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Researchers have found that playing happy coral reef sounds through underwater speakers could allow sad coral reefs to come back to life.
Climate Change

Coral Reefs Coaxed Back to Life by Playing Happy Reef Sounds on Underwater Speakers

"If we can save reefs, we can save anything."

A study found that practitioners of intermittent fasting who fasted for at least 16 hours a day had a higher risk of dying from heart disease
Developments

Intermittent Fasting Linked to Vastly Increased Chance of Heart Attack and Stroke

A startling find that has been met with healthy skepticism.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is remaining tight-lipped about its secretive Q* project — even after admitting that his company is a leaky ship.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Shuts Down Q* Questions

"It's very mysterious, Sam."

The Under Armour ad reused footage shot for a previous commercial two years ago, but was not credited when it was shared by the director.
Artificial Intelligence

Advertisers Horrified by Under Armour’s AI-Generated Commercial

"This whole thing is soulless."

Musk didn't take lightly to Don Lemon's questioning, appearing defensive and increasingly distressed at being held accountable.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Basically Throws Tantrum on Camera

"You are upsetting me."

Facebook is quickly being overrun by dubious, AI-generated junk — which is attracting huge amounts of attention from its aging user base.
Meta

Facebook Is Making Insane AI-Generated Fever Dreams Go Viral for Gullible Boomers

"Lots of normal things happening there."

A pair of new studies have found that government agents who suffered from the so-called "Havana syndrome" had no lasting brain damage.
Brain

Government Scientists Find No Brain Damage in “Havana Syndrome” Survivors

The Havana syndrome debacle just got even more confusing.

OpenAI is not ruling out its forthcoming Sora video generator creating nudity — and that could be bad news for the company.
OpenAI

OpenAI Says Sora Video Generator May Allow Nudity

"OpenAI has a challenging decision to make around this."

The Department of Homeland Security revealed a sweeping AI roadmap. Some of its proposed applications are concerning.
Artificial Intelligence

The Department of Homeland Security Wants to Use AI to Train Immigration Officers

The Silicon Valley arms race is headed to Washington.

"A future Starship, much larger and more advanced, will travel to other star systems," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk argued in a recent tweet.
Starship

Elon Musk Says Future Version of Starship Will Travel Between Star Systems

Sure it will.

Scientists suggest the sand dunes on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan may be the crumbling remains of colliding moons.
Moon

Titan Covered With Fragments of Obliterated Moons, Scientists Say

"Irregular satellites collisionally grind really effectively."

Doctors are increasingly using AI tools to take clinical notes, a move proponents say will reduce physician burnout and improve patient care.
Prosthetics and Devices

Doctors Using AI to Automatically Generate Clinical Notes on Patients

What could possibly go wrong?

A video showing a Cybertruck wading through a puddle, grinding to a halt and emitting a horrible gurgling sound, went viral on social media.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Drives Through Puddle, Emits Horrible Sound

That doesn't sound right.

Prosecutors are looking into whether Meta profited from ad sales for regulated drugs and the shady telehealth services that pushed them.
Meta

Feds Investigating Whether Meta Profited From “Illicit” Drug Sales

All those sketchy telemedicine ads may have added up.

Russian news outlets were caught spreading fake news about the death of King Charles, which the British embassy in Moscow had to dispel.
Future Society

UK Government Denies That King Charles Has Secretly Died

As if the royals needed any more heat.

In a Sunday interview with People, Don Lemon called out Elon Musk for being "sensitive or touchy."
Elon Musk

Don Lemon Says Elon Musk Is the Most Delicate Snowflake He’s Ever Interviewed

"I've interviewed many world leaders, presidents to convicts, and no one has been more sensitive or touchy than Elon Musk."

The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is looking for five people to count penguins and "sorting mail at the world’s southernmost post office."
Future Society

Antarctic Base Seeks Penguin Counter

Best summer ever.

A controversial new paper suggests the universe is twice as old as current models suggest and that dark matter doesn't exist.
Science & Energy

New Paper Claims Dark Matter Doesn’t Exist at All

Expect pushback.

The Arena Group, which allowed for the publishing of AI content to legacy title Sports Illustrated, has lost the venerable magazine entirely.
Artificial Intelligence

The Company That Published Fake AI Authors at Sports Illustrated Just Lost the Whole Magazine

Actions, meet consequences.

A case study in SEO bros, the new Google spam update, and the AI-generated content continuing to fill the web.
Google

SEO Guy Mocks Google for Deindexing His “Gibberish” AI Sites

"I'm no longer going to spam the internet with AI content because it's not profitable and you'll eventually get clapped — I'm just kidding. That's ridiculous."