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Countless tiny plastic pellets are littering the waters and beaches along Spain's northern coast after containers fell off a ship.
Pollution

Millions of Plastic Pellets Wash Up on Shore

One container may have held 57,000 pounds of plastic pellets.

Remember That Uber-Hyped “AI Pin” Startup? It’s Already Doing Layoffs
Artificial Intelligence

Remember That Uber-Hyped “AI Pin” Startup? It’s Already Doing Layoffs

Its device hasn't even shipped yet.

Scientists may have figured out how a massive "superstructure" of igneous rock lurking below the surface of the Pacific Ocean was formed.
Science & Energy

Scientists Working to Explain “Superstructures” on Ocean Floor

"As we sample in more detail, we're going to find more complexity."

America's East Coast — particularly its major population centers — is sinking at a scarily rapid pace, a new satellite imagery study shows.
Climate Change

Satellites Show the East Coast Is Sinking

"It may be gradual, but the impacts are real."

An AI comedy duo has allegedly used George Carlin's voice without permission — and his living daughter is not at all pleased.
Artificial Intelligence

George Carlin’s Daughter Horrified by AI-Generated “Comedy Special” of Her Dead Dad

"This bastardization of existing comedic material feels like a very sad day for the art form."

The Hubble Space Telescope has helped detect something remarkable: the strongest and oldest radio transmission ever recorded.
Off-World

Hubble Detects Uber-Strong Radio Transmission From Ancient “Blob”

"It's these types of environments — these weird ones — that are driving us toward better understanding the mystery of FRBs."

Musk has endorsed a tweet suggesting students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities have lower IQs and shouldn't become pilots.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Cosigns Racist Claim That Black Students Have Low IQs

Elon Musk: the most disappointing man in tech.

From Facebook founder to "girl dad" to cattle rancher to doomsday prepper, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemingly has it all.
Future Society

Zuckerberg Brags About Feeding Cows Macadamia Nuts and Beer at His Alleged Doomsday Bunker

"They'll grow up eating macadamia meal and drinking beer that we grow and produce here."

The harrowing accident aboard a Boeing aircraft during an Alaska Airlines flight has drawn the scrutiny of the White House and a US Senator.
Advanced Transport

Boeing May Be in Serious Trouble Over Door Panel Blowing Out

A "mistake" was made.

After its lengthy strike over artificial intelligence, SAG-AFTRA has decided to allow the use of AI "voice acting" in video games. 
Artificial Intelligence

SAG-AFTRA Inks Controversial Deal to Allow AI-Generated Voice Acting

"SAG leadership, please, I'm begging you, stop showing your ass and do something to keep us working."

There's way more plastic particles in bottled water than previously thought, and this means untold impacts on humans and our environment.
Studies

Scientists Find Bottled Water Filled With Hundreds of Thousands of Microplastics

"Infants and young children may face the greatest risks."

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has reportedly laid off 100 contractors, forcing it to scale back its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission.
NASA

NASA Starts Layoffs After Budget Cuts

The agency's Mars Sample Return mission is on thin ice.

Days after X banned several left-leaning accounts with no warning, CEO Elon Musk tried to explain away the fiasco.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Makes Ridiculous Excuse for His Enemies’ Accounts Getting Deleted

Accounts have been reinstated...for now.

Regulators had to do some emergency damage control after the X-formerly-Twitter account of the SEC got hacked on Tuesday.
Bitcoin

SEC Twitter Account Hacked to Post Fake Bitcoin News

The tweet sent the value of Bitcoin on a rollercoaster ride.

There could well be someone out there whose job it is to collect Elon Musk's urine for government drug testing — and we have questions.
Elon Musk

We’d Like to See the Chain of Custody on Elon Musk’s Pee After the Drug Allegations

"Tiptoe into Musk’s office after his night out not getting into Berghain and say 'hey Mr. Musk it’s time for your random drug test, here’s a cup.'"

SpaceX published an excruciating one-hour live stream of a 2017 meeting to presumably clear Elon Musk's name of having been on drugs.
Future Society

SpaceX Releases Bizarre Video in Attempt to Prove Elon Wasn’t on Drugs

"Brain's not working properly."

The Peregrine lunar lander had on board the human remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and others on its failed mission to the Moon.
Off-World

Gene Roddenberry’s Remains Now Drifting Through Space

A lonely end.

Numerous online videos and images have been posted showing Tesla's Cybertruck getting stuck in typical wintery conditions.
Advanced Transport

The Mighty Cybertruck Keeps Getting Stuck in the Snow

"I'll call Elon. He'll get you out."

OpenAI published a blog post in response to the New York Times' lawsuit, arguing that it's fine it's sucking up the paper's content for free.
OpenAI

OpenAI Says It’s Fine to Vacuum Up Everyone’s Content and Charge for It Without Paying Them

"We will all suffer in the end, fed a mediocre stew of regurgitate."

The part that forced an Alaska Airlines flight to emergency land has been linked to cost-cutting measures and stuffing more passengers.
Advanced Transport

Gaping Hole in Boeing 737 Linked to Stuffing More Passengers Into Flights

The incident may have been the result of "cost-cutting" measures.