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Gas stations and head shops across the United States are still selling dangerous "elixirs" that cause life-threatening seizures and blackouts
RX and Medicine

Gas Stations Are Selling a Sleazy Drug That Gives You Seizures

Beware.

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research warns that several methods of using the ocean for carbon removal could drastically deplete it of oxygen.
Climate Change

Using the Ocean to Suck Up CO2 Could Come With the Small, Unintended Side Effect of Wiping Out Marine Life

"What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean."

By Frank Landymore

A new "AI" company meant to detect wildfires is easily duped by clouds and dust, ultimately requiring humans to remain in the loop.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Startup That Raised $81 Million to Detect Wildfires Bamboozled by Clouds, Still Relies on Humans

It's revolutionizing "the wildfire space."

By Joe Wilkins

Each can comes secured in a "lab-sealed specimen jar," containing Ozzy's signature, and of course, a sample of his spit.
Future Society

You Can Now Buy a Sample of Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA in Twelve Easy Payments

Something for the real heads.

By Joe Wilkins

Research reveals that cognitive ability in infants can predict their future intelligence when they grow up to be adults.
Neuroscience and Brain

If Your Baby Seems Kinda Dumb at Seven Months, Scientists Have Terrible News About What’ll Happen When It Grows Into an Adult

Is intelligence fixed?

By Sharon Adarlo

While some argue that Zuckerberg's simply experiencing a midlife crisis, others say the public is now seeing the man he's been all along.
Future Society

Zuckerberg’s Employees Have a Wild New Nickname for Him

"The whole time this was all one inch underneath."

By Joe Wilkins

After Mattel announced a collaboration with OpenAI, some experts are sounding the alarm on the dangers that interactive AI poses to children.
Artificial Intelligence

Child Welfare Experts Horrified by Mattel’s Plans to Add ChatGPT to Toys After Mental Health Concerns for Adult Users

"Risks inflicting real damage on children."

By Frank Landymore

Waymo, Google's robotaxi company, is being sued for alleged safety failures that resulted in a San Francisco cyclist's injuries. 
Brain

Bicyclist Says a Waymo Robotaxi Smashed Her Into a Second Waymo Robotaxi, Causing Brain and Spine Injury

"Waymo’s system fell short significantly."

By Noor Al-Sibai

With its robotaxi launch supposedly right around the corner, Tesla just admitted a huge caveat with its self-driving cars.
Tesla

Tesla Just Admitted Something Wildly Embarrassing About What’ll Be in the Front Seat of All Its Robotaxis

Sounds like passengers won't be riding alone.

By Frank Landymore

The "Hawk Tuah" girl recently graced the stage at an influencer convention, and it went about as well as her scammy crypto project.
Cryptocurrency

Hawk Tuah Girl Live Event Devolves Into Chaos After Crypto Disaster

"Does this look like the face of a girl who could talk to you about crypto?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some digital sleuths are uncovering decades-old tweets on love, books, and happiness on the Supreme Leader of Iran's Twitter account.
Future Society

As War Descends on Iran, People Have Discovered Some Wild Old Posts on Ayatollah Khamenei’s Twitter Account

"I apologize, Ayatollah Khamenei, I was unfamiliar with your game."

By Joe Wilkins

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship suffered another explosion on Wednesday, which has cast doubt on whether these ships can ever reach Mars.
Starship

Latest Starship Explosion Drastically Decreases SpaceX’s Chances of Reaching Mars Without Having to Wait Years

"One of the toughest problems to solve."

By Sharon Adarlo

As AI adoption spreads, CEOs are increasingly using the tech to justify layoffs, or to anticipate layoffs coming in the future.
Artificial Intelligence

CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees

A brutal new cudgel.

By Joe Wilkins

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found some startling results in the brain scans of people using ChatGPT.
Brain

Researchers Scanned the Brains of ChatGPT Users and Found Something Deeply Alarming

"Consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Users are creating AI bots trained on harebrained conspiracy theories, including a custom bot to convince parents not to vaccinate kids.
Future Society

Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions

We're cooked.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk continues to express anger at his chatbot Grok for citing news reports and other sources that don't align with his extremist views.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Concerned That Reality Has Infiltrated His “Grok” AI

"Grok is parroting legacy media."

By Frank Landymore

Cursed New Dating App Matches You Based on the Most Deranged Thing We Can Imagine
Future Society

Cursed New Dating App Matches You Based on the Most Deranged Thing We Can Imagine

"This will show a side of you that you’d never pick."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Watching a bunch of porn has some major side effects — and no, we're not just talking about stained bedsheets. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Scanned the Brains of Hardcore Gooners and Found Something Ominous

This is worth reading.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google's shoddy AI Overviews allegedly spread damaging lies about a solar company, which is now suing the tech giant for defamation.
Google

Solar Company Sues Google for Giving Damaging Information in AI Overviews

When an AI "hallucination" becomes defamation.

By Frank Landymore

As AI-generated text is becoming increasingly ubiquitous on the internet, some distinctive linguistic patterns are starting to emerge.
OpenAI

Once You Notice ChatGPT’s Weird Way of Talking, You Start to See It Everywhere

It's not useful, it's slop.

By Victor Tangermann