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Elon Musk's government takeover is obviously freaking everyone out — but there's no need to worry about him accessing the nukes just yet. 
Elon Musk

State Department Insider on Elon Musk Accessing Nuclear Weapons: “If You Make Something Idiot-Proof, the World Will Build a Better Idiot”

"Famous last words."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's DOGE's spending more than doubled from $6.75 million to $14.4 million between January 30 and February 8.
Future Society

As DOGE Tries to Cut Costs, Its Expenses Are Growing Larger and Larger

Wait a second...

By Victor Tangermann

Hundreds of thousands of Trump supporters lost money on his meme coin after its price crashed shortly after launching.
Cryptocurrency

Trump Supporters Lost a Staggering Amount of Money as They Bought His Meme Coin

"The president is participating in shady crypto schemes that harm investors."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists tracked tiny pieces of microplastics as they moved through the brain blood vessels of mice. Some of them became stuck.
Developments

Microplastics Getting Stuck in Brain Vessels Like Clots, Scientists Find, Causing “Neurological Abnormalities” in Mice

That's not good.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has been targeted with a wave of vandalism and protests as Elon Musk continues to wreak havoc in the federal government.
Future Society

Wave of Vandalism and Protests Hit Tesla

"We were upset with Musk taking over the government."

By Frank Landymore

During a Bloomberg interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took another jab at the richest man in the world, Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

Sam Altman Says He Feels Sorry for Elon Musk and His Bottomless Insecurity

"I feel for the guy. I don't think he's like a happy person."

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors have begun noticing a trend: they all seem to get full before finishing dinner, and it's likely thanks to drugs like Ozempic. 
RX and Medicine

Doctors Have One Weird Trick to Tell When Their Colleagues Are On Ozempic

"We look at each other and laugh and say, 'You, too?'"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla's sales are falling off a cliff around the world as Elon Musk's public perception takes a heavy toll.
Tesla

Dark Clouds Gather Over Tesla as Sales Plummet Worldwide

Looking into this.

By Joe Wilkins

Trusting AI over the real thing seems, per a new study, to actually be atrophying folks' mental faculties.
Artificial Intelligence

Study Finds That People Who Entrust Tasks to AI Are Losing Critical Thinking Skills

"Atrophied and unprepared."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chances of space rock 2024 YR4 hitting us just under eight years from now have risen substantially. Astronomers are intrigued.
Off-World

Don’t Panic, But the Chances of That City Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Almost Doubled

Astronomers want to get a closer look at it with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

By Victor Tangermann

Prompted about products that could assist suicide, Amazon's Rufus AI repeatedly provided us with an incorrect crisis hotline number.
Artificial Intelligence

Asked for Products to Kill Yourself With, Amazon’s AI Says “You Are Not Alone” and Hallucinates an Incorrect Phone Number for a Suicide Hotline

That seems pretty basic.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Jon Christian

In an effort to recover a long-lost crypto wallet, one man is attempting to purchase an entire landfill where he believes it was thrown away. 
Bitcoin

Man Trying to Buy Entire Landfill to Recover Lost Bitcoin Hard Drive

This guy's been fighting for more than 10 years to find that dang thing.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Aerospace giant Boeing is warning that hundreds of workers currently working on NASA's Artemis Moon rocket could be laid off.
Moon

As Elon Musk Reviews Moon Program, Boeing Warns Workers Building Artemis Rocket of Mass Layoffs

NASA's contractors are expecting the worst.

By Victor Tangermann

Insurance company Allstate has revealed that almost all of the communications its reps send out to claimants are written by AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Allstate Says Almost All Its Communications About Insurance Claims Are Done With AI Now

"The claim agent still looks at them just to make sure they’re accurate, but they’re not writing them anymore."

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire and White House advisor Elon Musk is leading a gigantic $97.4 billion bid to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI.
OpenAI

Elon Musk Makes Huge Bid to Seize Control of OpenAI

"It’s time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once was."

By Victor Tangermann

The owner of a Tesla Cybertruck had a terrifying run-in with a pole while "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) driving assist feature was turned on.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Driver Issues Warning After His Cybertruck Totals Itself on “Full Self-Driving” Mode

"Thank you Tesla."

By Victor Tangermann

One of DOGE's engineers dispatched to take over the Education Department used to have a very different title: ketamine dealer.
Elon Musk

One of Elon Musk’s DOGE Staffers Used to Sell Ketamine Professionally

Well then.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The parents of an OpenAI whistleblower who was found dead say their independent pathologist found that he did not die of suicide.
OpenAI

Independent Autopsy Finds OpenAI Whistleblower’s Bullet Wound Was Not Consistent With Suicide

Seriously, what is going on here?

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new post on his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned that AI could lead to plenty of economic inequality.
OpenAI

AI Likely to Increase Inequality, Sam Altman Admits, or Control the “Population Through Mass Surveillance and Loss of Autonomy”

"Everyone should have access to unlimited genius to direct however they can imagine."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of Oxford say they've achieved quantum teleportation using a powerful quantum supercomputer.
Quantum Physics

Oxford Scientists Say They’ve Achieved Quantum Teleportation

Quantum supercomputers, here we come.

By Victor Tangermann