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As Earth's temperatures continue to rise, some areas may soon become uninhabitable — and the consequences will be life or death.
Climate Change

Scientists Say Homes of Billions on Track to Become Uninhabitable

"Billions of poor people will suffer, and many could die."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The DOD is looking for tech that will protect against "cognitive attacks" that could disable soldiers wearing virtual reality devices.
Virtual Reality

DARPA Seeks to Protect Virtual Reality Against “Cognitive Attacks”

Yikes.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ketamine is still widely unregulated as a therapy, meaning that buying "prescriptions" online is pretty much just buying drugs.
Health & Medicine

FDA Warns That a Lot of “Ketamine Therapy” Seems to Just Be Partying

You might just be buying drugs, my guy.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Female European common frogs are taking ghosting to a whole new level, playing dead to deter unwanted males from latching onto them.
Science & Energy

Female Frogs Have an Effective Strategy for Dealing With Annoying Males: Pretend to Be Dead

A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Disney has come under fire after a video resurfaced showing horribly CGI-generated background actors in the movie "Prom Pact."
Artificial Intelligence

Disney Mocked for Ludicrously Fake CGI “Actors” in Crowd Scene

What were they thinking?

By Victor Tangermann

An astonishing number of celebrities who signed up to be turned into Meta AI chatbots are, or were, really into cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
Cryptocurrency

The Same Celebrities Who Shilled Crypto Are Now Turning Themselves Into Facebook’s AI Chatbots

Shocker.

By Victor Tangermann

Google set up a secretive Discord server for its most active Bard AI users — but their feedback isn't all positive.
Google

Google Insider Unimpressed by Its Cutting Edge AI

"The biggest challenge I’m still thinking of: what are LLMs truly useful for, in terms of helpfulness?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission has officially been launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA

SpaceX Launches NASA Mission to Metallic Asteroid

Destination: Psyche.

By Victor Tangermann

A document penned by former FTX head Sam Bankman-Fried has come to light — and reader, it is absolutely buckwild. 
Blockchain

You Have Got To See This Unhinged SBF Memo

All work and no play apparently makes Sam a dull boy.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Space Force leaders have forbidden their Guardians from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT on government devices.
Space Force

Space Force Gets Scared, Pauses All Use of Generative AI

A win for the Guardians!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A livid SpaceX has responded to the Federal Aviation Administration warnings, denouncing its analysis as "deeply flawed."
Off-World

FAA Warns That Falling Satellites Are Going to Start Killing People

The probabilities, if true, are chilling.

By Frank Landymore

Amazon's Alexa has been caught falsely saying that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen by a massive amount of election fraud."
Robots and Machines

Amazon’s Alexa Goes MAGA, Claims 2020 Election Was Stolen

Bad Alexa! Bad!

By Sharon Adarlo

As The Information reports, one unnamed celebrity got as much as $5 million from Meta to be turned into an AI chatbot.
Meta

Facebook Is Paying Celebrities Millions to Turn Them Into Chatbots

"Is this legal?"

By Victor Tangermann

Add cashing out $150 million in foreign bribes — and very weird plots involving Thai prostitutes — to the list of FTX uncanniness.
Blockchain

FTX Witness Says SBF Sent Chinese Officials $150 Million In Bribes

"$150 million for the thing."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Regularly gettin' down to some quality hanky panky may go a long way to protect aging humans against cognitive decline.
Studies

Scientists Find That Getting Naughty Helps Protect Against Cognitive Decline

Knock those boots, y'all! Your brain may thank you.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The IRS says that Microsoft owes tens of billions of dollars in back taxes — and apparently, the company isn't buying it. 
Future Society

The IRS Says Microsoft Owes More in Back Taxes Than It Invested in OpenAI

Imagine getting hit with an IRS bill like this.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A week after setting a world record for being the oldest person to skydive, a Chicago woman died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 104.
Developments

104-Year-Old Dies Days After Skydiving From Airplane

"The whole thing was delightful, wonderful, couldn’t have been better."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A public employee in Washington State is suing to get her health insurer to cover Wegovy, the expensive, headline-grabbing weight loss med.
RX and Medicine

Woman Sues to Get Wegovy Covered by Her Health Insurance

"They’re being penny wise and pound foolish."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The consumer DNA kit company 23andMe has acknowledged that hackers had gained access to user accounts, but we have lots of questions.
DNA

Hackers Selling Stolen Customer DNA Data From 23AndMe

Your DNA data shouldn't be in the hands of for-profit companies.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has canceled a planned spacewalk, citing an ammonia coolant leak, which was discovered on the Russian segment earlier this week.
NASA

NASA Postpones Spacewalk Due to Leak on Space Station

Better safe than sorry.

By Victor Tangermann