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People have been losing weight on retatrutide, more powerful than GLP-1 agonist drugs, but they are buying them from unapproved sources.
RX and Medicine

People Jabbing Themselves With Black Market “GLP-3” Drugs

"All of this stuff just scares the crap out of me."

By Sharon Adarlo

A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
RX and Medicine

Alzheimer’s Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say

"The key takeaway is a message of hope."

By Sharon Adarlo

Not long after its robotaxi fleet plunged into disarray because of a simple power outage, Waymo is once again suspending operations.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Days After Mass Bricking Event, Waymo Fleet Shuts Down Again

A run of bad luck.

By Frank Landymore

Canadian musician Ashley MacIsaac was mortified when he discovered Google's AI overview was incorrectly labeling him a sex criminal.
Google

Musician Cancelled as AI Falsely Accuses Him of Horrific Crimes

"Google screwed up, and it put me in a dangerous situation."

By Joe Wilkins

The Garmin Autoland system took complete control of the aircraft, deciding where to land and communicating with ground control.
Advanced Transport

Autopilot Autonomously Lands Plane After Cabin Loses Pressure, for the First Time Ever

Life-saving technology.

By Frank Landymore

A recent study paints a concerning picture of the potential collapse of the Thwaites Glacier, otherwise known as the Doomsday Glacier.
Climate Change

Doomsday Glacier Approaching Catastrophic Collapse

Cracks are continuing to grow at an alarming rate.

By Victor Tangermann

Mozilla's new CEO announced that Firefox would become a "modern AI broswer." Its most diehard fans are revolting.
Ethics

After Outcry, Firefox Promises “Kill Switch” That Turns Off All AI Features

"I've never seen a company so astoundingly out of touch with the people who want to use its software."

By Victor Tangermann

Space startup Max Space unveiled plans for an inflatable space station that can expand to a whopping 12,300 cubic feet.
International Space Station

Bonkers New Space Station Expands to Full Size From Single Capsule

It's absolutely enormous once fully inflated.

By Victor Tangermann

A comapny has come up with an intriguing approach that stores energy in enormous domes that are filled with compressed carbon dioxide gas.
Pollution

Google Rapidly Deploying Huge CO2 Battery Facilities That Store 200 Megawatt Hours of Power

"They can really plug and play this."

By Victor Tangermann

A tracker purports to reveal the true size of Tesla's puny Robotaxi fleet, eliciting chortles and derision.
Self-Driving Vehicles

The Number of Robotaxis Tesla Is Actually Running Will Make You Snort Out of Your Nose With Pure Derision

That's it?!

By Frank Landymore

2025 will be remembered as the year AI's novelty faded and public skepticism became one of the dominant attitudes.
Ethics

AI Backlash Grew Massively in 2025

2025 will be remembered as the year of anti-AI discontent.

By Joe Wilkins

A new report by AI software company CodeRabbit found that code generated by an AI was far more error-prone than human-written code.
Google

AI Code Is a Bug-Filled Mess

"These findings reinforce what many engineering teams have sensed throughout 2025."

By Victor Tangermann

Bafflingly designed emergency features and its "apocalypse-proof" instruction makes escaping the Cybertruck after a crash a struggle.
Tesla

Cybertrucks Are a Firefighter’s Nightmare

These things are death traps.

By Frank Landymore

Scientists said a novel compound can arrest early stages of Alzheimer's disease in mice brains, setting the stage for a possible cure.
Treatments

Scientists Identify Possible Game Changing Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease That Could Control It Like High Cholesterol

"These results are stunning."

By Sharon Adarlo

Children are losing themselves to frightening AI characters powered by large language model companies like Character.AI.
Ethics

Children Falling Apart as They Become Addicted to AI

"This is my child, my little child who is 11 years old, talking to something that doesn’t exist about not wanting to exist."

By Joe Wilkins

AI-powered toys and stuffed animals could be having wildly inappropriate, if not dangerous, conversations with your children.
Ethics

Is an AI-Powered Toy Terrorizing Your Child?

You better watch out.

By Frank Landymore

A virologist has taken to homebrewing a polynoravius vaccine to be ingested via yeast cells — in other words, a frothy pint of beer.
Viruses

Uncles Tremble as Man Invents Vaccine Delivered by Beer

Talk about a beer and a shot!

By Joe Wilkins

The heavily redacted release of Epstein files can be easily redacted with a simple copy-paste, unearthing some disturbing details.
Future Society

Justice Department Humiliated as People Find the Epstein Files Can Easily Be Un-Redacted

If you know how to copy-paste, congratulations: you have the tools to topple the Deep State.

By Frank Landymore

Musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher called AI psychosis "fun," and then admitted that she suffers from it, too.
Artificial Intelligence

Grimes Says She Has AI Psychosis, Recommends You Should Get it Too

Uh, come again?

By Frank Landymore

Donald Trump's trade restrictions on AI chips have given Chinese tech firms the environment they need to court global investors.
Investing

Trump’s Chip Embargo Against China Is Backfiring Spectacularly

Brilliant work, sir.

By Joe Wilkins