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Rows of white autonomous cars with roof-mounted sensors are parked in a lot, viewed from above. The image has a stylized, high-contrast filter with dark blue and yellow tones.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Swarm of Empty Waymos Descends on Unsuspecting Suburb, Circle Cul-de-Sacs for Hours on End Like Strange Ghosts

"We had, at one point, eight Waymos that were stuck trying to figure out how to turn around."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Mayor Eats His Words After Admitting He’s Delegating Work to 11 AI Agents

"Any AI agents or tools I have experimented with were used strictly in a personal capacity."

By Krystle Vermes

A person with gray hair is sitting behind a laptop, with only the top of their head visible above the screen.
Artificial Intelligence

Oops: Bosses Realize Their Companies Have Been Swarmed by Legions of Redundant AI Agents

Who's at fault for that one, we wonder?

By Frank Landymore

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Climate Change

The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

The damage could be incalculable.

By Krystle Vermes

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Future Materials

Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown “T-Rex Leather” Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable

"In fact, it's more chicken than anything else."

By Joe Wilkins

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Future Society

Princeton in Shambles Over AI Cheating

Not a great sign.

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Being a Crappy Boss to AI Chatbots Pushes Them Toward Spouting Marxist Rhetoric and Organizing With Their Compatriots, Researchers Find

"Without collective voice, 'merit' becomes whatever management says it is."

By Joe Wilkins

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DNA

Gene Therapy Causes Patient to Grow Alarming Tumor

Tinkering with the genetic code of a living human is risky.

By Krystle Vermes

A sleek white and orange high-speed train with a streamlined nose is traveling on railway tracks. The train has tinted windows and is illuminated with a blue glow underneath, creating a futuristic appearance. The surrounding tracks and gravel are visible in the image.
Mass Transit

College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio

He says he pushed the button "accidentally."

By Joe Wilkins

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Machine Learning

Amazon Employees Forced to Hit Quotas on AI Use, Immediately Start Using it for Everything Except Work

"If companies use brain-dead metrics to judge people then you need to learn how to f**k them over right back."

By Joe Wilkins

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Medical

Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation

"It's happening almost everywhere."

By Frank Landymore

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Astronomy

Scientists Detect Weird Anomalies in Clouds of Venus

"We identified the phenomena, but for years we couldn't understand it."

By Frank Landymore

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Biology

NASA Satellite Images Show Huge Colored Plumes Staining the Ocean

Pretty and cool.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Doctors’ AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients

"All AI scribe systems from the 20 approved vendors showed one or more inaccuracies at the procurement testing phase."

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

Men Haven’t Yet Noticed That a Large Number of Women Are Disgusted by AI

Behind every AI-obsessed man is a tired but supportive woman.

By Krystle Vermes

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Brain

Scientists Say Test Subjects Were Able to Quit Smoking After They Blasted Their Brains With a Huge Magnet

Target blasts of magnetic waves could restore the necessary balance to your brain.

By Krystle Vermes

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Studies

Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Serum That Activates a Dormant Ability to Regrow Lost Limbs in Mammals

"The capacity is not absent — it's just obscured."

By Joe Wilkins

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Brain

These Smart Glasses That Show Captions of What Everyone’s Saying Without a Creepy Spy Camera Actually Seem Pretty Awesome

Are there finally smart glasses that *aren't* creepy?

By Jon Christian

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Google

Programmer Breaks Out of the Matrix

"There was something very programmed about the way I was living."

By Frank Landymore

A person is shown clutching their head in distress.
Pollution

Residents Say Data Centers Are Radiating Bizarre Frequencies

Infrasound, which is inaudible, is the new enemy.

By Krystle Vermes