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Former Twitter product manager Esther Crawford has taken to the platform to air all her grievances about CEO Elon Musk and his mood swings.
Elon Musk

Former Twitter Manager Describes Elon Musk’s Sudden Swings to Rage

His "demeanor can turn on a dime going from excited to angry."

Shortly after being reported missing, the dismembered remains of a crypto influencer were found in a suitcase outside of Bueno Aires.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Investor Found Dismembered in a Suitcase

Dark.

Meet Magnecko, a four-legged and absolutely terrifying new robot that can Spiderman up walls and across ceilings using its magnetic feet.
Robotics

Scary New Robot Can Climb Walls

Spooky!

With this July on track to be the hottest month ever, the UN is warning that we've moved past global warming as the planet begins to boil.
Global Warming

UN Warns That We’ve Gone Beyond Global Warming and Into “Global Boiling”

"It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning."

The population of Japanese residents dropped by over 800,000, new government data shows, as deaths reached a record high.
Future Society

Japan’s Population Is Plummeting at an Astonishing Rate

Lower and lower.

A new exposé alleges that Tesla rigged its battery range readouts and conspired to cancel service appointments with furious customers.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Accused of Faking Tesla Battery Range

"When you buy a car off the lot seeing 350-mile, 400-mile range, it makes you feel good."

NASA has chosen Lockheed Martin to test a nuclear-powered rocket in space by 2027, in hopes of using the system to power Mars missions.
Nuclear Fusion

NASA Signs Deal for Nuclear-Powered Rocket That Will Eventually Power Mars Missions

A nuclear-powered rocket could cut Mars commutes in half.

The FAA is still awaiting the report that will detail the steps SpaceX will have to implement before it can try to launch its Starship again.
Starship

FAA Throws Cold Water on SpaceX’s Next Starship Orbital Launch

You can ignore Elon Musk's promises. Starship is still grounded.

The asphalt in one Arizona county is so hot, people are getting life-threatening burns simply for falling on the blistering ground.
Climate Change

It’s So Hot That People Are Getting Burned From Falling on the Ground

The floor is lava.

A team of researchers has discovered an egregiously simple jailbreak that allows anybody to circumvent AI chatbot guardrails.
Artificial Intelligence

It’s Shockingly Easy to Get Around AI Chatbot Guardrails, Researchers Find

"You can create as many of these attacks as you want in a short amount of time."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was in the news for something entirely unrelated to ChatGPT, so we decided to get to the bottom of it.
Cryptocurrency

I Let Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Scan My Eyeballs With a Orb, and They Didn’t Even Pay Me Crypto

Yes, I pondered the orb.

The guy behind OpenAI has admitted that people are, in fact, going to lose work to artificial intelligence.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says Sorry, AI Is Definitely Destroying Jobs

"Jobs are definitely going to go away, full stop."

Scientists are positing that Mars' giant Olympus Mons volcano, which is roughly the size of France, may once have been an island.
Off-World

Huge Martian Volcano Was Once an Island, Scientists Suggest

This could be huge — pun intended.

OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, DeepMind, and Anthropic have together formed The Frontier Model Forum, a self-regulatory AI industry club.
Google

OpenAI and Google Form New Group to Self-Regulate Their AI

Because self-regulation always goes so well!

Netflix wants to pay someone anywhere between $300,000 and $900,000 to tell them exactly how it can cash in on AI tech.
Artificial Intelligence

Netflix, Intent on Using AI to Own BackGround Actors’ Faces in Perpetuity Without Pay, Will Pay You $900k If You Tell Them How to Cash in on AI

So that's where all of its money's been going!

Indonesia has announced that it blocked the domain "X.com," which reportedly used to host "negative" adult and gambling-related content.
Future Society

Indonesia Blocks Twitter, Thinking the “X” Was a Porn Thing

Now this is how you rebrand.

Some patients taking semaglutide medications Ozempic and Wegovy are experiencing gastroparesis, or stomach paralysis.
Developments

Doctors Say People Taking Semaglutide Are Suffering From Stomach Paralysis

"This medicine made my life hell. So much hell."

While Elon Musk was busy dismantling Twitter, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg was studying jiu-jitsu — and has the blue belt to show for it.
Elon Musk

As Elon Musk Destroys Twitter, Zuckerberg Prepares to Destroy Him in Hand-to-Hand Combat

Honestly, we would love to see it.

The coast of Florida is being hit hard by heat waves, with one buoy registering 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of a hot tub.
Science & Energy

Florida’s Ocean Now Officially the Temperature of a Hot Tub

This is devastating.

A power outage struck Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center, temporarily cutting off comss with the International Space Station.
International Space Station

International Space Station Suffers Comms Blackout Due to Power Outage

It's the first time this has ever happened.