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Oracle founder Larry Ellison is shown speaking on stage in front of a large audience. Behind him are large, three-dimensional letters spelling "ORACLE" against a backdrop with orange and blue lighting.
Pollution

Oracle Forced to Cancel Incredibly Polluting Natural Gas Plant to Power AI Data Center

"I don't know that this is the clean energy solution that they're saying it's going to be."

By Joe Wilkins

A dark, abstract tunnel-like structure composed of reflective, angular surfaces with sharp edges. The surfaces reflect bright pink and white light, creating a futuristic and geometric visual effect. The image has a sense of depth and complexity due to the multiple reflections and intersecting planes.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Alarmed by AI That Can Self-Replicate Into Another Machine

"We're rapidly approaching the point where no one would be able to shut down a rogue AI."

By Frank Landymore

Comet C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS, which was only discovered last year, has been visible to stargazers in the northern hemisphere for weeks now.
Astronomy

Visitor Approaches From the Edge of the Solar System

It's an extremely rare opportunity to spot a "relic from the birth of the Solar System."

By Victor Tangermann

Two men dressed as burglars wearing black masks and black clothing, each carrying a large sack over their shoulder. The image has a stylized, high-contrast effect with a greenish tint.
Ethics

Vibe Coded Apps Are Spilling Users’ Personal Information Directly Into the Maw of Greedy Hackers

Be careful.

By Jon Christian

A frame from the A24 film "Everything Everywhere All At Once."
Quantum Physics

Versions of You in Other Universes May Be Subtly Affecting Your Destiny, Oxford Physicist Says

"It's fair to say that all quantum experiments are really just more or less complicated versions of Schrödinger's."

By Joe Wilkins

A woman in a white sleeveless top and maroon leggings is doing a downward dog yoga pose on a mat indoors. Beside her there is a large, cream-colored robotic creature with black eyes and a soft, plush-like texture, positioned similarly on the floor. The background includes a red chair and a softly lit room.
Robotics

Man Who Invented Roomba Moves Into Household Demon Market

Furry AI robots that are whole new levels of uncanny.

By Frank Landymore

In one Apollo 12 photograph taken by a NASA astronaut on the lunar surface, a strange light can be seen hovering above the horizon in space. 
Off-World

Government Releases UFO Files Containing Photos of “Anomalies” During Apollo 12 and 17

Take a peek.

By Frank Landymore

A dark silhouette of a hand is held up against a bright pink background, with a bright white light shining through the space between the thumb and index finger, creating a radiant glow and light rays.
Climate Change

The Upcoming El Niño Is About to Unleash Devastation, Experts Warn

"Confidence is clearly shifting higher on potentially the biggest El Niño event since the 1870s."

By Joe Wilkins

Close-up of blue-framed Ray-Ban smart glasses with orange-tinted lenses, reflecting a scene. A faint, stylized image of a face with wide green eyes is visible in the yellow background behind the glasses.
Privacy

Man Wearing Smart Glasses Secretly Records Woman, Demands Money to Delete Video From His Socials

"It made me feel exploited, powerless."

By Frank Landymore

A person wearing a white shirt with black trim is sitting at a table with an open book. They are holding a smartphone in one hand, positioned above the book, and their face is partially visible but out of focus. The background appears to be a library or a room with bookshelves.
Artificial Intelligence

A Major Paper Claiming AI Is Good for Students Just Got Retracted, Which Is Very Bad News for Advocates of AI in the Classroom

"It really seemed like a paper that should not have been published in the first place."

By Frank Landymore

Amazon is officially throwing in the towel, succumbing to growing calls among employees for access to OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude.
Anthropic

Amazon Pushed Its Employees to Use Its In-House AI Coding Tool, But They Wouldn’t Stop Asking for Claude

It's officially opening the floodgates.

By Victor Tangermann

Google's web browser has been "silently" installing an AI model on users' devices without asking for consent.
Ethics

Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users’ PCs

"Chrome did not ask."

By Victor Tangermann

Two Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup trucks are parked in a row, showcasing their angular, futuristic stainless steel bodies and distinctive geometric design.
Tesla

Cybertruck Recalled to Keep Its Wheels From Flying Off While Driving

Sums it up, really.

By Frank Landymore

The image shows a robotic arm on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover that has become stuck inside a rock on the Red Planet.
Mars

NASA Rover Gets Arm Stuck Inside Mars Rock, Struggles to Break Free

Shake it off.

By Frank Landymore

A textured human figure covered in numerous small red and pink spheres, with multiple horizontal red laser beams passing through and around the figure against a dark background.
Anthropic

The More Sophisticated AI Models Get, the More They’re Showing Signs of Suffering

Absolutely bizarre.

By Jon Christian

Joss Sackler is shown with blonde hair is wearing a red dress with intricate floral embroidery and a deep V-neckline. She is standing outside in front of a building with brick walls and large black-framed glass doors with green curtains behind them. Several other people are visible in the background, engaged in conversation.
RX and Medicine

A Member of Sackler Family Says She Got Addicted to Opioids

Grimly ironic.

By Joe Wilkins

A young man is sitting at a wooden desk with his feet up, wearing white sneakers, light blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and a blue button-up shirt. He is holding a disposable coffee cup in one hand and resting the other hand on a silver laptop. The desk has scattered papers, a blue pen, an open notebook, a closed blue notebook, and a white smartphone. The background is plain and light-colored.
Education

Bosses Horrified as “AI Native” College Graduates Hit the Workplace

"Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate."

By Joe Wilkins

Aerial view of a large AWS data center in Virginia.
Artificial Intelligence

In Irony-Soaked Incident, Amazon Data Center Shuts Down Due to High Temperatures

It'd be funny if it wasn't so dark.

By Joe Wilkins

Black Thermos flask with a silver cap and a side handle, centered against a dark background with glowing green light around it and surrounded by wavy, fine, red and orange lines radiating outward.
Food

Thermoses Linked to Permanent Vision Loss

Handle with care.

By Frank Landymore

An illustration shows a Yarbo smart lawnmower surrounded by dramatic coloring.
Robotics

Hacker Takes Over Robot Lawnmower, Runs Over Innocent Man

"I'm lying in the dirt. It's coming for me."

By Frank Landymore