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A startup called Telly is planning to give away a whopping 500,000 55-inch TVs to consumers with a second screen that shows ads.
Robots and Machines

Company Giving Away TVs With Second Screen That Shows Constant Ads

It's a data privacy nightmare come to life.

Nobody is entirely sure why the Space Force, the youngest branch of the military, exists. Even the service's top general isn't sure.
Space Force

Top Space Force General Confused About Why Space Force Exists

"We can do better."

It's finally happened — Elon Musk has finally been served over his alleged relationship to now-dead billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit

Not a great look for Elon.

Fanfiction writers realized an OpenAI-powered writing assistant app was suddenly spitting out incredibly specific erotic fiction.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Happy to Write Smut About Freakishly Obscure Sex Act

"It's stealing that."

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is raising $100 million for his startup that scans eyeballs and gives out crypto.
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Raising $100 Million to Scan Every Eyeball on Earth

Stare into the Orb.

Google employees reportedly played a drinking game during the company's I/O developer conference last week, mocking executives mentioning AI.
Google

Google Employees Mock Execs for Saying “AI” Over and Over

"Take a shot when someone says AI."

Startup Rhea Space Activity has announced that it's planning to launch a mission to breathe new life into NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
NASA

Military Funding “Resurrection” Mission for Derelict NASA Space Telescope

They want to give it an exciting new job.

In spite of breaking a world record, a Florida man who's been under the Keys for nearly two-and-a-half months is refusing to resurface. 
Science & Energy

Florida Man Has Been Living Underwater for Two and Half Months

"The thing that I miss the most about being on the surface is literally the Sun."

He might not helm Google anymore, but Eric Schmidt is absolutely still thinking like a tech CEO when it comes to AI.
Google

Ex-Google CEO Says We Should Trust AI Industry to Self-Regulate

What could possibly go wrong?

After the Turkish government asked Twitter to censor the opposition during the country's election, the Elon Musk-run social media complied.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Obediently Censors Twitter When Dictator Tells Him To

Is Musk just a "free speech opportunist?"

Climate change is increasing water temperatures off East Africa and this has led to increased pirate attacks in the region.
Climate Change

Climate Change Linked to Increased Pirate Attacks

Fishermen are pivoting to piracy as the seas heat up

The population of the European Union has slid by more than half a million since 2020, according to the number crunchers at Eurostat.
Future Society

The Population of Europe Now Appears to Be Falling

You can probably guess why.

Researchers have confirmed that an avocado-sized rock that smashed through a New Jersey roof is a meteorite.
Off-World

Experts Confirm Rock That Punched Through Family’s House Was Meteorite

It's around 4.56 billion years old.

Microsoft just made a massive bet on nuclear fusion energy — and that bet has OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's name written all over it.
Energy

Microsoft Signs Deal to Get Fusion Power by 2028

That's ambitious.

In a leaked internal memo, a Google exec expressed serious fears about losing the ongoing AI arms race to, well, anyone.
Google

Leaked Google Memo Shows Fear of Losing the AI Race, But Not to the Foe You’d Think

"The uncomfortable truth is, we aren’t positioned to win this arms race and neither is OpenAI."

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has found what scientists suggest could be evidence of a raging, fast-moving river that once flowed on Mars.
Mars

NASA Mars Rover Appears to Have Found Remnants of Ancient Raging River

Martian white water rafting, anybody?

Google CEO Sundar Pichai seems to be very confused as to why anyone might suggest that some AIs may replace human labor.
Google

Google CEO Baffled by Suggestion That AI Will Take People’s Jobs

He's stumped.

If you haven't heard: there's drama. Hollywood kidney transplant drama. But who's in the right, and who's in the wrong?
Developments

Fallout Between Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa May Involve Kidney Transplant

If you donated an organ, can you get mad if someone doesn't treat it well?

BuzzFeed has told investors that its readers spend 40 percent more time with its AI-built quizzes than the traditional ones.
Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Says Its AI Is Outperforming Its Pesky Human Employees

Game over, humans!

Scientists built a brain monitor that can be deployed through a tiny hole in the cranium and unfold like a flower between bone and brain.
Neuroscience and Brain

Brain Monitor Enters Hole in Skull, Deploys Flower-Shaped Electrodes

It penetrates the skull...then unfolds like a flower.