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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is deeply unhappy about the $27 million mansion he bought on San Francisco's iconic Lombard Street.
Future Society

Sam Altman Is Suing the People Who Built His Mansion

Apparently, his infinity pool overlooking the Bay is leaking.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found a new way to tell if a portrait of a human was AI-generated by using the same techniques astronomers use to analyze stars.
Physics

Something Fascinating Is Wrong With the Eyes in Deepfakes

Did researchers just find the smoking gun?

By Victor Tangermann

Loud booms and shakes earlier this week were the result of a meteor burning up over New York City's Statue of Liberty, NASA says.
NASA

NASA Says a Meteor Burnt Up Over the Statue of Liberty

And it seems to have caused a huge and mysterious boom, too.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Fascinating footage shows members of one of the most isolated Indigenous tribes in the world leaving the rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon.
Science & Energy

Uncontacted Tribe Emerges From Rainforest

"This is a humanitarian disaster in the making — it’s absolutely vital that the loggers are thrown out."

By Victor Tangermann

A 1996 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport recently challenged a Tesla Cybertruck in a race around the Colorado National Speedway.
Advanced Transport

You’ll Never Guess Who Wins in a Race Between a Cybertruck and a 1996 Corvette

USA! USA!

By Victor Tangermann

A giant dataset of YouTube subtitles has been used to train AI without the permission of the creators whose work was scraped.
Anthropic

YouTubers Furious After Apple and Anthropic Steal Their Data to Train AI

"This is my livelihood, and I put time, resources, money, and staff time into creating this content."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has sent a hip-hop song to space for the very first time and chosen the ineffable Missy Elliott to do the honors.
NASA

NASA Sends Missy Elliott Song to Her Favorite Planet, Venus

"Both space exploration and Missy Elliott’s art have been about pushing boundaries."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk Says SpaceX HQ Will Move to Texas Due to His Terror of Trans People
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says SpaceX HQ Will Move to Texas Due to His Terror of Trans People

To him, it's the "final straw."

By Victor Tangermann

A window on the 13th floor of a skyscraper in Boston suddenly shattered due to the heat as temperatures soared to 95 degrees.
Science & Energy

Skyscraper Window Shatters From Heat, Rains Shards Onto Sidewalk

From casement to basement.

By Frank Landymore

Amazon wrecked a married couple's washable swim diaper business because the tech giant resold and shipped a dirty nappy to a customer.
Future Society

Couple Says Amazon Destroyed Their Small Business by Reselling a Dirty Diaper

Soiled diaper fulfilled by Amazon.

By Sharon Adarlo

It took a few days, but the FBI has finally cracked the phone of the now-deceased 20-year-old man who shot at Donald Trump.
Future Society

FBI Cracks Phone of Man Who Shot Trump

It's unclear how they did it, though.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Multi-hyphenate CEO Elon Musk has thrown his full weight behind Trump and his running mate JD Vance, despite them opposing EVs.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Announces Support for Trump’s VP, Who’s Trying to Crush the Electric Vehicle Industry

It's a mystifying self-own.

By Victor Tangermann

The National Museum of Ireland received two early Bronze age axeheads from an anonymous sender, and experts are begging them to come forward.
Science & Energy

Museum Stunned When Someone Anonymously Mails in Two Ancient Artifacts

Experts are begging the sender to come forward.

By Frank Landymore

A former ESA director and a former NASA administrator argue that we should boost the space station's orbit as a gift to future generations.
Off-World

Former Space Agency Leaders Horrified by Plan to Destroy Space Station, Say It Would Be Easier to Save It

They say the station should be rescued into a stable orbit, not destroyed.

By Victor Tangermann

Last week, the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded mid-flight. The 20 Starlink satellites it was carrying have since crashed.
Future Society

Twenty SpaceX Satellites Fall From Space After Falcon 9 Explodes

"We knew this incredible run had to come to an end at some point, but 344 flights in a row is amazing."

By Victor Tangermann

Eli Lilly, the maker of Zepbound, is hoping that new studies into off-label treatments will help get the drugs covered by insurance.
RX and Medicine

Drug Companies Have a Sneaky Idea to Get Insurance to Pay for Drugs Like Zepbound

"It builds this wall of evidence."

By Noor Al-Sibai

With his incessant need to post random junk on the social network he's owned for nearly two years, Elon Musk may have overdrawn his hand.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Posts Garbled AI-Generated Image of Cybertruck

What are we looking at here?

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study, behavioral scientists found that people tended to judge men more harshly than women for having casual sex.
Sleep

Surprise Research Finds Men Are Judged More Harshly Than Women for Sleeping Around

These findings should be taken with a grain of salt.

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI company Lattice announced it was integrating "digital workers" as proper employees, which didn't sit well with many.
Artificial Intelligence

Company Abandons Plans to Give AI Workers “Rights” and Add Them to Org Chart After Outcry From Human Employees

"Treating AI agents as employees disrespects the humanity of your real employees."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have come up with the "first direct evidence of an accessible lava tube under the surface of the Moon."
Moon

Scientists Detect Huge Caverns Under Surface of Moon

"These caves have been theorized for over 50 years, but it is the first time ever that we have demonstrated their existence."

By Victor Tangermann