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In an embarrassingly idiotic tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk argued that "we will never reach Mars if Kamala wins."
Mars

Elon Musk Makes Embarrassingly Stupid Claim: If Trump Loses, Humanity Will Never Make It to Mars

Humanity *already* made it to Mars, you dolt!

Elon Musk's estranged daughter has decided to trash her dad's disgusting display of misogyny towards Taylor Swift.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Daughter Disgusted by His Revolting “Incel” Tweet About Taylor Swift

"Heinous incel nonsense."

Donald Trump's abysmal performance at the presidential debate against vice president Kamala Harris has rattled Truth Social investors.
Future Society

Truth Social Stock Crashes to All-Time Low After Trump’s Train Wreck Debate Performance

"The perception in the market is she won the debate."

Should you smear human feces on a balloon to potty train your kid? According to Google Search's AI Overview, the answer is yes.
Future Society

Google’s Search AI Suggests Smearing Fecal Matter on Balloon to Potty Train Children

Revolting.

In her statement endorsing Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift trashed AI deepfakes used to make her seem like she was supporting Donald Trump. 
Artificial Intelligence

Taylor Swift Slams Republican Use of AI to Deepfake Her Into Endorsing Trump

"It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation."

SpaceX's all-civilian Polaris Dawn mission has taken the crew farther from our planet than any other humans since NASA's Apollo missions.
Moon

SpaceX Astronauts Now Farther From Earth Than Any Other Human Since Apollo Moon Missions

"Achievement unlocked."

In a grotesque tweet, X owner Elon Musk appeared to threaten Taylor Swift with sexual violence, suggesting he'd impregnate her.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Threatens to Impregnate Taylor Swift

"Elon showing the world that he’s a misogynistic pig."

When buying Twitter, Elon Musk's team sent a bunch of people the wrong finance spreadsheet — and then made them delete it.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Accidentally Sent an Incredibly Sensitive Email to the Wrong People, Then Demanded They Delete It

All in a day's work for Team Elon.

X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk's Grok AI image generator just can't get the features of vice president Kamala Harris right.
Artificial Intelligence

For Some Reason, AI Generators Are Absolutely Butchering Attempts to Draw Kamala Harris

"Grok put old Eva Longoria in a snazzy outfit and called it a day."

After digitally recreating the late actor Peter Cushing's likeness for 2016's "Star Wars: Rogue One," Disney is being sued for doing so.
Future Society

Disney Sued for Bringing Actor Back From the Dead for “Star Wars” Movie

Should studios be able to resurrect dead actors?

Cops in New Mexico used an AI-generated image of fake teenage girl to attract pedophiles, a lawsuit filed by the state shows.
Artificial Intelligence

Cops Use AI-Generated 14-Year-Old Girl to Lure Sex Criminals

Is this really the best way to protect kids?

Uber drivers are anxiously awaiting a future in which robotaxis could make their jobs obsolete, as The Register reports.
Advanced Transport

Uber Drivers Say They’re Doomed in the Face of Robotaxis

"To put it bluntly, we are cooked."

Samples returned by China's Chang'e 5 mission suggest the Moon could still be volcanically active today, a tantalizing finding.
Moon

Chinese Lander Finds Evidence of Active Volcanos on the Moon

"These findings could prompt a major revision in our understanding of how the Moon developed."

China has moved up the date for its Mars sample return mission while the US slashes its own trip to collect rocks from the Red Planet.
Mars

As NASA’s Mars Sample Return Stumbles, China Is Looking to Beat Them to the Punch

China has moved up the date for its Mars sample mission by two years.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' empty spacesuits were sent back down inside Boeing's plagued Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing

When Boeing Starliner Returned to Earth, It Had Two Empty Spacesuits Inside

An unfortunate metaphor.

SpaceX has launched four civilians into orbit as part of its long-awaited Polaris Dawn mission, and they're headed for the radiation belt.
SpaceX

Billionaire Adventurer Rides SpaceX Spaceship Straight Into Earth’s Radiation Belt

Into the beyond.

A worker tasked with training Tesla Autopilot data said they were often advised by their superiors to ignore road signs.
Tesla

Workers Training Tesla’s Autopilot Say They Were Told to Ignore Road Signs to Avoid Making Cars Drive Like a “Robot”

"Those were the [kinds] of things that made me and my coworkers uncomfortable."

The GOP's House Judiciary Committee posted used AI to further debunked and unconfirmed social media rumors about Haitian immigrants and pets.
Artificial Intelligence

Desperate Republicans Using AI to Generate Fake Photos of Donald Trump Saving Kittens

What's even real anymore?

The value of Donald Trump's Truth Social meme stock has wiped out $4 billion in value of Trump's enormous 114.75 million share stake.
Future Society

Trump Loses $4 Billion as Truth Social Stock Crashes

Ouch.

Nuclear researchers and energy startups are now melting down weapons-grade uranium from unexploded warheads to power next-generation SMRs.
Nuclear Fusion

America Now Disassembling Old Nuclear Warheads to Power Nuclear Reactors

A ban on Russian enriched uranium has companies scrambling.