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Donald Trump has nominated television doctor and alleged animal cruelty doer Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Developments

Trump Nominates Television Quack Dr. Oz to Run Medicare and Medicaid

Trump has tapped television's Dr. Oz, of health entertainment fame, to run Medicare and Medicaid.

For longtime Tesla owners, Elon Musk has made their electric cars into red flags — and now, a bunch are sticker-slapping back.
Tesla

Embarrassed Teslas Drivers Buying Huge Numbers of Anti-Elon Bumper Stickers

"There have got to be so many people who are so embarrassed to be repping him on the streets driving their Teslas and who want to completely disavow this guy."

An unusual treatment that involves permanently changing the color of their eyes through an unusual cosmetic surgery procedure is soaring in popularity.
Developments

People Are Getting Their Eyeballs Tattooed

This is nuts.

A body language expert assessed Donald Trump's behavior around Elon Musk and found that the future president is acting unusually shy.
Off-World

Body Language Expert Says Trump Is Acting “Submissive” Around Musk

"The only other figure with whom the president-elect is so submissive is Vladimir Putin."

Coca-Cola drew plenty of criticism for rolling out an uninspired and lazily AI-generated holiday ad. Redditors made a much better version.
Artificial Intelligence

Someone Made a Deranged Version of Coke’s AI Holiday Ad and It’s Way Better

"Brilliant. No notes."

Experts warn of the significant privacy risks that come with sharing medical scans with Grok, Elon Musk's chatbot.
Developments

Experts Alarmed by People Uploading Their Medical Scans to Elon Musk’s Grok AI

"This is very personal information, and you don't exactly know what Grok is going to do with it."

A robodog dubbed RAIBO2 ran and completed a full length marathon in South Korea on Sunday, apparently the first quadrupedal robot to do so.
Robot Dogs

Robodog Runs Full Marathon

Go, robodog, go.

Though Elon Musk disputes various claims about his life story, one thing is perfectly clear: he has immense daddy issues.
Elon Musk

We Have to Point Out That Elon Musk Clearly Has Huge Daddy Issues

Trump and Musk are bonded in familial trauma.

Amazon uses over 750,000 robots that are impressive in some respects, but also struggle to perform simple tasks that a human could easily do.
Robotics

Amazon Robots Struggling to Keep Up With Human Workers

Some simple tasks are just too hard for the robots.

Experts are alarmed by the prospect of the United States government gutting NASA under Donald Trump and Elon Musk's leadership.
NASA

Expert Warns That Elon Musk May Gut NASA

"If President-elect Donald Trump and techno-oligarch Elon Musk get their way, NASA — one of America’s crown jewels — may become a glorified contracting agency."

President-elect Donald Trump attended his new buddy SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's rocket launch on Tuesday. It didn't go quite as planned.
Off-World

Trump Comes to Watch as Elon Musk’s Spacecraft Crashes Into the Ocean and Explodes

Awkward.

Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify is defending the right of its clients to sell antisemitic, Holocaust-denying merchandise.
Future Society

Shopify Allowing Sale of Holocaust Denial Merch

Yikes.

New York City has declared its first drought warning since 2002, adding to the list of climate-related events afflicting the US and world.
Future Society

As Climate Catastrophe Looms, New York City Declares Drought Warning

We're in trouble.

Starship Shoots Into Space With Single Banana in Cargo Hold
Future Society

Starship Shoots Into Space With Single Banana in Cargo Hold

Banana for scale.

Elon Musk is throwing his weight behind Trump's AG pick Matt Gaetz amid damning allegations about his sexual conduct.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Throws Support Behind Man Accused of Sex With Underage Girl

"Our Hammer of Justice."

Nvidia's unreleased AI chips are apparently melting down, causing their shipment to be delayed until the beginning of 2025 at the earliest. 
Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia’s New AI Chips Are Reportedly Overheating in Server Farms

Customers are pissed.

Scientists launched a design competition for a massive multi-generational spaceship that could sustain humans on the way to the next star.
Off-World

Researchers Plotting Giant Spaceship That Could Carry Generations of Humans

"Think about the difference between a drone and an ocean liner."

President Joe Biden is ready to hop on a space rocket and rescue the two NASA astronauts, who have been stranded on board the ISS.
Future Society

Biden Muses That He Could Be Sent to Space to Rescue Stranded Astronauts

"I’m a little concerned he may want to send me to space because we got to get some folks back home!"

A small school in Pennsylvania shut down on Monday after parents accused leaders of covering up an explicit AI nudes scandal.
Artificial Intelligence

Parents Furious as School Accused of Covering Up AI-Generated Nudes of Students

Two of the school's leaders just resigned.

A hacker has apparently gotten access to testimony from a woman who claims she was paid to have sex with Matt Gaetz when she was underage.
Hacking

A Hacker Has Reportedly Obtained Matt Gaetz Sex Testimony

This is a labyrinthine web of accusations.