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CEO Who Said Safety Is a “Waste” on Board Lost Submarine
Future Society

CEO Who Said Safety Is a “Waste” on Board Lost Submarine

"I think I can do this just as safely while breaking the rules."

An underwater vessel has located a "debris field" within the search area during its hunt for the OceanGate submarine that went missing.
Future Society

Rescue Vessel Spots “Debris Field” During Search for Missing Submarine

That doesn't sound good.

OceanGate, the company behind the submarine that went missing, has officially announced that the crew of five "have sadly been lost."
Future Society

OceanGate Says Missing Submarine Passengers “Have Sadly Been Lost”

"We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew."

A company called Throwflame is selling a robot dog that has a flamethrower strapped to its back that can shoot 30-foot streams of fire.
Robot Dogs

Great, They’re Putting Flamethrowers on Robot Dogs Now

Welcome to hell.

The secret mode, which the hacker nicknamed "Elon Mode," allows for completely hands-free driving during Full Self-Driving mode.
Tesla

Hacker Discovers Hidden “Elon Mode” That Makes Teslas Way More Dangerous

Yikes.

Middle-aged tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are threatening to cage fight each other. And yes, it's all very stupid.
Elon Musk

It’s On! Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Agree to Brutal Cage Fight

Who's your money on?

Marvel Used AI to Generate the Intro Sequence to Its New Show, Angering Fans
Artificial Intelligence

Marvel Used AI to Generate the Intro Sequence to Its New Show, Angering Fans

"It's actually over."

Upside Foods and Good Meats received a grant of inspection from the USDA, allowing their lab grown meat products to be sold to consumers.
Science & Energy

First Lab Grown Meat Products Approved for Sale in US

Cultivated chicken anyone?

AI image generators are being used to create and share at-scale child sexual abuse material, ultimately making the issue harder to counter.
Artificial Intelligence

Predators Are AI-Generating “Really Evil” Child Sex Abuse Images, Experts Warn

It's an absolute nightmare.

Scientists in Europe are gearing up for the much-anticipated launch of Euclid, a telescope designed to track dark matter.
Dark Matter

Europe Is About to Launch a Dark Matter-Hunting Spacecraft

"We cannot say we understand the universe if the nature of these dark components remains a mystery."

In his latest bigoted tirade, Elon Musk insists that the term "cisgender" will now be considered a "slur" on Twitter.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Goes on Transphobic Rant, Says “Cisgender” Now a “Slur” on Twitter

This is appalling.

Meta-formerly-Facebook's says its new text-to-speech AI can edit existing audio, speak in six languages, and replicate loved ones' voices.
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook’s Creepy New AI Can Replicate Your Friends’ Voices

What could possibly go wrong?

A team of German scientists has discovered a parasitic tapeworm that can allow a certain species of ants to live way longer when infected.
Parasites

Terrifying Parasite Can Actually Triple an Ant’s Lifespan

The infected ants live a life of luxury as the rest of the colony suffers.

The Axel Springer-owned German tabloid Bild is to replace over a hundred editorial roles with AI, according to a leaked email.
Artificial Intelligence

Major Publishing House to Replace Hundreds of Jobs With AI

Many roles "will no longer exist as they do today."

As Reddit continues to protest the company's API changes, some enterprising posters have devised a novel way to get back at the company.
Future Society

Protesting Redditors Are Filling Subreddits With Porn

Reddit responded by locking some of them out of their accounts.

Elon Musk has found a way to be involved in the missing submarine debacle. The company behind the mission is using SpaceX Starlink.
Future Society

The Lost Submarine’s Comms Are Reportedly Run by SpaceX

We have questions.

While looking for the lost Titanic wreckage submersible, a Canadian aircraft detected a mysterious "banging" sound from the area.
Robots and Machines

Rescue Team Looking for Lost Submarine Detects Mysterious “Banging” Sounds

Could it really be them?

Five years ago, OceanGate, the company behind the now-missing submarine, brushed away warnings about the craft's safety.
Future Society

OceanGate Was Warned of “Catastrophic” Problems With Its Submarine Years Ago

A fired employee warned the company that it could "subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible."

TikTok has become a major hub for conspiracy theorists who claim that the Titanic never sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Future Society

Conspiracy Lunatics Think the Titanic Never Actually Sank

"It becomes kind of deflating to see a lot of this junk coming out."

A radio station decided to clone one of its DJs' voices using AI, deploy it like the real thing, and make the human DJ advertise it, too.
Artificial Intelligence

Radio DJ “Celebrates” Her New AI Clone Replacement

Time to pack your bags, "traditional Ashley."