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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is just days away from flying into the Sun, in a daring bid to glean the secrets of our star's megahot winds.
NASA

A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through the Sun

Godspeed.

Scientists are mighty puzzled after discovering teens are abstaining from using drugs more than ever before.
Health & Medicine

Experts Startled as Teens Stop Doing Drugs

"This trend... is unprecedented."

New research shows that the industry's leading AI chatbots are performing poorly on tests designed to detect signs of dementia.
Artificial Intelligence

Aging AI Chatbots Show Signs of Cognitive Decline in Dementia Test

These AI models are kind of stupid.

Elon Musk has endorsed Germany's far-right AfD — even though the party is against his own business interests.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Endorses Nazi-Linked German Party, Even Though It Opposed Tesla’s Gigafactory

He's saying the quiet part out loud.

In the wake of multiple lawsuits concerning the welfare of child users, Character.AI is looking to bulk up its trust and safety staff.
Artificial Intelligence

Embattled Character.AI Hiring Trust and Safety Staff

Will it be enough?

Donald Trump has not yet been sworn in, but Elon Musk has already killed a bill that would have provided money for pediatric cancer research. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Bullies Congress Into Cutting Funding for Child Cancer Research

"How can we cut this out in the name of efficiency?"

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced that it will begin construction of the "world's first grid-scale" nuclear fusion power plant
Energy

Company Announces Construction of “Grid-Scale” Fusion Power Plant

We remain skeptical.

It seems that Haliey "Hawk Tuah" Welch is finally facing the music after angry investors filed a lawsuit regarding her disastrous meme coin. 
Blockchain

Hawk Tuah Girl Pledges Full Cooperation With Lawsuit Against Her Disastrous Memecoin

"I take this situation extremely seriously and want to address my fans, the investors who have been affected, and the broader community."

An image on Google Street View that appears to show a man stuffing a body into a car provided Spanish authorities with a breakthrough.
Future Society

Google Street View Appears to Capture Man Loading Human Body Into Trunk of Car

Spotted!

A dirty-minded Redditor has posted an AI-generated exchange from Google's Notebook LM — and reader, it's very naughty.
Google

We Regret to Bring You This Audio of Two Google AIs Having EXTREMELY Explicit Cybersex

"As explicit and visceral as possible."

According to a shocking new book, Spotify has been promoting "ghost artists" so it can avoid paying piddling royalties to real artists. 
Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Employees Say It’s Promoting Fake Artists to Reduce Royalty Payments to Real Ones

"It’s just not fair."

Donald Trump's presidential transition team is using private email servers to conduct government business. Sound familiar?
Future Society

“Lock Her Up”: Trump’s Team Is Now Doing the Exact Thing They Screamed About Hillary Clinton Doing

But her emails!

Trump isn't laughing as Musk is taking matters into his own hands, often giving the impression that the SpaceX CEO is really in charge.
Elon Musk

Trump Seems Awfully Touchy About the Impression That He’s Taking Orders From Elon Musk

"President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Full stop."

Researchers found in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study that the threat of quantum computers cracking Bitcoin encryption is very real.
Bitcoin

A Quantum Computer Could Crack Bitcoin in Half, Research Finds

"If I had a large quantum computer right now, I could essentially take over all the Bitcoin."

Russia's space program has thrown its weight behind NASA's plans to destroy the International Space Station starting in 2030.
Off-World

Russian Space Program Confirms Plans to Destroy Space Station

They changed their mind yet again.

The mysterious drones seen over New York and New Jersey have a strange new fan — the queer erotica author Chuck Tingle.
Drones

We Must Report That Chuck Tingle Has a New Book About the Mysterious New Jersey Drone Sightings

"Sizzling bisexual drone on human threesome action."

The federal government is on the verge of a shutdown — and practically at the behest of Donald Trump's buddy Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Throws Tantrum, Ordering Congress to Shut Down Government

"Our constituents, the people who elected us, are listening to Elon Musk."

Several AI-generated diss tracks, featuring an imitation of Lil Wayne's iconic vocal style, are circulating online and causing confusion.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Lil Wayne Diss Track Against Kendrick Lamar Causes Chaos Online

Rap is getting weird.

In September, SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission was already well underway way — when the power suddenly went out.
SpaceX

Power Failed at SpaceX Ground Control During Space Tourist Mission

Teams lost communications for at least an hour.

Top colleges are under fire for an alleged price-fixing scheme that purportedly favored the rich and dumb over the poor and smart.
Future Society

Documents Show How Top Colleges Secretly Admit Terrible Students, as Long as They’re Wealthy

The rich can buy anything.