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Self-Driving Car Gets Stuck in Freshly Poured Concrete
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Gets Stuck in Freshly Poured Concrete

"It thinks it’s a road and it ain't because it ain't got a brain and it can't tell that it’s freshly poured concrete."

By Victor Tangermann

As the Ozempic craze continues in kind, websites are now purporting to sell knockoffs of the injectable drug without a prescription.
Health & Medicine

Sites Spring Up to Sell Semaglutide for Cheap With No Prescription

"I see there’s a reason it shouldn’t be sold on the black market."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla owners keep reporting a bit of a problem with their vehicles losing power... and locking them inside.
Tesla

Tesla Seems to Have a Small Problem With People Getting Locked Inside Its Cars

Help! I'm trapped in a Tesla!

By Noor Al-Sibai

At least two advertisers have pulled out of advertising on X-formerly-Twitter, after their ads appeared next to ads that promoted fascism.
Future Society

Brands Horrified When Their Twitter Ads Appear on Nazi Posts

Advertisers are still pulling out of Elon Musk's platform.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists took a bunch of alcoholic macaque monkeys and then successfully weaned them off alcohol after a round of gene therapy.
Gene Editing

New Gene Therapy Dramatically Reduces Booze Consumption in Alcoholic Monkeys

"We are entering an era of gene therapy for neurological disorders."

By Sharon Adarlo

A bizarre Bank of Ireland glitch allowed customers to withdraw up to 1,000 Euros from their accounts — even if they didn't have the money.
Future Society

Bank Accidentally Lets People Withdraw Money From ATMs Even If They Don’t Have Any

Free money glitch!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Russian state media recently shared the first images taken by its Luna-25 spacecraft, showing the Earth as a small dot in the distance.
Moon

Russia Sends Back Photos From Trip to Moon

From lunar orbit with love.

By Victor Tangermann

Google's AI-powered search doesn't understand geography. Or, apparently, the alphabet. And definitely not both at the same time.
Google

Google’s SGE Search AI Is Devouring False AI-Generated Info and Saying It’s True

For something so smart, it's so incredibly dumb.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Lamborghini just teased its "first 100 percent electric" supercar by posting an image of a silhouette. More details to follow soon.
Advanced Transport

They Seem to Be Working on an Electric Lamborghini

Intriguing.

By Victor Tangermann

As we get closer to the trial against disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, prosecutors are teasing new evidence from Caroline Ellison.
Blockchain

It Sounds Like Caroline Ellison Has Some Major Dirt on Sam Bankman-Fried

Ouch.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After a decade of research, scientists have managed to recreate a song from brain recordings with the help of AI.
Brain

Scientists Extracted a Pink Floyd Song From Someone’s Brain Waves. Here’s What It Sounds Like.

This recording is something else.

By Noor Al-Sibai

X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk is making it more difficult to access content via external links by literally slowing them down.
Elon Musk

Twitter Now Throttling Traffic to Sites Elon Musk Doesn’t Like

Surprise, surprise.

By Victor Tangermann

Guy Who Uses AI to Post as a Voluptuous Influencer: “I Usually Just Call Myself Her Manager”
Artificial Intelligence

Guy Who Uses AI to Post as a Voluptuous Influencer: “I Usually Just Call Myself Her Manager”

"I usually just call myself her manager."

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview with CNN, Kaku dismissed AI chatbots as "glorified tape recorders," arguing we're vastly overestimating their capabilities.
OpenAI

Michio Kaku Says AIs Like ChatGPT Are “Glorified Tape Recorders”

"This isn’t intelligence."

By Victor Tangermann

Ford CEO Jim Farley tried to charge an all electric light truck, the F-150 Lightning, during a road trip, but he ran into trouble.
Advanced Transport

Ford CEO Goes on Road Trip in Electric F-150, Runs Into Charging “Reality Check”

"Long hauling in an electric truck is an act of pioneerism."

By Sharon Adarlo

According to a joint report from NASA and NOAA scientists, July may have just been the hottest month in recorded history.
Climate Change

July Was the Hottest Month in Recorded History

"Last month was way, way warmer than anything we've ever seen."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists at the University of Chicago claim to have invented a tool that protects artists' work from being accurately reproduced by AI. 
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Say New Tool Makes Images Worthless for Training AI

"Yes, there is a point in pushing back."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People in an isolated area of Peru claim they were attacked by aliens but investigators think it's actually illegal miners using jetpacks.
Exobiology

Cops Say “Aliens” Attacking Amazonian Village Are Men With Jetpacks

"They seem armored like the Green Goblin from Spider Man."

By Sharon Adarlo

Self-driving cars caused a major traffic jam on Friday in San Francisco when ten of its self-driving taxis simply shut down.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Ten Self-Driving Cars Cause Huge Traffic Jam After Losing Wireless Signal

Behold: a car that only works when it's connected to the internet.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The latest nail in the coffin of the purported room temp superconductor is a failed replication test conducted by Czech researchers.
Science & Energy

Oops! Purported Room Temp Superconductor Fails to Work When Replicated by Outside Team

Yet another nail in the coffin.

By Victor Tangermann