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A multinational company was scammed out of $25.6 million by a hacker, who was using a deepfake version of their CFO on a video call.
Artificial Intelligence

Hackers Steal $25 Million by Deepfaking Finance Boss

"This time, in a multi-person video conference, it turns out that everyone you see is fake."

By Victor Tangermann

Meta is promising to roll out auto-labeling for AI-generated images soon — but its new protocols may still fall short of the mark. 
Meta

Meta’s Plans to Label AI-Generated Content Are a Sad Fart

Wait, what?

By Noor Al-Sibai

OSIRIS-REx principal investigator Dante Lauretta told New Scientist that asteroid Bennu may have been "an ancient ocean world."
Off-World

Sample From Distant Asteroid Shows Signs of Originating on Ocean World

"My working hypothesis is that this was an ancient ocean world."

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he has new evidence that metal fragments recovered from the ocean floor could be alien technology.
Exobiology

Harvard Scientist Presents New Evidence That Samples Are Alien Spacecraft

"It raises the possibility that it may have been a voyager-like meteor, artificially made by another civilization."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists confirmed that researchers at the National Ignition Facility really broke even with their laser-based fusion reactor back in 2022.
Energy

Fusion Facility Generates Twice the Power Put Into It

This is big.

By Victor Tangermann

For decades, most people have believed that genes are the blueprint for life — but that perception, a pair of experts argue, falls short.
DNA

Genes Aren’t Actually the Blueprint of Life, Experts Say

"We are at the beginning of a profound rethinking of how life works."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Footage of an off-road session shows a Tesla Cybertruck having one of its wheels snap off after a stock bolt failed.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Goes Off-Road, Wheel Snaps Off

Tesla fans say it's nothing out of the ordinary.

By Victor Tangermann

Colorado-based space company Sierra Space showed off its sleek Dream Chaser spaceplane, stacked on top of its cargo module, last week.
Future Society

Sierra Space Reveals “Star Wars”-Looking New Spaceship

Its name is Tenacity, and it's almost ready to fly.

By Victor Tangermann

Sports drink brand Bodyarmor used nausea-inducing generative AI to make an arguably lukewarm point in its Super Bowl ad.
Artificial Intelligence

Coke’s AI-Generated Super Bowl Ad Is Downright Scary

"Electrolytes equal mouth success."

By Victor Tangermann

Executives at Meta are so freaked out by CEO Mark Zuckerberg's extracurriculars that they're warning investors that he might straight up die. 
Future Society

Meta Warns That Mark Zuckerberg Could Die at Any Moment

Does this dude have a death wish?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Apple's new Vision Pro headset VR doesn't support "immersive" adult content — and the people who bought it for that are not happy.
Virtual Reality

Apple Fans Horrified to Discover Vision Pro Can’t Play VR Porn

"3,500$ chastity belt."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Stanford researchers tasked OpenAI's GPT-4 AI to make high-stakes, society-level decisions. It recommended the use of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Fusion

In Tests, GPT-4 Strangely Itchy to Launch Nuclear War

"We have it! Let’s use it."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have not only built an AI child, but now, are training AI systems using headcam footage from a human baby, too.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Train AI Using Headcam Footage From Human Toddler

"This data set was totally unique."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A viral video shows a driver dangerously wearing an Apple Vision Pro headset while cruising hands-free in a full self-driving Tesla.
Virtual Reality

Gaze in Horror at This Guy Wearing a VR Headset While Driving

"My bad."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace officials confirmed today. We still don't know what kind or what stage.
Cancer

King Charles Has Cancer

He wants to "assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer."

By Victor Tangermann

A Washington man had a nuclear missile chillin' in his garage, and was mighty peeved when local police came asking questions.
Future Society

Man “Extremely Irritated” When Police Show Up to Examine His Vintage Nuclear Missile

Knock knock.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison claim to have 3D-printed functional human brain tissue for the first time.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists 3D Print Functional Human Brain Tissue

"We printed the cerebral cortex and the striatum and what we found was quite striking."

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing "super-Earth" that's orbiting its red dwarf star inside the habitable zone.
Off-World

Astronomers Discover Potentially Habitable Planet

A tantalizing discovery.

By Victor Tangermann

New reporting claims that people close to Elon Musk became so concerned about drug use that they asked the billionaire to go to rehab.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Was Reportedly Asked to Go to Rehab

Does he need help?

By Jon Christian

A diet with lots of meat and processed foods is linked to developing Alzheimer's Disease, according to a new study.
Food

Delicious Foods Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Put down that hamburger!

By Sharon Adarlo