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SAG-AFTRA has signed a deal with an AI firm to license its artists' voices in video games — but nobody knows who approved it.
Artificial Intelligence

Voice Actors Shocked By Union’s Sudden Deal Allowing AI-Generated Performances

"No voice actor would willingly approve this."

Following a week of continuing fallout about Elon Musk's alleged use of illegal drugs, NASA has responded.
NASA

NASA Responds to Elon Musk Drug Allegations

For once, it seems like Elon might not be in trouble with the feds.

Civil rights groups were understandably horrified after Elon Musk endorsed a tweet suggesting Black students have lower IQs.
Elon Musk

Civil Rights Groups Horrified at Elon Musk’s Racist Outburst Against Black People

"The only thing anyone needs to hear from Musk about diversity in the workplace is an apology."

A team of scientists has come up with a wild new way to visit our closest star Proxima Centauri using a swarm of tiny spacecraft.
NASA

NASA Funds Mission to Explore Closest Star to Earth

This is far out stuff.

Hertz is selling off a bunch of its electric vehicles, including Teslas, so that it can buy more gas guzzling cars to rent out.
Tesla

Hertz Is Unloading Hundreds of Teslas for Cheap

And they're gonna use the money to buy more gas guzzlers.

Search and rescue teams are frantically searching for man, who has reportedly fallen into a crack in the Earth in Iceland.
Science & Energy

Man Missing After Falling Into Crack in the Earth

"We came to search until we find him."

Amazon Is Selling Products With AI-Generated Names Like “I Cannot Fulfill This Request It Goes Against OpenAI Use Policy”
OpenAI

Amazon Is Selling Products With AI-Generated Names Like “I Cannot Fulfill This Request It Goes Against OpenAI Use Policy”

"Our [product] can be used for a variety of tasks, such [task 1], [task 2], and [task 3], making it a versatile addition to your household."

The FDA says there's not a strong link between semaglutide and suicidal thoughts — but there's more to those results than meets the eye.
RX and Medicine

The FDA Says Ozempic Probably Won’t Make You Suicidal

Nevertheless, it's continuing the investigation.

Countless tiny plastic pellets are littering the waters and beaches along Spain's northern coast after containers fell off a ship.
Pollution

Millions of Plastic Pellets Wash Up on Shore

One container may have held 57,000 pounds of plastic pellets.

Remember That Uber-Hyped “AI Pin” Startup? It’s Already Doing Layoffs
Artificial Intelligence

Remember That Uber-Hyped “AI Pin” Startup? It’s Already Doing Layoffs

Its device hasn't even shipped yet.

Scientists may have figured out how a massive "superstructure" of igneous rock lurking below the surface of the Pacific Ocean was formed.
Science & Energy

Scientists Working to Explain “Superstructures” on Ocean Floor

"As we sample in more detail, we're going to find more complexity."

America's East Coast — particularly its major population centers — is sinking at a scarily rapid pace, a new satellite imagery study shows.
Climate Change

Satellites Show the East Coast Is Sinking

"It may be gradual, but the impacts are real."

An AI comedy duo has allegedly used George Carlin's voice without permission — and his living daughter is not at all pleased.
Artificial Intelligence

George Carlin’s Daughter Horrified by AI-Generated “Comedy Special” of Her Dead Dad

"This bastardization of existing comedic material feels like a very sad day for the art form."

The Hubble Space Telescope has helped detect something remarkable: the strongest and oldest radio transmission ever recorded.
Off-World

Hubble Detects Uber-Strong Radio Transmission From Ancient “Blob”

"It's these types of environments — these weird ones — that are driving us toward better understanding the mystery of FRBs."

Musk has endorsed a tweet suggesting students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities have lower IQs and shouldn't become pilots.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Cosigns Racist Claim That Black Students Have Low IQs

Elon Musk: the most disappointing man in tech.

From Facebook founder to "girl dad" to cattle rancher to doomsday prepper, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemingly has it all.
Future Society

Zuckerberg Brags About Feeding Cows Macadamia Nuts and Beer at His Alleged Doomsday Bunker

"They'll grow up eating macadamia meal and drinking beer that we grow and produce here."

The harrowing accident aboard a Boeing aircraft during an Alaska Airlines flight has drawn the scrutiny of the White House and a US Senator.
Advanced Transport

Boeing May Be in Serious Trouble Over Door Panel Blowing Out

A "mistake" was made.

After its lengthy strike over artificial intelligence, SAG-AFTRA has decided to allow the use of AI "voice acting" in video games. 
Artificial Intelligence

SAG-AFTRA Inks Controversial Deal to Allow AI-Generated Voice Acting

"SAG leadership, please, I'm begging you, stop showing your ass and do something to keep us working."

There's way more plastic particles in bottled water than previously thought, and this means untold impacts on humans and our environment.
Studies

Scientists Find Bottled Water Filled With Hundreds of Thousands of Microplastics

"Infants and young children may face the greatest risks."

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has reportedly laid off 100 contractors, forcing it to scale back its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission.
NASA

NASA Starts Layoffs After Budget Cuts

The agency's Mars Sample Return mission is on thin ice.