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Microsoft is betting on small modular nuclear reactors to grow its energy infrastructure for training AI, a highly ambitious plan.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It’s Considering Small Nuclear Reactors

It's a highly ambitious plan.

After hundreds of years of speculation, scientists have finally mapped out Earth's "lost" eighth continent, Zealandia.
Science & Energy

Scientists Map Sunken Eighth Continent

It's not Atlantis, but it's still pretty awesome.

Using artificial intelligence, researchers have discovered thousands of new mysterious "fairy circles" in hundreds of locations.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Say They’ve Found Huge Number of Mysterious Circles Around the World

Where did they come from?

An aging research center formerly used by NASA is polluting the Los Angeles River and the farms that draw water from it.
NASA

Former NASA Lab Accused of Leaking Toxic Chemicals Into LA River

You do not wanna drink this water, folks.

An investigation has revealed that the camera on an UberEats delivery robot has been used to convict two men of trying to steal said robot. 
Robotics

Dudes Arrested for Trying to Steal Entire Uber Eats Delivery Robot

"It didn’t end well (for them)."

The French Competition Authority raided Nvidia's local offices this week as part of a probe in its alleged anti-competitive practices.
Artificial Intelligence

France Just Raided the Offices of Nvidia

Uh oh.

Elon Musk wanted to livestream his visit to the US-Mexico border on Thursday, but his broadcast crashed just minutes in.
Future Society

Elon Sends Pleading Email to All of Twitter Staff After Live Stream Flub

That didn't go as planned.

Antimatter particles may be a lot more predictable than science fiction makes it out to be, responding to gravity just like regular matter.
Science & Energy

Scientists Disappointed to Find That Antimatter Falls When You Drop It

"The bottom line is that there’s no free lunch."

Disgraced crypto scion Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial is about to start heating up — and the judge has a stark warning for the FTX founder.
Blockchain

Judge Warns Sam Bankman-Fried He’s Facing a “Very Long Sentence”

He's staring down the barrel.

The new Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses look like regular shades, but can record and livestream video with little warning to those around it.
Future Society

Facebook Proud of New Glasses That Let You Record People Without Them Knowing

Spying just got easier.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hopes that artificial general intelligence will be able to replace the so-called "median human."
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says He Intends to Replace Normal People With AI

"Comparing AI to even the idea of median or average humans is a bit offensive."

The Meta CEO demonstrated impressively true-to-life avatars in an interview conducted over the Metaverse using VR headsets.
Metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Wildly Improved Metaverse With Lifelike Avatars

"It just feels like we're in the same room."

According to Spotify founder Daniel Ek, there's more to his old friend Mark Zuckerberg than meets the eye.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg’s Friend Says He Has Three Distinct Personas

Which Zuck are we today?

Ozempic, the uber-popular injectable diabetes drug, has had to update its potential side effect warnings to include intestinal blockage.
RX and Medicine

The FDA Says Ozempic Might Block Your Intestines

Things aren't looking good for semaglutide.

Legal experts say a copyright lawsuit filed by high-profile authors against OpenAI may have a decent chance at winning.
OpenAI

OpenAI May Be in Big Legal Trouble

This lawsuit could "open the pandora's box."

Chinese researchers are investigating the feasibility of having astronauts shelter in space inside lava tubes on the lunar surface.
Moon

Chinese Scientists Ponder Moon Base Inside Ancient Lunar Lava Tube

It's likely an excellent place to set up shop.

Learning you're fired via tweet is one thing — but learning that you're about to take over as Twitter CEO from an Elon Musk post is another entirely. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Didn’t Bother Telling Twitter’s New CEO She Was Hired Before Announcing It

"This couldn't have happened at a worse time."

Astronomers are arguing in a new paper that disco balls should be placed in universities and scientific facilities.
Off-World

Astronomers Call for More Disco Balls at Scientific Facilities

This is as awesome as it is simple.

The world's land masses are, a new super-charged climate model suggests, going to form into one giant desert supercontinent.
Climate Change

Scientists Say Earth Will Become a Barren Wasteland

"I would suspect if we can get off this planet and find somewhere more habitable, that would be more preferable."

Unfortunately for autonomous carmaker Cruise, its Houston beta test didn't get off to a very hot start this week.
Advanced Transport

Brand New Robotaxis Immediately Cause Traffic Jam in Houston

"All the other human-driven cars could respond to the police. The Cruise vehicles can't do that."