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Pieces of what appear to be heat shield tiles from SpaceX's explosive Starship orbital test launch keep appearing on beaches in Texas.
Starship

It Looks Like Starship Chunks Are Washing Up on Beaches

Not gonna lie, we're kinda jealous.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Commercial space launches are becoming a big problem in Florida, which according to Pete Buttigieg are clogging up flight paths.
Off-World

Florida Is Apparently Launching So Many Rockets That It’s Clogging Up Commercial Flights

Orlando, we have a problem.

By Noor Al-Sibai

An "AI girlfriend" chatbot has apparently started doing stuff it's not supposed to — stop us if you've heard this one before.
Artificial Intelligence

Creator of Rentable “AI Girlfriend” Says It’s Gone Rogue

Why does this keep happening?

By Noor Al-Sibai

During what would have otherwise been a normal Chicago River kayaking trip, a local spotted something incredible — a giant snapping turtle.
Science & Energy

Internet Stunned by Colossal “Chonkasaurus” Turtle Spotted in River

"Hey, how ya doing guy?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of former OpenAI researchers have built their own AI chatbot -- and, provocatively, they're trying to give it a conscience.
OpenAI

OpenAI Competitor Says Its Chatbot Has a Rudimentary Conscience

A fascinating concept.

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn is the one secretly running the show, not Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

The Guy Really Running Tesla Isn’t Elon Musk, Report Claims

"He doesn't take the limelight from Elon."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google just revealed vision for AI-integrated search — and that vision, apparently, involves cutting digital publishers off at the knees.
Google

Google Unveils Plan to Demolish the Journalism Industry Using AI

This could change everything.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

If aliens are out there, why haven't they contacted us yet? It may be, a new paper argues, that they were wiped out by superhuman AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Paper Claims AI May Be a Civilization-Destroying “Great Filter”

"Actively signaling our existence in a way detectable to such an extraterrestrial AI may not be in our best interest."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The feud between Elon Musk and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg seems to be deepening over Tesla's use of the term "Autopilot."
Tesla

Pete Buttigieg Slams Tesla’s Autopilot as Misleading

"I don’t think that something should be called, for example, an Autopilot, when the fine print says you need to have your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road at all times."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has announced it's intending to change the New Horizons mission's primary target from studying Kuiper Belt objects to heliophysics.
NASA

After 15 Year Journey, NASA Suddenly Redirecting Deep Space Mission to New Target

The mission's scientists are pissed.

By Victor Tangermann

A scammer claims to have made thousands of dollars by selling "leaked" tracks by Frank Ocean that were actually generated by an AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Leaked Frank Ocean Tracks Were Actually AI-Generated Fakes

"We determined just about everything he has is fake."

By Victor Tangermann

Spotify has taken down "tens of thousands," or roughly seven percent of songs uploaded by AI music startup Boomy.
Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Busts Network of Bots Listening to Bot-Generated Music

It's a devious scheme.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tech journalist John Herrman offered a simple explanation as to why Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went all-in on the metaverse.
Metaverse

There’s an Interesting Theory About Why Zuckerberg Wasted Billions on the Metaverse

This could explain a lot.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Janaese robotics company Jizai has come up with robotic limb contraption called Arms that can triple the number of arms of its wearer.
Robots and Machines

God Help Us! They Built Real Doctor Octopus Arms

Our Spider-Senses are tingling.

By Victor Tangermann

CarynAI is the digital extension of 23-year-old influencer Caryn Marjorie, who created a virtual version of herself with the help of an AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Influencer Creates AI Version of Herself That You Can Rent as a Girlfriend

"CarynAI is simply just an extension of me, an extension of my consciousness."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A possible meteorite struck a house in Hopewell, New Jersey on Monday — and incredibly, the decently-sized, maybe-space-rock is still intact.
Off-World

Cops Say Meteorite Appears to Have Smashed New Jersey House

"It fell right into their laps."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Wendy's is the latest fast-food chain to get in on the AI craze with its announcement about chatbots that will take customer orders.
Artificial Intelligence

Wendy’s Installing Drive-Thru AI Chatbot That Takes Your Order

"You won’t know you’re talking to anybody but an employee."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is slowly dying — but luckily, a couple of startups have a solution that may just be crazy enough to work.
NASA

Ingenious Plan Could Save NASA’s Hubble Telescope

"What we’ve proposed to NASA are options."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Fox recently announced that it's pitting a unusual mix of celebrities against each other during a simulated stay in a Martian colony.
Mars

New Show Traps Lance Armstrong and Ariel Winter in Simulated Mars Base

A bizarre mashup of celebs, trapped in a Mars base.

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla Cybertruck prototype was spotted by eagle-eyed onlookers outside Corpus Christi, Texas, stuck in a field.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Prototype Gets Stuck in Field

Tesla is still struggling to get production going.

By Victor Tangermann