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Tesla dazzled with its humanoid Optimus robots at its recent event. But it appears that their speech is really the work of a remote human.
Robotics

Tesla Shows Off Talking Robot That Sounds an Awful Lot Like a Guy Speaking Into a Microphone

"That voice is just a dude hidden somewhere, not the robot."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists found more than 600 distinct viruses after swabbing toothbrushes and shower heads — but apparently, they're the good kind.
Viruses

Scientists Took Swabs of Toothbrushes and Were Shocked by the Hundreds of Viruses They Found

It's "unlike anything we’ve seen before."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla’s Long-Awaited Cybercab Is Missing an Extremely Basic Feature
Tesla

Tesla’s Long-Awaited Cybercab Is Missing an Extremely Basic Feature

That can't be right.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla shares fell by up to 8.5 percent after markets opened Friday morning, following a disappointing showing at its Robotaxi event.
Elon Musk

Tesla Shares Plummet Following Elon Musk’s “Disappointing” Robotaxi Event

It's not looking good.

By Frank Landymore

NASA is excited about SpaceX's fifth flight test of Starship, which could see the rocket pull off a fascinating landing procedure.
Starship

NASA Is Mega Hyped About SpaceX’s Imminent Starship Test Flight

Starship could launch as soon as Sunday.

By Frank Landymore

Tesla’s Hyped Robotaxi Event Was a Massive “Disappointment,” Investors Say
Tesla

Tesla’s Hyped Robotaxi Event Was a Massive “Disappointment,” Investors Say

"I don't think [Elon Musk] said much about anything."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk may not be the biggest believer in aliens — but if he ever sees them, he's going to post them on X.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Promises to Post Aliens on X the “Split Second” He Sees Evidence of Their Existence

"It will probably be our number one post of all time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

New NASA data shows a supermassive black hole on a merciless killing spree, destroying one star and using its body as a new weapon.
Black Holes

Murderous Black Hole Goes on Rampage, Leaves Path of Wrecked Stars in Its Wake

It's slinging the dead remains of a star at another object as we speak.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The web-slinging device can shoot out fibers that almost immediately solidify, which can stick to objects that it can then pick up.
Science & Energy

Researchers Create Real-Life “Spider-Man” Web-Slinging Tech

"It's really a superhero-inspired material."

By Frank Landymore

Meteorologists are getting death threats from conspiracy nuts, who believe they're covering up government weather control. Obviously.
Science & Energy

Meteorologists Are Getting Death Threats From Insane Hurricane Conspiracy Theorists

"People are just so far gone, it's honestly making me lose all faith in humanity."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Jupiter's Giant Red Spot is large enough to swallow Earth — and as new imagery suggests, it's a lot weirder than previously thought.
Off-World

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Acting Very Strangely, Puzzling Scientists

"That was very unexpected."

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI slop threatens to degrade the useability of the digital stalwart Wikipedia — and Wikipedia's editors are fighting back.
Artificial Intelligence

Wikipedia Declares War on AI Slop

The editors are fighting back.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Space startup Vast has shown off the final design of what it claims will be the "world's first commercial space station."
Off-World

Startup Unveils Luxurious Final Design for Its Planned Commercial Space Station

That Queen-sized bed looks comfy as hell.

By Victor Tangermann

Parts of the Sahara Desert in southeastern Morocco experienced a surprise deluge of heavy rains last month, leaving behind lake-filled oases.
Climate Change

Our Climate Is So Screwed Up, It Rained in the Sahara Desert

"It's been 30 to 50 years since we've had this much rain in such a short space of time."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

If there's a fifth force of physics to round out the Standard Model, asteroids may be our best bet of discovering its underlying particle.
Off-World

Mysterious “Fifth Force” of Physics Could Be Influencing Asteroids Near Earth

Were we wrong about the standard model of physics?

By Frank Landymore

NASA Says It’s Totally Fine the Space Station is Absolutely Riddled With Cracks and Leaks
NASA

NASA Says It’s Totally Fine the Space Station is Absolutely Riddled With Cracks and Leaks

Nothing to see here.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Both of the men who won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics are AI pioneers — and one of them is considered the technology's "godfather."
Google

Researcher Who Just Won the Nobel Prize Quit Google to Warn About Evil AI Coming for Us All

"I wish I had a sort of simple recipe that if you do this, everything’s going to be okay. But I don’t."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Many Wall Street analysts aren't feeling too optimistic about Tesla's prospects ahead of its "Robotaxi" event this week.
Elon Musk

Wall Street Not Buying Elon Musk’s Big Promises Ahead of Tesla’s “Most Hyped” Event in Years

Tesla has a lot to prove.

By Frank Landymore

With so many planes seeming to fall apart, one doomed Turkish Airlines flight saw another kind of horror when its pilot died mid-flight.
Advanced Transport

Commercial Airline Pilot Dies Mid-Flight, Forcing Emergency Landing in New York

"He died before landing."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Irving Police Department spent well over a hundred grand on a Cybertruck that won't even be used as a patrol car.
Advanced Transport

A Police Department Spent a Ludicrous Amount of Money on a Cybertruck for the Worst Reason Possible

Hint: its "cool factor" was a key consideration.

By Frank Landymore