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Saturn's icy moon Enceladus isn't only suspected to hold a liquid ocean beneath its icy crust — it's also covered in an astonishing amount of snow.
Moon

That's a lot of snow.

By Victor Tangermann

An AI has created stills from a non-existent Alejandro Jodorowsky version of "The Matrix" that "stars" Jeff Goldblum as Morpheus — and it's honestly epic.
Artificial Intelligence

Not gonna lie, these are pretty amazing.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Murphy, North Carolina, was a once quiet town in the Blue Ridge mountains, until a crypto mine showed up. Locals aren't just mad — they're taking action.
Cryptocurrency

A "small jet that never leaves."

By Frank Landymore

If you go outside at night on a clear day, there's a decent chance you'll be able to spot a giant, green comet passing by our planet.
Off-World

Now's the time.

By Victor Tangermann

Dubious online marketers at the notorious SEO forum BlackHatWorld see CNET's use of AI as a sign of Google opening the floodgates to AI written content.
Google

"Time to pump out content at ultra-high speed."

By Frank Landymore

Considering that the zombie fungus that infects human brains in The Last of Us is real, and currently zombifies insects, it's worth asking.
Neuroscience and Brain

Good thing it doesn't infect humans... yet.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

One group of researchers is now so confident in the capabilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT that they've included it as a coauthor in a scientific paper.
OpenAI

It was "definitely an intentional move, and one that we did spend some time thinking through."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study that analyzed tens of thousands worth of observations made by the human eye found that stars are fading from view much faster than expected.
Pollution

"... Light pollution is increasing, notwithstanding the countermeasures purportedly put in operation to limit it."

By Frank Landymore

TikTok employees reporetdly have access to a secret "heating" button. Hit that button, and content gets boosted — unbeknownst to users.
Future Society

Are we surprised?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

CNET and Bankrate parent company Red Ventures says it's pausing its AI-generated content efforts -- until the negative press dies down, at least.
Artificial Intelligence

"It’s uncomfortable, we will get through it, the news cycle will move on."

By Jon Christian

After speculation from Davos-attendees, the owner of the mysterious Bitcoin-orange Mercedes at the elite Alpine gathering has come forward.
Bitcoin

"If someone made bad decisions and lost money, it's their fault and not my car's."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an auction this week, Elon Musk decided to sell a number of objects from Twitter's Bay Area HQ — including the building's iconic blue bird logo.
Future Society

That's... one way to do it.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An artificial intelligence dubbed Claude got a "marginal pass" on a recent blindly graded law and economics exam at George Mason University.
Artificial Intelligence

A new ChatGPT competitor has emerged.

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI chatbot, Historical Figures, simulates conversations with famous leaders. Just one thing: every famous person in history is perfect. Noted.
Artificial Intelligence

Oh, okay.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold almost $3.6 billion of his Tesla shares — just before the company revealed disappointing fourth-quarter results to investors.
Elon Musk

"This should be of great interest to the SEC."

By Victor Tangermann

Any and all CNET stories about AI are marked with a very odd editor's note that lets readers know that elsewhere on the site, AI is writing articles.
Artificial Intelligence

Okay, that's weird.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

CNET insiders are making a startling claim: that the tech site has been secretly publishing material that wasn't labeled as bot-written at all.
Artificial Intelligence

"They use AI to rewrite the intros every two weeks or so because Google likes updated content. Eventually it gets so mangled that about every four months a real editor has to look at it and rewrite it."

By Jon Christian

"Star Trek" actor George Takei has aimed his sights at co-star William Shatner yet again, saying he did not in fact go into outer space.
Off-World

"I’ve also been in zero gravity but I did it for longer."

By Victor Tangermann

Make Sunsets had barely got two of its sulfur dioxide releasing balloons in the air before the Mexican government banned the experiments outright.
Solar Power

"I expected and hoped for dialogue."

By Frank Landymore

Content moderation is horrifying work, but Silicon Valley — this time, OpenAI — keeps taking advantage of cheap labor in the Global South to do it.
OpenAI

Once again, Silicon Valley rips off content moderators.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré