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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making some very grandiose statements amid his ludicrously expensive quest to build artificial superintelligence.
Meta

Zuckerberg Says Meta Is Now Seeing Signs of Advanced AI Improving Itself

Extraordinary claims call for extraordinary evidence.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A theoretical system known as "WhoFi" can identify individual people through walls with a 95.5 percent accuracy rate.
Future Society

Alarming New System Can Identify People Through Walls Using Wi-Fi Signal

"Wi-Fi signals interact with internal structures, such as bones, organs, and body composition."

By Joe Wilkins

Musk's latest hot take goes beyond his typically edgy, middle-school contrarianism into full-throated chauvinism.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Shares Shockingly Sexist Tweet About Woman Being Property

This one's disgraceful, even for Musk.

By Joe Wilkins

Two pint-sized robots were seen boxing at an AI conference in Shanghai, and we've gotta say, they're pretty cool.
Robotics

We Must Admit That This Video of Two Small Robots Punching Each Other With Boxing Gloves Is Pretty Awesome

Let them fight!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Skechers is selling shoes that come with a hidden AirTag compartment, allowing for easy, inconspicuous tracking.
Future Society

Surveillance-Minded Parents Can Now Hide AirTags In Kids Shoes

"Sync it to your drone for literal helicopter parenting."

By Frank Landymore

Google has used its Android smartphones to detect earthquakes for years — and now, the company is admitting to a massive misstep.
Environment

Google Has Quietly Been Detecting Earthquakes by Sensing Rumbling in Android Phones For Years

This early warning system can save lives — as long as it gets the algorithm right.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A troubling new IVF startup claims it can predict a child's IQ and risk of disease based on the parent's race and genetic testing.
Brain

New IVF Startup Claims It Can Predict an Embryo’s IQ

"From a market perspective, having children is one of the few times that people think seriously about genetics."

By Joe Wilkins

Two women, who attended the "Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival" in Las Vegas, received peptide injections, had to be hospitalized.
Treatments

Women Take Peptide Injections at “Age Reversal” Event, End Up Leaving in Ambulances

They were hospitalized and left in critical condition.

By Victor Tangermann

A leading source of the ubiquitous microplastics infesting the planet and our bodies is so obvious that it will make you furious.
Science & Energy

One of the Biggest Sources of Microplastics Will Make You Mad as Hell

There's no escaping it.

By Frank Landymore

Thanks to a production snafu, the next Celsius energy drink you imbibe may result in a very different kind of buzz.
Food

Surprise! Random Cans of Celsius Energy Drink Actually Contain Vodka After Factory Accident, Company Admits

This is quite the mixup.

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research out of Northwestern University found evidence that memories in the brain may be moving around in response to stimuli.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Find Evidence That Memories in Brain Are Physically Moving Around

"I was sure that the memory was going to look more stable over days — and that's not what we found."

By Joe Wilkins

Children who got smartphones before the age of 13 are, per a new study, far more likely to suffer mental health problems down the line. 
Studies

A New Paper Just Found Something Horrifying About Kids Who Get Phones Early in Life

This is quite alarming.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Workforce reductions are no longer an admission that companies are struggling — CEOs are using them to boast about their investments in AI.
Artificial Intelligence

CEOs Are Publicly Boasting About Reducing Their Workforces With AI

"I don’t think that’s good news for the American worker."

By Victor Tangermann

Levels of the chemical byproduct TFA have multiplied rapidly over the past few years, as researchers scramble to catch up.
Environment

Almost All Rain Drops Contain the Same Weird Chemical

And the best part: it's here to stay.

By Joe Wilkins

A Miami jury has found the Tesla Autopilot software to be partially at fault for a horrendous fatal collision in 2019.
Tesla

“This Will Open the Floodgates”: Tesla In Trouble as Jury Orders It to Pay $329 Million After Autopilot Death

This is seismic.

By Frank Landymore

President Donald Trump's new European tariffs may spell bad news for Novo Nordisk, maker of Ozempic and Wegovy.
RX and Medicine

A Side Effect of Trump’s Tariffs: Making Ozempic Way More Expensive

Things just keep getting worse for Novo Nordisk.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists have confirmed that their quantum computer is now in orbit around Earth aboard a satellite.
Quantum Computing

Scientists Just Launched the First Quantum Computer Into Space

It's the first — but will it last?

By Frank Landymore

Terrifying video footage going viral on social media shows an amusement park ride splitting in half and collapsing in western Saudi Arabia.
Robots and Machines

Horrifying Video Shows Amusement Park Ride Breaking Apart Mid-Ride

Thankfully, nobody died.

By Victor Tangermann

It appears that Tesla's new Los Angeles diner is about as sturdily made as a Cybertruck — which is to say, not at all.
Tesla

Tesla Diner Patio Covering Collapses, Smashes Mother on Head and Barely Misses Baby

Tesla is not beating the "sloppiness" allegations.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an impressive new demo, humanoid robot company Figure founder Brett Adcock showed off a robot effortlessly loading a washing machine.
Robotics

Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Loading a Washing Machine Pretty Well

"First time seeing a humanoid robot actually doing a task in a home."

By Victor Tangermann