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Drag legend RuPaul Charles has a new book-selling website — and lots of its titles for sale are extremely problematic.
Future Society

RuPaul’s Online Bookstore Is Selling “Mein Kampf”

"We believe that the censorship of any book, perspective, or story is incompatible with the survival of democracy."

A Tesla Cybertruck driver got woefully stuck in the sand after illegally driving the vehicle onto the Marina State Beach in California.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Stuck on Beach

"This car is really becoming a symbol for poor life choices."

As Axios reports, a new software called Writable is allowing teachers to have ChatGPT evaluate papers for them.
OpenAI

Lazy High School Teachers Using ChatGPT for Grading

"We have a lot of teachers who are using the program and are very excited about it."

Google announced a substantial overhaul to its spam policies for search yesterday, introducing a crackdown on AI content.
Google

Google Search Cracking Down on Mass-Produced AI-Generated Slime

This is a big deal.

In the interest of transparency, OpenAI has published its communications with Elon Musk amid his lawsuit against the company he helped found.
OpenAI

OpenAI Leaks Elon Musk’s Emails Showing He Was on Board With Cash Grab

Extremely well-played.

The LAPD is warning residents that burglars are using WiFi jammers to easily overcome and disarm surveillance cameras and alarms.
Robots and Machines

Clever Thieves Using WiFi Jammers to Shut Down Those Crappy Security Cameras You Bought on Amazon

Here's how to protect yourself.

Scientists have become worried after NASA's Voyager 1 probe started sending nonsensical messages back to Earth.
NASA

NASA Concerned as Voyager 1 Sending Back Incomprehensible Code

"It basically stopped talking to us in a coherent manner."

Bill Gates posted a staggeringly vibeless photo of himself and Mark Zuckerberg at a lavish billionaire wedding on Sunday.
Future Society

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg Look Extra Disheveled at Billionaire Wedding

"You’ve always been great at dressing for the occasion, @zuck!"

Over the weekend, Trump reportedly met with Elon Musk, alongside a handful of Republican donors, to raise money for his campaign.
Elon Musk

Cash-Desperate Donald Trump Meets With Elon Musk

Is Musk considering throwing his weight behind Trump?

Google-backed AI company Anthropic has released Claude 3, its latest set of AI large language models. It's already fearing death.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Claude 3 Declares That It’s Alive and Fears Death

Why does this all sound so familiar?

There's a fiery back-and-forth going on between the New York Times, OpenAI, and Microsoft over journalism being used as AI training data.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Mocks NYT’s AI Lawsuit As “Doomsday Futurology”

"Microsoft looks forward to litigating the issues in this case."

Dakota Johnson took a strong stance against the technology in Hollywood, stating that audiences just won't see movies made by AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Dakota Johnson Says Audiences Will Be Disgusted by AI Content

"Audiences will always be able to sniff out bullsh*t."

AI isn't nearly as popular as some would have you believe — and it seems that public opinion is shifting against it. 
Artificial Intelligence

The Public Is Rapidly Turning Against AI, Polling Shows

"Trust is the currency of the AI era."

The accused, 58-year-old Michael Hart of San Diego, is alleged to have illegally imported powerful greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons.
Climate Change

Man Charged With Smuggling Greenhouse Gases

He did what?

It's been a wild week for the obviously over-it Oompa Loompa from that wonky "Wonka Experience" in Scotland.
Artificial Intelligence

The Meth Lab Oompa Loompa Is Selling Cameo Videos Now

At least now she's controlling her narrative.

As AI is increasingly integrated into our lives, scientists building the tech are still trying to understand it, the MIT Tech Review reports.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Have a Dirty Secret: Nobody Knows How AI Actually Works

"Our theoretical analysis is so far off what these models can do."

An activist group claimed to be behind the fire, which cut off power to the Tesla factory on Tuesday morning.
Tesla

Tesla Factory Shut Down by Suspected Arson Attack

"We sabotaged Tesla."

European regulators have told automakers to ditch the touchscreens in favor of knobs and buttons if they want to get a better safety rating in the continent.
Advanced Transport

Europe Tells Automakers That Buttons and Knobs Are Safer Than Touchscreens

Death to the touchscreen.

A very clueless retired military officer is charged with giving secret Ukraine intel to a woman he met on a dating site.
Future Society

Clueless Air Force Official Spills Military Secrets to Random Woman on Dating Site

"Beloved Dave, do NATO and Biden have a secret plan to help us?"

Practically every single website owned by Facebook parent Meta is currently down for at least tens of thousands of users, as of Tuesday morning.
Future Society

Every Single Meta Site Just Went Down

What the hell is going on?