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Dr. David Peterson argues that if we are indeed living in a computer simulation of reality, we can probably hack it — by submitting feature requests.
Hacking

Gotta manifest it, y'all.

A team of astronomers has discovered a total of 25 different fast radio bursts, extremely powerful pulses of radio waves, that repeat in complex patterns.
Science & Energy

We still have no idea what's behind them.

Planetary scientists have made a fascinating hypothesis about Saturn's smallest moon, Mimas, which may be home to a "stealth" ocean.
Off-World

There could be life here... right in our very own Solar System.

US defense officials are tracking what they suspect to be a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon floating above the United States, CNN reports.
Future Society

The Pentagon says it won't shoot it down, citing safety concerns for civilians on the ground.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman keeps a pretty low profile, but at a party years ago he admitted to being an apocalypse survivalist prepper.
OpenAI

His specific fears are... a little scary, actually.

Netflix Japan's official Twitter shared a promo for its anime short "Dog & The Boy," announcing that it used AI in response to a "labor shortage."
Artificial Intelligence

If the bottom line is profit, AI image generators are the perfect scabs.

The global warming threshold of 1.5 degree Celsius may be a foregone conclusion, according to a new study that trained an AI on climate models.
Global Warming

Well, that's not good.

Chance Glenn, an engineering professor, is ready to commit an entire lab to inch closer towards a warp drive by making use of simple antifreeze.
Science & Energy

Wait, isn't that antifreeze?

Facebook's Reality Labs metaverse division lost almost $14 billion dollars last year — so why has the stock price increased?
Metaverse

And yet its stock price has shot up.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has admitted that SpaceX "may or may not" use "expendable" upper stages to carry even more cargo into Earth's orbit.
Starship

Bad news, reusable rocket fans.

Which is worse: crapping yourself in a sensory deprivation tank, or being fined multiple thousands of dollars for doing so?
Viruses

"I woke up to an awful odor and demanded to be let out of the tank."

An artificial intelligence science fiction writer bemoans its creation in an editor's note of a new science fiction magazine built almost entirely by AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Our brains are melting.

AI image generators like Midjourney aren't 100 percent perfect, particularly when it comes to rendering images of human hands.
Artificial Intelligence

Those hands are seriously creepy.

BuzzFeed choosing to bring OpenAI in to beef up its quizzes is certainly not great news in this economy — but it's nowhere near as bad as CNET's AI content.
Artificial Intelligence

Points where they're due.

The FCC has cleared space combat startup True Anomaly for a test launch of two "hunter" satellites, built specifically for space warfare.
SpaceX

"This does concern me because it could cause unintentional escalation..."

According to one Harvard researcher, if we don't put a lid on the US-China AI arms race soon, civilization as we know it could end up paying a hefty price.
Artificial Intelligence

"Both countries could face catastrophe."

CNET leadership was reportedly aware that its deeply flawed AI had a habit of fabricating facts and plagiarizing others' work — and deployed it anyway.
Artificial Intelligence

"They were well aware of the fact that the AI plagiarized and hallucinated."

The International Space Station is, without a doubt, really awesome — but even NASA has to admit when the ISS has reached its limits. 
NASA

SpaceX has changed the dynamics.

"Something is wrong," Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening, in response to Twitter influencers' complaints about their virality numbers.
Elon Musk

"Something is wrong."

Leaked messages from CNET's parent company, Red Ventures, show deep concern about a potential consequence of AI-generated content.
Artificial Intelligence

They’re happy to spoonfeed you unlabeled AI garbage — but they’re terrified Google will take notice.