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The long-awaited crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner space capsule had to be delayed yet again — but this time, it wasn't Boeing's fault.
Boeing

Boeing Forced to Scrub First Astronaut Launch After Strange Buzzing Detected

It was the wrong kind of noise.

Microsoft is said to be building an OpenAI competitor despite its multi-billion-dollar partnership with the firm.
Future Society

Microsoft Reportedly Building a GPT-4 Competitor Despite $10 Billion OpenAI Partnership

The call's coming from inside the house.

NASA director Bill Nelson has a checkered record when it comes to SpaceX owner Elon Musk, but he trusts SpaceX because, well, he isn't CEO.
NASA

Head of NASA Says He Trusts SpaceX Because Someone Other Than Elon Musk Is Running It

"I have no concerns."

Boeing is set to launch two astronauts to the ISS on board its Starliner space capsule later tonight — and the stakes are high.
Boeing

Boeing Desperately Hoping Nothing Bad Happens When It Launches Astronauts Tonight

The stakes are incredibly high.

Warren Buffett, one of American finance's biggest moguls, saw an AI deepfake of himself that seems to have freaked him out. 
Artificial Intelligence

Warren Buffett Saw An AI That Scared Him

He was equal parts impressed and freaked.

Japanese scientists are set to kick off the world's first clinical trials of "tooth regrowth medicine" at the Kyoto University Hospital.
RX and Medicine

Scientists About to Test Medicine to Grow New Teeth

"The idea of growing new teeth is every dentist's dream."

Over a decade after suffering a stroke, country music star Randy Travis has released a song that features an AI-generated clone of his voice.
Artificial Intelligence

Country Star Who Can’t Sing After Stroke Releases New Song Using AI

"All I ever wanted since the day of a stroke was to hear that voice again."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk still isn't done making cuts to the EV maker's workforce. The company sent out further layoff notices over the weekend.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Fired Yet Another Round of Tesla Workers

"I keep waiting for Elon to send another email and tell us they're finally done firing people."

The AI of the future won't just be a chatbot — it will be, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the world's most knowledgeable assistant. 
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says AI Will Be Like a Super Smart Person Who “Knows Absolutely Everything” About Your Life

Quick question: why would anyone want this?

A Tesla Cybertruck is wreaking havoc on Nantucket, a tiny isolated island off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Advanced Transport

Quaint Island Village Disgusted When Cybertruck Visits, Parks Blocking Entire Crosswalk, Then Gets Stuck on Beach

It even got stuck on the local beach and had to be rescued.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is sensitive enough to tell the weather on an exoplanet from 280 light-years away.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Detects Weather on Exoplanet From 280 Light Years Away

The forecast: a mix of clear skies and vicious winds that can reach 5,000 mph.

The study found that, among teenage users, urinary lead levels were up to 30 percent higher for frequent vapers than occasional ones.
Developments

Teens Who Vape Show Higher Levels of Uranium and Lead, Scientists Find

That's not good.

A private equity firm has been accused of both taking out predatory policies against an elderly woman and trying to avoid paying her family.
Health & Medicine

Private Equity Firm Accused of Buying Life Insurance Policies on Old People to Profit From Their Deaths

"Senior citizens have no idea who owns a policy on their life, and who wants them dead."

Researchers have discovered what a "cosmic glitch" in gravity, which could potentially help explain the universe's strange behavior.
Off-World

Physicists Say They May Have Found a Powerful Glitch in the Universe

"Once you reach a cosmic scale, terms and conditions apply."

People with a rare mutation that causes Laron syndrome, a form of dwarfism, live healthier lives and could be the key to anti-aging drugs.
Studies

Doctors Intrigued by Mutation That Protects People From Aging

A rare form of dwarfism could be the key to slowing down aging.

Astronauts, who are flying Boeing's Starliner next week, recall having to avoid "black zones" onboard the space shuttle.
Off-World

Astronaut Recalls Spacecrafts Flying Through Deadly “Black Zones”

"You would not survive if you had certain failures."

A common bacteria can easily manipulate the enzymes present in blood supplies to turn it into a universal donor type.
Bacteria

Scientists Intrigued by Bacteria That Turns Any Blood Into Universal Donor Type

This could be a game changer.

An education tech startup has "hired" an AI avatar of the late computer science pioneer Alan Turing as a made-up executive.
Artificial Intelligence

In Latest Sign of Dot Com Style Bubble, Startup “Hires” Goofy AI Version of Alan Turing

Is this a sign of the end?

Laid off Tesla Supercharger workers are warning that the quality of the EV charging network could fall into disrepair.
Advanced Transport

Fired Supercharger Maintenance Workers Say Network Will Fall Into Disrepair

Skeleton crew will have to fix any future problems.

A team of scientists has discovered the deepest blue hole or underwater cave on Earth, so deep that we have yet to reach its bottom.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Underwater Cave So Deep They Can’t Find the Bottom

Deep. Really deep.