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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has spent more consecutive days in the Earth's orbit than any other NASA astronaut before him, at over 355 days.
NASA

NASA Astronaut Breaks Agency’s Record for Longest Stay in Space

He's still in good spirits.

By Victor Tangermann

Japan is sending a tennis ball-shaped rover, which was inspired by children's toys, to the Moon.
Moon

Japanese Moon Mission Carrying Weird Rolling Robot

It was inspired by children's toys.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found that solar geoengineering alone would have a limited impact on delaying the melting of ice in Antarctica.
Climate Change

It’s Too Late for Geoengineering Alone to Save Antarctica, Scientists Find

"The window of opportunity to limit the global temperature... is closing fast."

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists Perform “Health Check” on Planet Earth, Alarmed by What They Find
Climate Change

Scientists Perform “Health Check” on Planet Earth, Alarmed by What They Find

Talk about a bad physical.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This was yet another notable outage that ChatGPT has suffered in the past several weeks as user traffic falls.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Goes Down Right as Sam Altman Defends It in Washington

Oops!

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk says that no monkey "has died as a result of a Neuralink implant" and that Neuralink only tests on terminally ill animals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Tests Only on Terminally Ill Monkeys

Those are some serious mental gymnastics, Elon.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

And, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is literally resorting to giving away expensive Meta Quest Pro VR headsets for free.
Future Society

Facebook’s VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away

It keeps getting worse.

By Victor Tangermann

Flying hubcaps are not part of the Cybertruck's tech specs, but that seems to be what happened to one beta driver in California.
Advanced Transport

Piece Comes Flying Off Cybertruck While Driving

Uh, is this a new feature?

By Noor Al-Sibai

All it allegedly took for cyberattackers to hack MGM Grand casino servers was a LinkedIn scroll and a phone call.
Hacking

Casinos Shut Down Amid Hacker Intrusions

"A company valued at $33,900,000,000 was defeated by a 10-minute conversation."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Archaeologists were affronted to discover that billionaires had sent ancient hominin bones up on a Virgin Galactic spaceflight.
Off-World

Paleontologists Furious When Ancient Human Fossils Blasted to Space

"There’s no scientific merit in this."

By Noor Al-Sibai

MSN aggregated a seemingly AI-generated article about the recent death of former NBA player Brandon Hunter, which has now been taken down.
Artificial Intelligence

MSN Deletes Plagiarized, Incoherent AI Articles, Then Continues Cranking Out More

An update.

By Victor Tangermann

The IRS announced Monday that it will use "cutting-edge" AI tech to hold the US' wealthiest people and company accountable to tax debt.
Artificial Intelligence

The IRS Says It’s Using AI to Bust Zillionaire Tax Cheats

Honestly: go off, IRS.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The California Senate has passed a bill that requires self-driving trucks to have a human operator at all times while on public roads.
Self-Driving Vehicles

California Set to Ban Self-Driving Trucks With No Safety Driver

It's now up to governor Gavin Newsom.

By Victor Tangermann

A self-proclaimed UFOlogist unboxed incredibly fake-looking "alien mummies" allegedly found in Peru. They instantly became a meme.
Future Society

Those “Alien Mummies” Look So Fake That They’ve Become a Meme

"It's covered in elote seasoning."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft's MSN news portal published a garbled, seemingly AI-generated article that derided Hunter as "useless" in its headline.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Publishes Garbled AI Article Calling Tragically Deceased NBA Player “Useless”

"AI should not be writing obituaries."

By Victor Tangermann

Someone got an AI art generator to copy the illustration style of Tim Burton — and the director himself is having none of it.
Artificial Intelligence

Tim Burton Horrified by AI-Generated Art That Copies His Style

"It’s like a robot taking your humanity, your soul."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The SEC Is Going After Mila Kunis’ NFT Project
NFTs

The SEC Is Going After Mila Kunis’ NFT Project

It hasn't been a good week for the Kunis-Kutchers.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a show of the benefits of harm reduction, a volunteer overdose counselor describes her experiences talking to people who may die.
Health & Medicine

Incredible Hotline Counsels Drug Users Through Potential Overdoses Without Shame

"This is enabling — it enables health." 

By Noor Al-Sibai

Jailhouse internet is so bad, apparently, that Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers say it should be grounds for his release.
Future Society

Sam Bankman-Fried Complains That the Wi-Fi Is Bad in Jail

That must be really difficult for him.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some Tesla staff hated the design of the Cybertruck so much that they created a secret alternative design for the all-electric truck.
Tesla

Tesla Engineers Hated the Cybertruck So Much They Started Secretly Designing an Alternative

Elon Musk: "I don't do focus groups."

By Sharon Adarlo