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Elon Musk is, as anecdotes from Walter Isaacson's bombastic new biography illustrate, apparently a huge crybaby.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Apparently Bursts Into Tears With Surprising Frequency

"When he’s in a bad mood, he goes really dark."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A speaker comprising tiny robots can deploy multiple microphones to create speech zones that allow it to separate and mute conversations.
Robots and Machines

Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Speaker That “Mutes” Annoying People

"You can have four people having two conversations and isolate any of the four voices."

By Frank Landymore

An independent review board found several serious issues regarding NASA's Mars Sample Return mission's timetable, cost, and technical plans.
Mars

Experts Say NASA’s Mars Sample Return Plan Is Deeply Flawed

Talk about a bad review.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A growing body of research shows that poor dental health is linked with cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience and Brain

Research Suggests That Bad Dental Health May Increase Risk of Dementia

Brush your teeth, protect your brain.

By Frank Landymore

Got a billion dollars burning a hole in your pocket? Consider: donating it to Harvard Medical School in exchange for naming rights.
Science & Energy

Harvard Says That for $1 Billion, You Can Rename Its Medical School

Got a billion dollars lying around?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

For an emerald mine that Elon Musk says doesn't exist, his father, Errol Musk, sure seems to have some gruesome mine memories to share.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Dad Says Someone at His Emerald Mine Got Eaten by a Crocodile

"Think of the early Wild West, except add jungle, wild animals (and wild humans), and many many things that can kill you."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Authors, including John Grisham, announced they are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI, claiming its large language models are violating copyright.
OpenAI

OpenAI Trembles as John Grisham Joins Lawsuit Targeting ChatGPT

It's a legal thriller come to life.

By Victor Tangermann

Google just plugged Bard into a variety of its products — but the AI chatbot might not be the helpful assistant that Google wants it to be.
Google

Google’s New Gmail Tool Is Hallucinating Emails That Don’t Exist

You had one job!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An investigation by Wired reveals the grisly complications of Neuralink brain implants in monkeys, including brain swelling and paralysis.
Prosthetics and Devices

Terrible Things Happened to Monkeys After Getting Neuralink Implants, According to Veterinary Records

This is horrifying.

By Frank Landymore

The new model, AlphaMissense, has identified 71 million missense mutations and classified 89 percent of them as likely benign or malignant.
Gene Editing

Google DeepMind Claims Its AI Can Pinpoint Genetic Mutations That Cause Disease

Geneticists seem to be taking the announcement with a grain of salt.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The family of a North Carolina man is suing Google, claiming Google Maps directions made the father drive his car off a bridge last year.
Google

Family Sues Google for Fatally Telling Father to Drive Off Collapsed Bridge

He drowned after crashing into a creek below.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe rare pink diamonds were formed when an ancient supercontinent broke up 1.3 billion years ago.
Science & Energy

Pink Diamonds Emerged When a Supercontinent Broke Up, Scientists Say

They're well over a billion years old.

By Victor Tangermann

Parents in Spain are mad after naked deepfake pictures of their daughters were circulated in local schools.
Artificial Intelligence

Parents Furious After Deepfaked Nudes of Daughters Circulate at Schools

"I saw a naked photo of you."

By Sharon Adarlo

To fix their terribly writing AI, companies are now resorting to hiring poets and writers with humanity degrees.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Companies Desperately Hiring Authors and Poets to Fix Their Crappy Writing

Ironic.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a recent report by crypto platform dappGambl, 95 percent of NFT collections are worthless today.
NFTs

Study Finds 95 Percent of NFTs Are Now Worthless

NFTs are officially on life support.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew through a plasma flare, specifically called a coronal mass ejection, bursting from the Sun and survived.
NASA

NASA’s Solar Probe Survived Flying Right Through Massive Sun Explosion

Brighter than a thousand Suns.

By Sharon Adarlo

Sorry everyone, but the government says Varda Space's orbital pharmaceuticals can't come back to Earth just yet.
Developments

US Government Won’t Let Space Drugs Factory Come Back to Earth

Looks like Varda Space is hitting a wall.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of researchers in Japan claims to have figured out a way to translate the clucking of chickens with the use of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Say New AI Can Translate What Chickens Are Saying

"It’s a cluckin’ great leap for science!"

By Victor Tangermann

Google "Tank Man," and you might be met with a fake, AI-generated "Tank Man Selfie" as the search engine's top — and featured! — result.
Google

Google Made an AI-Generated Fake the First Result for “Tank Man”

Once again, Google's search engines are failing to block fake, AI-generated imagery from its top search results.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An aggressive Tesla driver, who was infamously involved in ten road rage incidents last year, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Tesla

Tesla Maniac Sentenced to Prison

"I just feel like he is going to get out and be infuriated..."

By Victor Tangermann