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NYC's Third Avenue Bridge was got stuck turning as temperatures soared to 95 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday.
Climate Change

It’s So Hot That an Entire New York City Bridge That Opens for Boats Got Jammed

That's embarassing.

By Frank Landymore

Pennsylvania firefighters doused a Tesla electric vehicle that had caught on fire at a Supercharger Station.
Tesla

Tesla Vehicle Burns to a Crisp at Supercharger Station

Burned beyond recognition.

By Sharon Adarlo

Nothing spells dystopia quite like using the Whataburger app to track damage from a hurricane — but in Texas, they make do.
Science & Energy

After Deadly Hurricane, Texans Using Whataburger App to Track Power Outages

New Waffle House Index just dropped.

By Noor Al-Sibai

If Donald Trump gets re-elected to the presidency, he wants Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg jailed.
Future Society

Trump Threatens to Imprison Mark Zuckerberg

What if it really happens?

By Sharon Adarlo

CNN is firing 100 employees, or three percent of its overall work force. It says it's pivoting harder to video — and pushing "into AI."
Artificial Intelligence

CNN Firing 100 Employees Amid “Strategic Push Into AI”

Details are vague.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's CURIE mission will try locate radio signals from the Sun that are originating somewhere within coronal mass ejections.
NASA

NASA Investigating Mysterious Radio Signals From the Sun

"This is a very ambitious and very exciting mission."

By Frank Landymore

The crew of Boeing's Starliner is still indefinitely stuck on board the ISS. They're "absolutely confident" they can get back home.
Boeing

Stranded Astronauts “Absolutely Confident” in Boeing’s Leaky Starliner

"I have a real good feeling in my heart that the spacecraft will bring us home, no problem."

By Victor Tangermann

Flowers bloomed early in the Atacama Desert in Chile after early rains and warmer temperatures brought to life dormant seeds and bulbs.
Science & Energy

Flowers Erupt in Hostile Desert

In the driest place on Earth.

By Sharon Adarlo

Tesla's market share over electric vehicles dropped below 50 percent in the second quarter of this year for the first time ever.
Tesla

Tesla’s Market Share of Electric Cars Is Collapsing

Ouch.

By Victor Tangermann

Political Candidate Accused of Being AI Insists He Is a Living Human With a Very Smooth, AI-Looking Face
Artificial Intelligence

Political Candidate Accused of Being AI Insists He Is a Living Human With a Very Smooth, AI-Looking Face

"I am a real person and that is me in the photo."

By Victor Tangermann

After an alarming new study came out suggesting a link between Ozempic and a condition that causes blindness, some experts are calling foul.
RX and Medicine

Experts Not Convinced That Ozempic Is Causing Blindness

We need followup research.

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX is such a frat house that a leaked company video instructed people on how to spank the butt of a male worker now hr vice president.
Future Society

Leaked SpaceX Video Shows Head of HR Teaching How to Spank Employees

"SpaceX is Elon, and Elon is SpaceX."

By Sharon Adarlo

Meta, formerly Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks he's not just among the most famous millennials, but is in fact the most famous.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Bragged That He Was the “Most Well-Known Person of My Generation”

Are you sure, Mark?

By Frank Landymore

Death Valley has claimed another victim after record soaring temperatures killed a motorcyclist this past weekend.
Developments

Temperature Gets So Hot That Motorcyclist Dies Mid-Ride

Horrifying.

By Sharon Adarlo

As Business Insider reports, human annotators at Tesla are tasked to specifically focus on the driving of Tesla CEO Elon Musk himself.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Forcing Tesla to Train Self-Driving Cars On His Own Driving

"It seems pretty clear that Elon's experience would be better than anyone else's."

By Victor Tangermann

James Ferguson, founding partner of research firm MacroStrategy Partnership, argues AI is "unproven" and due for a collapse.
Artificial Intelligence

Expert Warns That AI Industry Due for Huge Collapse

"AI still remains, I would argue, completely unproven."

By Victor Tangermann

Nicolas Cage has joined the growing ranks of Hollywood AI critics that say they're freaked out by what the tech may do to their likenesses.
Artificial Intelligence

Nicolas Cage Says He’s Terrified AI Will “Steal” His Body

"They're just going to steal my body and do whatever they want with it via digital AI."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Leak Reveals the New York Times Experimented With Using AI to Write Headlines
Artificial Intelligence

Leak Reveals the New York Times Experimented With Using AI to Write Headlines

Yes, the paper is still suing OpenAI and Microsoft.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Noise levels from the Bitcoin mine can exceed 90 decibels, and residents of Granbury, Texas, are powerless to stop it.
Bitcoin

Residents Blame Bizarre Medical Symptoms on Huge Bitcoin Mine

"We're living in a nightmare."

By Frank Landymore

The White House revealed in a letter yesterday that a Parkinson's disease specialist visited President Joe Biden repeatedly.
Neuroscience and Brain

White House Admits Parkinson’s Specialist Repeatedly Evaluated President Biden

"Biden is toast."

By Sharon Adarlo