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The "conveyor belt road" will form the route for hundreds of robotic pallets that automatically move cargo from city to city.
Advanced Transport

Japan Working on “Conveyor Belt Road” Between Tokyo and Osaka

This is nuts.

One data-hoovering website is making it easier than ever to not only find out a person's party affiliation, but also to find their address.
Future Society

If You Voted, Now Your Address and Party Registration Are Publicly Available Online

"Policymakers need to get with the times."

AI company Anthropic has partnered with shadowy defense contractor Palantir, despite claiming it puts safety first.
Anthropic

The AI Startup Anthropic, Which Is Always Talking About How Ethical It Is, Just Partnered With Palantir

So much for putting safety first.

The ChatGPT maker spent north of a whopping $15.5 million on the "chat.com" URL, which used to belong to a porn site.
OpenAI

OpenAI Buys Porn Domain for Huge Sum

Hot AI singles in your area.

With Donald Trump the definitive winner of the 2024 election, AI bros seem equal parts stoked and terrified about what's to come.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Bros Terrified Singularity Will Hit While Trump Is President

"If ever there was a combination of circumstances that screamed Apocalypse in giant neon letters this is it."

A new study seems to confirm something tragic — that conservative Christian women really are having terrible sex.
Studies

Researchers Confirm That Conservative Christian Women Are Having Horrible Sex

"Seeing sex as a female obligation and a male entitlement leads to horrible sex, frankly."

Astronomers have signed an open letter to the FCC urging that it pause Starlink and other mega-constellation launches.
SpaceX

Astronomers Call for Pause on SpaceX Starlink Launches

"The potentially long-term environmental harms of deploying tens of thousands of satellites are still unclear."

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that a cloned black-footed ferret just produced the first-ever offspring in the country.
Science & Energy

Cloned Endangered Ferret Gives Birth to Healthy Offspring

"This project represents a historic milestone in conservation history."

Elon Musk is doubling down on his "anti-wokeness" as it pertains to his transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Blasts His Transgender Daughter

Somebody's got a mind virus, and it's definitely not Vivian.

On Wednesday, over forty monkeys escaped from a facility in South Carolina, with none of them being captured so far.
Science & Energy

Police Warn Residents to Lock Down Houses as Dozens of Monkeys Escape Research Facility

Who let the macaques out?

Donald Trump has vowed to roll back environmental protection, while boosting fossil fuels. Meanwhile, 48 out of 50 states face droughts.
Environment

As Trump Prepares to Slash Environmental Protections, 48 of the 50 States Are Facing Droughts

This is terrifying.

RFK Jr. said that entire departments within the FDA "have to go" because they're "not doing their jobs" and "not protecting our kids."
Developments

RFK Jr. Gloats About Plan to Gut FDA Under Trump

Entire departments within the Food and Drug Administration "have to go."

Throughout Election Day and into that fateful night, Americans seemed mighty confused that Joe Biden was not on the ballot. 
Future Society

Huge Numbers of Bonehead Voters Googled “Did Joe Biden Drop Out?” on Election Day

Imagine going through life this way.

Shares of president-elect Donald Trump's social media meme stock are plummeting — despite an incisive election victory this week.
Future Society

Truth Social Stock Is Crashing Even Though Trump Won

What now?

Tech CEOs are practically tripping over each other to kiss the ring of reelected president Donald Trump.
Future Society

Tech CEOs Eagerly Grovel at the Feet of Trump

They're practically tripping over each other to kiss the ring.

Astronomers have spotted a black hole that's gobbling up matter at a seemingly impossible rate, surpassing previous limits.
Black Holes

There’s Something Impossible About This Ravenous Black Hole, Scientists Say

"This black hole is having a feast."

News outlets are reporting that a NASA astronaut is still hospitalized post-ISS trip — even though they were released 10 days ago.
NASA

News Outlets Are Falsely Reporting That a NASA Astronaut Is Still in the Hospital

What in the SEO hell?

Donald Trump has promised to overturn Joe Biden's executive order on AI, stripping federal guardrails on the development of the tech.
Artificial Intelligence

Trump Planning to Unleash Artificial Intelligence by Repealing Restrictions

"We will repeal Joe Biden's dangerous Executive Order that hinders AI innovation and imposes radical left-wing ideas on the development of this technology."

Microsoft wants you to use Bing so badly, it'll pay a user a million bucks who switches to the search engine as part of a huge sweepstakes.
Future Society

Desperate Microsoft Will Pay $1,000,000 to Someone Who Actually Uses Bing

Any takers?

Facebook owner Meta's open source Llama model is being used by the Chinese military. Meta appears to be OK with that.
Military

The Chinese Military Is Weaponizing Facebook’s Open Source AI

The company seems to be ok with it.