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Elon Musk's Neuralink brain-computer interface company is apparently ready to begin its robot-assisted brain chip implantation.
Brain

Neuralink Ready to Start Letting Robots Implant Chips into Human Brains

In spite of it all, it's really happening.

A husband-and-wife duo have published a book about life on Mars that includes a section about the ethics of astronaut cannibalism.
Off-World

Should Astronauts Be Allowed to Eat Each Other If They’re Starving?

"Is it wrong to waste such a neatly packaged meal?"

In newly-released audio recorded by journalist Tiffany Fong, former crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said he had done "net harm to the world."
Future Society

In Newly-Released Audio, SBF Admits He’s “Done Net Harm to the World”

"The fact that I have done that harm weighs enormously on me."

A matte-black Cybertruck, which Tesla chief designer Franz von Holzhausen was driving around Southern California, looks awful up close.
Advanced Transport

That Matte Black Cybertruck Looks Absolutely Horrendous Up Close

This is just embarrassing.

Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal how Cruise failed to meet its own safety standards for driving around kids.
Advanced Transport

Cruise Reportedly Knew Its Robotaxis Struggled to Notice Children and Kept Them on the Road Anyway

"Based on the simulation results, we can't rule out that a fully autonomous vehicle might have struck the child."

OpenAI's first DevDay was jam-packed with updates and announcements. But according to CEO Sam Altman, we've yet to scratch the AI surface.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says What OpenAI’s Secretly Working on Will Make Today’s AI Seem “Quaint”

Fasten your seatbelts.

A team of researchers at Kyoto University has constructed a satellite made out of wood — and it's almost ready to fly into space.
NASA

NASA Getting Ready to Launch Wooden Satellite

Is the future... wood?

Software engineer Julian Joseph applied to 5,000 jobs using an AI tool called LazyApply. He got 20 interviews.
Artificial Intelligence

Unemployed Man Uses AI to Apply for 5,000 Jobs, Gets 20 Interviews

"I see it as taking back some of the power that’s been ceded to the companies over the years."

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An orca pod has once again attacked and sank a boat off the Strait of Gibraltar, adding to the growing list of similar incidents.
Science & Energy

Orcas Strike Again, Sinking Another Yacht

They're back at it again, folks.

Studies have found that older adults, who use marijuana every day were far more likely to develop heart attacks or strokes when hospitalized.
Studies

Marijuana Use Linked to Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokes

Yikes.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot dubbed "Grok" will be a far more crass and dad joke-prone chatbot compared to other AI models.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk’s New Chatbot Is Astoundingly Vulgar

Is this what you wanted?

An industry group of sleep doctors is renewing its plea for Daylight Savings Time to be abolished, saying it's harmful to public health. 
Developments

Doctors Call for Eliminating Daylight Savings Time

"Daylight saving time increases risks to our physical health, mental well-being, and public safety."

After a decade of drone dreams, Amazon's "Prime Air" drone delivery service seems to still be barely functional.
Drones

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Is a Dismal Failure That Can Only Carry a Single Can of Soup

It hasn't been a revolution in delivery tech, that's for sure.

An Asian fashion model is clapping back against the use of AI to make her look white in photos from a recent runway show.
Artificial Intelligence

Asian Runway Model Says AI Was Used to Make Her Look White

"It's very dehumanizing."

Earlier this year, Polish drinks company Dictador announced that it had anointed an AI-powered robot called Mika as its "experimental CEO."
Robotics

Company Appoints AI-Powered Robot as CEO

"I don't really have weekends."

Natalie Tien, Sam Bankman-Fried's former assistant, is defending her old boss — but is also wondering if it's just Stockholm syndrome.
Blockchain

SBF’s Former Assistant Says He Was Like a Little Boy Who Made a Huge Mistake

"And I just feel like it was watching a kid do something that went really wrong."

Microsoft's Xbox division has partnered with Inworld AI, a Silicon Valley-based company, to collaborate on AI NPCs.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Working on AI-Powered NPCs for Xbox Games

It's like ChatGPT, but for the innkeeper, who's about to send you on an epic side quest.

To raise some much-needed money, the site formerly known as Twitter is apparently moving forward with plans to sell off inactive usernames. 
Future Society

Twitter Desperately Trying to Sell Off Inactive Usernames

And it won't be cheap, either.

After attending a Bored Ape-themed party in Hong Kong, some of the partygoers' eyes started mysteriously burning.
Future Society

People Say Their Eyes Are Burning After Attending a Bored Ape Event

"Please go get your eyes checked immediately."