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YouTube has had it with you blocking the damn ads on its platform — and it's willing to make the experience as miserable as possible.
Future Society

YouTube Threatens to Become Even More Horrendous If You Have an Ad Blocker

Watching YouTube is becoming miserable.

In a new essay, Oxford researchers argue that scientists should abstain from using text-generating AI tools as research aids.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Warn That AI Threatens Science Itself

"Our tendency to anthropomorphize machines and trust models as human-like truth-tellers — consuming and spreading the bad information that they produce in the process — is uniquely worrying for the future of science."

Though we banned ozone depleting chemicals four decades ago, new research finds that the hole long thought to be healing may be anything but.
Science & Energy

The Hole in the Ozone Layer Is Getting Bigger Again, Scientists Say

"The 2023 ozone hole has already surpassed the size of the three years prior."

NASA has been laser-beamed data from millions of miles away — and it was a message the agency sent itself.
NASA

NASA Receives Laser Signal From 10 Million Miles Away

This is REALLY badass.

NASA-funded researchers found that deep space travel might inflict long-lasting erectile dysfunction symptoms on male astronauts.
Developments

Scientists Have Bad News for Astronauts’ Genitals

Sorry, guys.

A new study from Oxfam says the richest 1 percent of the world had the same carbon footprint in 2019 as the poorest 66 percent in the world.
Climate Change

Scientists Say These Villains Are Causing Way More Than Their Share of Climate Change

Fat cats, living high on the hog.

Congress members have urged the SEC to investigate Elon Musk for lying about how monkeys were treated at Neuralink.
Neuroscience and Brain

Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into Carnage at Neuralink

Elon Musk may be guilty of securities fraud, they argue.

As more details are revealed about the drama at OpenAI, insiders are coming forward with messy anecdotes from Sam Altman's past.
OpenAI

This Apparently Wasn’t the First Time Sam Altman Was Dramatically Fired

Why does this keep happening?

Though all appeared well from the outside, there was major beef between Sam Altman and OpenAI's board of directors behind the scenes. 
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Board Was Apparently Seething With Rage Before Sacking Altman

The girls were fighting.

X CEO Elon Musk posted on the social media platform on Tuesday, “There is a large graveyard filled with my enemies."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says There’s a “Large Graveyard Filled With My Enemies”

Is he...

The co-founder and CEO of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, has stepped down and pleaded guilty to multiple federal crimes. 
Blockchain

Binance CEO Steps Down, Pleading Guilty to Money Laundering

Government 2, crypto 0.

A major oil spill off the coast of Louisiana is sending over 1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Science & Energy

Oil Spill Pours Into the Gulf of Mexico

For shame.

A crypto company is working with the feds after an investigation revealed that millions of dollars worth of its coins were being used for human trafficking.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Company Says Oops, Its Coin Was Being Used in a Human Trafficking Scam

It's freezing $225 million worth of crypto.

After an extremely confusing five days, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made his triumphant return to helm the ChatGPT maker once again.
OpenAI

In Stunning Reversal, OpenAI Rehires Sam Altman

Back to square one.

A video captured by an amateur astronomer in Japan shows a super-bright comet, also known as a bolide, exploding as it collides with Jupiter.
Off-World

Object Crashes Into Jupiter, Explodes

See ya.

Even before advertisers began jumping ship over Elon Musk's antisemitic shenanigans, the site had been in deep doo-doo.
Future Society

Twitter Is in Extremely Deep Trouble

Elon Musk's really stepped in it this time.

After firing CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI's board reportedly offered Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei — a former OpenAI employee — the CEO gig.
Anthropic

OpenAI Secretly Tried to Merge With Anthropic

The offer was swiftly declined.

Nothing Chats was taken down less than 24 hours after researchers discovered that the system was plagued with egregious privacy issues.
Future Society

App That Turned Android’s Texts Blue Taken Down After Researchers Discover Something Horrible

Disastrous.

We're still scrambling to find a plausible explanation as to why OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was suddenly fired from his position last Friday.
OpenAI

Is OpenAI Melting Down Because It Secretly Created Something Really Scary?

"If OpenAI is doing something potentially dangerous to humanity, the world needs to know."

The guy currently tasked with running OpenAI after Sam Altman's ouster has some pretty bizarre ideas about AI.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s New CEO Said Something Terrifying a Few Months Ago

"That should cause you to s*** your pants."