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A view of Earth from space showing a fiery, glowing atmosphere with intense orange flames surrounding the planet's edge. The surface of the Earth is dark with visible city lights concentrated in certain areas, contrasting with the bright, fiery outer layer. The image has a dramatic and intense appearance, highlighting the planet's curvature and atmospheric activity.
Ethics

Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land

"Our fight is just one small piece of a collective puzzle."

By Joe Wilkins

A black robot made of interconnected segments is positioned on a sandy beach near the water. The robot is in motion, kicking up sand in an arc behind it. The background shows a calm sea under a cloudy sky, with a distant pier and some trees on the left side.
Robotics

Strange Modular Robots Are Writhing Across Landscapes

Warning: they're also hard to kill.

By Frank Landymore

A scarecrow dressed in blue denim overalls and a red plaid shirt with straw accents at the cuffs and ankles. It wears a straw hat and has a camera lens for a face. A red bandana is tucked into the overalls' pocket. The scarecrow is set against a partly cloudy blue sky.
Ethics

Ominous Surveillance “Scarecrows” Appearing Across America

"We stop crimes before they start."

By Joe Wilkins

A black cat is resting on top of a pack of Poland Spring bottled water in a store aisle. The background includes shelves stocked with various packaged goods and gallon jugs of water.
Ethics

New York’s Beloved Bodegas Are Filling Up With AI Slop

"I really don't get why businesses don't hire artists."

By Joe Wilkins

An orbital data center with large, extended solar panels orbiting above Earth, with the Sun rising or setting on the horizon, casting a bright glow over the planet's atmosphere and clouds.
SpaceX

Elon Musk’s Orbital Data Centers Are Staggeringly Huge

Good lord.

By Frank Landymore

A man with braces and a smartwatch is holding his face with both hands, mouth open wide in a shocked or scared expression. He is wearing a checkered shirt over a white t-shirt. The background features a large, colorful version of the Google logo.
Quantum Computing

Google Warns That Quantum Armageddon Is Drawing Closer

The Doomsday Clock of the quantum computing world just ticked closer to midnight.

By Frank Landymore

A close-up of a sprouting purple potato with small purple shoots emerging from its surface. The background is blurred, highlighting the potato.
Future Society

Netizens Terrified of What NASA Grew on the Space Station: A Potato

"Kill it with fire!!!"

By Frank Landymore

Human users are astonishingly willing to take AI chatbots by their word, even when the information they provide us is entirely made up.
Ethics

Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What ChatGPT Tells Them, Even If It’s Totally Wrong

We're shockingly prone to "cognitive surrender."

By Victor Tangermann

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Anthropic

If Trump’s War in Iran Spirals Into a Full-Blown Recession, It Could Crush the AI Industry and Spark a Catastrophic Polycrisis

Could this be the end?

By Joe Wilkins

A solitary bison stands in a dry, yellow grassy field with sparse green shrubs. Behind the bison is a large, flat expanse of white salt flats or dry lakebed, followed by a narrow strip of blue water. In the background, there are distant mountain ranges under a partly cloudy sky.
Environment

Scientists Detect Something Bizarre in Subterranean Structures Under the Great Salt Lake

"Unexpected."

By Frank Landymore

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Energy

Wall Street Has a Major Problem With AI Data Centers

"The people who are trying to block or protest these things are much more well educated than they were before."

By Joe Wilkins

The Trump administration's fumbling the lead by cutting research funding could allow China to become the world's top scientific superpower.
Science & Energy

China Is Rapidly Overtaking the United States as the World’s Scientific Superpower

The Trump administration has been a disaster for science.

By Victor Tangermann

Proponents of clean energy have launched a campaign of vengeance, targeting political candidates opposing wind and solar.
Renewable Energy

Clean Energy Industry Launching Campaign of Vengeance

"You’ve got to have some fear that if you vote against the clean energy industry, you may pay a political price."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke said he suddenly was unable to speak while on board the ISS, triggering the first-ever medical evacuation.
Crew Dragon

NASA Astronaut Reveals Terrifying Medical Incident That Caused Evacuation from Space Station

"It was all hands on deck within just a matter of seconds."

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up view of a spacecraft component covered in gold foil with a flexible, ribbed metallic tube arching over it. The background is the blackness of space, and part of a solar panel with circuitry is visible on the right side. The image has a timestamp or code "Z01-3: 0197" in the upper left corner.
Off-World

New Chinese Spacecraft Tests Robotic Octopus Tentacle for Refueling in Orbit

Fill 'er up!

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

A Reporter Tried Cooking Actual AI-Generated Recipes and the Results Are Stomach-Churning

Eating "literal AI slop."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists say they've come up with an explanation for the acceleration of Mars' rotation after spotting a "negative mass anomaly."
Mars

Scientists Intrigued by “Negative Mass Anomaly” Under Surface of Mars

A Martian mystery.

By Victor Tangermann

A data leak caused by a major security lapse revealed that Anthropic is working on a new model, which it says is a cybersecurity risk.
Anthropic

Anthropic Just Leaked Upcoming Model With “Unprecedented Cybersecurity Risks” in the Most Ironic Way Possible

It's so powerful, the company claims it's a major cybersecurity risk.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at Tufts University have released the "first-of-its-kind data-driven framework," dubbed the American AI Jobs Risk Index.
Ethics

If Your Job Involves Using Your Brain, You May Be in Big Trouble, Tufts Report Finds

It's a game of survival of the fittest minds.

By Victor Tangermann

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Protesters Have Figured Out They Can Block Waymos and Berate Their Passengers While the Cars Are Paralyzed

"We felt helpless."

By Joe Wilkins