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The thrusters on Boeing's cursed Starliner space capsule keep overheating — and NASA is hard at work on a fix for the issue.
NASA

Stranded Starliner Spacecraft’s Thrusters Have Been Overheating, NASA Admits

But hey, at least they sort of know what's going on now!

NASA said that the two stranded astronauts are still scheduled to come home on board Starliner. But a Crew Dragon isn't out of the question.
Boeing

NASA Says If Necessary, SpaceX Could Come Rescue the Astronauts Stranded by Boeing

"The beautiful thing about the commercial crew program is that we have two vehicles, two different systems, that we could use to return crew."

The James Webb Space Telescope imaged a shiny quasar some eight billion light years away with the helping of gravitational lensing.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Distant Space Object With Jewel-Like Lights

Ooh, shiny.

The venerable has a new AI chatbot, designed to answer climate questions. Why won't it answer prompts about AI's growing climate footprint?
Artificial Intelligence

Washington Post Launches AI to Answer Climate Questions, But It Won’t Say Whether AI Is Bad for the Climate

"Sorry, but we could not generate an answer to your question."

NYC's Third Avenue Bridge was got stuck turning as temperatures soared to 95 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday.
Climate Change

It’s So Hot That an Entire New York City Bridge That Opens for Boats Got Jammed

That's embarassing.

Pennsylvania firefighters doused a Tesla electric vehicle that had caught on fire at a Supercharger Station.
Tesla

Tesla Vehicle Burns to a Crisp at Supercharger Station

Burned beyond recognition.

Nothing spells dystopia quite like using the Whataburger app to track damage from a hurricane — but in Texas, they make do.
Science & Energy

After Deadly Hurricane, Texans Using Whataburger App to Track Power Outages

New Waffle House Index just dropped.

If Donald Trump gets re-elected to the presidency, he wants Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg jailed.
Future Society

Trump Threatens to Imprison Mark Zuckerberg

What if it really happens?

CNN is firing 100 employees, or three percent of its overall work force. It says it's pivoting harder to video — and pushing "into AI."
Artificial Intelligence

CNN Firing 100 Employees Amid “Strategic Push Into AI”

Details are vague.

NASA's CURIE mission will try locate radio signals from the Sun that are originating somewhere within coronal mass ejections.
NASA

NASA Investigating Mysterious Radio Signals From the Sun

"This is a very ambitious and very exciting mission."

The crew of Boeing's Starliner is still indefinitely stuck on board the ISS. They're "absolutely confident" they can get back home.
Boeing

Stranded Astronauts “Absolutely Confident” in Boeing’s Leaky Starliner

"I have a real good feeling in my heart that the spacecraft will bring us home, no problem."

Flowers bloomed early in the Atacama Desert in Chile after early rains and warmer temperatures brought to life dormant seeds and bulbs.
Science & Energy

Flowers Erupt in Hostile Desert

In the driest place on Earth.

Tesla's market share over electric vehicles dropped below 50 percent in the second quarter of this year for the first time ever.
Tesla

Tesla’s Market Share of Electric Cars Is Collapsing

Ouch.

Political Candidate Accused of Being AI Insists He Is a Living Human With a Very Smooth, AI-Looking Face
Artificial Intelligence

Political Candidate Accused of Being AI Insists He Is a Living Human With a Very Smooth, AI-Looking Face

"I am a real person and that is me in the photo."

After an alarming new study came out suggesting a link between Ozempic and a condition that causes blindness, some experts are calling foul.
RX and Medicine

Experts Not Convinced That Ozempic Is Causing Blindness

We need followup research.

SpaceX is such a frat house that a leaked company video instructed people on how to spank the butt of a male worker now hr vice president.
Future Society

Leaked SpaceX Video Shows Head of HR Teaching How to Spank Employees

"SpaceX is Elon, and Elon is SpaceX."

Meta, formerly Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks he's not just among the most famous millennials, but is in fact the most famous.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Bragged That He Was the “Most Well-Known Person of My Generation”

Are you sure, Mark?

Death Valley has claimed another victim after record soaring temperatures killed a motorcyclist this past weekend.
Developments

Temperature Gets So Hot That Motorcyclist Dies Mid-Ride

Horrifying.

As Business Insider reports, human annotators at Tesla are tasked to specifically focus on the driving of Tesla CEO Elon Musk himself.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Forcing Tesla to Train Self-Driving Cars On His Own Driving

"It seems pretty clear that Elon's experience would be better than anyone else's."

James Ferguson, founding partner of research firm MacroStrategy Partnership, argues AI is "unproven" and due for a collapse.
Artificial Intelligence

Expert Warns That AI Industry Due for Huge Collapse

"AI still remains, I would argue, completely unproven."