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A Cybertruck owner was trying to clean the vehicle's windshield and unintentionally broke it with a simple wipe from a microcloth towel.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Owner Says Windshield Shattered When Wiped With a Microfiber Cloth

"I don’t think I’m that strong."

By Sharon Adarlo

If true, this could resolve the information paradox posed by the existence of black holes, as first pointed out by Stephen Hawking.
Black Holes

Black Holes May Actually Be “Frozen Stars,” Scientists Claim

The cosmos is stranger than we know.

By Frank Landymore

Thousands of doctors are sending AI-generated messages to patients, despite the possibility of the AI introducing dangerous errors.
Developments

Medical AI Caught Telling Dangerous Lie About Patient’s Medical Record

What could go wrong?

By Victor Tangermann

In a new book about Elon Musk buying Twitter, it's abundantly clear that the billionaire is proud to call Sean "Diddy" Combs his friend.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Was So Proud of His Friendship With Puff Daddy

"You know, he’s a good friend of mine. We text a lot."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Local law enforcement is accusing Yakima County coroner Jim Curtice of snorting cocaine he stole from dead bodies.
Developments

County Coroner Accused of Doing Drugs He Stole From Dead Bodies

He admitted to everything after failing a lie detector test.

By Victor Tangermann

Google spent $2.7 billion to rehire AI expert Noam Shazeer, as part of a software licensing deal with his AI startup Character.
Google

Google Paid $2.7 Billion to Get a Single AI Researcher Back

"Noam is clearly a great person in that space. Is he 20 times as good as other people?"

By Victor Tangermann

Former president Donald Trump made a mind-meltingly dumb assertion that we should be more worried about "nuclear warming."
Nuclear Fusion

Confused Trump Issues Garbled Warning About “Nuclear Warming”

"What is he talking about?"

By Victor Tangermann

A woman with type 1 diabetes received her own stem cells and started producing her own insulin — a first time ever successful experiment.
RX and Medicine

Woman’s Own Stem Cells Appear to Reverse Her Type 1 Diabetes in First-Ever Procedure

"I can eat sugar now."

By Sharon Adarlo

A Berkeley computer scientist is raising alarm bells about the state of the job market for new college graduates struggling to find work.
Future Society

Berkeley Coding Professor Says Even Grads With 4.0 GPA Can’t Find Jobs

"I suspect this trend is irreversible."

By Noor Al-Sibai

As AI chatbots get bigger and more powerful, they are also lying more, instead of declining questions they can't answer.
Artificial Intelligence

The Most Sophisticated AIs Are Most Likely to Lie, Worrying Research Finds

The AIs are "getting better at pretending to be knowledgeable."

By Frank Landymore

As the US government works to get to the bottom of last summer's Titan submersible tragedy, NASA says it mostly wasn't the agency's fault. 
Advanced Transport

NASA Insists It Didn’t Do Much Work on the Titanic Sub That Imploded, Killing Its Crew

The agency's role was exaggerated by OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Boeing engineer testified that OceanGate ignored its recommendations, and emphasized it only had a preliminary role.
Future Society

Boeing Says It Barely Did Any Work on Titanic Sub That Killed Everyone on Board

Wasn't us!

By Frank Landymore

Michael Straight said ReWalk refused to repair his $100,000 exoskeleton, which only had a minor issue with its battery.
Health & Medicine

Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It’s Now Obsolete

"This is the dystopian nightmare that we've kind of entered in."

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI's namesake nonprofit roots are in the rearview mirror as it doubles down on making money, with CEO Sam Altman at the helm.
Future Society

OpenAI Pivoting From “Benefiting Humanity” to “Making Lots of Money”

"We can say goodbye to the original version of OpenAI that wanted to be unconstrained by financial obligations."

By Victor Tangermann

Donald Trump has a bizarre plan to solve California's water shortage — by shipping it down from Canada via "very large faucet."
Science & Energy

Trump Suggests “Very Large Faucet” to Solve California Water Shortage

"I’m sure Mr. Trump has never studied hydrology or the economics of water management."

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to a new report, NASA is growing significantly concerned over cracks and leaks affecting the International Space Station.
NASA

NASA Inspector Issues Warning About Growing Cracks Leaking Air From Space Station

"The root cause of the leak remains unknown."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the independent firm AMCI Testing found that Full Self-Driving required human intervention at an alarmingly high rate.
Tesla

Independent Testers Disturbed by Results When They Drive Tesla FSD for 1,000 Miles

Not this.

By Frank Landymore

In an interview with The Verge, Mark Zuckerberg argued that "individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value" of their work.
Artificial Intelligence

Zuckerberg Says It’s Fine to Train AI on Your Data Because It Probably Has No Value Anyway

"Individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content."

By Victor Tangermann

Wildlife officials in Hawaii are using drones to kill coqui frogs by dumping citric acid on these invasive creatures.
Future Society

Hawaii Deploying Drones to Kill Hated Frog

Kermit the Frog better watch out!

By Sharon Adarlo

In the wake of Eric Adams' surprise indictment, the politician's tech projects may be in limbo — but one, apparently, will live on in infamy. 
Robotics

Eric Adams Has Been Indicted, But His Crappy Subway Robot Will Be “Redeployed”

The robot's been moldering for more than six months.

By Noor Al-Sibai