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An aging research center formerly used by NASA is polluting the Los Angeles River and the farms that draw water from it.
NASA

You do not wanna drink this water, folks.

An investigation has revealed that the camera on an UberEats delivery robot has been used to convict two men of trying to steal said robot. 
Robotics

"It didn’t end well (for them)."

The French Competition Authority raided Nvidia's local offices this week as part of a probe in its alleged anti-competitive practices.
Artificial Intelligence

Uh oh.

Elon Musk wanted to livestream his visit to the US-Mexico border on Thursday, but his broadcast crashed just minutes in.
Future Society

That didn't go as planned.

Antimatter particles may be a lot more predictable than science fiction makes it out to be, responding to gravity just like regular matter.
Science & Energy

"The bottom line is that there’s no free lunch."

Disgraced crypto scion Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial is about to start heating up — and the judge has a stark warning for the FTX founder.
Blockchain

He's staring down the barrel.

The new Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses look like regular shades, but can record and livestream video with little warning to those around it.
Future Society

Spying just got easier.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hopes that artificial general intelligence will be able to replace the so-called "median human."
OpenAI

"Comparing AI to even the idea of median or average humans is a bit offensive."

The Meta CEO demonstrated impressively true-to-life avatars in an interview conducted over the Metaverse using VR headsets.
Metaverse

"It just feels like we're in the same room."

According to Spotify founder Daniel Ek, there's more to his old friend Mark Zuckerberg than meets the eye.
Future Society

Which Zuck are we today?

Ozempic, the uber-popular injectable diabetes drug, has had to update its potential side effect warnings to include intestinal blockage.
RX and Medicine

Things aren't looking good for semaglutide.

Legal experts say a copyright lawsuit filed by high-profile authors against OpenAI may have a decent chance at winning.
OpenAI

This lawsuit could "open the pandora's box."

Chinese researchers are investigating the feasibility of having astronauts shelter in space inside lava tubes on the lunar surface.
Moon

It's likely an excellent place to set up shop.

Learning you're fired via tweet is one thing — but learning that you're about to take over as Twitter CEO from an Elon Musk post is another entirely. 
Elon Musk

"This couldn't have happened at a worse time."

Astronomers are arguing in a new paper that disco balls should be placed in universities and scientific facilities.
Off-World

This is as awesome as it is simple.

The world's land masses are, a new super-charged climate model suggests, going to form into one giant desert supercontinent.
Climate Change

"I would suspect if we can get off this planet and find somewhere more habitable, that would be more preferable."

Unfortunately for autonomous carmaker Cruise, its Houston beta test didn't get off to a very hot start this week.
Advanced Transport

"All the other human-driven cars could respond to the police. The Cruise vehicles can't do that."

A senior OpenAI employee claimed that using the latest version of ChatGPT is akin to talking with a human therapist.
OpenAI

"This is probably it?"

The Writers Guild of America has officially reached an agreement with Hollywood studios, determining that an AI isn't a "writer."
Artificial Intelligence

It's a big win, but plenty of questions remain.

Some physicians are willing to perform CPR on a patient, whose heart has stopped beating — even though they know there's no hope of survival.
Developments

"You have to make a judgment about what really is futile, and what really is in somebody's best interest."