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Using AI visuals and IRL quotes, a parody PAC is taking on NC GOP candidate Mark Robinson and the tech itself.
Future Society

This Fully AI-Generated Political Ad Is Both Hilarious and Terrifying

Those fingers...

A viral video shows several people menacingly cornering a stopped Waymo robotaxi in San Francisco and tagging it with graffiti.
Artificial Intelligence

Waymo Passenger Clutches Small Dog as Vandals Surround Vehicle

A tense scene.

The harsh terrain of the Martian surface has done an absolute number on NASA's Curiosity rover's wheels, as a new picture shows.
Mars

The Curiosity Mars Rover’s Wheel Looks Absolutely Wrecked

It's "still holding up well despite taking some of the worst abuse from Mars."

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who was supposed to return in June, is now assuming command of the International Space Station.
Boeing

NASA Astronaut Stranded by Boeing Starliner Seizes Opportunity, Becomes Commander of Space Station

One hell of a path to promotion.

About a third of surveyed former NFL players in a new study think they have CTE, which stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Neuroscience and Brain

One Out of Three Former NFL Players Think They Have CTE, the Traumatic Brain Disease Linked to Murders and Suicides

The numbers are very grim.

A man in the Netherlands made around $34 while charging his electric car this summer due to negative renewable energy prices.
Energy

Man Discovers Trick to Make Power Company Pay Him for Using Electricity

"To me it’s also like a hobby and a game — how far can I go?"

NASA almost went all in on Boeing for its Commercial Crew program, choosing Starliner over SpaceX's far more successful Crew Dragon.
Boeing

NASA Almost Gave All Its Crew Funding to Boeing’s Disastrous Starliner, Leaving SpaceX Out in the Cold

"It was not groupthink; it's just that everyone at the time was comfortable with Boeing."

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson isn't worried about Elon Musk's erratic behavior, because someone else is actually running SpaceX.
Advanced Transport

Head of NASA Says Musk’s Instability Is Okay Because He Doesn’t Really Run SpaceX

"The good news about that is that Elon has a president that he lets run the company."

Authorities are reporting an uptick in "sextortion" scams — but you probably don't have to worry about your browser history being leaked.
Hacking

Here’s What to Do If Hackers Threaten to Release Your Porn History

Officials are urging level-headedness when assessing these sorts of threats.

The head of stock research at Goldman Sachs, Jim Covello, believes that the burgeoning AI industry could be in for a rude awakening.
Artificial Intelligence

Top Goldman Sachs Stock Researcher Warns AI Bubble May Be About to Explode

"Despite its expensive price tag, the technology is nowhere near where it needs to be in order to be useful."

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has encountered a zebra-striped rock on the surface of Mars and it's unlike anything seen on the planet.
Mars

NASA Scientists Startled When Mars Rover Finds Rock With Stripes

They've never seen anything like it — on the entirety of Mars.

Eight years ago, Donald Trump begged Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails. Now, he's at the receiving end of such a breach.
Hacking

Trump Cheered When Russia Hacked Hillary Clinton’s Emails. Now His Embarrassing Documents Have Been Stolen by Iranian Hackers

Pot, meet kettle.

During his testimony at the public hearings into last year's Titanic sub disaster, a previous passenger recalled hearing "unnerving" sounds.
Future Society

Doomed Titanic Sub’s Hull Made Terrible Sound During Previous Dive

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush "definitely knew it was going to end like this."

The official OpenAI Newsroom account on X, formerly Twitter, was hacked by someone to promote a fake token as part of a phishing attack.
OpenAI

Official OpenAI Twitter Account Taken Over by Hackers to Shill Crypto Scheme

Again?

North Carolina's lieutenant governor Mark Robinson has more explaining to do now that he's been credibly linked to more porn and sex sites.
Future Society

Close Trump Ally Mark Robinson Linked to More Sex Websites

He's still claiming he was hacked.

Whether or not he's actually funny, Elon Musk needs his sense of humor to be validated, Twitter employees quickly had to learn.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Twitter Employees Feel Forced to Laugh at His Appalling “Jokes”

Earning that paycheck, one way or another.

Several people in northern Switzerland have been arrested following a death inside a "suicide pod" dubbed Sarco.
Prosthetics and Devices

“Several People” Arrested After Helping Woman Use Suicide Pod

"The death took place in open air, under a canopy of trees, at a private forest retreat."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waxed prolific about the future of artificial intelligence and chose some strange units of measurement to describe.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Invents Bizarre New Unit of Time for Measuring When His Promises Will Come True

A what now?

Donald Trump wants to make "America great again," but if his dying Truth Social startup is anything to go by, he's the one that needs saving.
Future Society

Trump Says He Can Save America, But He Can’t Even Think of an Idea to Save His Dying Startup

Truth Social still hasn't hit rock bottom.

An amateur astronomer has spotted and taken images of a secretive Pentagon spacecraft whose purpose is unknown.
Off-World

Man Spots Secret US Military Spacecraft With Amateur Telescope

Whoa!