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Maersk, which chartered the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was recently sanctioned by US regulators for stifling whistleblowers.
Advanced Transport

Cargo Giant That Took Out Bridge Had Silenced Whistleblower Who Warned About Safety

"This policy is reprehensible and an egregious violation of the rights of employees."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The two NASA astronauts on board Boeing's first crewed Starliner test flight are both confident — and realistic — about what to expect.
Boeing

Commander of First Boeing Astronaut Launch Issues Warning

"We’re going to find some stuff. That’s expected."

By Victor Tangermann

Terrifying audio details the harrowing moments leading up to the Baltimore bridge collapse, with officers trying to clear the bridge.
Future Society

In Terrifying Audio, Police Desperately Try to Clear Bridge Before Impact

"The whole bridge just fell down!"

By Victor Tangermann

The European Hyperloop Center in the Netherlands has opened a new quarter-mile test tube made out of white-painted steel segments.
Hyperloop

Netherlands Builds Quarter-Mile Hyperloop Tube for Testing

Back from the dead.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk appears to have once again unfollowed ex-girlfriend Claire "Grimes" Boucher, who recently went public with her new boyfriend.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Unfollows Grimes After She Debuts New Boyfriend

You hate to see it.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Japanese astronaut was embarrassed when he got a picture of an errant toolbag instead of the iconic Mount Fuji.
Off-World

Astronaut Tried to Photograph Mt. Fuji, Snapped Picture of Space Junk Instead

"It's actually quite challenging if you're trying to capture a specific target."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Schwarzenegger announced during an episode of his "Arnold's Pump Club" podcast that he had a pacemaker implanted.
Prosthetics and Devices

Arnold Schwarzenegger Undergoes Heart Surgery

The Terminator has become "a little bit more of a machine."

By Victor Tangermann

People’s brains have gotten bigger compared to those born in the 1930s, according to research, and that bigger brains may stave off dementia.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Find Human Brains Are Getting Larger and Larger

A big head may be good for your old age.

By Sharon Adarlo

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has started writing personal letters to employees at Google in an effort to recruit them for Meta's AI projects.
Google

Zuckerberg Emailing Google Employees, Asking Them to Work for Facebook Instead

AI talent is a highly coveted commodity.

By Sharon Adarlo

A congressman is taking on the FDA for allowing Neuralink to implant a chip into a human's brain without touring its facilities first.
Prosthetics and Devices

The FDA Didn’t Inspect Neuralink Before Granting Human Trial Approval

The plot thickens.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is proposing to wind down its Chandra X-ray Observatory. And astronomers are pissed.
NASA

Astronomers Furious at Plan to Shut Down NASA Space Telescope

"If you turn Chandra off, the hit to x-ray astronomy in the US is huge."

By Victor Tangermann

A detained Binance executive, British-Kenyan citizen Nadeem Anjarwalla, has reportedly broken out of custody in Nigeria.
Blockchain

Binance Executive Reportedly Breaks Out of House Arrest

Yikes.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The first person to ever get a Neuralink transplant previously had questions about the company — but his concerns, apparently, were quelled. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Told Its First Human Patient Not to Worry About Those Gruesome Monkey Deaths

"I realized how just wrong all that is."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mere days after Stability AI CEO and founder Emad Mostaque stepped down, he hopped on a video call with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Artificial Intelligence

Ousted Founder of Stability AI Seen Meeting With Microsoft CEO

"He is above, below and around us. In Satya we trust."

By Victor Tangermann

Don't want Google's experimental AI search feature, known as SGE, embedded into your search results page? Too bad.
Google

Google Pushing Its Unsafe Search AI on Users Who Didn’t Opt In

Has anyone spotted Bono at the Google HQ?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After his tragic death, veterinarians have found underlying illnesses in the body of New York City's beloved owl, Flaco.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Grim Diseases During Autopsy of NYC’s Flaco the Owl

Fly on, you crazy diamond.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Belarusian flight attendant Marina Vasilevskaya won a trip to the International Space Station as part of a national science award.
Future Society

Woman Wins Contest, Blasts Off and Docks at Space Station

"It's a big honor for me and a big responsibility to be in this unbelievable mission."

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has given a number of directors, production companies, and creative agencies early access to Sora, with wild results.
OpenAI

OpenAI Let Directors Make Short Films With Sora and the Results Are Wild

We've never seen a cross between a giraffe and flamingo this convincing.

By Victor Tangermann

The study, which surveyed hundreds of university students, also found a link between heavy academic workload and increased ChatGPT usage.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Use Linked to Memory Loss, Procrastination in Students

You won't always have an AI chatbot in your pocket... right?

By Frank Landymore

Grimes has a new boyfriend. T-minus how many days until her ex-boyfriend Elon Musk makes like a SpaceX Starship rocket and simply explodes?
Elon Musk

We’re Waiting for Elon Musk to Go Berzerk as Grimes Debuts New Boyfriend

"Beauty and the Beast."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré