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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is opening up about his relationship with Elon Musk — and about the politically incorrect stuff they discuss.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Just-Revealed Texts to His Friend Tell You a Lot About His Character

Honestly, it's getting embarrassing.

A survey of nearly 500 AI researchers indicated that the vast majority of them think that pursuing "scaling" won't achieve AGI.
Artificial Intelligence

Majority of AI Researchers Say Tech Industry Is Pouring Billions Into a Dead End

"The vast investments in scaling... always seemed to me to be misplaced."

Apple is reportedly working on a live-translate feature for its AirPods that's tied to its upcoming iOS 19 software overhaul.
Future Society

Apple Secretly Working on AirPod Feature That Translates Speech in Real-Time

Neat.

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Tesla

Tesla Competitor Reveals Electric Car That Can Charge in Five Minutes

Incredible things are happening in China.

As Tesla's shares continue their monthslong slump, even its executives and board members are starting to jump ship.
Tesla

Even Tesla’s Board Are Dumping Their Stock

"Whenever insiders, including directors, are selling shares, it's not a positive signal."

Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.
Mars

Readings Show Evidence of Huge Ocean Under Mars’ Surface

Not everything is as it appears.

Months before Google struck a $2.7 billion licensing deal with Character.AI, Google AI scientists warned that AI companions could harm kids.
Google

Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

"A user," the Google researchers cautioned, could be "persuaded to take their own life."

After docking with the ISS, the latest crew visiting the orbital outpost were greeted by a cosmonaut wearing an alien mask.
Future Society

Space Station Visitors Greeted With Wild Sight When They Open Hatch

Aghh!

Microsoft has "unintentionally uninstalled" its Copilot AI assistant app on some devices running Windows 11 — and users are rejoicing.
Artificial Intelligence

Users Cheer as Microsoft Accidentally Removes Hated AI Feature From Windows 11

"Sounds like an upgrade to me."

Sam Altman, OpenAI's billionaire founder, gestures toward himself in front of an illustrated geometric background.
Future Society

Flailing OpenAI Calls for Ban on Chinese AI

Sick em, Big Brother.

Chinese regulators have announced that all AI-generated content on the internet will have to be labeled as such.
Artificial Intelligence

All AI-Generated Material Must Be Labeled Online, China Announces

Is something like this even enforceable?

At an isolated scientific base in Antarctica, a researcher has been accused of assaulting and threatening to murder colleagues.
Science & Energy

Researcher “Threatened to Kill” Colleagues Trapped in Antarctic Base

Horrifying.

Ashly Burch, the voice actor behind Aloy from the "Horizon" video games, says she's "worried" about her profession's future.
Artificial Intelligence

Voice Actor for Aloy in “Horizon” Games Creeped Out by AI Version of Her Character

"I feel worried about this art form."

People have already started dying due to cuts in foreign aid from DOGE agency — but Elon Musk insists they have not.
Elon Musk

Mothers and Children Are Already Dying Because of Elon Musk’s Cuts

"Many more children will die in the coming weeks."

Scientists Discover Four Intriguing Planets Around Closest Single-Star Solar System to Earth
Off-World

Scientists Discover Four Intriguing Planets Around Closest Single-Star Solar System to Earth

"It’s a really exciting find — Barnard’s Star is our cosmic neighbor, and yet we know so little about it."

YouTuber Mark Rober has perfectly demonstrated why Tesla relying entirely on cameras isn't such a good idea for driver-assistance tech.
Tesla

Man Tests If Tesla Autopilot Will Crash Into Wall Painted to Look Like Road

"Without even a slight tap on the brakes."

We spoke to the bright engineering minds who brought a vape-connected "Tamagotchi" — which dies if you don't inhale — to life.
Prosthetics and Devices

We Talked to the Inventors of the “Tamagotchi” Vape That Dies If You Stop Puffing

"It'd be kind of funnier to be evil."

New research is challenging the assumption that smoking too much weed as a teenager can deep-fry your brain.
Science & Energy

If You Blazed Massive Amounts of Weed as a Youth, Scientists Have Interesting News

There's no brain fog here.

A new AI gadget records everything that's said and done around you — and serves you back weird, incorrect "memories" of it all.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Gadget Records Your Entire Life and Then Lies to You About What Happened

It also listens when you go to the bathroom.

Around the world, on separate continents with no contact with each other, multiple groups of ancient humans invented farming simultaneously.
Science & Energy

The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of People With Zero Contact With One Another

A historical mystery for the ages.