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The Sinoloa Cartel has ordered producers and smugglers of fentanyl to stop working in an effort to deflect American law enforcement.
Developments

Brutal Mexican Cartel Bans Fentanyl Production and Sale

The penalty? Death.

By Sharon Adarlo

Google has moved to dismiss a class action data-scraping lawsuit regarding its AI training practices, which the suit alleges amount to theft.
Google

Google Terrified of Lawsuit That Would “Take a Sledgehammer” to Generative AI

"Using publicly available information to learn is not stealing."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk, madman that he is, is actually going to start charging to use the social network formerly known as Twitter. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Planning to Charge Users $1 to Tweet

It's a banana, Michael...

By Noor Al-Sibai

LinkedIn, a Microsoft-owned company, is laying off almost 700 people this month in a second round of lay offs.
Artificial Intelligence

LinkedIn Laying Off 700 as Microsoft Pivots to AI

But LinkedIn made $15 billion for the first time this year.

By Sharon Adarlo

It's week three of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial, and legal experts aren't optimistic about his chances.
Blockchain

Legal Experts Say SBF Is in Deep Trouble

Things aren't looking too hot.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

While announcing the city's AI plans, NYC's mayor bragged that his voice is now being cloned to make robocalls in Mandarin and Yiddish.
Artificial Intelligence

NYC’s Mayor Using AI to Make Robocalls of Him Speaking Chinese and Yiddish

"People stop me on the street all the time, they say 'I don’t know you speak Mandarin.'"

By Noor Al-Sibai

A couple in Scotland are mad after Tesla billed them more than $20,000 for repairs to their vehicle's battery after a drive through the rain.
Tesla

Tesla Charges Couple $20,000 After They Drove It in the Rain

"My heart missed a beat, honestly."

By Sharon Adarlo

Would you let a robot ink a cloud-based tattoo design onto you? For the low price of $10,000 and a trip to Austin, Texas, now you can. 
Robotics

Of Course Austin Has a Robot Tattoo Shop Now

These robot tattooers are apparently super-fast and cause nearly no pain.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A record shattering tremor on Mars still has scientists uncertain on its origin, after new research ruled out a meteoroid impact.
Mars

Scientists Puzzled by Sudden, Super-Loud Rumble Inside Mars

A so-called dead world.

By Frank Landymore

Military bases across the US could be polluting nearby water supplies with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the DoD says.
Military

US Military Bases Appear to Be Polluting Drinking Water, Pentagon Admits

"That is what we know so far ... and it took an act of Congress to get that much information."

By Frank Landymore

AI chatbots may, as new research suggests, be able to infer information about you based on small things you mention to them.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Just Found Something Terrifying About Talking to AI Chatbots

Great, another thing to worry about.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Announcing a solid-state battery partnership, Toyota displayed the sand-like electrolyte in a glass vessel that looks like a butt plug. 
Science & Energy

Toyota Put This Fascinating Photo in a Press Release About Electric Vehicles

Yes, seriously.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Humans have always decided what happens to animals without the creatures themselves having a vote. What if that changed?
Science & Energy

Lawyer Suggests Giving Animals the Right to Vote

And really, why not?

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to Meta's AI-powered Tom Brady horcrux, Colin Kaepernick just isn't good enough to play in the NFL. Oh, yeah, and he's "drama."
Meta

Meta’s AI-Powered Tom Brady Bot Trashes Colin Kaepernick, Saying He “Ain’t Good Enough” to Play in the NFL

"Kaepernick ain't playing 'cause he ain't good enough and teams don't want the drama."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The financial industry's increasing reliance on AI will most likely trigger the next financial crisis, according to the SEC chairman.
Artificial Intelligence

SEC Head Says It’s a Near-Certainty That AI Will Cause a Financial Crash

"Nearly unavoidable."

By Sharon Adarlo

Genetically supercharged trees and other plants could be promising CO2 vacuums, but are yet to be proven outside the greenhouse.
Climate Change

Scientists Working on Gene-Hacked Plants to Suck Up Extra CO2

It's a bold solution.

By Frank Landymore

Stack Overflow, is laying off 28 percent of its staff, just as OpenAI's ChatGPT is experiencing a big surge in popularity for coding help.
Artificial Intelligence

Stack Overflow Lays Off Employees as AI Threatens Coding Industry

AI code to Stack Overflow: adapt or die.

By Sharon Adarlo

Adobe has unveiled a sparkling, interactive dress — and got the research scientist who created it to model the high-tech couture. 
Future Society

Adobe Shows Off Dress That Can Change Its Pattern on the Fly

This is next level.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A massive cache of niobium-packed "niabobaoite" discovered in China may have broad implications for the global battery race.
Science & Energy

China Says It’s Discovered a Cache of a Strange New Ore

This could be a very big deal.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk has once again signaled his love for novelist George Orwell – without acknowledging the writer's well-known political stance.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Signals Support for Militant Socialist

Who's gonna tell him?

By Noor Al-Sibai