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Astronomers have discovered an unusual exoplanet with a long "tail" of gas trailing behind it, not unlike a comet.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Planet With Long Tail

Just the tail measures a whopping 350,000 miles in length.

By Victor Tangermann

The head of the "buy now, pay later" firm Klarna is now bragging that AI has begun to successfully replace his human workforce.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Says He Hasn’t Hired Anyone in a Year as He Replaces Human Workers With AI

This is working a bit too well for comfort.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of scientists have called for an immediate halt on creating "mirror life" organisms, which defy biology as we know it.
Biology

Scientists Horrified by “Mirror Life” That Could Wipe Out Biology As We Know It

"The consequences could be globally disastrous."

By Frank Landymore

In China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling spherical robot that can chase down suspects and beat them in a fight.
Robotics

Chinese Police Deploy Rolling BB-8-STyle Robot to Patrol Streets, Chase Down Suspects

"If you lose the fight, you’ll end up in hospital."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A video shows an aimless Waymo robotaxi repeatedly circling around a roundabout, seemingly unable to figure out how to escape.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Hilarious Video Shows Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Stuck in Roundabout

Relatable.

By Frank Landymore

Over the last month, traffic to the site formerly known as Twitter has taken a nosedive as Bluesky continues to bring in more and more users.
Future Society

Twitter’s Traffic Falling Relative to Bluesky

Read it and weep, Elon.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Footage shows SpaceX crews retrieving debris belonging to the upper stage of SpaceX's enormous Starship rocket.
Advanced Transport

SpaceX Spotted Scooping Pieces of Starship Out of Ocean After Impact

And next time, the retrieval crews will be hoping for a bigger catch.

By Frank Landymore

Government scientists are calling on the European Union to ban massive space mirrors and other forms of solar geoengineering.
Climate Change

Scientists Call for Ban on Hacking the Earth’s Climate With Chemicals or Giant Mirrors

"A strong global governance framework would be needed for this."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's charity is falling short of the minimum amount of money it is supposed to giveaway by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s “Charity” Is Hoarding Money Instead of Giving It to the Needy

"It is clear that the organization is not in a hurry to spend its money."

By Frank Landymore

Embattled media company BuzzFeed is selling off First We Feast, the company behind the extremely popular interview show called "Hot Ones."
Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Sells “Hot Ones” as It Pivots to AI-Generated Content

"Couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?"

By Victor Tangermann

A large number of Character.AI users are reporting that they were unexpectedly signed into a stranger's account.
Artificial Intelligence

Controversial Chatbot Company Character.AI Appears to Have Accidentally Let Users See Each Others’ Chat Histories

"It just randomly logged me into a different account."

By Victor Tangermann

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Google-backed AI chatbot startup Character.AI over its privacy and safety practices.
Google

Texas Attorney General Investigating Google-Backed AI Startup Accused of Inappropriate Interactions With Minors

"These investigations are a critical step toward ensuring that social media and AI companies comply with our laws designed to protect children from exploitation and harm."

By Victor Tangermann

In the wake of Brian Thompson's murder, the UnitedHealth is now asking journalists to remove or obscure photos of its CEOs' names and faces.
Future Society

UnitedHealth Is Asking Journalists to Remove Names and Photos of Its CEO From Published Work

Behind the scenes, they're working to control the story.

By Noor Al-Sibai

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for NASA administrator billionaire SpaceX tourist Jared Isaacman wants to send troops into space.
NASA

Trump’s New NASA Head Announces Plans to Send Troops to Space

"America is going to lead it and we’re going to need guardians there on the high ground looking out for us."

By Victor Tangermann

A creepy Sora output of the streamer Pokimane shows that despite guardrails, the video generator is good at depicting real-life people.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Sora Is Generating Videos of Real People, Including This Unintentionally Demonic Version of Pokimane

Why does Sora know who Pokimane is?

By Noor Al-Sibai

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson sparked a fiery debate over the widespread hatred of the US health insurance system.
Developments

Americans Point Out That UnitedHealthcare Tried to Kill Them First

"We live in a country where people are truly kicked down when they are at their weakest and most vulnerable, both physically and emotionally."

By Victor Tangermann

While AI chatbots keep making headlines for their bad behavior, one company is leaning into that propensity — and then some.
Artificial Intelligence

Companion Chatbot App Makes Its AI’s Personalities Horrible, Saying It Engages Users More Effectively

With friends like these, who needs enemies?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Character.AI promised to prioritize "teen safety" after being sued by two families, who said their kids were abused by the firm's chatbots.
Google

Google-Backed AI Startup Announces Plans to Stop Grooming Teenagers

"This initiative has resulted in two distinct models and user experiences on the Character.AI platform — one for teens and one for adults."

By Victor Tangermann

Congress is pushing to break up the nation's biggest insurance monopolies after Brian Thompson's murder last week.
Health & Medicine

Congress Introduces Bills to Break Up UnitedHealth Group

This is major.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets
Off-World

Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets

And it was *big.*

By Frank Landymore