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Switzerland-based startup Energy Vault has broken ground on two huge gravity battery facilities in Texas and just north of Shanghai, China, CNET reports.
Energy

Company Builds Facility That Lifts and Lowers 24-Ton Bricks to Store Energy

It's a genius idea.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX finally got Starship off the ground, but it looks like it didn't do its due diligence to make sure the aftermath didn't spill over to nearby cities.
SpaceX

City Annoyed When SpaceX Launch Coats It in Layer of Grime

"The locals here are just being sacrificed."

By Frank Landymore

Artist and music producer Austin Richard "Post Malone" Post got a rare chance to talk to NASA astronauts currently stationed on board the ISS.
Off-World

Space Station Contacted by Bizarre Life Form: Post Malone

It's an excruciating watch.

By Victor Tangermann

In a viral social media video, the FDNY's new Spot robodog is seen being deployed into a search-and-rescue zone — only to simply fall over.
Robot Dogs

$75,000 FDNY Robodog Goes to Work, Falls Over Almost Immediately

"That didn't work out for the dog so well."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft for having the company's partner OpenAI train its AI models "illegally using Twitter data."
Elon Musk

Furious Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Microsoft

"Lawsuit time."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Harvard Medical School scientists has come up with a new drug-like cocktail of molecules that can successfully regenerate hair cells.
Gene Editing

Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Regenerate Lost Hearing

They claim to have found the "holy grail" of the hearing loss field.

By Victor Tangermann

Anxious about AI taking your job? Per a new BBC report, you're not alone — and frankly, automation worries aren't exactly far-fetched.
Artificial Intelligence

A New Fear Is Spreading: AI Anxiety

"We're all just hoping that our clients will recognize [our] value."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A published YA author recommended up and comers use ChatGPT to critique your writing. We're here to tell you that this is a bad, bad idea.
OpenAI

Your Brain Will Melt When You Hear How This Author Is Using ChatGPT

It's an absolutely terrible idea.

By Frank Landymore

PSA for anyone planning a trip to Florida: massive, smelly globs of seaweed and algae calle Sargassum are currently headed toward the state's shores.
Science & Energy

Huge Blobs Headed Toward Florida

Also: they smell.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In recent months, Elon Musk has backtracked on previous claims that his family owned part of an emerald mine. But according to his dad? The mine was real.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Dad Says His Son’s Whole Career Was Funded by That Emerald Mine

"Elon knows it's true. All the kids know about it."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Universal Music Group is pissed about AI, and it's already taken down a viral voice clone of "Drake" and "the Weeknd." This is likely only the beginning.
Artificial Intelligence

Drake’s Label Is Still Absolutely Furious About That AI-Generated Song

It's not giving up its crusade against AI music.

By Frank Landymore

Red Cross Challenges Gamers Not to Commit Any War Crimes
Future Society

Red Cross Challenges Gamers Not to Commit Any War Crimes

"Even wars have rules — rules which protect humanity on battlefields IRL."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

You'd think being trapped in a cave for over a year would be a nightmare, but Spanish mountaineer Beatriz Flamini says it was a mighty good time.
Future Society

Woman Confined to Cave for 500 Days Says She Had a Nice Time

"In fact, I didn't want to come out."

By Frank Landymore

Over the weekend, Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, took to Twitter to proclaim that humans are hardwired for either "dominance or submission."
Meta

Meta’s Head of AI Has Some Interesting Beliefs About Dominance and Submission

Yikes.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a viral leaked video, Clearlink CEO James Clark told his writers that they should use AI to put out "30 to 50 times" more content than they do now.
Artificial Intelligence

Media CEO Says Writers Should Be Using AI to Churn Out “30-50 Times” More Content

"We must grow and we must adapt — even Darwin style, as a business is the ultimate survival of the fittest."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Experts Say SpaceX’s Rocket Exploding Was a Huge Success
SpaceX

Experts Say SpaceX’s Rocket Exploding Was a Huge Success

"Any idiot can handle things when all goes right. When there is a failure, you want an orderly failure."

By Victor Tangermann

While Muslims commemorated one of Ramadan's holiest nights below, an Arab astronaut showed how brightly Mecca is lit up while looking down from space.
Off-World

Muslim Astronaut Posts Stunning Video of Mecca From Space

This footage is absolutely incredible.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk Lost $13 Billion on 4/20
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Lost $13 Billion on 4/20

Investors aren't laughing.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has revealed what caused its gigantic Starship spacecraft prototype to blow up during the company's inaugural orbital test launch today.
Starship

It Turns Out SpaceX Blew Up Starship on Purpose

It wasn't a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" after all.

By Victor Tangermann

Just a week after urging its writers to incorporate AI tools like ChatGPT into their workflow, Insider has laid off 10 percent of its staff.
Artificial Intelligence

Insider Lays Off 10 Percent of Staff After Announcing Pivot to AI

Not loving this pattern.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré