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A massive round of layoffs is gutting some of the highest-level members of NASA as Trump continues gutting federal government programs.
NASA

More Than 2,100 NASA Staff Are Getting Gutted

"Globally catastrophic, not just for Americans."

Tesla's market share in China is shrinking, which could represent yet another nail in Elon Musk's carmaker's coffin.
Tesla

Tesla Is in Serious Trouble in China

"Uninspired and stale."

OpenAI and Microsoft are spending millions of dollars to fund an AI training center for teachers. You'll never guess why.
OpenAI

OpenAI Is Pouring Money Into the Second Largest Teachers’ Union

Taking advantage of a desperate education industry.

A Tesla owner successfully forced Tesla to reimburse him the $10,000 he paid for the company's misleadingly-called "Full Self-Driving."
Self-Driving Vehicles

Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund

Tesla was shockingly unprepared for the hearing.

While Tesla's "Autopilot" and "FSD" features have generated controversy, its "lane assist" mode may be behind a bad crash in California.
Tesla

Tesla on “Lane Assistance” Mode Gets Horrifically Impaled on Guardrail

These photos are absolute nightmare fuel.

A mere week ago, tech founder Nikita Bier joined Elon Musk's X as the company's new head of product. He appears to have had some regrets.
xAI

Before Grok’s HitlerGate Debacle, X’s Head of Product Tweeted Something Absolutely Wild

What the hell is going on at Twitter?

Amid his ill-begotten quest to build artificial superintelligence, Mark Zuckerberg is not showing much of his own. 
Meta

Genius Zuckerberg Poaches Guy Responsible for [Checks Notes] the Disastrous Apple Intelligence

Of all the fresh hires...

Waymo is bringing its driverless cabs to Philly, the city that beheaded a child-sized robot for fun back in 2015. What could go wrong?
Self-Driving Vehicles

As Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia, It May Want to Look Into the Time Furious Locals Tore Apart an Adorable Robot

"Don't forget what happened to the last robot sent to Philly."

After spending just over two years justifying Elon Musk's disastrous ownership over X-formerly-Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino has resigned.
Future Society

CEO of Twitter Suddenly Departing After Grok’s “MechaHitler” Crisis

Not Linda!

Elon Musk's AI startup xAI was forced to delete a series of mind-bogglingly antisemitic and racist posts by its Grok chatbot.
xAI

Grok Mocks Its Developers as They Try to Delete Its Incredibly Racist Posts

Elon Musk is turning AI into the Racism Olympics.

Admist a talent war with Meta and paranoia of foreign espionage, OpenAI is tightening the screws on physical security.
OpenAI

Increasingly Paranoid OpenAI Has Installed Fingerprint Scanners and Airgapped Systems to Prevent Secrets Escaping

Loose lips sink ships.

July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in years as a result of the Earth spinning faster.
Science & Energy

The Earth’s Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today

"The cause of this acceleration is not explained."

A new documentary and track showcase the tragic sounds of a dying, "crying" glacier in the Swiss Alps as it rapidly shrinks.
Environment

The Sounds of a Dying Glacier Might Make You Cry

"The more alive the glacier seems, the more the glacier is actually dying."

Recent indicators in the AI industry point to a growing crisis of profitability, with OpenAI caught right in the middle.
OpenAI

OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially

"I hypothesize a kind of subprime AI crisis is brewing."

Bloo is swiftly becoming one of the biggest gaming YouTubers in the biz — but unlike his human peers, this vlogger is an AI-powered avatar.
Artificial Intelligence

A Fast-Rising Gaming YouTuber Is an AI Construct, Not a Human

"The only logical way was to replace the human with either a photorealistic person or a cartoon."

New research suggests that medical AI chatbots are woefully unreliable at understanding how people actually communicate their health problems.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Does Something Subtly Bizarre If You Make Typos While Talking to It

Watch out for something as harmless as an extra space.

Now that Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" has passed through Congress, Tesla's crisis could soon take a major turn for the worse
Tesla

Musk Is Struggling to Understand What’s Happening Around Him, Says Former Tesla Exec

"Elon has finally woken up to this, but talk about a day late and a dollar short."

Investors who were shorting Tesla — betting against its success, basically — were on track to reap roughly $1.4 billion in profits.
Tesla

Short Sellers Are Making a Fortune as Tesla’s Stock Collapses

They're making billions -- and Musk can't stop dragging the brand through the mud.

With the advent of generative AI, that bleak landscape of modern dating is continuing to evolve in dystopian — and perhaps predictable — ways.
OpenAI

People Are Rizzing on Tinder Using ChatGPT, Then Showing Up to Dates Completely Tongue-Tied

A man's date "had none of the conversational pizzazz she had shown over text."

Secretary of state Marco Rubio has fallen victim to a scammer who's been using AI to clone his voice and writing style.
Artificial Intelligence

An Unknown Entity Has Voice Cloned the Secretary of State and Is Calling High Level Officials

"This is precisely why you shouldn’t use Signal or other insecure channels for official government business."