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Venture capitalists are balking at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sky-high aspirations and are seemingly starting to become disillusioned.
OpenAI

VC Slams Sam Altman as “Megalomaniac”

"For the same reason I don't trust Elon, I just don't trust somebody whose aspirations are so clearly about themselves."

Twitter has been selling user data to the surveillance firm Dataminr, which in turn provides real time surveillance to government agencies.
Data Privacy

Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance

In for a penny, in for a data mine.

Disgraced crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding investors out of billions of dollars.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years

It's finally over.

Leaks have revealed the locations of hundreds of people who visited the notorious private island owned by Jeffrey Epstein.
Data Privacy

Data Leak Reveals Hundreds of Visitors to Epstein’s Private Island

This is some potentially explosive information.

A Boston Dynamics SPOT robot that was sent inside a home by Massachusetts state police was shot three times by a person barricaded inside.
Robot Dogs

Robot Dog Shot Three Times During Raid

"We are relieved that the only casualty that day was our robot."

Amazon Kindle Lock Screens Are Showing Ads for AI-Generated Books
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Kindle Lock Screens Are Showing Ads for AI-Generated Books

"I've never minded the ads on them... until they became flooded with AI-generated books."

According to the Institute for Public Policy Research, up to 8 million jobs in the UK are vulnerable to being replaced by AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Report Warns AI Could Cause “Jobs Apocalypse”

It just keeps getting better and better.

While some podcast fans may blindly stan their parasocial icons, those who listen to neuroscientist Andrew Huberman are not among them.
Future Society

Andrew Huberman Fans Are Absolutely Disgusted With His Behavior

"It would have been a surprise if he wasn't a sleaze in his personal relationships based on the sleaze of his professional career."

After coming out as an alien-believer publicly last summer, Whoopi Goldberg has expounded on her belief in extraterrestrials.
Exobiology

Whoopi Goldberg Insists Aliens Are “Watching Us”

"They've been here for quite some time."

Researchers found that producing drugs like Ozempic only costs anywhere from $0.89 to $4.73 for a monthly supply.
Developments

Ozempic Is Being Sold for Hundreds of Times What It Costs to Make

"The profit margin is immense."

In the wake of some jarring allegations against Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman, podcaster Lex Fridman is coming to his defense. 
Future Society

Lex Fridman Defends Andrew Huberman Amid Scandal

"Keep going brother!"

Ever since Pornhub blocked all of Texas traffic, residents of the Lone Star State have been using Google to find a way to watch porn.
Future Society

Wild Searches Trending in Texas After Porn Ban

Never saw that coming!

It's official, folks: Intuitive Machines' privately-launched Moon lander, Odysseus, has been pronounced dead.
Moon

NASA’s Privately-Launched Moon Lander Permanently Dead After Failing to Wake Up

"This confirms that Odie has permanently faded."

Maersk, which chartered the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was recently sanctioned by US regulators for stifling whistleblowers.
Advanced Transport

Cargo Giant That Took Out Bridge Had Silenced Whistleblower Who Warned About Safety

"This policy is reprehensible and an egregious violation of the rights of employees."

The two NASA astronauts on board Boeing's first crewed Starliner test flight are both confident — and realistic — about what to expect.
Boeing

Commander of First Boeing Astronaut Launch Issues Warning

"We’re going to find some stuff. That’s expected."

Terrifying audio details the harrowing moments leading up to the Baltimore bridge collapse, with officers trying to clear the bridge.
Future Society

In Terrifying Audio, Police Desperately Try to Clear Bridge Before Impact

"The whole bridge just fell down!"

The European Hyperloop Center in the Netherlands has opened a new quarter-mile test tube made out of white-painted steel segments.
Hyperloop

Netherlands Builds Quarter-Mile Hyperloop Tube for Testing

Back from the dead.

Elon Musk appears to have once again unfollowed ex-girlfriend Claire "Grimes" Boucher, who recently went public with her new boyfriend.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Unfollows Grimes After She Debuts New Boyfriend

You hate to see it.

A Japanese astronaut was embarrassed when he got a picture of an errant toolbag instead of the iconic Mount Fuji.
Off-World

Astronaut Tried to Photograph Mt. Fuji, Snapped Picture of Space Junk Instead

"It's actually quite challenging if you're trying to capture a specific target."

Schwarzenegger announced during an episode of his "Arnold's Pump Club" podcast that he had a pacemaker implanted.
Prosthetics and Devices

Arnold Schwarzenegger Undergoes Heart Surgery

The Terminator has become "a little bit more of a machine."