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Noise levels from the Bitcoin mine can exceed 90 decibels, and residents of Granbury, Texas, are powerless to stop it.
Bitcoin

"We're living in a nightmare."

By Frank Landymore

The White House revealed in a letter yesterday that a Parkinson's disease specialist visited President Joe Biden repeatedly.
Neuroscience and Brain

"Biden is toast."

By Sharon Adarlo

A new procedure called normothermic regional perfusion allows doctors to ensure that donor organs stay viable after the patient dies.
Developments

"We're saving a lot of lives that otherwise wouldn't have a chance."

By Victor Tangermann

Cybertrucks have been shipped out to customers for less than a year, but the earliest owners seem to already need new motors.
Tesla

Don't call it a recall.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Climate change is supercharging Atlantic ocean temperatures, making Hurricane Beryl particularly fierce and deadly.
Climate Change

"Beryl would be astounding to happen anyway, but for it to form in June is completely unprecedented."

By Victor Tangermann

Two astronauts ventured outside of China's Tiangong space station to armor its exterior against incoming space debris.
Off-World

"It’s truly moving to witness the grandeur of this project."

By Victor Tangermann

Nike is sunsetting the app that allows owners of its to-be-discontinued Adapt sneakers to control their self-lacing, light-up shoes.
Future Society

Owners aren't thrilled.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Despite being out for less than a year, Amazon has announced that its Astro for Business patrol robots will be bricked at the end of August.
Robotics

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Supermarkets in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas are selling bullets by way of AI-powered, facial recognition-embedded vending machines.
Facial recognition

"It's what the founding fathers intended!"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers determined that an exoplanet could potentially harbor an Earth-like atmosphere.
James Webb Space Telescope

"We might just have found evidence of air on this world."

By Victor Tangermann

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy, has been linked to an eye condition that can cause blindness.
RX and Medicine

This is pretty scary.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study researchers developed a new AI-powered tool that allowed people to better spot lies. Only some agreed to use it.
Artificial Intelligence

"Given that we have so much fake news and disinformation spreading, there is a benefit to these technologies."

By Victor Tangermann

There's a death toll associated with SpaceX's success — and the Elon Musk-owned company played the government to make that success happen. 
SpaceX

And he got away with it, too.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts believes the two Starliner astronauts are not stuck on the ISS and that the extra time is a good thing.
Off-World

Lost in space?

By Victor Tangermann

A video shows a police officer in Phoenix, Arizona pulling over a self-driving vehicle after it drove down a busy road in the opposing lane.
Advanced Transport

"So your car here drove into oncoming lanes of traffic."

By Victor Tangermann

Police say they really need free access to OnlyFans — but there's a good reason behind their unusual request.
Future Society

"It’s not just one paywall. It’s a paywall for each and every contributor."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas simulated several "moonwalks" in the northern Arizona desert, making for an unusual photo opp.
NASA

"There are, of course, no cows on the Moon."

By Victor Tangermann

In a spiteful retort earlier this week, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the agency was willing to work with China to examine Moon rocks.
Moon

China is willing to share. The US is making cooperation a lot more difficult.

By Victor Tangermann

Reserachers are suggesting a new model that could explain why the dead remains of stars start unexpectedly glitching or speeding up.
Off-World

It's alive!

By Victor Tangermann

To keep fliers abreast of delays, United Airlines has developed AI that its C-suite thinks is indistinguishable from human labor.
Artificial Intelligence

This might be in the eye of the beholder.

By Noor Al-Sibai