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The captive orca held at SeaWorld San Antonio let out a huge cloud of feces — and then, moments later, made a huge splash.
Science & Energy

Footage Shows Orca Blasting SeaWorld Visitors With Liquid Feces

Take that, humans.

A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
Future Society

Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces

That's not good.

As spotted by Redditors, Google Maps' Street View is populating ghostly, liminal-looking commercial interiors in the middle of the ocean.
Future Society

Google Street View Is Showing Strange “Businesses” in the Middle of the Ocean

"Bed, bath, and beyond."

Elon Musk loves to have friends in high places — until those friends happen to be embroiled in widespread sex crime scandals.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk, Who Has Ties to Both Epstein and Diddy, Criticizes People With Ties to Epstein and Diddy

We have the receipts.

The production company behind the sci-fi blockbuster "Blade Runner 2049" is suing Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for copyright infringement.
Tesla

Producers of “Blade Runner 2049” Sue Elon Musk for Dragging Their Movie Into Tesla’s Disastrous Robotaxi Event

"This was clearly all a bad faith and intentionally malicious gambit."

The body of a missing SpaceX employee has been found near a beach close to the company's testing facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.
Future Society

Body of Missing SpaceX Employee Found

RIP.

Intuit demanded that The Verge delete a portion of an interview with its CEO that centered on Intuit's controversial lobbying efforts.
Future Society

Intuit Begs Journalists to Delete Part of Interview With Its CEO

Karen energy.

Injecting diamond dust into the atmosphere could significantly cool the planet, according to new research.
Climate Change

Scientists Propose Shooting $200 Trillion Worth of Pulverized Diamonds Into Atmosphere

It's... surprisingly promising.

New research shows that in post-Roe America, more babies are dying within their first year of life, largely because of fatal abnormalities.
Developments

Hundreds More Babies Are Dying Since Banning Abortion

"This is evidence of a national ripple effect, regardless of state-level status."

Hundreds of varieties of frozen waffles in the US and Canada are being recalled due to a potential listeria outbreak.
Developments

America’s Food System Is Officially So Disgusting That Frozen Waffles Are Infected With Listeria

Breakfast is dead.

Surprise! Elon Musk handing out million dollar checks to swing state voters in Pennsylvania who sign his petition could be illegal.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk May Be in Serious Trouble for Paying Voters in Swing States

"The problem is that the only people eligible to participate in this giveaway are the people who are registered to vote. And that makes it illegal."

Nicolas Cage, who once said he was "terrified" of AI, tells young actors not to let studios manipulate their performances with the tech.
Artificial Intelligence

Nicolas Cage Warns Young Actors About AI

"This technology wants to take your instrument. We are the instruments as film actors."

The Pentagon Wants to Flood Social Media With Fake AI People
Artificial Intelligence

The Pentagon Wants to Flood Social Media With Fake AI People

"This will only embolden other militaries or adversaries to do the same."

In today's techno-dystopia, using a meal voucher for non-food items can get you fired — if that voucher comes from Meta, at least.
Future Society

Facebook Fired High-Paid Staffers for Using Meal Vouchers to Buy Toothpaste

"I figured I ought not to waste the dinner credit."

Bad news for standing desk zealots: you may not be as superior to your seated counterparts as you once thought.
Studies

Bad News, Home Office Grunts: Standing Desks Could Actually Be Bad for You

"Standing for too long will not offset an otherwise sedentary lifestyle."

Drew Crecente described the moment he found an AI chatbot impersonating his slain daughter, Jennifer Crecente, hosted on Character.AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Father Disgusted to Find His Murdered Daughter Was Brought Back as an AI

"I was just looking for a big flashing red stop button that I could slap and just make this stop."

A viral video shows a man shooting a Cybertruck — and he appears quite distraught when the bullet appears to go clean through.
Advanced Transport

Moron Shoots Cybertruck, Alarmed to Discover It’s Not Actually Bulletproof

Learning the hard way.

Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" human embryos in IVF for IQ levels. Does it work? Unclear.
Gene Editing

Super-Expensive Startup “Screening” Parents’ Embryos for IQ

"There are babies on the way."

Blumhouse Productions has chosen a group of filmmakers to experiment with Meta's AI video generation tool, Movie Gen.
Meta

Horror Studio Blumhouse Partners With Meta to Use Its AI Video Generator

Blumhouse goes AI.

Human models were paid for their likenesses to train AI. Now, to those humans' horror, their faces are being used to peddle propaganda.
Artificial Intelligence

Human Models Horrified to Discover Their Faces Are Being Used for AI Propaganda

"People will think I am involved in the coup."