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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that it would no longer cover anesthesia care during surgeries if they pass an arbitrary time limit.
Developments

Major Insurer Slammed for Cutting Off Anesthesia Coverage During Surgeries

"Babe wake up your surgery isn’t done yet but we can’t afford any more anesthesia."

Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says he'll stop drinking if he gets confirmed by the Senate.
Future Society

Trump’s Drunkard Nominee Promises to Stop Drinking… If He Gets to Run the Military

He can quit anytime he wants!

Before United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered, a lawsuit filed against the firm revealed just how bad its claims-denying was.
Artificial Intelligence

Murdered Insurance CEO Had Deployed an AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People

Anger at the insurance industry is reached a boiling point.

Influencer Haliey Welch, better known as the "Hawk Tuah" girl, launched an eponymous memecoin. It spiked and crashed almost immediately.
Cryptocurrency

We Are Shocked to Hear That the Hawk Tuah Girl’s Foray Into Crypto Was Allegedly a Pump and Dump Scheme

"Hailey is lying and will likely have to 'talk tuah' judge about this."

In the two years since ChatGPT was unleashed upon the world, the company whose stock value has risen the most is extremely unexpected. 
Artificial Intelligence

What the Company With the Highest Stock Gain From AI Actually Does Is Extremely Grim

Ouch.

Three separate words appeared on shell casings recovered at the crime scene of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson's murder.
Developments

Something Wild Was Written on the Bullet Casings Used to Execute Health Insurance CEO

Dark — and fascinating.

Vivek Ramaswamy has repeatedly lashed out at Musk, accusing him of being a puppet of the Chinese government.
Elon Musk

Vivek Ramaswamy Once Called Elon Musk Something Truly Heinous

Jeez, man.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a mysterious illness has killed a ton of people — and officials are struggling to get it under control. 
Health & Medicine

Mysterious Disease Outbreak Has Already Killed Dozens

Officials say it's targeting women and children.

Trump's top pick to lead Medicare, Dr. Mehmet Oz, has a glaring conflict of interest: that he was sponsored by the company that makes Ozempic.
RX and Medicine

Dr. Oz Will Have a Fascinating Conflict of Interest Running Medicare: Ozempic

"The situation could be an ethical morass."

The web's indifference to UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson's passing are illustrative of America's profoundly dysfunctional medical system.
Developments

People’s Reactions to a Health Insurance CEO Getting Assassinated Are Incredibly Dark

"Our apologies, but bullet wounds are only covered under our Platinum+ package."

ChatGPT excelled at correctly diagnosing patients by examining medical information presented in case studies.
Developments

ChatGPT Outperforms Human Doctors At Accurately Diagnosing Patients

"I was shocked at the results."

The International Space Station could have harmful environmental effects when it reenters the atmosphere and burns up.
Off-World

Experts Worried That Destroying the Space Station Will Damage the Earth’s Environment

The effects on the Earth's atmosphere could be devastating.

President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire tech founder and SpaceX space tourist Jared Isaacman as the next NASA administrator.
Future Society

Trump Names Billionaire Space Tourist as Head of NASA

Didn't see that one coming.

Weather-changing projects are taking place all over the world — and the United States is building a system to detect them all.
Climate Change

United States Attempting to Detect Other Countries Tinkering With the Climate

Is someone already secretly geoengineering the Earth?

Drug smugglers apparently used Starlink satellite internet to bring in billions of dollars worth of methamphetamine into India.
SpaceX

Drug Smugglers Caught With $4.25 Billion Worth Of Meth Were Using SpaceX Starlink for Navigation

"This is different because it is bypassing all the legal channels."

Yet another OpenAI researcher has left the company amid concerns about its safety practices and readiness for human-level AI.
OpenAI

AI Safety Researcher Quits OpenAI, Saying Its Trajectory Alarms Her

"I’ve been unsettled by some of the shifts over the last year."

SpaceX is reportedly preparing a sell-off of shares that could sky rocket its valuation to be the highest among private companies.
Advanced Transport

SpaceX Preparing to Sell Stock at Interplanetary Valuation

Good God.

British carmaker Jaguar has announced a new electric concept car dubbed the Type 00 that "looks like Barbie redesigned a Cybertruck."
Advanced Transport

World Rolls Eyes at Jaguar’s Yassified Electric Car

Did Jaguar want its own Cybertruck moment?

According to a memo obtained by Business Insider, Tesla Cybertruck workers were told to take the next three days off.
Tesla

Tesla Tells Workers Building Cybertruck to Stay Home as Demand Slumps

They're being paid not to come to work.

New research indicates that parents are totally clueless that teens mainly use AI for therapeutic needs and emotional support.
Artificial Intelligence

Teens Are Forming Intense Relationships With AI Entities, and Parents Have No Idea

"I have realized that I waste too much time on Character.AI."