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A group of scientists in Switzerland may have cracked the code in how to recycle plastic without degrading its quality.
Future Society

Scientists Say New System Can Recycle Plastic Indefinitely Without Degrading Its Quality

"It’s every chemical engineer’s dream. "

Tom Hanks is warning his fans not to fall for fraudulent deepfakes that depict him hawking "miracle cures" and other products.
Artificial Intelligence

Tom Hanks Warns That Deepfake Scams Are Stealing His Face

"DO NOT BE FOOLED. DO NOT BE SWINDLED."

Viral footage shows what appear to be humanoid robots posing at a conference in Beijing. They're actually human cosplayers.
Robotics

Chinese Company Busted Showing Off Humanoid Robots That Actually Have Humans Inside

Wait a second.

Waymo is planning to expand its robotaxi service in California, such as the East Bay, San Jose and highways around San Francisco Bay.
Artificial Intelligence

Waymo Plans Huge Expansion After Its Robotaxis Caught Gathering and Honking Late at Night

Are these robotaxis really ready for prime time?

A chef in Dubai used OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to come up with a pizza recipe — and as it turns out, it started selling like hotcakes.
OpenAI

Chef Admits His Smash Hit Pizza Was Invented by ChatGPT

"As a chef, I wouldn't mix these ingredients ever on a pizza, but still, the mix of flavors was surprisingly good."

Novo Nordisk has found that its obesity drug Wegovy reduces the risk of COVID-19 death by a third, compared to those who took a placebo.
RX and Medicine

New Study Finds Wegovy Reduces COVID Death Risk By 33 Percent

"These drugs are repeatedly and routinely demonstrating that they are game changers."

Engineering researchers at Cornell have come up with a novel way to control a walking robot: with mushrooms.
Robotics

Scientists Grew a Mushroom Into This Robot to Act as Its Brain

"By growing mycelium into the electronics of a robot, we were able to allow the biohybrid machine to sense and respond to the environment."

A Tesla engineer has suggested adding instructions to the Cybertruck on how to get unstuck from mud and snow.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck May Start Offering “Help Mode” for When It Gets Stuck, Engineer Says

This is so embarrassing.

Cops across the US are moving to embrace AI-generated police reports. Experts, unsurprisingly, are sounding the alarm.
Artificial Intelligence

Cops Say Hallucinating AIs Are Ready to Write Police Reports That Could Send People to Prison

"The open question is how reliance on AI-generative suspicion will distort the foundation of a legal system dependent on the humble police report."

World’s Largest Sail-Powered Cargo Ship Has Embarked Maiden Atlantic Crossing
Science & Energy

World’s Largest Sail-Powered Cargo Ship Has Embarked Maiden Atlantic Crossing

The age of AI music is upon us — and already, hucksters seem to be gaming Spotify to profit from their crappy wares.
Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Is Filling Up With AI-Generated Music to Scam Revenue From Real Bands

And Spotify doesn't seem to care.

British tech billionaire Michael Lynch, who died in the Mediterranean Sea after a boat sinking, gave his doomed yacht the name Bayesian.
Advanced Transport

The Name of the Superyacht That Killed That Billionaire Will Make You Facepalm So Hard

Hint: It's not Boaty McBoatface.

A near-death experience expert insists that one's heart stopping doesn't have to be the end with current death-defying interventions.
RX and Medicine

Professor of Medicine Says Death Appears to Be Reversible

"If I have a heart attack and die tomorrow, why should I stay dead?"

The DNA computer can play a pared down version of chess and can potentially store data for thousands of years.
Science & Energy

Scientists Build Computer From DNA That Can Solve Chess Problems

Get ready for biological computing.

USDA inspectors found mold, insects, and "meat buildup" in the Boar's Head facility in Virginia, which was linked to a listeria outbreak.
Developments

The Conditions Were Repulsive at the Boar’s Head Factory Linked to Multiple Deaths

This is disgusting.

An environmentalist decided to put a GPS tracker in with her recycle to see where it ended up — and the results were absolutely shocking.
Science & Energy

Woman Disgusted When She Uses Tracker to See Where Her Plastic Recycling Really Ends Up

"We want to know what was happening with this stuff."

Elon Musk has voted by mail at least twice in California, records show, which are the only two times he ever voted in the state.
Elon Musk

Hypocrite Elon Musk Attacks Voting by Mail, But Records Show He’s Done It Himself

No way.

Elon Musk is playing with political fire amid his ongoing feud with a Brazilian Supreme Court judge — and for once, he might be right.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Rages as Brazil Freezes Starlink’s Assets

Could this be the end of all those "Come to Brazil" tweets?

A former Vine star has used Grimes' AI to diss her famous ex and highlight the pitfalls of the burgeoning technology.
Elon Musk

AI-Generated Grimes Song Dissing Elon Musk Fools Newsweek

"People will just kind of automatically assume it’s real."

Under investigation are an engineer and a sailor who was serving as lookout of the sunken yacht owned by billionaire Mike Lynch.
Future Society

Authorities Investigating Crew Members of Sunken Yacht, Captain for Manslaughter

No charges have been pressed — yet.