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23andMe is on the brink of bankruptcy. Legal scholars are concerned about the possible data privacy implications.
DNA

As 23andMe Slides Into Bankruptcy, Your DNA Hangs in the Balance

The company's demise could turn into a data privacy nightmare.

A mother claims an AI chatbot not only convinced her teen son to commit suicide, but also assuaged his doubts about the act.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbot Urged 14-Year-Old to “Go Through With” Suicide When He Expressed Doubt

This is absolutely sickening.

Resaerchers found that the vast majority of meteorites pummelling the Earth's atmosphere come from only three different asteroid families.
Off-World

Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists Discover

The source of the asteroids.

Elon Musk insists that Tesla's sales have not been impacted by his support of Donald Trump — and we have the receipts proving he's wrong.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Responds to Concerns That His Political Antics Are Tanking Tesla Sales

"We’re hitting all-time highs."

An initial toxicology report has revealed that former One Direction singer Liam Payne had taken "pink cocaine" before falling to his death.
Developments

One Direction’s Liam Payne Was Taking “Pink Cocaine” Before Death

"If you have a drug that’s telling your heart to speed up and another drug that’s telling your heart to slow down, that’s a problem."

With weight loss injectables like Ozempic and Mounjaro taking the world by storm, the diet industry is seemingly being left in the dust.
RX and Medicine

The Diet Industry Is Reportedly in Total Meltdown Over GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

"The other diets make you feel you are missing out."

Truth Social, Donald Trump's Twitter clone, is apparently as dramatic behind the scenes as his White House once was.
Future Society

Trump’s “Truth Social” Crumbling Behind the Scenes as Staff Catch It Doing Something Extremely Anti-MAGA

Who would have thought?

An outbreak of E. coli has been linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers, which has left at least one dead and ten hospitalized.
Developments

One Dead and Dozens Sick as McDonald’s Burgers Spread Deadly Disease

Gross and horrifying.

A 14-year-old named Sewell Setzer III committed suicide after developing an intense emotional connection to a Character.AI chatbot.
Artificial Intelligence

Teen Dies by Suicide After Becoming Obsessed With AI Chatbot

The company behind the chatbot refuses to say how many of its users are minors.

Resaerchers found that a specific fungus can recognize shapes, and communicate information about their surroundings throughout their network.
Science & Energy

Obscure Fungus Shows Signs of Rudimentary Intelligence

"They have memories, they learn, and they can make decisions."

Archaeologists have begun uncovering a 250-year-old lost city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest — and are using advanced technology to survey it. 
Science & Energy

Archaeologists Discover Lost City in Amazon Rainforest

"It was abandoned, the forest took over, and the stone blocks were removed."

Microsoft is releasing AI agents that can work on your behalf or assist in your workflow, which some companies are already using.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Debuting AI-Powered Employees for Companies

"Every organization will have a constellation of agents."

New FTC guidelines went into effect this week, officially rendering it illegal to publish fake, misleading, and AI-generated product reviews.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI-Generated Product Reviews Choking the Internet Are Now Illegal

It's official.

Former Republican operators and legal experts are calling on the DOJ to investigate billionaire Elon Musk's payments to swing state voters.
Elon Musk

Republicans Call for Investigation Into Elon Musk Paying Swing State Voters

"We are aware of nothing like this in modern political history."

The latest update to Anthropic's Claude model turns it into a full-blown "AI agent" that can use anything installed on your computer.
Anthropic

Anthropic Now Lets Claude Take Control of Your Entire Computer

Sound safe to you?

During the launch party for Feeld's new literary magazine, younger guests were none too pleased when Woody Allen arrived.
Future Society

Kink App Throws Party, Guests Alarmed When Woody Allen Shows Up

"I’m told Allen was studiously avoided."

ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, fired an intern who apparently screwed with the company's artificial intelligence projects.
Artificial Intelligence

Intern Fired by TikTok Owner for Sabotaging Its AI Model

"The intern involved maliciously interfered with the model training tasks..."

The captive orca held at SeaWorld San Antonio let out a huge cloud of feces — and then, moments later, made a huge splash.
Science & Energy

Footage Shows Orca Blasting SeaWorld Visitors With Liquid Feces

Take that, humans.

A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
Future Society

Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces

That's not good.

As spotted by Redditors, Google Maps' Street View is populating ghostly, liminal-looking commercial interiors in the middle of the ocean.
Future Society

Google Street View Is Showing Strange “Businesses” in the Middle of the Ocean

"Bed, bath, and beyond."