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Cedric Lodge, manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue, allegedly let some of his patrons into the morgue to shop for human remains.
Developments

Harvard’s Morgue Manager Accused of Selling Stolen Body Parts

Heads were sold, and heads will roll.

By Frank Landymore

The Food and Drug Administration just approved the first topical erectile dysfunction drug in the US that works within just ten minutes.
RX and Medicine

FDA Approves First Erectile Dysfunction Gel That Doesn’t Require a Prescription

Things are looking up.

By Frank Landymore

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' lawyers claim she can't pay monthly installments of $250 to her victims after prison.
Future Society

Elizabeth Holmes Says She Can’t Afford $250 Per Month to Pay Back Victims

Her lawyers say she has "limited financial resources."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers found that sharks — including juvenile great white sharks  — hang out far closer to swimmers and surfers than previously thought.
Drones

Drone Footage Shows Swimmers Often Have No Idea There Are Giant Sharks Right Nearby

Just don't look down.

By Victor Tangermann

Gamurs, which owns gaming sites like Destructoid and Dot Esports, is looking for an AI editor to output up to 250 articles per week.
Artificial Intelligence

Owner of Gaming Sites Fires Writers, Hires for “AI Editor” to Churn Out Hundreds of Articles Per Week

"The future of written gaming content is here!"

By Frank Landymore

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is worried we'll turn into the blobby people being carted around on hovering recliners, like in "WALL-E."
Virtual Reality

Jack Dorsey Says VR Will Turn Us Into the Blob People From “WALL-E”

"That's the future we're driving towards — with everyone in the floating chairs, drinking their food out of straws, and constant 24/7 entertainment."

By Victor Tangermann

AI-generated content might be transforming the internet into an error-ridden, incomprehensible garbage heap, but at least it's funny.
Artificial Intelligence

This Clickbait Site Is Even Generating Images Using AI and the Results Are Unintentionally Hilarious

Tag yourself, we're nightmare Shrek.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A 76-year-old woman who'd been declared dead after a stroke gasped for air when her coffin was opened at a funeral home.
Developments

Funeral Home Startled When Body in Coffin Turns Out to Be Alive

"After about five hours of the wake, the coffin started to make sounds."

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the scientists who invented the underlying mechanism of Ozempic has a pretty severe warning for those interested in taking it.
RX and Medicine

Scientist Behind Ozempic Warns That There’s a “Price”

"Once you’ve been on this for a year or two, life is so miserably boring that you can’t stand it."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Forget the gas masks and Spam, and maybe try buying some encyclopedias to prepare for the AI-driven information apocalypse instead.
Artificial Intelligence

Guy Buys Physical Encyclopedia Set to Prepare for Information Doomsday

"...in case I'm wrong, a little voice in the back of my head reasoned that it would be nice to have a good summary of human knowledge in print..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers say they can steal encrypted keys by analyzing the glow that a power LED emits in a device, such as a smart card reader.
Robots and Machines

Godlike Hack Steals Encrypted Keys by Watching LED From 16 Meters Away

Is nothing safe?

By Sharon Adarlo

A team of researchers at Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have come up with an ingenious origami-inspired robot.
Robotics

Ikea Trembles as Scientists Invent Flat Packable Robot

Some assembly required.

By Victor Tangermann

A white dwarf that's about 104 light years away is slowly crystallizing, a process that could take a quadrillion years.
Off-World

Scientists Spot Star Transforming Into Colossal Cosmic Diamond

Talk about bling!

By Sharon Adarlo

Three Arrows Capital (3AC) founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies say they haven't on the lam. They've just been vibing with beach time and shrooms.
Cryptocurrency

After Blowing Up Crypto Industry, Exec Turns to Magic Mushrooms

"You touch the grass, and it feels, like, not like normal grass."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Last fall, OpenAI warned Microsoft that rushing to integrate its AI could lead to nonsense responses and lies.
OpenAI

OpenAI Warned Microsoft That Its AI Is Absolutely Terrible At Telling the Truth

Microsoft launched the feature anyways.

By Victor Tangermann

After spending a year and a half one million miles away from Earth, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finally getting some company.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Sending Adorable Little Buddy to Hang Out Next to the James Webb

This toaster-sized "sidekick" sounds like the perfect companion.

By Victor Tangermann

He hasn't even made it to Mars yet, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk already has his eyes on a new exoplanet to colonize: Proxima Centauri B.
Off-World

Elon Musk Expresses Interest in Planet Four Light-Years Away

It's in the star system where "Avatar" is set.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tyler Winklevoss believes that an alleged Democratic "war on crypto" will be as impactful in 2024 as the Roe v. Wade decision was in 2022.
Cryptocurrency

Winklevoss Twin Compares “War on Crypto” to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

Yikes.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Over 300 parishioners gathered in Germany last week to attend a church service written by ChatGPT and delivered by AI-powered avatars.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Delivers Church Sermon, Tells Congregants Not to Fear Death

"There was no heart and no soul."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Living music legend Paul McCartney has announced that he's using artificial intelligence to create "the last Beatles record."
Artificial Intelligence

Paul McCartney Using AI to Create “Last Beatles Record”

"We just finished it up and it’ll be released this year."

By Victor Tangermann