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Civil rights groups were understandably horrified after Elon Musk endorsed a tweet suggesting Black students have lower IQs.
Elon Musk

"The only thing anyone needs to hear from Musk about diversity in the workplace is an apology."

A team of scientists has come up with a wild new way to visit our closest star Proxima Centauri using a swarm of tiny spacecraft.
NASA

This is far out stuff.

Hertz is selling off a bunch of its electric vehicles, including Teslas, so that it can buy more gas guzzling cars to rent out.
Tesla

And they're gonna use the money to buy more gas guzzlers.

Search and rescue teams are frantically searching for man, who has reportedly fallen into a crack in the Earth in Iceland.
Science & Energy

"We came to search until we find him."

Amazon Is Selling Products With AI-Generated Names Like “I Cannot Fulfill This Request It Goes Against OpenAI Use Policy”
OpenAI

"Our [product] can be used for a variety of tasks, such [task 1], [task 2], and [task 3], making it a versatile addition to your household."

The FDA says there's not a strong link between semaglutide and suicidal thoughts — but there's more to those results than meets the eye.
RX and Medicine

Nevertheless, it's continuing the investigation.

Countless tiny plastic pellets are littering the waters and beaches along Spain's northern coast after containers fell off a ship.
Pollution

One container may have held 57,000 pounds of plastic pellets.

Remember That Uber-Hyped “AI Pin” Startup? It’s Already Doing Layoffs
Artificial Intelligence

Its device hasn't even shipped yet.

Scientists may have figured out how a massive "superstructure" of igneous rock lurking below the surface of the Pacific Ocean was formed.
Science & Energy

"As we sample in more detail, we're going to find more complexity."

America's East Coast — particularly its major population centers — is sinking at a scarily rapid pace, a new satellite imagery study shows.
Climate Change

"It may be gradual, but the impacts are real."

An AI comedy duo has allegedly used George Carlin's voice without permission — and his living daughter is not at all pleased.
Artificial Intelligence

"This bastardization of existing comedic material feels like a very sad day for the art form."

The Hubble Space Telescope has helped detect something remarkable: the strongest and oldest radio transmission ever recorded.
Off-World

"It's these types of environments — these weird ones — that are driving us toward better understanding the mystery of FRBs."

Musk has endorsed a tweet suggesting students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities have lower IQs and shouldn't become pilots.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: the most disappointing man in tech.

From Facebook founder to "girl dad" to cattle rancher to doomsday prepper, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemingly has it all.
Future Society

"They'll grow up eating macadamia meal and drinking beer that we grow and produce here."

The harrowing accident aboard a Boeing aircraft during an Alaska Airlines flight has drawn the scrutiny of the White House and a US Senator.
Advanced Transport

A "mistake" was made.

After its lengthy strike over artificial intelligence, SAG-AFTRA has decided to allow the use of AI "voice acting" in video games. 
Artificial Intelligence

"SAG leadership, please, I'm begging you, stop showing your ass and do something to keep us working."

There's way more plastic particles in bottled water than previously thought, and this means untold impacts on humans and our environment.
Studies

"Infants and young children may face the greatest risks."

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has reportedly laid off 100 contractors, forcing it to scale back its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission.
NASA

The agency's Mars Sample Return mission is on thin ice.

Days after X banned several left-leaning accounts with no warning, CEO Elon Musk tried to explain away the fiasco.
Elon Musk

Accounts have been reinstated...for now.

Regulators had to do some emergency damage control after the X-formerly-Twitter account of the SEC got hacked on Tuesday.
Bitcoin

The tweet sent the value of Bitcoin on a rollercoaster ride.