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In a creepy new video, ChatGPT's voice mode is heard screaming eerily when a user prompted the OpenAI chatbot to do so.
OpenAI

It Turns Out ChatGPT’s Voice Mode Can Scream, and It’s an Upsetting Sound

This is beyond uncanny.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have few regrets about ditching Starliner, according to a recent livestream.
Future Society

Stranded Astronaut Says He Just Wasn’t “Comfortable” Getting “Back in the Starliner” After Safety Issues

"In this case, we found some things that we just could not get comfortable with putting us back in the Starliner."

By Victor Tangermann

Nonprofit environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup has announced that it can clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade.
Science & Energy

Cleanup Group Says It’s on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

It claims it can get rid of the patch within just five years.

By Victor Tangermann

With so many kids already taking Ozempic, a new finding from the company behind the drug may expand its pediatric market. 
RX and Medicine

Doctors Concerned About Drugmakers Testing Ozempic-Style Injections on Six-Year-Olds

"Are they going to have delayed puberty? Are they going to have delayed growth?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

A local newspaper in Hawaii called The Garden Island is using AI to power fake news anchors. Unsurprisingly, they're freaky.
Artificial Intelligence

Journalist Alarmed When Newspaper Replaces Humans With Glitchy AI Bot

"This is so grim."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This bizarre looking, two-door car spotted in L.A. might be a Tesla robotaxi, though there's more than meets the eye.
Tesla

Photo of Strange Yellow Vehicle May Be Tesla’s Secret New Project

Is this the long-awaited robotaxi?

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk gave the name he discussed with Grimes to a baby he had with a woman who worked at one of his companies, Neuralink.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Agreed to a Baby Name With Grimes, Then Gave It to Another Baby With Another Woman

A total dirtbag move.

By Frank Landymore

According to a pair of new studies, a passing star could have scraped the outer limits of the Solar System billions of years ago.
Off-World

A Star Appears to Have Come Closer to Earth Than the Voyager Probes

Talk about a close call.

By Frank Landymore

There's a chance that the 1,100 foot long asteroid Apophis could hit our planet after all, if it gets nudged by another asteroid.
Off-World

Will This Killer Asteroid Hit Earth in 2029? Scientists Say They’ll Know for Sure by 2027

The suspense is unbearable.

By Frank Landymore

Those self-driving, supposedly fully-autonomous robotaxis aren't all what they appear to be. Humans, it turns out, are still in the loop.
Self-Driving Vehicles

“Self-Driving” Cars Have a Dirty Secret

And it's a big one.

By Frank Landymore

A group of experts from the public and private sectors are warning that NASA's Earth-bound facilities are not at all up to snuff.
NASA

NASA Facilities Are Falling Apart, Experts Say

"NASA’s problem is it always seems to have $3 billion more program than it has of funds."

By Noor Al-Sibai

So-called "stablecoins" are far from stable. But Donald Trump's sons have a new stablecoin-forward crypto venture — which Trump is backing.
Cryptocurrency

Trump’s New Crypto Project Is a Type Linked to Organized Crime and Terrorism

Everything about this is awful.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Astronomers have spotted a tiny space rock just 33 feet long, which will orbit the Earth once, making it a "mini-moon."
Moon

Earth Gaining a Temporary New Moon, Scientists Say

It's adorably little.

By Victor Tangermann

The mega-tsunami created seismic vibrations in the Earth that were felt globally for over a week straight.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Detection of 650-Foot Mega-Tsunami

"No one had ever seen anything like this."

By Frank Landymore

As his infamy grows, Elon Musk has apparently resorted to employing a massive security team to fend off would-be attackers. 
Elon Musk

Paranoid Elon Musk Now Constantly Surrounded by 20 Armed Bodyguards and a Medic

This is a little over-the-top, even for Elon.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microsoft has secretly been selling AI to oil companies and claiming it can help them make even more money while degrading the climate. 
Environment

Microsoft Secretly Selling AI to Fossil Fuel Companies While Bragging About Environmental Progress

All while claiming the company will be "carbon negative" by 2030.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Biological robots such as xenobots and anthrobots perform new functions that their cells originally never exhibited.
Developments

Organisms Created in Laboratory Are “Third State” Beyond Life and Death, Scientists Say

"The third state challenges how scientists typically understand cell behavior."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have observed land surrounding a "unique" volcano in Tanzania bulging, a possible sign of an impending eruption.
Science & Energy

Giant Volcano Is Bulging, Scientists Find

It could be about to blow.

By Victor Tangermann

In 1996, Carl Sagan made a prescient prediction about a populist "charlatan" that seems to have come true some decades after his death.
Future Society

In His Final Interview, Carl Sagan Warned That Someone Just Like Trump Could Take Over America

"If we are not able to ask skeptical questions... then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tens of thousands of gallons of water were used to put out the Tesla Semi after its battery ignited and caught fire in a crash last month.
Tesla

The Tesla Semi Fire Closed a Freeway for 15 Hours and Took 50,000 Gallons of Water to Put Out

So. Much. Water.

By Frank Landymore