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His findings showed that psilocybin "desynchronized" the brain, but also produced subtle, lasting effects in boosting plasticity.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientist Takes High Dose of Psilocybin, Clambers Into MRI Machine to Scan His Own Brain

Sounds like an awesome job.

A viral AI-generated clip of celebrities hugging their younger selves has really squicked out people online.
Artificial Intelligence

Everyone Hates That “Hideous” AI Video Of Celebs Hugging Their Younger Selves

"Make it really awkward and creepy."

Sales in California, one of Tesla's key markets, have dropped for the third quarter in a row, according to a new analysis.
Elon Musk

Data Suggests Elon Musk Has Deeply Alienated Tesla’s Core Market

He's making enemies out of customers.

The Sarco suicide pod induces a supposedly peaceful death by hypoxia, and its first test is expected to take place "soon" in Switzerland.
Future Society

Doctors Prepare to Test “Suicide Pod”

And apparently, people are lining up to use it.

Contents of JD Vance's Venmo account have been revealed, showing his deep connections with the rich and powerful of the United States.
Future Society

JD Vance Left His Venmo Public and There’s Some Wild Stuff in There

Vance's former campaign manager had a transaction for "Back waxing & Happy Ending."

Crowdstrike CEO and cofounder George Kurtz seemed nearly as stumped as the rest of us when trying to explain today's glitch.
Future Society

Crowdstrike CEO Visibly Agitated On Camera After Massive Outage

"[I] don’t think I’ve seen a more nervous response than this."

OpenAI wants to see the notes to assess The New York Times' copyright claims, in the newspaper's legal battle against the AI company.
OpenAI

OpenAI Demands to See All Notes by New York Times Reporters

An insane and "unprecedented" request.

X-formerly-Twitter added unremovable Trump 2024 hashtags on top of the trending list, campaign ads on the Explore tab, and cascading flags.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Modifies Twitter Code to Fawningly Support Donald Trump

The platform has become an unofficial arm of Trump's election campaign.

As the world is still reeling from a massive IT outage triggered by an antivirus update, Microsoft recommends rebooting up to 15 times.
Future Society

Microsoft Recommends Rebooting Your Computer 15 Times as Blue Screen of Death Strikes Worldwide

Have you tried turning it off and on again? And then on again? And then off again? And then...

Staff at airports from Singapore to Northern Ireland had been forced to scribble flight times on whiteboards due to a global IT outage.
Future Society

Airlines Scribbling Flight Times on Whiteboards After Catastrophic Glitch Bricks Computers Worldwide

Problems at airports are still lingering...

One of the top picks to replace Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket is a former NASA astronaut and current senator.
Future Society

One of the Top Candidates to Replace Biden Is a Former NASA Astronaut

His resume is very legit.

Boeing is still desperately trying to figure out what went wrong with its Starliner spacecraft, which is stuck at the ISS.
Boeing

Boeing Desperately Trying to Figure Out Thruster Issue That’s Stranded Astronauts in Space All Summer

NASA still hasn't announced a return date.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover crushed a rock while exploring — and revealed a treasure of glinting, yellow crystals.
Mars

NASA Scientists Startled When Mars Rover Drives Over Rock, Cracking It and Revealing Glinting Crystals Within

"It shouldn't be there, so now we have to explain it."

Tesla managers have had to order a ludicrous number of coffee mugs at the company's plant in Berlin as people keep stealing them.
Future Society

Tesla Employees Are Apparently Stealing a Bizarre Number of Mugs

"I'm really tired of approving orders to buy more coffee cups."

 A team of Australian scientists have cooked up a new AI-driven camera system that can detect whether you are too drunk to drive a vehicle.
Artificial Intelligence

New Camera Inside Cars Detects If You’ve Been Drinking

But is it a solution that we actually need?

After claiming to be the Bitcoin creator for over a decade, a UK High Court firmly ruled that Craig Wright is not, in fact, Satoshi Nakomoto.
Bitcoin

That Guy Who Kept Insisting He Was Satoshi Nakamoto Just Admitted He Was Lying

His antics are over.

A massive wind turbine blade shattered, leading to "large floating debris and fiberglass shards" threatening local beachgoers.
Wind

Beaches Covered in Shards and Debris as Giant Wind Turbine Shatters

"You can walk on the beaches, however we strongly recommend you wear footwear due to sharp, fiberglass shards and debris on the beaches."

After an inquiry from the FTC, HeHealth has shut down its Calmara app that supposedly could detect STDs from dick pics using AI.
Artificial Intelligence

AI App That Claimed to Detect STDs From Dick Pics Shuts Down After It Turns Out It Doesn’t Work at All

Good riddance.

George Santos has a word of advice for all the men using the popular gay hookup app Grindr while attending the RNC in Milwaukee this week.
Future Society

Former Congressman Says the RNC Is the “Grindr Super Bowl”

"Just come out of the closet, boys!"

Researchers have presented new evidence for the presence of two gases that are closely related to life on Earth in the atmosphere of Venus.
Off-World

Scientists Spot Possible Signs of Life in Clouds of Venus

The plot thickens.