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Former Republican operators and legal experts are calling on the DOJ to investigate billionaire Elon Musk's payments to swing state voters.
Elon Musk

"We are aware of nothing like this in modern political history."

The latest update to Anthropic's Claude model turns it into a full-blown "AI agent" that can use anything installed on your computer.
Anthropic

Sound safe to you?

During the launch party for Feeld's new literary magazine, younger guests were none too pleased when Woody Allen arrived.
Future Society

"I’m told Allen was studiously avoided."

ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, fired an intern who apparently screwed with the company's artificial intelligence projects.
Artificial Intelligence

"The intern involved maliciously interfered with the model training tasks..."

The captive orca held at SeaWorld San Antonio let out a huge cloud of feces — and then, moments later, made a huge splash.
Science & Energy

Take that, humans.

A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
Future Society

That's not good.

As spotted by Redditors, Google Maps' Street View is populating ghostly, liminal-looking commercial interiors in the middle of the ocean.
Future Society

"Bed, bath, and beyond."

Elon Musk loves to have friends in high places — until those friends happen to be embroiled in widespread sex crime scandals.
Elon Musk

We have the receipts.

The production company behind the sci-fi blockbuster "Blade Runner 2049" is suing Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for copyright infringement.
Tesla

"This was clearly all a bad faith and intentionally malicious gambit."

The body of a missing SpaceX employee has been found near a beach close to the company's testing facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.
Future Society

RIP.

Intuit demanded that The Verge delete a portion of an interview with its CEO that centered on Intuit's controversial lobbying efforts.
Future Society

Karen energy.

Injecting diamond dust into the atmosphere could significantly cool the planet, according to new research.
Climate Change

It's... surprisingly promising.

New research shows that in post-Roe America, more babies are dying within their first year of life, largely because of fatal abnormalities.
Developments

"This is evidence of a national ripple effect, regardless of state-level status."

Hundreds of varieties of frozen waffles in the US and Canada are being recalled due to a potential listeria outbreak.
Developments

Breakfast is dead.

Surprise! Elon Musk handing out million dollar checks to swing state voters in Pennsylvania who sign his petition could be illegal.
Elon Musk

"The problem is that the only people eligible to participate in this giveaway are the people who are registered to vote. And that makes it illegal."

Nicolas Cage, who once said he was "terrified" of AI, tells young actors not to let studios manipulate their performances with the tech.
Artificial Intelligence

"This technology wants to take your instrument. We are the instruments as film actors."

The Pentagon Wants to Flood Social Media With Fake AI People
Artificial Intelligence

"This will only embolden other militaries or adversaries to do the same."

In today's techno-dystopia, using a meal voucher for non-food items can get you fired — if that voucher comes from Meta, at least.
Future Society

"I figured I ought not to waste the dinner credit."

Bad news for standing desk zealots: you may not be as superior to your seated counterparts as you once thought.
Studies

"Standing for too long will not offset an otherwise sedentary lifestyle."

Drew Crecente described the moment he found an AI chatbot impersonating his slain daughter, Jennifer Crecente, hosted on Character.AI.
Artificial Intelligence

"I was just looking for a big flashing red stop button that I could slap and just make this stop."