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During a test launch, a Chinese company accidentally launched one of its rockets, which crashed spectacularly into a nearby mountain.
Off-World

Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test, Soars Over City and Crashes Into Mountain

One of the most incredible rocket screwups in history.

We asked OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, which is designed to browse the web, about a current event — and it sent us directly to spam-ridden AI sludge.
OpenAI

ChatGPT-4o Is Sending Users to a Scammy Website That Floods Your Screen With Fake Virus Warnings

Careful what you click.

Collins Aerospace said it had agreed with NASA to "descope" its work on an ISS spacesuit replacement, indicating the agency is in trouble.
NASA

NASA Is Having a Spacesuit Crisis

"No further work will be performed on the task orders."

Rather than talking to tenants themselves, property managers are favoring AI chatbots to handle day-to-day inquiries.
Artificial Intelligence

Landlords Now Using AI to Harass You for Rent and Refuse to Fix Your Appliances

"It feels like they don't care enough to have a real person talk to me."

Facebook's erosion continues with AI-generated images of cops lugging huge Bibles through floodwaters, because why not.
Meta

Facebook Lunatics Are Making AI-Generated Pictures of Cops Carrying Huge Bibles Through Floods Go Viral

Another trip into funhouse mirror Facebook.

More babies are dying in Texas after the state basically banned the procedure except in a few cases in 2021.
Studies

Infant Mortality Spikes After Abortion Ban

More and more babies are dying. Do abortion foes care?

Astronomers using the James Webb have gleaned the secrets of Jupiter's overlooked region of upper atmosphere near its enormous storm.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Observes Mysterious Structures Above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Revealing what was once unseen.

An almost perfectly round, 100-foot sinkhole opened up in an Illinois park this week, a terrifying incident that was caught on camera.
Science & Energy

Alarming Video Shows Sinkhole Devouring Sports Field

"It looks like a bomb went off."

Researchers submitted AI-generated answers to tests at a university, fooling professors and earning better grades versus actual students.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Answers Fool Professors, Get Better Grades Than Human-Written Ones

HAL, take this exam for me.

The US enacted a law in 2011 that forbids NASA from cooperating with China, which means it may not be able to study the latest Moon rocks.
Moon

There’s an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can’t Study China’s Amazing New Moon Rocks

"China welcomes scientists from all countries to apply according to the processes and share in the benefits."

New J.D. Power reports says Tesla cars have reduced in quality and that they are breaking down more compared to other cars.
Tesla

Teslas Are Breaking Down More and More, Data Shows

"It’s not being well received."

The owner of a brand new Cybertruck says he crashed it into his neighbor's yard after the vehicle's brakes suddenly stopped working.
Advanced Transport

Man Says His Brand New Cybertruck’s Brakes Failed, Causing Catastrophic Crash

"I held the brakes down, and the vehicle really wasn't slowing down."

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg blasted unnamed AI rivals for "creating God" while also saying open source AI is a positive.
Meta

Zuckerberg Accuses Rivals of Trying to Create AI-Powered God

"I find it a pretty big turnoff."

To fend off climate change, some propose removing CO2 from the ocean so that it can store even more of the greenhouse gas.
Climate Change

Startups Working on Using the Ocean as Huge Waste Dump for CO2 to Save Earth From Climate Change

"The ocean basically does the work for us."

The internet has been using AI to turn famous memes into videos — and a fair share of the results are nothing short of nightmare fuel.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Using AI to Turn Memes Into Videos and It’s Low Key Terrifying

Freaky!

Facebook users in America have been coming upon ads for an addictive drug that's banned in several countries.
Developments

Facebook Is Running Ads for an Addictive Drug That’s Banned in Numerous Countries

Seriously, Zuck?

Two astronauts who traveled on Boeing's Starliner are still stuck on the ISS. But Boeing insists that the "astronauts are not stranded."
Boeing

NASA Says That the Boeing “Astronauts Are Not Stranded” While the Astronauts Remain Stranded

They are definitely stuck up there, Boeing.

The Perplexity AI search tool is citing low-quality and sometimes incorrect AI-generated spam from sketchy blogs and LinkedIn posts.
Artificial Intelligence

Perplexity Is Already “Citing” Error-Filled AI-Generated Spam

"If the sources are AI hallucinations, then the output is too."

Astronauts on board the ISS were forced to shelter inside their respective spacecraft after reports indicated a nearby satellite broke up.
Off-World

Astronauts Sheltered in Escape Vehicles as Debris Menaced Space Station

Again?!

During a recent TED talk, Pillbot co-founder Alex Luebke swallowed a tiny pill, giving audiences a live feed of the inside of his stomach.
Prosthetics and Devices

Man Swallows Pill Containing Wireless Camera Live on Stage, Streams Inside of Body for Audience

"You don't feel anything when the robot moves around inside you."