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Uber drivers are anxiously awaiting a future in which robotaxis could make their jobs obsolete, as The Register reports.
Advanced Transport

Uber Drivers Say They’re Doomed in the Face of Robotaxis

"To put it bluntly, we are cooked."

By Victor Tangermann

Samples returned by China's Chang'e 5 mission suggest the Moon could still be volcanically active today, a tantalizing finding.
Moon

Chinese Lander Finds Evidence of Active Volcanos on the Moon

"These findings could prompt a major revision in our understanding of how the Moon developed."

By Victor Tangermann

China has moved up the date for its Mars sample return mission while the US slashes its own trip to collect rocks from the Red Planet.
Mars

As NASA’s Mars Sample Return Stumbles, China Is Looking to Beat Them to the Punch

China has moved up the date for its Mars sample mission by two years.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' empty spacesuits were sent back down inside Boeing's plagued Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing

When Boeing Starliner Returned to Earth, It Had Two Empty Spacesuits Inside

An unfortunate metaphor.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has launched four civilians into orbit as part of its long-awaited Polaris Dawn mission, and they're headed for the radiation belt.
SpaceX

Billionaire Adventurer Rides SpaceX Spaceship Straight Into Earth’s Radiation Belt

Into the beyond.

By Victor Tangermann

A worker tasked with training Tesla Autopilot data said they were often advised by their superiors to ignore road signs.
Tesla

Workers Training Tesla’s Autopilot Say They Were Told to Ignore Road Signs to Avoid Making Cars Drive Like a “Robot”

"Those were the [kinds] of things that made me and my coworkers uncomfortable."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The GOP's House Judiciary Committee posted used AI to further debunked and unconfirmed social media rumors about Haitian immigrants and pets.
Artificial Intelligence

Desperate Republicans Using AI to Generate Fake Photos of Donald Trump Saving Kittens

What's even real anymore?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The value of Donald Trump's Truth Social meme stock has wiped out $4 billion in value of Trump's enormous 114.75 million share stake.
Future Society

Trump Loses $4 Billion as Truth Social Stock Crashes

Ouch.

By Victor Tangermann

Nuclear researchers and energy startups are now melting down weapons-grade uranium from unexploded warheads to power next-generation SMRs.
Nuclear Fusion

America Now Disassembling Old Nuclear Warheads to Power Nuclear Reactors

A ban on Russian enriched uranium has companies scrambling.

By Victor Tangermann

Claire "Grimes" Boucher has posted an obvious subtweet about her famous ex Elon Musk while sitting atop a Porsche. 
Elon Musk

Spurned By Elon Musk, Grimes Pledges to Now Worship the Combustion Engine

"Heretical worship of the combustion engine."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk predicted that SpaceX's massive Starship rocket would start making regular trips to Mars in a matter of just two years.
Starship

Elon Musk Says Starship, Which Has Never Launched Into Orbit and Then Landed on Earth Without Crashing, Will Be Landing on Mars by 2026

"If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in four years."

By Victor Tangermann

One of Tesla's unfortunate Autopilot workers has learned the hard way that the problematic assisted driving feature comes with a human toll.
Tesla

Tesla Autopilot Worker Horrified by What Job Actually Entails

"I thought it would be a great opportunity for my career, but now I view it as this dystopian company."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Boeing executives were scheduled to attend the presser at NASA's Johnson Space Center after Starliner's landing, but didn't show up.
Boeing

Boeing Execs Snub NASA at News Conference After Starliner Landing

What happened?

By Victor Tangermann

Late Friday night, NASA's plagued Starliner spacecraft finally made it back to the ground. A new thruster failed.
Off-World

Starliner Suffers New Problems While Coming Back to Earth

"We would not be surprised if Boeing were to divest the manned spaceflight business."

By Victor Tangermann

An astrophysicist's TikTok video about gas in galaxy clusters went viral – but because kids were looking for a different kind of galaxy gas.
Off-World

Astrophysicist Surprised to Learn Why Her TikTok on “Galaxy Gas” Was Suddenly Blowing Up

"This is not the right galaxy gas."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a bizarre video, an AI music generator appears to be sobbing like a human, shocking the Reddit user who posted it.
Artificial Intelligence

User Confused When AI Unexpectedly Starts Sobbing Out Loud

"The ghost in the machine, I guess."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Shady Firms Say They’re Already Manipulating Chatbots to Say Nice Things About Their Clients
Artificial Intelligence

Shady Firms Say They’re Already Manipulating Chatbots to Say Nice Things About Their Clients

"Chatbots are highly suggestible."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

"Automated decision-making" is being heralded as the next big thing  — but the people on the other side of it are not on board.
Artificial Intelligence

Americans Absolutely Detest AI That Makes Decisions for Them

Who would possibly want to have AI making banking and rental decisions for them?

By Noor Al-Sibai

For about $20 per hour, an army of Tesla Autopilot annotators review troves of video taken by drivers while dealing with some weird rules.
Tesla

The Tesla Workers Dealing With Autopilot Data Are Treated So Strangely You Won’t Believe It

And naturally, trying to fight back resulted in people being fired.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists discovered a doughnut-shaped structure within our planet's liquid core, which could be influencing its magnetic field.
Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Mysterious Torus-Shaped Structure in Earth’s Core

The "peculiar structure remained hidden until now."

By Victor Tangermann