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SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has topped Fortune's list of "most overrated CEOs" for the second year running.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Voted “Most Overrated CEO” by His Colleagues

The one thing other executives agree on.

It's official: major music label Universal Music Group has yanked its catalogs from TikTok, including Taylor Swift, Drake, and Justin Bieber.
Artificial Intelligence

TikToks Go Silent as Major Record Label Pulls All Its Music

"This music is currently unavailable."

Reviewers of the Apple Vision Pro VR headset have found that the baked-in virtual keyboard is so bad, it's downright unusable.
Virtual Reality

Apple’s Ludicrously Expensive VR Headset’s Virtual Keyboard Is Apparently Useless

It will "drive you mad."

Grocery-delivery app Instacart was caught using AI image generators for pictures of recipes and ingredients, with horrifying results.
Food

Instacart Caught Using Revolting AI-Generated Images of Food

How about some demonic chicken wings for dinner?

Francisco Cadaba's skull was fractured during a botched rocket engine test. Two years later, his wife has sued SpaceX for negligence.
SpaceX

Wife Sues SpaceX After Rocket Test Leaves Husband in Coma

"It would have been nice to get a call from Elon Musk. But I guess workers are just disposable to them."

As the opioid crisis worsens, one pharmaceutical company has used some impressive biology to create a non-addictive, non-opioid painkiller. 
Brain

New Non-Opioid Drug Blocks Pain Signals Before They Can Reach Brain

"I like to think it’s the beginning of nonaddictive medicines for pain."

Reuters reports that AI-related companies lost $190 billion in stock market value on Tuesday following disappointing earnings reports.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Companies Lose $190 Billion After Dismal Financial Reports

Have we already hit peak AI?

During a shocking exchange on the Senate floor, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced families harmed by his platforms and apologized.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes to the Families of Victims

"I’m sorry for everything you have all been through."

SpaceX has teamed up with Starlab to deliver a private space station into orbit using only a single Starship rocket.
SpaceX

SpaceX Signs Deal to Launch Private Space Station

The plan is to launch the entire station on a single Starship rocket.

Direct-to-consumer DNA testing company 23andMe could soon run out of money after burning through over a billion dollars in cash.
Gene Editing

23andMe Has Lost Billions, Almost Worthless Now

How the mighty have fallen.

A national news service in Australia has been criticized for using AI to photoshop a sexualized image of parliament member Georgie Purcell.
Artificial Intelligence

Scandal Mounts as TV Network Used AI to Sexualize Image of Politician

"Note the enlarged boobs and outfit to be made more revealing."

Apple's Vision Pro will be released on Friday, and reviews of the VR goggle's custom digital avatars are already pouring: unsettling and bad.
Future Society

Ridicule Erupts as Apple Reveals the Avatars in Its Super Expensive VR System

"Good God! This is horrifying."

OpenAI's DALL-E could be used to make pornographic images like the ones targeting Taylor Swift, Microsoft engineer says.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Engineer Says He Was Silenced for Warning About DALL-E Issue Linked to Taylor Swift Nudes

Whistleblower says OpenAI's DALL-E should be closed to the public.

A Delaware judge has voided Tesla CEO Elon Musk's gargantuan $55 billion pay package following a lawsuit by shareholders.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Fumes as Judge Takes His $55 Billion

"If this ruling stands, it will put a sizable dent into his net worth."

Universal Music Group is letting its contract with TikTok expire over concerns about AI, safety, and artist compensation.
Artificial Intelligence

TikTok Facing Huge Crisis as It Loses Taylor Swift, BTS, Drake Over Its AI Features

TikTok is in huge trouble.

A project restoring the original granite casing of the Menkaure pyramid has incited controversy after footage of the ongoing work was shared.
Future Society

Experts Horrified by How They’re “Restoring” Egyptian Pyramid

"When are we going to stop the absurdity in the management of Egyptian heritage?"

NASA shared pictures following its Ingenuity Mars helicopter's final flight, showing some gnarly damage to its four rotor blades.
Mars

Photos Show Catastrophic Damage to Mars Helicopter

It took a beating during its last flight.

Meta's AI image generator is spitting out freaky images — and its ad manager is, apparently, using them to monetize rule-breaking content.
Meta

Facebook Approves Disgusting Pro-Anorexia and Drug Ads Targeted at Teens and Made With Its Own AI

This is some pretty dark stuff.

Elon Musk's Neuralink has implanted its first brain chip into a human subject — which is freaky given what happened to all those monkeys.
Prosthetics and Devices

Here’s What Happened to Monkeys That Got the Neuralink Implant

Alarming.

Snoop Dogg's 24-year-old daughter Cori Broadus suffered a severe stroke — and now, she's raising awareness about how to spot the symptoms.
Health & Medicine

Snoop Dogg’s 24-Year-Old Daughter Shares Symptoms Before She Suffered Stroke

"I'm glad I'm still here and able to tell my story."