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Bitcoin may be up for now, but a sizable portion of consumers aren't expecting it to stay that way for long.
Bitcoin

Many Consumers Expect Bitcoin to Crash and Burn

Even with bitcoin way up, lots of folks are pessimistic.

By Noor Al-Sibai

During a Cybertruck teardown, car critic Sandy Munro and his team discovered that the vehicle's massive battery pack is half empty.
Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck’s Battery Pack Is Half Empty, a Teardown Found

"I'd say it's half full..."

By Victor Tangermann

The group of sailors aboard the shipping vessel that pummelled into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in late March are still stranded.
Future Society

Crew Still Stranded on Ship Two Weeks After Knocking Down Baltimore Bridge

"We are maintaining an open line of communication with the crew via their ship’s representative, and they appear in good spirits and health."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new study suggests that advanced AI models are pretty good at playing dumb — which might have massive implications as they get smarter.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Pretend To Be Stupider Than It Really Is, Scientists Find

"We may underestimate their capabilities for an extended period, which is not a safe situation."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla has settled with a family, who sued the company over the death of Walter Huang, an Apple engineer and father of two.
Tesla

Tesla Settles Suit Accusing Autopilot of Killing Driver Instead of Going to Court

They didn't want these details aired publicly.

By Victor Tangermann

The programmable so-called "metafluid" is made of rubber-like spheres that allow it to radically alter its properties.
Science & Energy

Harvard Develops “Intelligent” Liquid That Can Be Programmed

"We show that we can use this fluid to endow intelligence into a simple robot."

By Frank Landymore

German artist Mathias Vef and designer Benedikt Groß have created a "deepfake camera" that can immediately undress its subjects.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Powered Camera Takes Pictures of People But Instantly Makes Them Naked

"The processing time is quite short, ten seconds."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk has finally confirmed what many have long suspected — that he has at least two burner accounts, both of which involve babies.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Burner Accounts Exposed in Court

What is this guy's deal with babies, anyway?

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a presentation to SpaceX workers at the Starbase facility, Elon Musk highlighted Starship's instrumental role in sustaining humans on Mars.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Delivers Speech About Mars Settlement Plan

"We're actually going to do this."

By Frank Landymore

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is predicting that we will achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) by 2026.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says That Within Two Years, AI Will Be “Smarter Than the Smartest Human”

Whatever you say, Elon.

By Victor Tangermann

Google Appears to Have Partnered With the Company Behind Sports Illustrated’s Fake, AI-Generated Writers
Google

Google Appears to Have Partnered With the Company Behind Sports Illustrated’s Fake, AI-Generated Writers

The staff of Sports Illustrated were laid off. The company that created its fake writers was rewarded with a Google contract.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The solar eclipse triggered a number of strange behaviors among animals, who were seemingly confused by the Sun setting far earlier.
Science & Energy

Animals Reacted Strangely During the Eclipse

"Hard to put into words how incredible this was."

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time since 2020, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is richer than multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

Poverty-Stricken Elon Musk Falls Behind Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg

Some of you would fold in this situation.

By Noor Al-Sibai

As AI companies start running out of training data, many are looking into synthetic data — but it remains unclear whether it will work.
Artificial Intelligence

What Is Synthetic Data? Why AI Trained on AI Is the Next Big Thing (and Problem)

Get ready for the next tech arms race.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA footage from the International Space Station shows a massive, looming cloud of darkness engulfing huge swathes of the United States.
Space

The Solar Eclipse Looks Absolutely Wild From Space

Woah.

By Victor Tangermann

An alleged law firm has been caught sending out link-back requests — and it appears that the "firm" and its "lawyers" do not exist.
Artificial Intelligence

Someone’s Sending Out Legal Threats From Fake, AI-Generated “Lawyers”

Bot Botson, attorney at law.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), otherwise known as Danuri, photobomed NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Moon

NASA Spots Object Speeding Around the Moon

What the hell is that thing?

By Victor Tangermann

That new STI-detecting AI app apparently failed to detect a really bad case of syphilis — and gave a dick cake a clean bill of health.
Artificial Intelligence

AI App That Claims to Detect STIs in Photos Offers Confident Diagnosis of Penis-Shaped Cake

"There are so many things wrong with this app that I don’t even know where to begin."

By Noor Al-Sibai

There are plenty of livestreams on the internet where you can watch the total solar eclipse unfold today. Here are the links.
Science & Energy

Here’s How to Live Stream the Eclipse Right From Your Computer

The next eclipse like this one is in 21 years.

By Victor Tangermann

As the New York Times reports, OpenAI trained its GPT-4 large language model (LLM) with over a million hours of transcribed YouTube videos.
Future Society

OpenAI Secretly Trained GPT-4 With More Than a Million Hours of Transcribed YouTube Videos

Scraped!

By Victor Tangermann