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

America’s Food System Is Officially So Disgusting That Frozen Waffles Are Infected With Listeria

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

Elon Musk May Be in Serious Trouble for Paying Voters in Swing States

"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

Nicolas Cage Warns Young Actors About AI

"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

The Pentagon Wants to Flood Social Media With Fake AI People

"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

Facebook Fired High-Paid Staffers for Using Meal Vouchers to Buy Toothpaste

"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

Bad News, Home Office Grunts: Standing Desks Could Actually Be Bad for You

"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

Father Disgusted to Find His Murdered Daughter Was Brought Back as an AI

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

A viral video shows a man shooting a Cybertruck — and he appears quite distraught when the bullet appears to go clean through.
Advanced Transport

Moron Shoots Cybertruck, Alarmed to Discover It’s Not Actually Bulletproof

Learning the hard way.

Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" human embryos in IVF for IQ levels. Does it work? Unclear.
Gene Editing

Super-Expensive Startup “Screening” Parents’ Embryos for IQ

"There are babies on the way."

Blumhouse Productions has chosen a group of filmmakers to experiment with Meta's AI video generation tool, Movie Gen.
Meta

Horror Studio Blumhouse Partners With Meta to Use Its AI Video Generator

Blumhouse goes AI.

Human models were paid for their likenesses to train AI. Now, to those humans' horror, their faces are being used to peddle propaganda.
Artificial Intelligence

Human Models Horrified to Discover Their Faces Are Being Used for AI Propaganda

"People will think I am involved in the coup."

An article generated by the AI-powered local news network Hoodline mistakenly accused the San Mateo District Attorney of murder.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Powered News Site Accidentally Accuses District Attorney of Murder

Local journalism: not so easy that a robot can do it.

Tesla's entire hoard of over $760 million worth of bitcoin was emptied out earlier this week, transferred to unknown wallets.
Bitcoin

Tesla’s $750 Million in Bitcoin Just Vanished From Where It Was Being Stored

What's going on here?

In a new study, NASA researchers are suggesting something radical: that Mars may be hosting life within its ice. 
Mars

Life on Mars May be Trapped Under Ice, NASA Researchers Suggest

It's the perfect environment for microorganisms.

JD Vance advisor Aaron Kofsky, who has helped write deregulatory crypto policies, posted prolifically about doing and smuggling hard drugs.
Future Society

Top JD Vance Advisor Secretly Posted About Being a Drug Fiend

"Coke then opiates is always my go-to."

After Elon Musk announced that Twitter would be severely weakening its block function, Bluesky saw a flood of new users within the day.
Elon Musk

Half a Million Users Flooded to Twitter Competitor After Elon Musk Handed Creeps the Keys

"At Bluesky, we take online safety seriously."

An organ donor, who was declared dead, suddenly started thrashing and crying. The doctors allege they were told to proceed anyway.
Developments

Doctors Realize at Last Moment They Were Harvesting Organs From Living Patient

"He was moving around — kind of thrashing."

Tesla Caught Using a Lazy Video Editing Trick to Make Its “Autonomous” Robots Look More Capable
Robotics

Tesla Caught Using a Lazy Video Editing Trick to Make Its “Autonomous” Robots Look More Capable

What else is Tesla hiding?

Astronomers say they've developed a technique to detect smaller bandwidth radio signals that weren't intended to reach deep space.
Exobiology

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Intercept Alien Radio Signals

"We might soon be able to detect signals from an alien civilization communicating with its spacecraft."

In a huge new study, researchers have found more evidence than ever that drugs like Ozempic can help with alcohol and opioid addiction. 
Health & Medicine

Ozempic Could Be Used to Treat Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Study Finds

"These medications intended for diabetes and weight loss can help addiction without the associated stigma."