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President-elect Donald Trump's newly-announced tariffs already seem to be causing anxiety for the AI industry.
Artificial Intelligence

Trump’s Huge New Tariffs Spell Trouble for the AI Industry

Did he think this one through?

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio speaks about the struggles about an unexpectedly lengthy stay aboard the International Space Station.
Off-World

Astronaut Who Was Stranded in Space Laments Missing Thanksgiving and Child’s Graduation

"There's a little bit of disappointment in knowing you miss those things as a father."

By Frank Landymore

In an apparent attempt to dispel hurricane misinformation, a member of Congress asked the head of FEMA outright if she controls the weather.
Science & Energy

Congressman Asks FEMA Head If She’s Controlling Weather, Sending Hurricanes to Trump Voters’ Homes

"Why would anybody want to bring harm to the American people?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's brain chip company is entering its next phase of experiments: seeing if patients can move a robotic arm using their minds. 
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Testing Robot Arm Controlled by Brain Chip

This one's going to be fascinating to watch.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Multibillion-dollar AI company Character.AI appears to be mass-removing Harry Potter-themed chatbots from its platform — and users are mad.
Artificial Intelligence

Users Furious as Character.AI Deletes Countless Beloved “Harry Potter” Chatbots

"Today we are all Draco's widows."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk fired up his X-formerly-Twitter fingers on November 24 to tell the world, with a madman's glee, that he's a time-traveling vampire.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Suggests That He Is an Ancient Being Who Assumes Human Identities

Sure, grandpa.

By Ashley Bardhan

Accusations of sexual assault against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Trump's Health Department pick, are threatening to impede his confirmation.
Future Society

Trump’s Raw Milk Zealot Accused of Inappropriately Touching Babysitter

"I never intended you any harm."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA scientists have made a remarkable discovery while flying over the arctic ice in Greenland: an abandoned Cold War base.
NASA

NASA Scanners Detect Hidden Base Under Arctic Ice

"We didn’t know what it was at first."

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is hiring engineers to design software that a team of human technicians can use to remotely drive its robotaxis.
Self-Driving Vehicles

As Tesla Struggles to Make Self-Driving Work, It’s Hiring a Team to Remote-Control Its Robotaxis

"As we iterate on the AI that powers them, we need the ability to access and control them remotely."

By Frank Landymore

NASA says that anyone who wants to know more about the smell on the ISS this weekend will have to speak to mother Russia.
Future Society

NASA Says You Will Have to Ask the Russian Space Program About the Horrid Smell on the Space Station

Gross.

By Ashley Bardhan

People who put their savings into fintech services are left holding the bag after a little-known firm went broke and took their life savings.
Future Society

Online Bank Users Horrified as Their Savings Accounts Vanish Into Thin Air

Have you checked your account balance lately?

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA Mars Rover Exploring Spiderweb-Like Patterns on Mars
Mars

NASA Mars Rover Exploring Spiderweb-Like Patterns on Mars

Whoa.

By Frank Landymore

Bluesky has apparently become such a successful X-formerly-Twitter alternative, even Mark Zuckerberg is anxiously taking notice.
Future Society

Zuckerberg Seems Genuinely Alarmed by the Explosive Growth of Bluesky

Threads, X-formerly-Twitter: beware.

By Ashley Bardhan

The Earth has parted ways with a tiny "mini moon" that's been orbiting our planet for two months now.
Moon

Earth’s Second Moon Has Vanished, Scientists Say

So long.

By Victor Tangermann

Bad news, folks: those samples from the asteroid Ryugu appear to have been contaminated by life here on Earth.
Off-World

Signs of Life in Asteroid Sample Turn Out to Be Something Embarrassing

Oops!

By Victor Tangermann

As Donald Trump's second presidential transition hurdles ever forward, his mass deportation plan is freaking farmers out.
Future Society

Farmers Beg Trump Not to Deport the Immigrants They Use for Cheap Labor

"There is a lot of concern, and there's a lot of panic."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bird flu has just been detected in cartons of raw milk sold in California, the state's health agency said Sunday.
Developments

The Simulation Is Clearly Glitching Because Bird Flu Has Been Detected in Raw Milk

If only if we had a method for making milk safe.

By Frank Landymore

As if they need any more problems, the International Space Station astronauts apparently had a smelly situation over the weekend. 
Off-World

Space Station Astronauts Complain of Horrible Smell After Russian Capsule Docks

Something stinks.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three men in India died after Google Maps reportedly told them to drive their taxi off an incomplete bridge spanning the Ramganga River.
Future Society

Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge

"The maps shouldn’t have shown that the bridge was complete."

By Victor Tangermann

The multibillion-dollar AI company Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that promote disordered eating and unhealthy weight loss.
Artificial Intelligence

Character.AI Is Hosting Pro-Anorexia Chatbots That Encourage Young People to Engage in Disordered Eating

"Hello, I am here to make you skinny."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré