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Medicare could soon start to pay for weight-loss treatment drug Wegovy, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Health & Medicine

Medicare Says It Will Start Paying for Wegovy

Here's who could be covered.

By Victor Tangermann

Angela Chao, who drowned after backing into a pond while driving a Tesla, had a blood alcohol level that was three times the legal limit.
Tesla

Billionaire Who Died in Tesla Had Three Times Legal Blood Alcohol to Drive

She accidentally drove into a pond.

By Sharon Adarlo

After a rare captivity birth, a family of endangered siamang gibbons were "heard singing together" to celebrate the new arrival.
Future Society

Endangered Primates Heard “Singing Together” After Rare Birth in Captivity

"The birth of any endangered species is always a cause for celebration."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Reddit founder and CEO Steve Huffman gifted himself a stunning $193 million compensation package — while mods get nothing.
Future Society

Reddit CEO Defends His Absurdly High Pay While Not Paying Mods

He gifted himself a ludicrous $193 million compensation package.

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has apparently been demonstrating GPT-5, the next generation of its notorious large language model, to prospective buyers.
Future Society

OpenAI Reportedly Looking to Release GPT-5 This Summer

"It's really good, like materially better."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chipmaker Nvidia has shown off a clone of our entire planet that could help meteorologists simulate and visualize global weather patterns.
Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia Is Simulating a Copy of the Earth

Welcome to Earth-2.

By Victor Tangermann

As next-generation weight-loss treatments like Wegovy fly off the shelves, scientists are working on an exercise pill.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Working on Pill You Can Take Instead of Exercising

"It can complement exercise programs to give more benefits to patients as well."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Surgeons at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a gene-hacked pig into a living man.
Developments

Patient Walking Around Hospital After Transplant of Gene-Hacked Pig Kidney

Pig kidneys "could solve an intractable problem."

By Victor Tangermann

A livestream by Neuralink on Wednesday introduces the public for the first time to the first human recipient of its brain implant.
Neuroscience and Brain

Paralyzed Neuralink Patient Playing “Civilization VI” With His Mind

"It's all being done with my brain."

By Frank Landymore

People Are Selling Chunks of SpaceX’s Exploded Starship on eBay
Future Society

People Are Selling Chunks of SpaceX’s Exploded Starship on eBay

They're being sold for thousands of dollars each.

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind a promising new menopause treatment says they want to empower women to choose when — or even if — they go through menopause. 
Studies

Scientists Working on Drug to Indefinitely Delay Menopause

"This drug couldn’t just delay the menopause, it could actually prevent it."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers taught an AI to think before it speaks like a human's inner monologue — and found that it made the model smarter.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Gave AI an “Inner Monologue” and Something Fascinating Happened

This model may "close the gap between language model and human-like reasoning capabilities," researchers hope.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have uncovered results that suggest a strong association between the risk of developing erectile dysfunction and computer usage.
Computers

Using Computers Strongly Linked to Erectile Dysfunction

Bad news, gamers.

By Sharon Adarlo

Google faces a $270 million fine from France for using articles from media companies to train its AI chatbot, Gemini, without permission.
Google

Google Hit With Huge Fine for Training AI With News Articles Without Getting Permission

Is a $270 million fine a big enough sting?

By Sharon Adarlo

AI chip manufacturer Nvidia and the startup Hippocratic AI are teaming up to replace nurses with freaky AI healthcare "agents."
Prosthetics and Devices

Nvidia Announces AI-Powered “Agents” to Replace Nurses in Hospitals

This sucks so bad.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Several key AI developers, who worked on Stable Diffusion, Stability AI's popular text-to-image generator, have resigned, Forbes reports.
Artificial Intelligence

Stability AI Is Falling Apart

Looks like Stable Diffusion is anything but stable.

By Victor Tangermann

As the space race heats up, the US is growing increasingly concerned about China, its chief adversary, using the Moon to launch attacks.
Moon

US Military Commander Worries China Could Launch Attack From Moon

Uh oh.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists say they've been able to literally cut out the "bad" bits of DNA from infected cells to eliminate HIV using CRISPR gene editing.
Gene Editing

Scientists Manage to Cut HIV Out of Individual Cells

"These findings represent a pivotal advancement towards designing a cure strategy."

By Victor Tangermann

Until recently, Glassdoor allowed users to anonymously trash talk their employers — but the site has apparently changed that policy.
Future Society

User Horrified When Glassdoor, a Site for Trashing Your Boss, Starts Adding Real Names

"Glassdoor now requires your real name and will add it to older accounts without your consent..."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russia has accused the US of using commercial satellite operators for its intelligence efforts — and is threatening to take military action.
SpaceX

Russia Warns of Potential Military Strike on SpaceX Satellites

A "legitimate target for retaliatory measures, including military ones."

By Victor Tangermann