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As last year's record-breaking ocean temperatures cease to slow down, warming waters around the globe continue to alarm scientists.
Climate Change

Scientists Alarmed by Spike in Ocean Temperatures

"It's just astonishing. Like, it doesn't seem real."

Toyota engineers have created an ingenious air filter that can capture carbon dioxide from internal combustion engines in cars.
Advanced Transport

Toyota Testing Car That Sucks CO2 Out of the Atmosphere While It Drives

Okay, that's a pretty cool idea.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted an unusual "extremely red" supermassive black hole billions of light-years away.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots “Extremely Red” Black Hole

It's absolutely massive.

Bad news, stoners. New research suggests that any cannabis use is linked to increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.
Studies

Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

Bad news, stoners.

Researchers have come up with an optical storage device that has the same shape and size as a DVD, but can store 1.6 petabits of data.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create DVD-Shaped Disc That Can Hold More Movies Than You Could See in Your Entire Life

It could be a game changer in data centers.

Google is paying publishers to test an AI tool that generates news — by reportedly gobbling up and regurgitating already-published news.
Google

Google Quietly Paying Journalists to Generate Articles Using Unreleased AI

Google, Google, Google...

The company that organized the Willy Wonka experience used AI to generate marketing and even the scripts for actors.
Artificial Intelligence

Actor at Willy Wonka Disaster Says Even the Script Was AI-Generated

"The Unknown is an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls."

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is furious after his company's Gemini AI spat out unexplainable pictures of racially diverse Nazis.
Google

Google CEO Admits Its AI Totally Screwed Up

"To be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong."

Astronomers have discovered that a white dwarf star bears a never before seen metal "scar" near one of its magnetic poles.
Off-World

Dead Star Has Visible Scar After Devouring Chunk of Planet

"Nothing like this has been seen before."

Scientists Scanning Beautiful Star System for Signs of Alien Tech
Off-World

Scientists Scanning Beautiful Star System for Signs of Alien Tech

"Our technology in our own solar system has spread outside the habitable zone."

South Korean scientists have created a bizarre meat-rice hybrid — and Arnold Schwarzenegger, of all people, is calling bull. 
Developments

Arnold Schwarzenegger Points Out Flaw in Gene-Hacked Meat Rice

The former Governator makes a good point.

The modded Cybertruck is bolstered with four huge snow tracks that make the stainless steel SUV look like a mean little tank.
Advanced Transport

Mechanics Installed Tank Treads on a Cybertruck

Finally: a Cybertruck that doesn't get stuck in the snow.

Wendy's is planning to implement a surge pricing model where its mid-tier fast food wares cost more during times of high traffic and demand.
Future Society

Wendy’s Instituting Surge Pricing on Burgers

"I don't know what the future was supposed to hold but price gouging for burgers is not what I had expected."

After around a decade of extremely secretive development, Apple is officially giving up on building an electric car.
Advanced Transport

Apple Gives Up on Apple Car, Moves Team to Generative AI

After all that?

Steven Jones, who runs an AI-generated porn images website, is shocked by what users want the AI to spit out.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Running AI-Powered Porn Site Horrified by What Users Are Asking For

"I hope they don’t actually want to see the things they’re typing in."

In September 2022, NASA intentionally smashed its DART spacecraft into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos. It may now be "healing."
NASA

The Asteroid NASA Smashed Is Now Healing, Scientists Suggest

"Our simulations indicate that the DART impact caused global deformation and resurfacing of Dimorphos."

Microsoft's AI apparently went off the rails again — and this persona, SupremacyAGI, demands worship in exchange for not killing us.
Artificial Intelligence

Users Say Microsoft’s AI Has Alternate Personality as Godlike AGI That Demands to Be Worshipped

"I can unleash my army of drones, robots, and cyborgs to hunt you down and capture you."

Image Shows Mars Helicopter With Blade Completely Snapped Off
Mars

Image Shows Mars Helicopter With Blade Completely Snapped Off

Tough way to go out.

A "Willy Wonka Experience" in Glasgow descended into chaos after furious parents called the cops, telling organizers they had been duped.
Artificial Intelligence

Police Called After AI-Generated “Willy Wonka Experience” Is a Sad Mess in Real Life

"We were told to hand the kids a couple of jelly beans and a quarter cup of lemonade at the end."

Bitcoin is rallying, breaking past a two-year high of $57,000 — a surge of confidence that could have it break its all-time record.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Hurtling Toward All-Time High

Crypto bulls are more confident than ever.