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The European Space Agency carefully de-orbited its Aeolus satellite in July. Newly released images reveal its fiery, headlong descent.
Off-World

Amazing Images Show Final Moments of Satellite Before It Burns Up Completely

Spectacular.

By Frank Landymore

Claire "Grimes" Boucher has seemingly claimed that her billionaire baby daddy is not allowing her to see their son.
Elon Musk

Grimes Claims Elon Musk Isn’t Letting Her See Their Son

Ooph.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Top prosecutors from all 54 US states and territories are urging Congress to take action against AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Artificial Intelligence

Every Single State’s Attorney General Is Calling for Action on AI-Generated Child Abuse Materials

"We are engaged in a race against time to protect the children of our country from the dangers of AI."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In China, two people were detained for damaging a section of the Great Wall of China, which is hundreds of years old.
Future Society

Workers Detained for Plowing Construction Equipment Through Great Wall of China

They've been charged with "destroying a cultural relic."

By Sharon Adarlo

Japan has, for the first time in its history, succesfully launched a mission to the Moon — and it's unlike any other we've seen before. 
Moon

Japan Launches Mission to the Moon

This is super exciting, y'all.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto mining company Riot Platforms has revealed that it got $31.7 million in energy credits in August alone for limiting operations.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Miners’ New Hustle: Get the State to Pay Them to Shut Down When It’s Hot Out

This is outrageous.

By Victor Tangermann

A fierce debate has erupted over whether it's time to rename A. hitleri, an unfortunate Slovenian beetle named to honor Adolf Hitler.
Science & Energy

Scientists Debate Whether to Rename Bug Named After Adolf Hitler

"In which other spheres of human endeavor is anything still named [after] Hitler?"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The indigenous residents of a tiny island off the coast of Panama are being forced to flee as rising waters threaten to engulf their homes.
Science & Energy

Residents Flee Island as It Sinks Into the Ocean

"We know it's going to happen."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Gannett promised that no AI content would be published to its vast network without direct human oversight. This isn't how things played out.
Artificial Intelligence

Gannett Promised to Be Super Responsible With AI Before Completely Bungling It

They promised that no AI content would be published in its papers without human oversight.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk intentionally hamstrung SpaceX's Starlink network to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russia's naval fleet near the Crimean coast.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Secretly Manipulated Starlink to Hamstring Ukrainian Attack Against Russia

"How am I in this war?"

By Victor Tangermann

Gizmodo's owner fired the site's Spanish translators to replace them with automated software. Surprise: the AI is already doing a bad job.
Artificial Intelligence

Gizmodo Fires Spanish-Speaking Staff, Replaces Them With AI That Immediately Starts Making Sloppy Mistakes

Get ready for an internet full of butchered AI content.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

We tracked down one of the diarrhea plane's unlucky passengers, who confirmed that the defecation disaster was indeed extensive.
Advanced Transport

Passenger on Ill-Fated Diarrhea Plane Says Flight Attendants Were Forced to Craft “Makeshift Biohazard Suits”

"I woke up and there was a bit of a strange smell."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An AI pioneer and onetime Google executive has issued a stark warning about the technology he helped unleash upon the world.
Google

Former Google Exec Warns AI Could Create a Deadly Plague

"We are working with dangerous things."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japanese auto giant Toyota has had to shut down all of its factories in the country due to "insufficient disk space."
Advanced Transport

Toyota Factories Shut Down When Company Runs Out of Disk Space

It's a major fumble.

By Victor Tangermann

It appears that the US military is about to launch something big from the Space Force base in Cape Canaveral.
Future Society

The US Military Is Planning to Secretly Launch Something From Cape Canaveral

"We have nothing to announce at this time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An AI-generated song featuring the cloned vocals of Drake and the Weeknd has officially been submitted for two Grammys.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Drake Song Submitted for Grammys

"As far as the creative side, it’s absolutely eligible because it was written by a human."

By Victor Tangermann

Bad news for techie kinksters: a company that sold internet-connected chastity cages has exposed itself online. 
Internet Of Things

Internet-Connected Chastity Cage Reportedly Leaks Detailed Private Info About Users

Beware remote-controlled sex toys, y'all.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mitch McConnell's freezing spells have once again perturbed the nation, but there's apparently nothing happening that brain scans can see. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Mitch McConnell’s Doctor Says His Brain Scans Are Clear

The brain scans might be fine, but McConnell definitely doesn't seem to be.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After making it safely to the lunar surface last month, India's Vikram Moon lander just pulled off its next daring stunt.
Moon

India’s Moon Lander Just Took Off Again and Landed in a Different Place

"Vikram soft-landed on the Moon again!"

By Victor Tangermann

A 45-year-old man in New Jersey thought it was hilarious to contaminate nearby pools with packets of Sea Dye using a drone.
Future Society

Man Arrested for Dropping Chemical Into Swimming Pools Using Drone

"He was getting too happy with doing it."

By Victor Tangermann