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In spite of breaking a world record, a Florida man who's been under the Keys for nearly two-and-a-half months is refusing to resurface. 
Science & Energy

Florida Man Has Been Living Underwater for Two and Half Months

"The thing that I miss the most about being on the surface is literally the Sun."

He might not helm Google anymore, but Eric Schmidt is absolutely still thinking like a tech CEO when it comes to AI.
Google

Ex-Google CEO Says We Should Trust AI Industry to Self-Regulate

What could possibly go wrong?

After the Turkish government asked Twitter to censor the opposition during the country's election, the Elon Musk-run social media complied.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Obediently Censors Twitter When Dictator Tells Him To

Is Musk just a "free speech opportunist?"

Climate change is increasing water temperatures off East Africa and this has led to increased pirate attacks in the region.
Climate Change

Climate Change Linked to Increased Pirate Attacks

Fishermen are pivoting to piracy as the seas heat up

The population of the European Union has slid by more than half a million since 2020, according to the number crunchers at Eurostat.
Future Society

The Population of Europe Now Appears to Be Falling

You can probably guess why.

Researchers have confirmed that an avocado-sized rock that smashed through a New Jersey roof is a meteorite.
Off-World

Experts Confirm Rock That Punched Through Family’s House Was Meteorite

It's around 4.56 billion years old.

Microsoft just made a massive bet on nuclear fusion energy — and that bet has OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's name written all over it.
Energy

Microsoft Signs Deal to Get Fusion Power by 2028

That's ambitious.

In a leaked internal memo, a Google exec expressed serious fears about losing the ongoing AI arms race to, well, anyone.
Google

Leaked Google Memo Shows Fear of Losing the AI Race, But Not to the Foe You’d Think

"The uncomfortable truth is, we aren’t positioned to win this arms race and neither is OpenAI."

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has found what scientists suggest could be evidence of a raging, fast-moving river that once flowed on Mars.
Mars

NASA Mars Rover Appears to Have Found Remnants of Ancient Raging River

Martian white water rafting, anybody?

Google CEO Sundar Pichai seems to be very confused as to why anyone might suggest that some AIs may replace human labor.
Google

Google CEO Baffled by Suggestion That AI Will Take People’s Jobs

He's stumped.

If you haven't heard: there's drama. Hollywood kidney transplant drama. But who's in the right, and who's in the wrong?
Developments

Fallout Between Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa May Involve Kidney Transplant

If you donated an organ, can you get mad if someone doesn't treat it well?

BuzzFeed has told investors that its readers spend 40 percent more time with its AI-built quizzes than the traditional ones.
Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Says Its AI Is Outperforming Its Pesky Human Employees

Game over, humans!

Scientists built a brain monitor that can be deployed through a tiny hole in the cranium and unfold like a flower between bone and brain.
Neuroscience and Brain

Brain Monitor Enters Hole in Skull, Deploys Flower-Shaped Electrodes

It penetrates the skull...then unfolds like a flower.

Jed McCaleb, who founded the defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has announced he's planning to launch the world's first private space station.
Off-World

The Mt Gox Guy Is Back and He Says He’s Launching a Space Station

It's an ambitious project for somebody with zero aerospace industry experience.

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.

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.

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?

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?"

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.

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."