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Authorities are reporting an uptick in "sextortion" scams — but you probably don't have to worry about your browser history being leaked.
Hacking

Here’s What to Do If Hackers Threaten to Release Your Porn History

Officials are urging level-headedness when assessing these sorts of threats.

The head of stock research at Goldman Sachs, Jim Covello, believes that the burgeoning AI industry could be in for a rude awakening.
Artificial Intelligence

Top Goldman Sachs Stock Researcher Warns AI Bubble May Be About to Explode

"Despite its expensive price tag, the technology is nowhere near where it needs to be in order to be useful."

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has encountered a zebra-striped rock on the surface of Mars and it's unlike anything seen on the planet.
Mars

NASA Scientists Startled When Mars Rover Finds Rock With Stripes

They've never seen anything like it — on the entirety of Mars.

Eight years ago, Donald Trump begged Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails. Now, he's at the receiving end of such a breach.
Hacking

Trump Cheered When Russia Hacked Hillary Clinton’s Emails. Now His Embarrassing Documents Have Been Stolen by Iranian Hackers

Pot, meet kettle.

During his testimony at the public hearings into last year's Titanic sub disaster, a previous passenger recalled hearing "unnerving" sounds.
Future Society

Doomed Titanic Sub’s Hull Made Terrible Sound During Previous Dive

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush "definitely knew it was going to end like this."

The official OpenAI Newsroom account on X, formerly Twitter, was hacked by someone to promote a fake token as part of a phishing attack.
OpenAI

Official OpenAI Twitter Account Taken Over by Hackers to Shill Crypto Scheme

Again?

North Carolina's lieutenant governor Mark Robinson has more explaining to do now that he's been credibly linked to more porn and sex sites.
Future Society

Close Trump Ally Mark Robinson Linked to More Sex Websites

He's still claiming he was hacked.

Whether or not he's actually funny, Elon Musk needs his sense of humor to be validated, Twitter employees quickly had to learn.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Twitter Employees Feel Forced to Laugh at His Appalling “Jokes”

Earning that paycheck, one way or another.

Several people in northern Switzerland have been arrested following a death inside a "suicide pod" dubbed Sarco.
Prosthetics and Devices

“Several People” Arrested After Helping Woman Use Suicide Pod

"The death took place in open air, under a canopy of trees, at a private forest retreat."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waxed prolific about the future of artificial intelligence and chose some strange units of measurement to describe.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Invents Bizarre New Unit of Time for Measuring When His Promises Will Come True

A what now?

Donald Trump wants to make "America great again," but if his dying Truth Social startup is anything to go by, he's the one that needs saving.
Future Society

Trump Says He Can Save America, But He Can’t Even Think of an Idea to Save His Dying Startup

Truth Social still hasn't hit rock bottom.

An amateur astronomer has spotted and taken images of a secretive Pentagon spacecraft whose purpose is unknown.
Off-World

Man Spots Secret US Military Spacecraft With Amateur Telescope

Whoa!

A slew of companies are now offering AI assistants to restaurants that will handle reservations and other inquiries over the phone.
Artificial Intelligence

Restaurants Are Hiring AI to Pick Up the Phone When You Call

Just what customers want to hear.

One of the pioneers of artificial intelligence is throwing major shade on Elon Musk's years of broken promises about self-driving Teslas. 
Self-Driving Vehicles

Godfather of AI Says Elon Musk Is Lying About Self-Driving Teslas

"I don't hate Elon. I hate his lies."

A vertical flight test of Chinese startup Deep Blue Aerospace's Nebula-1 rocket ends explosively — all captured spectacularly for the camera.
Advanced Transport

This Might Be the Most Amazing Video of a Rocket Explosion We’ve Ever Seen

Holy smokes.

There's drama at Elon Musk's America PAC, which the billionaire is funding to get Donald Trump back in the White House.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Pro-Trump PAC May Have Seriously Screwed Up

"I haven’t seen anybody."

OceanGate intended to develop a whole fleet of four to five deepsea submersibles, each capable of taking up to five passengers.
Future Society

Before the Titanic Sub Imploded, Its Creator Was Working to Create a Whole Fleet of Them

Yikes.

There's some actual social science behind everyone online wanting to eat Moo Deng the pygmy water hippo in Thailand.
Science & Energy

Why Do So Many People Want to Eat Moo Deng?

"I am going to eat moo deng and become the most hated person on the internet."

The new logo, which is literally just a black circle, was unveiled at a recent company wide meeting, where it was met with distaste.
OpenAI

OpenAI Staff Upset by Company’s Horrendous New Logo

This is so dumb.

Former OceanGate contractor Antonella Wilby revealed that the imploded submersible relied on handwritten coordinates and Excel spreadsheets.
Future Society

When You Hear How the Doomed Titanic Sub’s Sonar System Worked, You May Die of Secondhand Embarrassment

"This is an idiotic way to do navigation."