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"Of course AI is a bubble," author Cory Doctorow wrote in a recent piece for Locus. "It has all the hallmarks of a classic tech bubble."
Artificial Intelligence

Cory Doctorow Blasts AI as a Fraud-Filled Bubble

"Of course AI is a bubble. It has all the hallmarks of a classic tech bubble."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has invested a whopping $180 million in a startup that's looking for novel ways to extend human longevity.
Developments

Sam Altman’s Life Extension Guy Warns of Injections That Cause Wild Tumor Growth

"You have to stop before you go too far... because it will start trying to grow an entire person right there and form the tumors."

Legislators in California are slated to approve new measures to create filtration systems that turns wastewater into drinking water.
Science & Energy

California Working on System to Turn Raw Sewage Into Drinking Water

"This is really about recovering resources, not wasting precious resources."

NASA's Psyche spacecraft just beamed back a cat video from almost 19 million miles away and at blistering speeds.
NASA

NASA Receives Cat Video From 19 Million Miles Away

"Despite transmitting from millions of miles away, it was able to send the video faster than most broadband internet connections."

Microsoft is teaming up with the TomTom GPS company to shove talking generative AI into your car, for some reason.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s Stuffing Talking Generative AI Into Your Car

"Generative AI is going to add an emotional layer to interaction with the car."

Scientists now have come across strange types of rock that contain manmade plastic in all five inhabited continents.
Science & Energy

Scientists Warn That Plastic Rocks Are Appearing Across the World

This is a disaster.

According to a recent analysis of 30 car brands by online lending marketplace LendingTree, Tesla drivers have the highest accident rate.
Tesla

Teslas Crash More Than Any Other Brand, Analysis Finds

Yikes.

Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Will Be Able to Travel as a Boat, Until It Sinks
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Will Be Able to Travel as a Boat, Until It Sinks

Then it becomes a submarine — permanently.

Many of those "wrong number" scam texts are being sent by people human trafficked in horrific work camps in Southeast Asia.
Future Society

Those Scam Texts You’re Getting Are Sent By Victims of Human Trafficking

This eyewitness account is absolutely chilling.

"Friends" actor Matthew Perry, who was undergoing ketamine treatment at the time of his death, had high levels of the drug in his body.
Treatments

Matthew Perry Was Undergoing Ketamine Treatment at Time of Ketamine-Linked Death

"This really should be a wake-up call..."

If you ever find yourself aboard a spaceship and you have the sudden urge to poop — former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino offers some insight.
NASA

Former NASA Astronaut Explains How to Poop in Space

"It requires a lot of training."

Following tens of thousands of earthquakes rocking southwest Iceland, a massive volcano erupted early Tuesday morning local time.
Science & Energy

Massive Icelandic Volcano Erupts, Spews Lava Hundreds of Feet Into the Air

"We are looking at a worst-case scenario."

The Stanislaus National Forest Service, which manages the National Forest where a Cybertruck recently got stuck, just trolled Tesla hard.
Future Society

National Forest Service Trolls Tesla After Cybertruck Gets Stuck in Forest

"We are always thrilled when new opportunities to explore our public lands become available."

Founder of electric trucking company Nikola Trevor Milton was sentenced to four years after being found guilty of misleading investors.
Tesla

Founder of Tesla Competitor Nikola Going to Jail for Fraud

It's the end of an era.

The effects of boozing can be detected in sperm for more than a month after cessation and can lead to some pretty serious birth defects.
Studies

Booze Affects Sperm More than a Month After Cessation in Mouse Research

"For years, there’s really been no consideration of male alcohol use whatsoever."

Astronauts on board the International Space Station have made a startling discovery: the husks of two old and dried-out tomatoes.
NASA

NASA Proudly Shows Off Desiccated Tomatos Lost in Space Station Crevice

The "Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes" has finally been solved.

Many companies have recently rushed to invest billions into carbon removal technologies in order to mitigate emissions.
Climate Change

Billions in Funding Pouring Into Facilities for Sucking Carbon From Atmosphere

The huge question: can it actually work?

Elon Musk's new anti-woke artificial intelligence chatbot is popping off — and it has a lot of weird stuff to say about its creator. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Accuses Him of Going to Court for Pedophilia

"There's no concrete evidence to confirm or deny these allegations."

A man in Los Angeles has been ordered to pay more than $23,000 in restitution after killing two people with his Tesla while using Autopilot.
Tesla

Tesla Driver Forced to Pay After Killing Two People on Autopilot

They both died on the scene.

While pandering to an audience of far right-wing politicians in Italy, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that fossil fuels get a bad rep.
Elon Musk

In Startling Reversal, Elon Musk Defends Use of Fossil Fuels

Elon, why?!