across Surface of Mars

A battle between light and dark.

By Frank Landymore

Meta will use tracking software on all of its US-based employees' computers that can track mouse movements and keystrokes to train AI models.
Ethics

Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI

The company is saying the quiet part out loud.

By Victor Tangermann

A jar of Prego Traditional Italian sauce, a tall glass container filled with uncooked spaghetti, a red box labeled "The Great Questions Card Deck Family Dinner Edition," and a beige device labeled "Prego Story Connection Keeper" are arranged together against a blue grid background with an orange circle behind them.
Privacy

Prego Pivots From Budget-Tier Pasta Sauce to Small Microphones That Listen to Your Family’s Intimate Conversations

Uh, come again?

By Frank Landymore

Workers in China say their bosses are directing them to painstakingly document their workflows to train AI agents that could replace them.
Ethics

Chinese Workers Horrified as Bosses Direct Them to Train Their AI Replacements

Why would they choose to dig their own graves?

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

Concern Grows That AI Is Damaging Users’ Cognitive Abilities

"The brain didn't fall asleep, but there was much less activation in the areas corresponding to creativity and to processing information."

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin experienced a significant setback over the weekend which could imperil NASA's Moon program.
Starship

Jeff Bezos’ Botched Space Launch Was So Bad It Could Threaten NASA’s Entire Moon Program

More delays could be coming.

By Victor Tangermann

An intriguing photo shows the charred heat shield of NASA's Artemis 2 Orion capsule right after splashdown in the Pacific on April 10.
Moon

Guess What This Creepy Underwater Thing Is That Was Photographed by US Navy Divers for NASA

Hint: it's neither a bird, nor a plane.

By Victor Tangermann

Considering Musk has yet to make good on his promise of fully autonomous driving, it's no wonder existing owners are starting to get fed up.
Electric Vehicles

Tesla Drivers Losing Patience at Elon Musk’s Eternal Excuses

They're fed up.

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

JPMorganChase Data Center Gets $77 Million Handout to Create Grand Total of One Job

"The county is giving away quite a lot of public money in exchange basically for nothing."

By Joe Wilkins

Illustration showing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wearing a black leather jacket and a black shirt. He is gesturing with his hands. The background features an orange grid pattern with a large blue circle behind him.
Ethics

Nvidia CEO Loses His Cool at Tough Question

"You're not talking to someone who woke up a loser."

By Joe Wilkins

A wooden judge's gavel with a metal band around the head is prominently displayed in the foreground. The background features a stylized, partially obscured seal of the United States Department of Justice, with an eagle and text visible. The image has horizontal glitch-like lines running across it, adding a digital distortion effect.
Ethics

CEO of $1.5 Billion AI Startup Accused of Massive Fraud by Justice Department

"The defendants exploited investor excitement over the AI boom and presented a rosy financial outlook to investors and lenders that was built on lies."

By Joe Wilkins

A summary of Palantir CEO Alex Karp's book put the firm and its controversial leader's ominous worldview in stark relief.
Ethics

Palantir Issues Ominous Corporate Manifesto

This is "comic book" levels of villainy.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Voyager 1 is shown against a starry background with concentric circular patterns in shades of red and black. The spacecraft has various structural components, including antennas and instruments, extending from its main body. The image has a cosmic and futuristic feel.
NASA

NASA Shuts Down Voyager 1 Instrument as Its Life Force Fades

"While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody's preference, it is the best option available."

By Frank Landymore

Blue Origin successfully reused one of its New Glenn rocket boosters for the first time, but failed to deliver a customer's satellite.
Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Just Screwed Up Very, Very Badly

One step forward, two steps back.

By Victor Tangermann

A silver handgun is surrounded by and intertwined with numerous orange poker chips with white and blue accents, set against a gradient background transitioning from black at the top to blue at the bottom. The poker chips appear to be in motion, cascading around the gun.
Cryptocurrency

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control

"Ghoulish."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The winning robot of this year's humanoid robot half-marathon in China beat the human record holder by several minutes.
Robotics

Chinese Humanoid Robot Runs Half Marathon, Beats Fastest Human Time in History

This is seriously impressive.

By Victor Tangermann

Knicks owner Jim Dolan, wearing a black jacket and white shirt, stands smiling next to a control panel with various dials, gauges, and levers.
Ethics

Madison Square Garden Reportedly Used Facial Recognition to Stalk Trans Woman For Two Years

"She wasn't taking pictures in restricted areas. She wasn't trying to go places she shouldn't be."

By Joe Wilkins

A person wearing a hooded sweatshirt is holding and looking at a smartphone. The image is dark with dramatic red and green lighting highlighting the edges of the figure and the phone. The person's face is not visible.
Ethics

The Florida Mass Shooter’s Conversations With ChatGPT Are Worse Than You Could Possibly Imagine

If a human uses an AI chatbot to plan a mass shooting, is the company liable for the ensuing deaths?

By Sharon Adarlo

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RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Nasal Spray That Reverse Brain Aging in Mice, Say It May Work on Humans as Well

It just takes two sprays into the nasal cavity to make a difference.

By Sharon Adarlo