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To combat the worst effects of climate change, we need all hands on deck — and robotic ones definitely do apply. 
Robotics

A Robot Is Helping Reforest The Amazon

Finally, a robot that actually *helps* the environment.

By Noor Al-Sibai

GitHub found that 92 percent of the 500 US-based developers they surveyed said that they integrate AI tools into their workflow.
Artificial Intelligence

GitHub Says 92 Percent of Programmers Are Using AI

Clever or just plain lazy?

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have spotted the fastest runaway star to have ever escaped the Milky Way as a result of a massive thermonuclear explosion.
Off-World

Scientists Spot Star Fleeing Our Galaxy at Incredible Speed

Did we do something wrong?

By Victor Tangermann

Droves of Amazon's human "Mechanical Turk" workers are using AI systems to automate the training of AI systems.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Using AI to Automate Responses to Site That Pays Them to Train AI

"One of our key sources of human data is no longer fully 'human!'"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After unceremoniously blowing up during its first test, Starship's next launch could be this summer, if SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is to believed.
Starship

Elon Musk Preparing to Launch His Explodey Starship Rocket Once Again

Back, hopefully without a bang.

By Frank Landymore

CEOs from a diverse cross-section of Fortune 500 companies believe AI might destroy humanity — and they think it could happen soon.
Artificial Intelligence

42 Percent of CEOs Think AI May Destroy Humanity This Decade

"It's pretty dark and alarming."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google's parent company Alphabet is warning employees about how they use AI chatbots — including its own tool called Bard, Reuters reports.
Google

Google Warns Employees About Using AI, While Promoting Its Own AI

Double standard, much?

By Victor Tangermann

The robot arms featured in Beyoncé Knowles' Renaissance World Tour are impressive. But they might be more dangerous than they look.
Robotics

Expert Issues Warning About Beyoncé’s Fearsome Robot Arms

"It looks like they would hurt a lot."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Orcas Are Apparently Attacking Boats Almost Every Day Now
Biology

Orcas Are Apparently Attacking Boats Almost Every Day Now

"There are days we have two or three."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Following multiple defaults on rent and a failure to even respond to its landlord, it looks like Twitter's Colorado HQ is kaput.
Future Society

Judge Tells Cops to Evict Twitter Office Over Unpaid Rent

Finally, a landlord we can all root for.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The CEO of Reddit is big mad that his moderators are protesting him, and he might just do something about it.
Future Society

Reddit CEO Flies Into a Rage, Threatens Protesting Moderators

We're not sure this guy knows what "democracy" means.

By Noor Al-Sibai

By using a technique known as error mitigation, IBM scientists believe they've worked around the uncertainty that plagues quantum processors.
Physics

IBM Says It’s Made a Big Breakthrough in Quantum Computing

"We're entering this phase of quantum computing that I call... the era of utility."

By Frank Landymore

A team of scientists has created synthetic human embryos from stem cells without the need for either an egg or sperm.
Developments

Scientists Create Synthetic Human Embryos Using No Sperm or Egg

"It’s beautiful and created entirely from embryonic stem cells."

By Victor Tangermann

A 21-year-old man called Max Park has just broken the world record for the fastest time to solve a Rubik's Cube.
Future Society

Man Solves Rubik’s Cube in Three Seconds

Incredible.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A 14-year-old prodigy is old enough to work at SpaceX, but not old enough to have a LinkedIn profile — and he's furious about it.
Future Society

14-Year-Old SpaceX Employee Furious When LinkedIn Restricts His Account for Being Too Young

What a whirlwind week this kid has had!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google is required to pay out $23 million to users as part of a class action lawsuit settlement. You have until July 31 to make a claim.
Future Society

If You Googled Anything During the Years “30 Rock” Was on TV, You Can Get Free Money Right Now

Dollar dollar bills, y'all.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook's AI guru is coming for the artificial intelligence chatbot craze — and it may put him at odds with his own employer. 
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook’s Chief AI Scientist Says LLMs Are Just a Passing Fad

He might want to talk to his boss about this.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Enceladus, an icy, 300 miles-in-diameter Moon that orbits Saturn, contains all of the six major ingredients for life after all.
Exobiology

Scientists Extremely Intrigued to Find Ingredients for Life on Enceladus

"The next step is to figure out if indeed it is inhabited..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Cybertruck With Camouflage Pattern Spotted at In-N-Out Drive-Thru
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck With Camouflage Pattern Spotted at In-N-Out Drive-Thru

"Good thing we used camo lol."

By Victor Tangermann

Cedric Lodge, manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue, allegedly let some of his patrons into the morgue to shop for human remains.
Developments

Harvard’s Morgue Manager Accused of Selling Stolen Body Parts

Heads were sold, and heads will roll.

By Frank Landymore