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A bizarre Bank of Ireland glitch allowed customers to withdraw up to 1,000 Euros from their accounts — even if they didn't have the money.
Future Society

Bank Accidentally Lets People Withdraw Money From ATMs Even If They Don’t Have Any

Free money glitch!

Russian state media recently shared the first images taken by its Luna-25 spacecraft, showing the Earth as a small dot in the distance.
Moon

Russia Sends Back Photos From Trip to Moon

From lunar orbit with love.

Google's AI-powered search doesn't understand geography. Or, apparently, the alphabet. And definitely not both at the same time.
Google

Google’s SGE Search AI Is Devouring False AI-Generated Info and Saying It’s True

For something so smart, it's so incredibly dumb.

Lamborghini just teased its "first 100 percent electric" supercar by posting an image of a silhouette. More details to follow soon.
Advanced Transport

They Seem to Be Working on an Electric Lamborghini

Intriguing.

As we get closer to the trial against disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, prosecutors are teasing new evidence from Caroline Ellison.
Blockchain

It Sounds Like Caroline Ellison Has Some Major Dirt on Sam Bankman-Fried

Ouch.

After a decade of research, scientists have managed to recreate a song from brain recordings with the help of AI.
Brain

Scientists Extracted a Pink Floyd Song From Someone’s Brain Waves. Here’s What It Sounds Like.

This recording is something else.

X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk is making it more difficult to access content via external links by literally slowing them down.
Elon Musk

Twitter Now Throttling Traffic to Sites Elon Musk Doesn’t Like

Surprise, surprise.

Guy Who Uses AI to Post as a Voluptuous Influencer: “I Usually Just Call Myself Her Manager”
Artificial Intelligence

Guy Who Uses AI to Post as a Voluptuous Influencer: “I Usually Just Call Myself Her Manager”

"I usually just call myself her manager."

In an interview with CNN, Kaku dismissed AI chatbots as "glorified tape recorders," arguing we're vastly overestimating their capabilities.
OpenAI

Michio Kaku Says AIs Like ChatGPT Are “Glorified Tape Recorders”

"This isn’t intelligence."

Ford CEO Jim Farley tried to charge an all electric light truck, the F-150 Lightning, during a road trip, but he ran into trouble.
Advanced Transport

Ford CEO Goes on Road Trip in Electric F-150, Runs Into Charging “Reality Check”

"Long hauling in an electric truck is an act of pioneerism."

According to a joint report from NASA and NOAA scientists, July may have just been the hottest month in recorded history.
Climate Change

July Was the Hottest Month in Recorded History

"Last month was way, way warmer than anything we've ever seen."

Scientists at the University of Chicago claim to have invented a tool that protects artists' work from being accurately reproduced by AI. 
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Say New Tool Makes Images Worthless for Training AI

"Yes, there is a point in pushing back."

People in an isolated area of Peru claim they were attacked by aliens but investigators think it's actually illegal miners using jetpacks.
Exobiology

Cops Say “Aliens” Attacking Amazonian Village Are Men With Jetpacks

"They seem armored like the Green Goblin from Spider Man."

Self-driving cars caused a major traffic jam on Friday in San Francisco when ten of its self-driving taxis simply shut down.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Ten Self-Driving Cars Cause Huge Traffic Jam After Losing Wireless Signal

Behold: a car that only works when it's connected to the internet.

The latest nail in the coffin of the purported room temp superconductor is a failed replication test conducted by Czech researchers.
Science & Energy

Oops! Purported Room Temp Superconductor Fails to Work When Replicated by Outside Team

Yet another nail in the coffin.

Harvard alien-hunter Avi Loeb posited that superhuman aliens could be building universes in labs and that his haters are just "jealous." 
Exobiology

Harvard Professor Says Godlike Aliens May Be Creating Universes in Labs

Whoa.

In a 2020 paper, SEC chief Gary Gensler warned that AI could lead to disastrous uniformity and interconnectedness in financial structures.
Artificial Intelligence

SEC Head Fears AI Could Cause a Financial Crash

"This technology will be the center of future crises, future financial crises."

In an unprecedented ruling, a state judge has sided with a group of youth climate activists who sued the state of Montana over fossil fuels.
Climate Change

The Kids Who Sued Montana Over Climate Change Just Won

This is cause for celebration, folks.

Def Con hosted a contest to identify software vulnerabilities of chatbots like Google's Bard or OpenAI's ChatGPT.
OpenAI

The Most Fearsome Hackers Just Went Ham on ChatGPT

It's going to be a misinformation-filled bloodbath.

People are having sex in the backseat while their driverless robotaxi is ferrying them to their final destination in San Francisco.
Self-Driving Vehicles

People in San Francisco Are Already Having Sex in Self-Driving Taxis

"I was just along for the ride. Literally."