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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has turned its full attention towards the distant ocean-covered world called K2-18b last week.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Turns to Examine Planet Showing Potential Sign of Life

The excitement is palpable.

By Victor Tangermann

As the speculative bubble surrounding AI begins to burst, the people behind them — and their financiers — are starting to feel the burn.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Startups Are Suddenly In Big Trouble

"You can already see the writing on the wall."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bored Ape Yacht Club developer Yuga Labs is laying off an unspecified number of employees as the appetite for NFTs continues to evaporate.
NFTs

Shockingly, Bored Apes Now Laying Off Employees as NFT Market Disintegrates

"To put it simply: Yuga lost its way."

By Victor Tangermann

Abu Dhabi's Autonomous Racing League was off to a rough start, with one self-driving race car crashing into the wall.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Formula 1 Car Crashes Into Wall at First Autonomous Race Event

"As an experiment, it was intriguing, as a race it was an absolute farce."

By Victor Tangermann

A video shared by Indian startup Swaayatt Robots shows an adventurous self-driving SUV navigating the hectic streets of Bhopal, India.
Self-Driving Vehicles

To Experience Pure Anxiety, Watch This Video of a Self-Driving Car Navigating India’s Chaotic Traffic

"If you’re able to build here, this technology is universal."

By Victor Tangermann

In a study involving 47 participants, a whopping 89 percent reported personality changes following organ transplantation surgery.
Studies

Organ Transplants Can Change Personality and Even Sexual Orientation, Scientists Find

Could personality changes really be passed on inside a donor heart?

By Victor Tangermann

Experts caution that there's limited evidence backing the benefits of these stem cell treatments, while pointing to plenty of risks.
Developments

Celebrities Quietly Paying Huge Amounts for Anti-Aging Stem Cell Therapy That May Cause Gruesome Side Effects

There's huge risks involved.

By Frank Landymore

People who work at SpaceX facilities are injured on the job way more often than industry averages, a new review has found.
SpaceX

SpaceX Employees Getting Wounded at Incredible Rates

"NASA should be concerned."

By Noor Al-Sibai

At least three women were diagnosed with HIV after receiving a bloody "vampire facial" at an unlicensed New Mexico wellness spa.
Developments

Women Diagnosed With HIV After “Vampire Facial” Procedures Popularized by Kim Kardashian

"It was a shock to them definitely."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Chinese company announced that they have successfully developed a brain chip and implanted it into a monkey.
Neuroscience and Brain

China Shows Off Monkey With Brain Chip Allowing It to Control Robotic Arm

The monkey picked up a strawberry with its thoughts.

By Sharon Adarlo

A Japanese spacecraft claims to have rendezvoused with a three-ton piece of rocket debris in a high-stakes flight, the BBC reports.
Off-World

Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket

Imagine chasing down a three-ton piece of spinning space junk.

By Sharon Adarlo

Renders show off both Blue Origin's proposed cargo lunar lander as well as SpaceX's Starship slowly lowering a Moon rover to the surface.
Starship

NASA Releases New Render of SpaceX’s Starship Landed on the Moon’s Surface

Is that a Moon rover hanging outside of the rocket?

By Victor Tangermann

An archaeologists has been able to find forgotten structures hidden in Ireland that were probably used as pathways for the dead.
Future Society

Archeologists Say They’ve Found Ancient Underground “Pathways for the Dead”

Memento mori.

By Sharon Adarlo

A scientist is warning against regulatory attempts to ban geoengineering, which seeks to alter the weather as climate change makes it worse.
Climate Change

Scientist Slams Politicians For Banning Geoengineering Experiments

"Such rules would halt or hinder scientific exploration of technologies that could save lives and ease suffering."

By Noor Al-Sibai

At least one big Silicon Valley VC firm is considering a $6 billion cash infusion for Elon Musk's xAI startup and its chatbot, Grok.
xAI

Venture Capital Firms Are Actually Considering Giving Elon Musk $6 Billion For xAI

Why do they think this is a good idea?

By Noor Al-Sibai

After being sent a guilt-inducing cease-and-desist, Drake has taken down his AI diss track that deepfaked the voices of Tupac and Snoop Dogg.
Artificial Intelligence

Drake Pulls Down AI-Generated Diss Track After Lawsuit Threat From Tupac’s Estate

A masterclass in legal threats.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Regulators released a report, finding that Tesla's driver assistance software was linked to hundreds of injuries and dozens of deaths.
Future Society

Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD Linked to Hundreds of Crashes, Many Fatal

Tesla "did not adequately ensure that drivers maintained their attention."

By Victor Tangermann

A Baltimore-area educator has been arrested after he allegedly used AI to deepfake his school's principal into spewing bigotry for blackmail.
Artificial Intelligence

Gym Teacher Arrested for Using AI to Make Principal Say Racist Things

As dystopian as it is predictable.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Longtime Tesla executive Drew Baglino, who joined Tesla in 2006, has sold $181.5 million worth of Tesla shares.
Tesla

A Tesla Vice President Just Quit and Sold $181 Million of Its Stock

Cashing out.

By Victor Tangermann

A particularly thin-skinned Cybertruck driver has had enough of being mocked for his questionable life choices.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Driver Goes Berserk With Road Rage After Mild Teasing

"I don't want nothing more than rip off your heads and spit down your throats."

By Victor Tangermann