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Elon Musk's plans to fly to Mars grow more ambitious every year — but it's unclear whether he'll live long enough to actually see it happen.
Mars

Elon Musk Might Die of Old Age Before He Can Make It to Mars, Expert Suggests

He's only getting older.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a newfound sense of, er, style — and his fellow techsters are very into it.
Future Society

Cringey Tech Execs Swoon Over Mark Zuckerberg’s “Cool” New Look

"He’s living his best life."

AI might be worsening carbon emissions, but at least we have this fake video of Mark Zuckerberg leg-pressing chicken nuggets, we guess.
Meta

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Bizarre Video of Himself Leg Pressing Chicken Nuggets

Please make it make sense.

Meta has just announced Movie Gen, its new AI-powered video generation tool, and to show it off, it's flaunting an AI-generated baby hippo.
Meta

Meta’s AI Bootleg Moo Deng Is an Insult to Pygmy Hippos Everywhere

Long live the real Moo Deng.

No, Donald Trump didn't wade through Hurricane Helene-caused flooding in blue jeans. That "photo" you saw was AI.
Artificial Intelligence

No, Donald Trump Isn’t Wading Through Hurricane Floodwaters, You Absolute Morons

Get a grip.

After digging up a weird rug buried in her backyard, an Ohio woman began experiencing some unexplained goings-on.
Future Society

Haunted Woman Calls the Cops After Discovering a Rug Mysteriously Buried in Her Backyard

"What if there really is a body?"

Though he's been very active in support of Donald Trump in 2024, it appears that Elon Musk has been donating big to GOP candidates for years.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has Been Throwing Tens of Millions of Dollars at Republicans for Way Longer Than We Thought

He's been funnelling cash through "dark money" groups to stay hidden.

Character.AI was forced to delete the chatbot avatar of murder victim Jennifer Crecente — while the world remains outraged.
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Company Published a Chatbot Based on a Murdered Woman. Her Family Is Outraged.

The billion-dollar valuation boasting ChatGPT competitor has a very real problem on their hands.

Veterinary researchers have devised a solution to head off feline resistance to brain scans: hiding the electrodes underneath crocheted hats.
Science & Energy

Researchers Force Grumpy Cats to Wear Adorable Wittle Wool Hats — for Science

"You get creative."

In the simulations, aliens keep dying from climate change because of the heat produced by energy demands, even if they rely on renewables.
Climate Change

Scientists Simulate Alien Civilizations, Find They Keep Dying From Climate Change

But that won't happen to us... right?

Billionaire Elon Musk thinks that the ancient and famously difficult to master game of chess is dumb. Why? Because space lasers. Obviously.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Posts Bananas Rant About How Chess Is Stupid Because It Doesn’t Have Space Lasers

Sore loser much?

Pro-Trump influencers including close Trump ally Laura Loomer were fooled by an AI-generated image of an alleged victim of Hurricane Helene.
Artificial Intelligence

Gullible Trump Cronies Losing Their Minds Over Fake AI Slop on Twitter

Can you tell that it's fake? They couldn't.

A Tesla bull warned that next week's "robotaxi" event will be "light on details," despite unveiling not just one but three vehicles.
Tesla

Tesla Won’t Have Much to Show at “Light on Details” Robotaxi Event, Analyst Warns

A robotaxi could still be many years out.

A team of scientists suggests astronauts could make use of an unusual source of nutrition during journeys into deep space: asteroids.
Mars

Astronauts Should Eat Space Rocks on the Way to Mars, Scientists Propose

Fresh asteroid, anyone?

Websites that promise to "nudify" photos with AI seem to contain Trojan horse viruses that are later used to blackmail those who use them. 
Artificial Intelligence

Russian Hackers Are Using Fake AI “Nudify” Sites to Steal Data

"They are looking for people who are doing borderline shady things to start with."

The gas-spewing body spotted by the James Webb is a type of object known as a centaur that is somewhere between a comet and an asteroid.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Telescope Spots Bizarre Object That’s Spewing Out Jets of Gases

"We had never seen anything like this."

A Skydiving Center’s Clients Kept Mysteriously Dying. Now, One of Its Instructors Is Going to Jail.
Future Society

A Skydiving Center’s Clients Kept Mysteriously Dying. Now, One of Its Instructors Is Going to Jail.

"Skipping the training part is what took my son’s life, and they’re responsible for that."

A woman who was riding a Waymo robotaxi in San Francisco says a man stood in front of the taxi to stop it, repeatedly demanding her number.
Advanced Transport

Horrifying Video Shows Fedora-Wearing Creep Trapping Woman in Robotaxi to Harass Her

"He stood in front of it so that it would come to a complete stop."

Video footage shows the moment when a Russian fighter jet flew screamingly close to an F-16 in the skies above Alaska last month.
Future Society

Insane Video Shows Reckless Russian Fighter Jet Rip Right Past an F-16

The move "was unsafe, unprofessional, and endangered all."

OpenAI just raised nearly $7 billion, raising its value to around $157 billion. Investors had to be willing to keep things exclusive.
OpenAI

OpenAI Stamps Feet, Says Investors Aren’t Allowed to Back Its Rivals

"If a company holds all the cards, they can force people to do things unnaturally."