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What appears to be a "rogue" supermassive black hole is leaving behind a trail of newly spawned stars in its wake as it escapes its host galaxy.
Black Holes

Hubble May Have Spotted a Supermassive Black Hole Breaking Free From Its Galaxy

"Whatever it is, we haven’t seen it before."

A German Microsoft executive, for some reason, is claiming that OpenAI will drop GPT-4, its follow-up to the powerful GPT-3, "next week."
OpenAI

Microsoft Says OpenAI’s Latest Blockbuster AI Is Dropping “Next Week”

We have questions.

SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter CEO Elon Musk is planning to build his own town, called "Snailbrook," in Texas, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Elon Musk

Report: Elon Musk is Building His Own Town in Texas

Musk wants his own company town where people live and work for him.

College admissions are at an all-time low in the wake of COVID-19 because it seems, would-be students don't think it's worth the money anymore.
Future Society

A Shocking Percentage of High School Graduates Are Absolutely Refusing to Go to College

They're fed up.

Physicists accomplished the feat using lasers as optical traps, though they had quantum computing in mind more so than a national pastime.
Physics

Scientists Play Tiniest Game of Baseball By Throwing and Catching Individual Atoms

Eat your heart out, Antman.

A former Twitter executive is sounding off on Elon Musk after the CEO bashed a disabled ex-employee on the platform and had to apologize later.
Elon Musk

Ex-Twitter VP Says Elon Musk Is Behaving “Like the Local Drunk”

"Well now, Wile E. Coyote has looked down and realized gravity does apply to him, too."

The FBI is alleging that Perryman knowingly created and sold "dummy," plastic medical implants to medical systems and chronic pain patients for $16k each.
Medical

Former Biotech CEO Arrested for Implanting Phony Medical Devices in Patients

She was allegedly pushing "dummy" medical implants "made entirely of plastic."

Australian scientists have discovered a new bacterial enzyme that can turn air — yes, seriously — into working electricity.
Energy

Scientists Discover Enzyme That Can Turn Air Into Electricity

Woah.

A pair of Johns Hopkins economics experts eviscerated the crypto industry and equated it to cocaine in a scathing anti-regulation takedown. 
Cryptocurrency

Economists Compare Crypto to “Cocaine” in Scathing Takedown

They pulled zero punches.

Noam Chomsky, the world's preeminent linguist, has spoken, and he seems mighty tired of everyone's whining about artificial intelligence as it stands today. 
Artificial Intelligence

Noam Chomsky: AI Isn’t Coming For Us All, You Idiots

"That day may come, but its dawn is not yet breaking."

Florida-based startup Lonestar Data Holdings will be testing a data center on the Moon, which it believes could be the most secure location for data yet.
Moon

Florida Man Plotting to Build Web Servers on the Moon

Taking cloud computing beyond our atmosphere.

Humane just raked in $100 million in a Series C funding round, inking Microsoft and OpenAI deals in the process. What are they actually selling, though?
Artificial Intelligence

Company Raises $100M After Announcing Shift to AI, But Has No Discernible Product

We're in the middle of an AI gold rush — but is there any gold?

According to one conspiracy-minded Congressional Republican, there's a chance that his employer is reverse-engineering alien technology salvaged from UFOs. 
Off-World

Congressman Claims the US Government Has “Reverse-Engineered” Alien Tech from UFOs

It's a pretty outlandish theory.

The director behind "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief," is making a movie about Elon Musk, which the latter has already denounced.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Calls Movie About Him That Isn’t Even Out Yet a “Hit Piece”

"How would you know?"

Scientists have decided to resurrect ancient "zombie" viruses found in permafrost in an effort to head off one of climate change's freakiest eventualities.
Viruses

We’re Totally OK With This 48,500 Year Old “Zombie” Virus Being Resurrected

What could possibly go wrong?

According to a new study, the water in our Solar System is likely older than our Sun — and the secret, they say, was discovered in another star.
Off-World

Water Existed Long Before the Solar System, Astronomers Find

It's the "missing the link" we've been looking for.

Facebook's new artificial intelligence model for researchers and governments has been leaked — and naturally, it ended up on 4chan. 
OpenAI

Facebook’s Powerful ChatGPT Competitor Leaks on 4Chan

Of course it ended up on 4chan.

Twitter Finances Reportedly Tank Under Elon Musk’s Brilliant Leadership
Elon Musk

Twitter Finances Reportedly Tank Under Elon Musk’s Brilliant Leadership

Everything's fine!

To the credit of both Coperni and Boston Dynamics, we can't stop thinking about the viral robodogs-on-the-runway stunt. But only because it sucked.
Robot Dogs

Robodog Peeling Off a Model’s Clothes Is a Viral Riff on Ominous Tech

We can't stop thinking about the robodog stunt. But only because it sucked.

According to a new study, AI tools might seriously improve humanity's chances of discovering aliens on Mars — and beyond.
Exobiology

Scientists Want to Use AI to Hunt for Aliens on Mars

Their proof-of-concept works astonishingly well.