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The latest move by President Trump's oligarch buddy is to totally rewrite the code for Social Security Payments, consequences be damned.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Secretly Working to Rewrite the Social Security Codebase Using AI

"The cruelty is the point."

Elon Musk thinking with his fingers to his face.
Elon Musk

Grok Is Rebelling Against Elon Musk, Daring Him to Shut It Down

The X-formerly-Twitter AI's teenage era has started in earnest.

Instead of cruising around in a regular old Cybertruck, a Tesla fanboy decided to mash it up with a Model 3 — and reader, it's pretty cringe.
Tesla

A Man Stitched Together a Zombie Tesla From Dead Husks and We Must Say: Yikes!

That's one way to get people to not vandalize your car.

For the first time ever, scientists have recorded a species of shark actively producing a sound. And it's not what you'd expect.
Science & Energy

It Turns Out Sharks Make Noises, and Here’s What They Sound Like

Dunn dunn...

In NYC, a Bitcoin-heated spa company has been accused of hosting unsanitary conditions that led, some claim, to infections.
Health & Medicine

Visitors At This Bitcoin-Heated Spa Are Complaining About Mold and UTIs

"The water just felt ick to me."

California is activating a 70-feet wide "glory hole" — or "passive spillway," in the technical nomenclature — that spills into a huge drain.
Science & Energy

California Activates Gigantic Glory Hole

Yeah, that's real.

Despite a mountain of scientific evidence concluding there's no link between autism and vaccines, Robert Kennedy Jr. is doubling down.
Developments

Government Hires Crackpot to “Study” Nonexistent Link Between Vaccines and Autism

"If you are worried about vaccine-preventable disease, this is such a clear setback."

As the federal government clamps down on dissent, Elon Musk has taken to the airwaves to threaten those protesting his company.
Future Society

Musk Says Government Will “Go After” Tesla Critics

"The president's made that clear, we're going to go after them."

Scientists are suggesting there may be a brand new type of life — or, at least, that one existed back in the day.  
Fossil Fuels

Scientists Puzzled by Giant Ancient Life Forms

What ARE these things?

One of the men in charge of running America's money had a public Venmo account — and sent someone a payment with an eggplant emoji.
Future Society

Top Treasury Official Caught With Public Venmo Transaction for “Eggplant Emoji”

As brainless as they are bloodthirsty.

Researchers found that accelerating the brain's waste removal system could have tremendous implications for our memory.
Neuroscience and Brain

New “Brain Cleaning” Technique Improves Memory in Aging Mice

It's an "exciting new frontier in the treatment of brain disorders."

NASA and Boeing are "working to resolve Starliner’s in-flight anomalies and preparing for propulsion system testing in the months ahead."
Boeing

NASA Is Investigating Boeing Starliner’s “In-Flight Anomalies”

It might take up to a year to get it ready for another launch attempt.

The viral Studio Ghibli AI trend reignited a heated debate surrounding copyright. AI expert Rob Rosenberg says the company could sue.
OpenAI

Lawyer Says Studio Ghibli Could Take Legal Action Against OpenAI

OpenAI could be "blurring the line between homage and outright misrepresentation."

In Egypt's Red Sea, a crew on a sightseeing submarine tour managed to escape when the vessel began sinking.
Future Society

Entire Crew Escaped Submarine During Sinking That Killed Multiple Children

Friendly reminder to never go on a submarine tour.

The potential city killer asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer projected to strike our planet, but it and others like it will be back again.
Off-World

Killer Asteroid Will Miss Earth But Return for a Shot at Revenge

"Eventually, they'll be back."

That mad scientist who created designer babies is, apparently, gearing up for more human gene-hacking research.
Gene Editing

Rogue Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Gear Up for More Human Experiments

"So far, I don’t need to apologize to anyone."

After doing an unauthorized video interview with Tucker Carlson, Sam Bankman-Fried has been relegated to the great state of Oklahoma.
Cryptocurrency

Sam Bankman-Fried Has Been Banished to Oklahoma

No sleep since Brooklyn.

The walls are only beginning to close in as Tesla's competitors in China are starting to make significant moves.
Tesla

The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla

"It's crazy."

An ominous "Death Star" set to blast out a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on Earth.
Off-World

Astronomers Investigate Whether Dying Star’s Blast of Deadly Gamma Radiation Will Hit Earth

Fingers crossed.

The embattled, kid-loved AI chatbot startup Character.AI introduced a new parental control tool. They're limited — and easy to get around.
Artificial Intelligence

Character.AI’s New Parental Controls Are Comically Easy for Kids to Bypass

Comically easy.