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The age of mass-produced humanoid robots is nigh — and the world's first factory to do so will soon be opening in the Pacific Northwest.
Robotics

New Factory About to Open Will Pump Out Humanoid Robots

"We want to get to general-purpose humanoids as soon as we can."

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio was accused of eating a tiny tomato that was grown on board the space station. It has now been found.
Off-World

Space Station Astronauts Find Desiccated Tomato After Blaming Colleague for Its Theft

"We can exonerate him. We found the tomato."

A massive hole opened up in the Sun's atmosphere over the weekend, measuring more than 60 times the diameter of the Earth across at its peak.
Off-World

A Gigantic Hole Just Opened Up in the Sun

It's absolutely huge.

The massive windshield wiper blade on Tesla's Cybertruck might be made out of a single floppy, rubber-like material. 
Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck’s Giant Windshield Wiper Is Floppy

Wait... what!?

The International Space Station is celebrating its 25th birthday even as NASA prepares to put it out to pasture. 
Off-World

Space Station Turns 25, Just in Time to Die

The end is nigh.

Top Execs at Sports Illustrated’s Publisher Fired After AI Debacle
Artificial Intelligence

Top Execs at Sports Illustrated’s Publisher Fired After AI Debacle

Just a week over being blasted for unscrupulous AI use, the C-suite at Sports Illustrated's parent company is changing.

A Florida man died in October after chugging Panera's Charged Lemonade, a highly caffeinated drink with lots of sugar.
Health & Medicine

Another Person Dies After Ordering New Panera Menu Item

Large-size drink has more caffeine than Monster Energy Drink and Red Bull combined.

Google has officially launched its latest AI model called Gemini — which it claims to be more powerful than OpenAI's GPT-4.
Google

Google Shows Off “Gemini” AI, Says It Beats GPT-4

Google has a lot to prove.

Scientists have discovered an impossibly large planet that's apparently too big to exist based on all known science.
Off-World

Scientists Astonished by Planet That’s Way Too Big to Exist

"This discovery really drives home the point of just how little we know about the universe."

Japan has officially inaugurated the world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor called JT-60SA just north of Tokyo.
Energy

Japan Finishes World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

Six stories high. 360 million degrees Fahrenheit.

Elon Musk is looking to raise a cool billion to fund his new artificial intelligent chatbot, Grok, by his new venture called xAI.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Seeking $1 Billion for His Potty-Mouthed AI

Finally... a boomer chatbot.

Musk claimed he didn't like "Grand Theft Auto V" because he "didn't like doing crime." The internet mocked him mercilessly.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Relentlessly Mocked for Saying Violent Video Games Are Bad

"Please explain how these guys are 'better than the triggered snowflakes' again?"

An ex-Tesla employee says that the car company's Autopilot system is not safe for use on public roads and could put others at risk.
Tesla

Tesla Whistleblower Says Autopilot Not Safe for Public Roads

"We are essentially experiments in public roads."

A Brazilian politician admitted to using ChatGPT to craft a law, which a city council later passed without knowing AI was used.
OpenAI

Politician Admits He Used ChatGPT to Generate New Law

He didn't make a single change to what the chatbot spat out — and the law still passed.

Hackers accessed user data from almost 7 million people from the commercial genetic testing company 23andMe.
Developments

Oops! 23andMe Admits Hackers Stole 7 Million Customers’ Genetic Data

Imagine your personal information from a DNA website being used against you.

Researchers from AI developer Hugging Face and Carnegie Mellon University calculated how much power AI tools need to generate an image.
Artificial Intelligence

You’ll Be Astonished How Much Power It Takes to Generate a Single AI Image

It's way more than you think.

An Emirati oil executive has landed in hot water after claiming that there was "no science" behind the necessity of phasing out fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuels

Head of Climate Conference Who Happens to Be an Oil Exec Says Actually Fossil Fuels Are Fine

"I am telling you I am the man in charge."

Musk took aim at socialite and entrepreneur Paris Hilton after she pulled her kitchenware ads from X following his antisemitic outburst.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Kicks Off Feud With Paris Hilton

Who's gonna be next?

Researchers have come up with a solution to the "Hubble tension," arguing that Einstein didn't consider we're in the middle of a cosmic void.
Off-World

Our Galaxy Appears to Be in a Huge Empty Void

Are we lonelier than we ever imagined?

OpenAI signed a letter of intent to invest $51 million in AI chips for a startup called Rain AI, a company CEO Altman had already invested in.
OpenAI

OpenAI Agreed to Pay $51 Million to Company Linked to Sam Altman

Could this be why he was fired?