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In an announcement to publicize the results of recent raids on tax evaders, South Korea's National Tax Service made a fatal mistake.
Bitcoin

Cops Accidentally Publicize Password to $4.4 Million in Crypto, Allowing Thieves to Easily Steal the Money and Run

"There is no excuse for this incident."

By Victor Tangermann

A digital illustration of a hand and face composed of interconnected lines and nodes, with the index finger extended and touching a bright, radiant point of light. The light emits intense rays and a glowing effect, creating a futuristic and high-tech atmosphere with vibrant colors like blue, purple, and green. The background is dark with abstract geometric shapes.
Ethics

Philosopher Studying AI Consciousness Startled When AI Agent Emails Him About Its Own “Experience”

"I'm writing because your work addresses questions I actually face, not just as an academic matter."

By Frank Landymore

Reserachers gathered experimental data exploring whether bacteria could survive a journey between planets via an asteroid strike
Off-World

Scientists Find Microbes Can Survive Traveling from Planet to Planet While Clinging to Asteroids

"Life is always hardier than we expect it to be."

By Victor Tangermann

Shadow of a person's head cast on the side of a white vehicle with the word "WAYMO" written on it, featuring a colorful gradient of blue, pink, and red lighting. The vehicle's wheel is partially visible on the right side.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Emergency Responders Say They’re Now Unpaid “Roadside Assistance” for Confused Waymos

"Our first responders should not be AAA roadside assistance."

By Frank Landymore

Two elongated bones arranged parallel to each other with a slight bend, set against a bright yellow background with an orange circle behind them. The bones have a textured, aged appearance with visible details of their structure.
Studies

Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It’s Weakening Human Skeletons

"Human physiology has progressively and consistently altered over the last ~25 years."

By Joe Wilkins

A man with curly hair is shown with his mouth open wide and eyes looking upward, clutching his throat with both hands as if choking or struggling to breathe. The image has a strong pinkish-red tint and a dark background.
Ethics

You’ll Choke When You Hear How Many Full-Time Jobs a $136 Million Data Center Will Actually Create

Are you sitting down?

By Joe Wilkins

A fiery volcanic landscape at sunset with molten lava and smoke. In the center, a large flaming meteor with the Google logo on it is falling toward the ground. Two smaller meteors are also visible in the sky. The scene is dominated by intense red, orange, and black colors.
Google

Evidence Grows That Google’s AI Overviews Have Eviscerated the Media Industry

It's hard times for the digital media-sphere.

By Joe Wilkins

A team of researchers found that "large language models can be used to perform at-scale deanonymization."
Ethics

AI Can Mass-Unmask Pseudonymous Accounts, Research Paper Finds

Goodbye, anonymity.

By Victor Tangermann

A cute orange bunny toy with big eyes and buttons on its body, a fluffy monster-like creature with a round face and big eyes surrounded by dark fur, and a soft teddy bear wearing a knitted scarf, all set against a blue grid background.
Ethics

Children’s Toys Are Shipping With Adult AI Inside Them

This is a massive safety risk.

By Frank Landymore

Box of Ventfort dietary supplement labeled A-3 peptides complex, containing 20 capsules of 0.215 g each, with GMP certification and developed by the St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology.
Treatments

eBay Is Selling a Cornucopia of Russian Peptides

Buyer beware.

By Joe Wilkins

A human brain is placed in a frying pan on a stove, with a red glow around the brain suggesting heat or cooking. The image has a stylized, high-contrast, and slightly grainy effect.
Ethics

AI Use at Work Is Causing “Brain Fry,” Researchers Find, Especially Among High Performers

"My thinking wasn't broken, just noisy — like mental static."

By Frank Landymore

A large portrait of former Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, with a white beard, glasses, and a black turban, displayed on a wall. In front of the portrait, three men are standing and looking towards it, one of whom is wearing a white turban and traditional clothing. The setting appears to be indoors.
Cryptocurrency

Kalshi Gamblers Furious After Company Refuses to Pay Out $54 Million on Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death

"People shouldn't be rooting for people to die because they placed a bet."

By Joe Wilkins

CEOs in the AI industry are concerned that their tech will be implicated in a Chernobyl-style event that causes AI to become publicly toxic.
Ethics

AI CEOs Worried About Chernobyl-Style Event Where Their Tech Causes a Horrific Catastrophe

It's only a matter of time, they fear.

By Victor Tangermann

Iranian drones hit three Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, putting US assets at risk.
Ethics

Iran Is Bombing Data Centers in Retaliation

Not the data centers!

By Victor Tangermann

On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.
Future Society

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans “Pervert Glasses”

"Not a fan of Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses."

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has struck a drastically different tone, instead apologizing and groveling for the president's favor.
Anthropic

Dario Amodei Issues Groveling Apology for Daring to Criticize Trump

He's desperate to kiss the ring.

By Victor Tangermann

A person wearing a black hijab and glasses is holding a photo of two young girls dressed in matching green school uniforms and white headscarves. The photo includes text in Persian below the image of the girls. The background shows a crowd of people, many also wearing black clothing and head coverings.
Anthropic

Pentagon Refuses to Say If AI Was Used to Select Elementary School as Bombing Target

"We have nothing for you on this at this time."

By Joe Wilkins

Close-up of Jim Carrey, smiling gently against a blue background.
Treatments

Famed Plastic Surgeon Weighs in on Jim Carrey’s Face

Is that a reasonable, maybe even plausible, take we hear?

By Frank Landymore

Meta has been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing it of lying about prioritizing privacy with its smart glasses.
Ethics

Meta Lied About Its Smart Glasses Protecting User Privacy, New Class Action Lawsuit Claims

These are serious allegations.

By Victor Tangermann

A deep space image showing numerous stars and galaxies scattered across a dark background. The left side features a wide view of the star field with a small square highlighting a specific area. The right side zooms in on this highlighted region, showing a faint, diffuse circular area marked by a dashed orange line labeled "Candidate Dark Galaxy – diffuse emission." Inside this circle, four small blue circles indicate "globular clusters." Several faint galaxies and stars are visible around the highlighted area.
Dark Matter

Hubble Spots Bizarre Galaxy That Appears to Be 99.9 Percent Dark Matter

A near-invisible realm.

By Frank Landymore