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Vehicle rental company Hertz has partnered with Israeli tech company UVeye to charge exorbitant fees for tiny cosmetic dings.
Artificial Intelligence

Hertz Deploys AI Scanner That’s Charging Hundreds of Dollars for Tiny Scratches on Rental Cars

Not this!

Researchers in the UK have received approval to conduct the first ever human trials for a stem cell treatment to reverse hearing loss.
Developments

Stem Cell Treatment to Reverse Hearing Loss Kicking Off in Human Patients

The magic of stem cells, folks.

Horrifying Research Finds Melting Glaciers Could Activate Deadly Volcanoes
Science & Energy

Horrifying Research Finds Melting Glaciers Could Activate Deadly Volcanoes

It's a a terrifying feedback loop.

An AI-enhanced robot has autonomously completed a gallbladder removal on a lifelike patient with "100 percent accuracy."
Treatments

Doctors Let AI Control Surgery Robot and Perform Gallbladder Removal on Its Own

"Our work shows that AI models can be made reliable enough for surgical autonomy."

As weight loss jabs like Ozempic become ever more popular, doctors are growing increasingly concerned about their gnarly side effects.
RX and Medicine

Doctors Are Warning That Ozempic’s Severe Side Effects May Outweigh Its Benefits

"This is why we continue to monitor the safety of medicines on the market."

Rently is a hip new SaaS company offering management tools to make life even easier for landlords looking to rent out their apartments.
Future Society

Trendy New Startup Makes You Pay to Tour Apartments When You’re Looking for Housing

"You ppl have lost your mind."

Artificial intelligence has infected every corner of academia — and now, some scientists are fighting back with a weird trick. 
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Sneaking Passages Into Research Papers Designed to Trick AI Reviewers

This is quite the conundrum.

Research shows that the brains of those who use drugs are substantially different than those who don't, well before drugs are actually used.
Studies

New Study Flips Everything We Know About Addiction Upside Down

Hold up.

A retiree in rural Georgia has accused Meta's new AI data center, which is situated around 1,200 feet from her home, of polluting her water.
Meta

Woman Says Zuckerberg’s AI Data Center Filled Her Tap Water With Sediment

"I'm afraid to drink the water."

New clues suggest that former CEO Linda Yaccarino left X, formerly Twitter, on less than great terms with the company and her boss Elon Musk.
Future Society

We Just Got a Major Clue About Why Twitter’s CEO Suddenly Left This Week

Knowing a little about what was happening behind the scenes explains a lot.

A white hat hacker has discovered a clever way to trick ChatGPT into giving up Windows product keys, which can used to activate the OS.
OpenAI

Clever Jailbreak Makes ChatGPT Give Away Pirated Windows Activation Keys

"I give up."

The Trump's administration's proposed NASA budget calls to end operations of several spacecraft currently orbiting Mars for no reason.
NASA

Trump Wants to Shut Down Several Perfectly Good Spacecraft Orbiting Mars for No Reason

Scientists are furious.

OpenAI is reportedly just weeks away from releasing an AI web browser with a "native" ChatGPT-like interface.
OpenAI

OpenAI Is About to Release an AI Web Browser

It's coming for Google Chrome.

AI users are spiraling into severe mental health crises after extensive use of chatbots like ChatGPT — and health experts are taking notice.
Artificial Intelligence

Experts Warn that People Are Losing Themselves to AI

"Of course I want to go live in the AI world, because the choice is between God on a pedestal or vanilla."

Scientists found that NASA's DART spacecraft ejected a massive barrage of boulders when it bashed into asteroid Dimorphos in 2022.
NASA

Remember That Asteroid NASA Deflected in a Test of Saving Earth? We Have Bad News

"Something unknown is at work here."

The Tesla CEO's erratic political moves may force the board of directors to take the helm after Musk announced the "America Party."
Tesla

Elon Musk’s Bizarre Behavior May Force Tesla Board to Step in, Analyst Warns

"There is a broader sense of exhaustion from many Tesla investors that Musk keeps heading down the political track."

Elon Musk just revealed that he plans to install his wildly racist AI chatbot Grok in Tesla vehicles as soon as "next week."
Tesla

Elon Musk Says He’s Installing His Racist Grok AI in Teslas “Next Week”

"MechaHitler" — coming to a Tesla near you.

In sunny San Diego, a reckless Tesla driver is being charged with murder after a shocking road rage incident left a man twice his age dead.
Tesla

Tesla Driver Facing Murder Charge for Getting Angry and Running Down Motorcycle on Purpose, Fleeing Barefoot and Flipping Off Bystanders

"This defendant told officers that he was speeding like the devil."

Astronomers confirmed that a mysterious object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, came from interstellar space. It appears to be billions of years old.
Off-World

The Interstellar Visitor Hurtling Toward the Center of Our Star System Is Unimaginably Ancient, Scientists Say

They're desperate to have a closer look.

Republicans and Democrats voiced their discontent with Trump's 2026 budget request for NASA and are working to come up with a better plan.
NASA

Democrats and Republicans Unite in Last-Ditch Effort to Save NASA

They're trying to rescue it... from Trump.