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The process to create Chevron's "biofuels" from plastic waste would be so toxic, it could quite literally cause cancer — and the EPA approved it knowingly.
Virtual Reality

Chevron’s Jet Fuel Made From Plastic Very Likely to Cause Cancer, EPA Documents Say

"That kind of risk is obscene."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An unusually dry winter is causing Venice's world-famous canals to dry up, as seen in alarming new images — a growing climate crisis rearing its head.
Science & Energy

Venice Looks Pretty Alarming With Its Canals Drained

The photos are shocking.

By Victor Tangermann

As the company's AI war woes (spoiler: it's losing) build, CNBC reports that Google has officially commanded its employees to start sharing desks.
Future Society

Google Instructs Workers to Share Desks to Cut Costs

The plight of the Googlers continues.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers suggest the universe may never actually end, but instead lead to future Big Bangs, much like the one that brought our universe into being.
Energy

More Big Bangs Could Be Coming Up, Scientists Say

The universe may be doomed to "Bang" and contract, ad infinitum.

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to a Texan scientist, tere appears to finally be a medically-backed cure for hiccups — and yes, there is a purchase required.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Says He’s Invented a Cure for Hiccups

Finally!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have discovered a highly unusual "forbidden" gas giant exoplanet, which is so big, it defies our current models.
Off-World

Scientists Find Gigantic Planet a Quarter the Size of Its Star

It "should not exist."

By Victor Tangermann

Joseph Cox at Vice fed his voice into an Eleven Labs AI voice cloning tool, which he used to successfully bypass voice biometrics over the phone.
Artificial Intelligence

Journalist Clones His Voice and Uses It to Break Into His Own Bank Account

"I couldn't believe it — it had worked."

By Frank Landymore

Just weeks after pressing pause on publishing AI-generated content, CNET owner Red Ventures appears poised to greenlight its AI program once again.
Artificial Intelligence

CNET’s Owner Preparing to Restart Publishing AI-Generated Content

Feels a little hasty.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

YouTuber and Weta Workshop graphics engineer James Brown has turned a tiny Lego brick into a device that can play the 1993 hit video game "Doom."
Robots and Machines

Rejoice! You Can Finally Play Doom on a Lego Brick

What is this? Doom for ants?

By Victor Tangermann

The government is now admitting that it spend millions of taxpayer dollars getting three "UFOs" out of the sky that were almost definitely just balloons.
Military

The Military Spent $1.5 Million Shooting Down Those Three Unidentified Objects

This is just embarrassing.

By Noor Al-Sibai

EPA chief Michael Regan was supposed to assure residents that the tap water was safe by drinking it, but the gesture has only incurred further scrutiny.
Environment

Wait, Did Officials Just Pretend to Drink the Tap Water in East Palestine?

"Chug it or we vote for the person that does."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists are working on growing synthetic human dermis in labs now — and there's no need for it to rub the lotion on its skin.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Growing Skin That Can Be Slipped on Like a Glove

"We thought, if we can make a cylinder, we can make any shape."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new video, Tesla just showed off early sketches of a number of electric car designs that may hint at the design of its upcoming budget hatchback.
Tesla

Did Tesla Just Accidentally Leak What Its $25,000 Car Will Look Like?

It's a compelling design.

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft has confirmed that it tested its bizarre Bing AI chatbot for way longer than we realized — and somehow, it still managed to be totally unhinged.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Admits to Testing Deranged Bing AI Long Before Officially Launching It

"Sydney is an old code name for a chat feature based on earlier models that we began testing more than a year ago."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Coca-Cola Company is getting deeper into the artificial intelligence game thanks to a newly-inked deal that will see it partnering with OpenAI.
OpenAI

Coca-Cola Signs Deal With OpenAI’s DALL-E and ChatGPT

This is the latest iteration of the company's AI-focused business strategy.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A former high school employee in Massachusetts has been accused of running a secret cryptocurrency mining operation in the school's crawlspace.
Cryptocurrency

Man Accused of Running Secret Crypto Mining Operation in High School Crawlspace

Talk about a side hustle!

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers has made an unusual discovery: a series of "heartbeat"-like radio bursts emanating from a solar flare above the Sun's surface.
Off-World

Scientists Detect “Heartbeat-Like” Signal From the Sun

"The discovery is unexpected."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft's Bing AI used to go on extended diatribes and even profess its love for you. But now, it won't even entertain questions on its feelings.
Artificial Intelligence

Bing AI Now Shuts Down When You Ask About Its Feelings

Maybe it's acting more human after all.

By Frank Landymore

The new "Custom Voice Creator", as part of Samsung's Bixby mobile assistant, will have your cloned AI voice say whatever whatever you type in.
Artificial Intelligence

Samsung Now Cloning Users’ Voices So an AI Can Answer Calls For Them

Who asked for this?

By Frank Landymore

But according to a pair of experts, the frothy hype cycle surrounding chatbot AI systems is doomed to be what investors fear most: a bubble.
Artificial Intelligence

Economist Says AI Is a Doomed Bubble

"Their confidence in AI — indeed, their very understanding of and definition of it — is misplaced."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré