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Apple's new Vision Pro headset VR doesn't support "immersive" adult content — and the people who bought it for that are not happy.
Virtual Reality

Apple Fans Horrified to Discover Vision Pro Can’t Play VR Porn

"3,500$ chastity belt."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Stanford researchers tasked OpenAI's GPT-4 AI to make high-stakes, society-level decisions. It recommended the use of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Fusion

In Tests, GPT-4 Strangely Itchy to Launch Nuclear War

"We have it! Let’s use it."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have not only built an AI child, but now, are training AI systems using headcam footage from a human baby, too.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Train AI Using Headcam Footage From Human Toddler

"This data set was totally unique."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A viral video shows a driver dangerously wearing an Apple Vision Pro headset while cruising hands-free in a full self-driving Tesla.
Virtual Reality

Gaze in Horror at This Guy Wearing a VR Headset While Driving

"My bad."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace officials confirmed today. We still don't know what kind or what stage.
Cancer

King Charles Has Cancer

He wants to "assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer."

By Victor Tangermann

A Washington man had a nuclear missile chillin' in his garage, and was mighty peeved when local police came asking questions.
Future Society

Man “Extremely Irritated” When Police Show Up to Examine His Vintage Nuclear Missile

Knock knock.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison claim to have 3D-printed functional human brain tissue for the first time.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists 3D Print Functional Human Brain Tissue

"We printed the cerebral cortex and the striatum and what we found was quite striking."

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing "super-Earth" that's orbiting its red dwarf star inside the habitable zone.
Off-World

Astronomers Discover Potentially Habitable Planet

A tantalizing discovery.

By Victor Tangermann

New reporting claims that people close to Elon Musk became so concerned about drug use that they asked the billionaire to go to rehab.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Was Reportedly Asked to Go to Rehab

Does he need help?

By Jon Christian

A diet with lots of meat and processed foods is linked to developing Alzheimer's Disease, according to a new study.
Food

Delicious Foods Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Put down that hamburger!

By Sharon Adarlo

An MIT biotechnology student has gotten "Doom" to run on a cell array full of gut bacteria, proving that it really does run on everything.
Prosthetics and Devices

Mad Scientist Gets Doom Running on E. Coli Cells

Incredible.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meet Poem/1, an AI-powered clock that tells time in rhyming poetry. Just one catch: it'll sometimes make things up — the time included.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Powered Clock Sometimes Hallucinates the Wrong Time

Vibes > Punctuality

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Patients who received the cadaver hormones when they were children in a banned medical practice show signs of Alzheimer's decades later.
Neuroscience and Brain

Alzheimer’s Spread Through Growth Hormones Extracted From Cadavers, Scientists Say

Rare — but extremely tragic.

By Frank Landymore

A ton of the ultraprocessed foods we eat were created via "pre-digestion" — which makes it all the less filling, and all the more addictive.
Food

Experts Warn That the Food You’re Eating May Have Been “Pre-Digested”

"It's an illusion of food."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Pharmaceuticals and AI are two of the most-hyped money-makers in the world right now — but not because of what they're selling.
Future Society

The Pharma Company Making Ozempic Is Worth Five Times What OpenAI Is

They're not selling products, they're selling the future — or something like that.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla has been ordered to pay a $1.5 million settlement after being sued over mishandling hazardous waste at its California facilities.
Tesla

Tesla Forced to Pay for Mishandling Hazardous Waste

So much for sustainable transport.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is debating whether to work with commercial partners to get to Mars, the first time the space agency has openly raised the possibility.
Mars

NASA Investigating Whether It Could Hire SpaceX for Mars Trip

Did somebody say Starship?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists want to send a swarm of small umbrellas into space to block the Sun's warming ways from reaching the Earth's surface.
Climate Change

Scientists Working on Plan to Cool Earth by Blocking Sun

"We can show the world, 'Look, there is a working solution, take it, increase it to the necessary size.'"

By Victor Tangermann

These data centers are even more power hungry than traditional ones, and as every tech company pivots to AI, the energy demand steepens.
Artificial Intelligence

Coal Plants Staying Online Because AI Needs So Much Power

"We still don't appreciate the energy needs of this technology."

By Frank Landymore

There's a new-ish artificial intelligence-powered search engine on the scene — but when it comes to the facts, it was caught lacking.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Search Engine Bungles Facts When Profiled by the New York Times

Oops.

By Noor Al-Sibai