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An Asian fashion model is clapping back against the use of AI to make her look white in photos from a recent runway show.
Artificial Intelligence

"It's very dehumanizing."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Earlier this year, Polish drinks company Dictador announced that it had anointed an AI-powered robot called Mika as its "experimental CEO."
Robotics

"I don't really have weekends."

By Victor Tangermann

Natalie Tien, Sam Bankman-Fried's former assistant, is defending her old boss — but is also wondering if it's just Stockholm syndrome.
Blockchain

"And I just feel like it was watching a kid do something that went really wrong."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Microsoft's Xbox division has partnered with Inworld AI, a Silicon Valley-based company, to collaborate on AI NPCs.
Artificial Intelligence

It's like ChatGPT, but for the innkeeper, who's about to send you on an epic side quest.

By Victor Tangermann

To raise some much-needed money, the site formerly known as Twitter is apparently moving forward with plans to sell off inactive usernames. 
Future Society

And it won't be cheap, either.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After attending a Bored Ape-themed party in Hong Kong, some of the partygoers' eyes started mysteriously burning.
Future Society

"Please go get your eyes checked immediately."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists developed a robotic technique to make people who have no history of mental illness hallucinate voices that are not there.
Health & Medicine

We personally are not trying to get poked by the hallucination-bot.

By Noor Al-Sibai

An easy to use handheld device called the Flipper Zero can potentially wreak havoc on anything using wireless communications like Bluetooth.
Future Society

The only defense: disabling Bluetooth.

By Frank Landymore

Pilots Testing Electric Airplane Say It’s Weirdly Quiet
Advanced Transport

"We can literally take the helmets off in the aircraft and just talk to one another.”

By Victor Tangermann

A new paper suggests that marathon runners' bodies might turn to the myelin sheath as a mid-race energy source.
Neuroscience and Brain

Marathoners' bodies might be tapping into an unlikely energy source.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Chinese government is pushing mass production of humanoid robots — and apparently wants it done in the next few years.
Robotics

And they want the robots to have...brains.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have unveiled a new anti-aging therapy made from the blood of young pigs that they claim actually reverses biological age in rats. 
Health & Medicine

"Initially, I could hardly believe the profound epigenetic rejuvenation effects..."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a thread on the Tesla subreddit, a driver found that their brand-new Model 3's cameras kept fogging up, disabling Full Self-Driving.
Self-Driving Vehicles

"Relying 100 percent upon vision will prove to be a mistake."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have now measured atmospheric mercury levels in the past, and their findings makes our current levels all the more concerning.
Pollution

A shocking increase.

By Frank Landymore

MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 29: British actor Brian Cox attends the HBO Max premiere of "Succession" at Academia de Cine on March 29, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images)
Artificial Intelligence

"It's actually an identity theft. And it's very, very prevalent at the moment."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Controversial new research led by renowned climate scientist James Hansen found that global warming is accelerating.
Global Warming

"The 1.5 degree limit is deader than a doornail."

By Frank Landymore

The plight of Tesla's beleaguered Cybertruck continues as social media videos show three of the vehicles struggling to drive off-road.
Advanced Transport

"Is it even on?"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Thanks to NASA's space probe Juno, astronomers finally have confirmation of salt and organic compounds in Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon.
Moon

"We found the greatest abundance of salts and organics in the dark and bright terrains at latitudes protected by the magnetic field."

By Frank Landymore

Clever engineers behind the YouTube channel ND - Woodworking Art have built an entire Cybertruck almost entirely out of wood.
Advanced Transport

The finish on this truck is better than the real thing!

By Victor Tangermann

Interbreeding with the Denisovans left us with a gene that helped us with the climate, but left us vulnerable to mental disorders.
Gene Editing

Thanks, ancestors.

By Frank Landymore