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Japanese engineers have successfully test-fired a space rocket engine, which runs on — not even joking — locally-sourced cow poop.

Japan Tests Rocket Engine Powered by Cow Dung

This rocket runs on cow poop.

By Sharon Adarlo

In a new paper, astrophysicist Earl Bellinger wondered if black holes could be trapped inside stars, a theory inspired by "Black Hole Sun."

There May Be Small Black Holes Inside Some Stars, Scientists Say

The theory was inspired by Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun."

By Victor Tangermann

Hut 8, one of the largest digital asset mining companies in North America, made a "stalking horse bid" to buy 4 natural gas power plants.

A Bitcoin Miner Is Buying Four Entire Power Plants

The sheer, astonishing waste.

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman is taking a victory lap after being unsuccessfully ousted as CEO of OpenAI — and he's saying weird stuff in public again.

Sam Altman Says He’s Fascinated With the Terminator

"This time it’s different."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Russian man managed to travel on an airplane from Europe to Los Angeles last month without a passport, visa or ticket.

Advanced Transport

Plane Passenger Says He Has No Passport, No Idea How He Got to Los Angeles From Russia

How in the world did this happen?

By Sharon Adarlo

Multi-hyphenate CEO Elon Musk's mommy Maye Musk has had enough of pesky regulators coming after her beautiful boy.

Elon Musk’s Mommy Steps In to Protect Her Beautiful Boy

"Have you any idea how furious I am?"

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Voyager 1 probe is 46 years old and pushing middle age — and some of that aging is apparently showing.

Voyager 1 Is in Serious Trouble, NASA Says

They're trying to fix it... from billions of miles away.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Swedish Transport Workers' Union announced today that it will stop collecting waste at Tesla workshops on Christmas Eve.

Elon Musk Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed in Sweden

"Even if you are one of the richest people in the world, you can’t just make your own rules."

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is being forced to issue software patches for more than two million of its cars over a major problem with its Autopilot feature.

Feds Blast Tesla for Massive Autopilot Issue in 2 Million Cars

This is pretty freaky!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have teamed up with Intel and Dell to build a massive supercomputer that can simulate networks at the scale of the human brain.

Scientists Preparing to Turn on Computer Intended to Simulate Entire Human Brain

"If you are trying to understand the brain this will be the hardware to do it on."

By Victor Tangermann

On Christmas Day last year, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft observed something entirely unexpected: the Martian magnetosphere tripled in size.

Mars’ Magnetosphere Suddenly Tripled in Size Last Christmas Day

"It was almost unbelievable."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists are hard at work sifting through samples from an ancient asteroid, and what they've found so far has been fascinating.

Scientists Surprised by Samples Recovered From Ancient Asteroid

"It’s kind of like Schrödinger’s sample."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A dolphin has been spotted with thumb-like appendages on its flippers, because the world apparently isn't weird enough as is.

Scientists Discover Dolphin With Thumbs

Is this the next phase in dolphin evolution?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Business Insider and Politico owner Axel Springer has announced a "global partnership" with ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Business Insider’s Parent Company Signs Deal With OpenAI

Is this really the future of journalism?

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla unveiled its second-generation Optimus humanoid robot, a marked improvement over the stiff, immobile robot it previously showed off.

Tesla Unveils New Humanoid Robot

It can fondle eggs now.

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI-driven chatbot called Ashley is being deployed to phone bank for a Pennsylvania Democrat politician.

Artificial Intelligence

Pennsylvania Politician Using Talking AI Chatbot to Call Thousands of Voters

"We intend to be making tens of thousands of calls a day by the end of the year and into the six digits pretty soon."

By Sharon Adarlo

A woman has slapped a former tech CEO with a lawsuit, alleging that he forced her into becoming his sex slave.

Tech CEO Accused of “Enslaving” Assistant

"A dark abyss of sexual horror."

By Sharon Adarlo

The oil executive-led COP28 climate conference in Dubai may have glittery solutions, but experts say that reducing emissions is the only way.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Warn That the Dubai Climate Conference Is Full of Crap

"It’s frightening because they see this as a new business opportunity, a new way to make money and continue as before."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sam Bankman-Fried's attorney is apparently rethinking his career after handling the FTX pariah's legal defense.

SBF’s Lawyer Says He May Be the “Worst Person I’ve Ever Seen Do a Cross Examination”

"I’m not going to get myself emotionally involved on a very deep personal level in a case like this again."

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI's popular ChatGPT chatbot may be suffering from seasonal depression, if a recent unfounded theory on social media is to be believed.

Bizarre Theory Claims ChatGPT Is Suffering From Seasonal Depression

Is that why the chatbot has been getting "lazier?"

By Victor Tangermann

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