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Caroline Ellison told the court yesterday that back in 2021, Alameda Research already had an alleged $2.7 billion hole in its balance sheet.
Blockchain

Alameda Secretly Had Value of Negative $2.7 Billion, Insider Tells Court

SBF allegedly continued to make risky investments anyway.

Two astronauts on the ISS are gearing up for a spacewalk to figure out if microorganisms on the outside of the station can survive.
NASA

NASA Swabbing Outside of Space Station to See If Stuff Is Growing on It

Could microorganisms really survive those conditions?

AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the "Godfather of AI," is worried that AI might take over the world one day.
Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Admits He Fears His Creation Could “Take Over From Humanity”

"There's enormous uncertainty about what's going to happen next."

NASA Announces Asteroid Samples Contain Both Water and Carbon
NASA

NASA Announces Asteroid Samples Contain Both Water and Carbon

Okay, this is interesting.

Alex de Vries, a data scientist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, found that AI companies could soon use as much power as a country worldwide.
Artificial Intelligence

AI’s Electricity Use Is Spiking So Fast It’ll Soon Use as Much Power as an Entire Country

"Each of these Nvidia servers, they are power-hungry beasts."

An analyst from a tech advisory firm said that generative AI is slated for a slowdown next year due to increasing costs.
Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI Is Headed for a Financial “Cold Shower” Next Year, Analyst Predicts

Is reality crashing down?

X-formerly-Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino's speaking tour is on pause for the foreseeable future following her disastrous Code interview.
Elon Musk

Twitter CEO Says That Due to Reasons, She Has to Cancel Appearance Defending Elon Musk’s Deranged Behavior

Linda Yaccarino's speaking tour is officially on hold.

A Tesla Cybertruck with flashing hazard lights seemed to had become stalled on the side of a highway this weekend in California.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Spotted Broken Down on Highway Shoulder

Don't hold your breath, buyers.

Caroline Ellison testified that Sam Bankman-Fried once told her there was a five percent chance that he would become the president.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Delusions Included That He Could Become President, Former Girlfriend Says

Sure, Sam.

Caroline Ellison, the ex-girlfriend of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, clearly came to court with guns blazing.
Blockchain

Caroline Ellison Says Sam Bankman-Fried “Directed” Her to Commit Crimes

She came out the gate swinging.

Fun's over, kids. As Windows Central reports, Microsoft appears to have lobotomized Bing's DALL-E 3-powered AI Image Creator.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Lobotomizes Bing’s Image Generating AI

Bing's AI guardrails are better — kind of.

A new Stockholm, Sweden-based startup called Luvly has unveiled a new car that can be delivered in flat pack form.
Advanced Transport

Sweden Invents Flat Pack Car

It's like IKEA, but for your car.

The space station's Russian segment has sprung yet another coolant leak, the third in less than a year, raising questions about reliability.
NASA

NASA Alarmed to See Flakes Drifting Past Space Station Window

"One is whatever, two is a coincidence, three is something systematic."

The results of a comprehensive survey of over 8,000 species of amphibians shows that 41 percent are globally threatened with extinction.
Climate Change

The Poor Little Froggos Are Going Extinct

Thousands of amphibian species are at risk.

The potential detection of objects lying beyond the Kuiper Belt's limits may upend our understanding of what encircles our solar system.
Off-World

Scientists Find Evidence for Large Unknown Objects in Distant Solar System

It's a big mystery out there.

A cat is said to have jumped on a VA technician's keyboard, deleting a trove of US government-held medical data.
Future Society

VA Department Staffer Blames Cat Jumping on Keyboard for Server Outage

US government versus... kitty.

The city of Denver, Colorado gave out monthly payments from $50 to $1,000 to 800 unhoused residents, and the results were promising.
Future Society

Denver Gave Homeless People $1,000 Per Month and It Got Them Off the Streets and Working Full-Time

"Nothing helps you out of poverty when you live in a capitalist society like money in your pocket."

The food industry is apparently in a tizzy over the appetite-suppressing semaglutide — and even the megastore Walmart is feeling the burn. 
Food

Walmart Spies on Ozempic Patients’ Shopping Habits, Finds They’re Buying Less Food

What a time to sell drugs *and* groceries.

Elon Musk hopes that SpaceX's Starship won't explode again next time it attempts to launch into orbit — but he's tempering his expectations.
Starship

Elon Musk Expresses Hope Starship Won’t Explode Next Time He Launches It

This is a very expensive gamble indeed.

New evidence shows that a set of ancient footprints in New Mexico pre-date when scientists believed humans populated the Americas.
Evolution

Scientists Surprised by Footprints From Before Humans Were Supposed to Be in America

"This opens up a whole new chapter in our understanding of the peopling of the Americas."