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Microsoft is hellbent on transforming Windows 11 into a "canvas for AI," and users aren't left feeling impressed.
Artificial Intelligence

Windows Users Furious at Microsoft’s Plan to Turn It Into an “Agentic OS”

"Great, how do I disable literally all of it?"

A video game executive has sparked a fierce debate surrounding the use of AI in the industry by claiming that "Gen Z loves AI slop."
Ethics

Gaming Exec Says That “Gen Z Loves AI Slop”

"The upcoming generation of gamers are Bane in 'Dark Knight Rises' saying 'You merely adopted the slop, I was born in it.'"

A bizarre cryptocurrency company is creating an alternative to the widely used opium reversal drug Naxalone, for inexplicable reasons.
RX and Medicine

Crypto Company Creates Bizarre Drug

You haven't seen anything like this.

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.
Environment

Scientists Say Huge Structures Inside Earth Are Related to the Origin of Life

"These are not random oddities. They are fingerprints of Earth's earliest history."

Elon Musk's Boring Company has been illegally dumping toxic waste byproduct for months, landing itself a $500k fine from local officials.
Hyperloop

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Caught Hiding Toxic Waste Pond in Vegas

Confronted with cameras, a worker raged that "you’re fake news."

A startup called Mission Barns is using pig fat to grow pork in a bioreactor, a process with major implications for the meat industry.
Food

New Startup Harvests Bacon Without Killing Pig

Anyone smell something sizzling?

Researchers discovered a disturbing trend among people who learned about a topic with ChatGPT, instead of using a regular web search.
Artificial Intelligence

Something Disturbing Happens When You “Learn” Something With ChatGPT

Scare quotes intended.

It turns out that the mere presence of a guy dressed as Batman is enough to turn dead inside commuters into momentary altruists.
Mental Health

Scientists Discover That People Act Way Better When Batman Is Present

Social ills solved.

Moss can survive several months exposed to the harsh environment of outer space, according to a new paper.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Moss Surviving on Exterior of Space Station

Future gardens aboard space ships may be carpeted in moss because it's so space hardy.

according to Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, there's something off about the latest image of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
Astronomy

Scientist Identifies Something Strange About New Image of Mysterious Interstellar Visitor

The glow seems to be pointing in the wrong direction.

A person died in a Tesla vehicle in Arizona Tuesday after the vehicle crashed and burst into hot flames which required hazmat control.
Electric Vehicles

Driver Dies After Tesla Crashes and Bursts into Flames

They needed a hazmat crew to put out the flames.

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing cluster of objects in the Kuiper belt, an enormous, donut-shaped region of icy objects beyond Neptune.
Astronomy

Scientists Discover Weird Structure in Outer Solar System

A cluster of objects has astronomers puzzled.

Roblox CEO and co-founder David Baszucki says his game's longstanding issues with child predators are an opportunity for growth.
Ethics

CEO of Roblox Says Child Predators on the Platform Are an “Opportunity”

Who said CEOs don't have a sense of humor?

financial holdings company JPMorgan asked 111 billionaire clients how they use AI. Their answers range from down-to-earth to absurd.
Ethics

The Way Billionaires Are Using AI May Cause Concern They Have Actual Brain Damage

This is deranged.

A new analysis of AI-generated ripoff of Wikipedia, "Grokipedia," found that it cites the neo-Nazi forum Stormfront 42 times.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Not Beating the Allegations: Grokipedia Cites a Hardcore Nazi Website 42 Times

"The guardrails are off."

economist and author David McWilliams told Fortune that AI hardware investments are "digital lettuce" that are going to go "off."
Ethics

Top Economist Warns That AI Data Center Investments Are “Digital Lettuce” That’s Already Starting to Wilt

"You’re investing in something that is a perishable good."

Elon Musk's space company SpaceX suffered a major setback on Friday morning when a next-generation Starship booster prototype exploded.
Starship

While Grok Calls Him a Genius, Elon’s New Rocket Explodes While Just Sitting There

Yet another setback.

Elon Musk sought to dispel suspicion that he manipulated his chatbot Grok to lavish him with praise by sharing a bizarre admission.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Clarifies That He Is a “Fat R*****”

His words, not ours.

Bath & Body Works is pumping vanilla and fresh pine scent into the tunnels connecting the Grand Central Station subway in New York.
Future Society

Corporation Pumping Soothing Gas Into New York Subway Station

Inhale — whether you like it or not.

New data shows that user numbers have fallen flat during Elon Musk's reign over X-formerly-Twitter, as young users flee for other apps.
Elon Musk

Twitter Use Has Stagnated Pathetically Under Elon Musk

Pathetic.