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Ongoing Mexican heatwaves have killed at least 83 howler monkeys in Tabasco, where the primates were already threatened by habitat loss.
Climate Change

Mexico Getting So Hot That Monkeys Are Falling Dead From Trees

"They were as limp as rags. It was heatstroke."

A Tesla owner is lucky to be alive after his vehicle in Full Self-Driving mode almost drove straight into a moving train.
Tesla

Footage Shows Self-Driving Tesla Careening Straight Into Moving Train as Driver Desperately Tries to Turn Away

He's lucky to be alive.

A newly-retired Google strategist went off on his ex-employer for forcing AI down its workers' throats as it attempts to win the rat race.
Google

Google Strategist Quits, Slams Company’s AI Work as Motivated by Greed and Fear

"Stone-cold panic that they are getting left behind."

Elon Musk has done it again: fired off a tweet so bad that it illustrated the whole reason people don't like him anymore.
Elon Musk

This Pedantic Elon Musk Tweet Perfectly Illustrates Why Nobody Can Stand Him Anymore

"Musk is the type of person that Fallout points to as responsible for the nuclear wasteland."

Trump Media, which owns Truth Social, only took in $770,000 in revenue in the last quarter despite its multi-billion dollar valuation.
Future Society

Donald Trump’s “Truth Social” Admits It Lost $327 Million This Quarter

We love losing money out the wazoo, don't we folks?

It sounds like Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, did something interesting last year: he asked Scarlett Johansson for consent.
Artificial Intelligence

Sam Altman Ignoring Scarlett Johansson’s Lack of Consent Shows Us Exactly What Type of Person He Really Is

He just took the mask off.

The Thwaites or "doomsday" glacier is in even more danger than once believed, says a new study, because warm water reaching its underbelly.
Climate Change

Warm Water Rushing Under “Doomsday Glacier,” Scientists Warn

"Doomsday" may be closer than we thought.

Microsoft has just unveiled a Windows feature to help users "recall" all their past activities by recording everything they do in real time. 
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Announces Feature That Records Everything You Do on Your Computer for AI

Why would anyone even want this?

A team of researchers has discovered two underground structures located below a cemetery on the west side of the Great Pyramid.
Science & Energy

Scientists Detect “Anomaly” Underground Near Great Pyramid

The mysteries of the pyramids just got deeper.

A Boeing jet experienced such major turbulence in a recent flight that one passenger died and dozens more were injured.
Future Society

Turbulence Kills Passenger on Boeing Jet, Puts Seven in Critical Condition

More bad news for Boeing.

Palantir's recent AI and defense expo sounds like it was an Orwellian nightmare fever dream to end all other military-industrial conferences.
Military

Palantir’s Military AI Tech Conference Sounds Absolutely Terrifying

"We are the peace activists," says billionaire military contractor.

OpenAI allegedly asked Scarlett Johansson if it could use her voice for the latest ChatGPT update — and then pushed on without her consent.
OpenAI

Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI Asked to Use Her Voice for ChatGPT, and When She Said No They Did It Anyway

"I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference."

Google's AI search wants you to change your car's "blinker fluid." No, dear reader: blinker fluid does not exist.
Google

Google’s Search AI Recommends Changing Your Car’s Blinker Fluid, Which Is a Made Up Thing That Does Not Exist

We'll miss you, internet.

Avram Piltch, editor-in-chief of Tom's Hardware, cooked up a new Chrome extension that can block Google's new feature AI Overviews.
Google

How to Block Google’s Annoying AI Answers With This Cool Browser Plugin

Are you sick of Google's AI Overviews?

Jeff Horwitz, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has developed an immunity to poison oak after eating the leaves in smoothies.
Health & Medicine

Man Drinks Poison Oak Smoothies in Bid to Develop Resistance

You won't believe what happened next.

Geoffrey Hinton fears that we aren't doing enough to ensure the safe development of AI, with military applications posing the biggest threat.
Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Says There’s an Expert Consensus AI Will Soon Exceed Human Intelligence

There's also a "significant chance" that AI will take control, he says.

No ifs, ands, or nuts about it — microplastics are everywhere, including in every human testicle tested for a new study.
Studies

Microplastics Found in Every Human Testicle

This bodes very poorly.

In Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated it turquoise — and one lucky girl captured the entire thing on camera.
Off-World

Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Comet By Chance on Camera

Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

A data training failure has resulted in OpenAI's new GPT-4o model spitting out spam and porn-littered Chinese-language responses.
OpenAI

The New ChatGPT Has a Huge Problem in Chinese

"I just don't think they did the work in this case."

The accused, 41-year-old Corey Cohee, allegedly stole the Cybertruck but was quickly located by cops using the vehicle's tracking app.
Future Society

Man Steals Cybertruck, Leads Cops on World’s Lamest Car Chase

Magnificently dumb.