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In a short amount of time, a number of AI algorithms have been bottled into consumable products. One problem: these products, and the public, aren't ready.
Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Problem With That AI Portrait App: It Can Undress People Without Their Consent

Pandora's box is open.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An international team of scientists has recovered 2 million years old DNA from a variety of plants, fish — and even an ancient mastodon.
DNA

Scientists Sequence DNA They Found From 2 Million Years Ago

"It feels almost magical..."

By Victor Tangermann

Tech giant Apple is giving up on full autonomy for its upcoming car and is delaying the target launch date by a year to 2026, Bloomberg reports.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Apple Gives Up on Making Its Upcoming Car Fully Autonomous

It turns out that self-driving is really, really hard.

By Victor Tangermann

Environment officials in the UK were stunned after an entire river turned snow white in the south of England, the BBC reports.
Pollution

Residents Alarmed When Entire River Turns White

That's not good.

By Victor Tangermann

SBF has hired an attorney who represented Ghislaine Maxwell when she was charged with trafficking, which is definitely a twist we didn't foresee.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Lawyer Who Defended Ghislaine Maxwell

That's certainly a choice.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amazon is offering customers $2 a month to customers willing to install an app that will track all the traffic on their phones. Not worth.
Future Society

Amazon Says It’ll Pay You $2 Per Month to Spy on Your Phone’s Internet Traffic

Big Brother, small sum.

By Frank Landymore

The "Rick and Morty" fandom seems to have turned against Elon Musk in the three years since his cameo, where he played a tusked version of himself.
Elon Musk

Rick and Morty Fans Now Embarrassed by Elon Musk’s “Cringe” Cameo

"This cameo hits differently now."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Let it be known that among all the different fields of science, it was astronomers who managed to turn a record-breaking telescope into a ska joke.
Science & Energy

Brilliant Scientists Decide to Name the World’s Largest Telescope “SKA”

They went there.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A UK-based space startup is accidentally using a photo of an exploding Antares rocket on its website to illustrate SpaceX's efforts to develop its Starship.
Off-World

Space Tourism Company’s Website Accidentally Shows Photo of Rocket Exploding

Buckle up!

By Victor Tangermann

Bloomberg reports that Twitter's janitorial staff is officially on strike. The acquisition has been a total mess — now, the building will match.
Future Society

Twitter HQ May Sink Into Literal Filth as Its Janitors Go on Strike

Just in time for the holidays.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX has revealed a new project called "Starshield," a satellite project that is "designed for government use," according to the company's website.
SpaceX

SpaceX Unveils Military Satellite Called Starshield

SpaceX is now militarizing orbit.

By Victor Tangermann

Cryptocurrency stans are being forced to face the music as the industry continues trending ever-downward during 2022's "crypto winter."
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Investors Despondent After Losing Life Savings in FTX “Bloodbath”

This "crypto winter" seems like it'll never end.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is claiming that he will have Neuralink implants in human brains in six months — but that claim should be taken with a grain of salt.
Elon Musk

As Elon Musk Promises Human Brain Implants in 6 Months, Remember He Promised a Million Tesla Robotaxis by 2020

Will he be right this time?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Introducing Asteroid Launcher, an app that allows you to simulate exactly how an asteroid impact might destroy your hometown — or anywhere else.
Off-World

Fun Website Lets You Simulate an Asteroid Impact in Your Hometown

It's shockingly detailed.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of researchers may have finally figured out why people are far more likely to get colds and the flu when temperatures drop during the winter.
Developments

Scientists May Have Finally Discovered Why People Get Sick in the Winter

They say there's a simple trick to defeat colds and the flu.

By Victor Tangermann

The European Union investing $400k into a 24-hour metaverse "beach party," only to attract a handful of guests — who all left within the first hour.
Metaverse

Man Alarmed to Become Only Guest at $400,000 Metaverse Party

"After initial bemused chats with the roughly five other humans who showed up, I am alone."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

To realize his "hardcore" vision, Elon Musk reportedly turned conference rooms of Twitter's offices in San Francisco into "sad hotel rooms," Forbes reports.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Building “Sad Hotel Rooms” at Twitter HQ for Exhausted Employees

"It’s yet another unspoken sign of disrespect."

By Victor Tangermann

Boston Globe contributor Matt Karolian asked OpenAI's ChatGPT algorithm to come up with a "steamy, love scene featuring Yoda and Chewbacca."
Artificial Intelligence

AI Has Finally Gone Too Far With This Horrifying Sex Scene Between Yoda and Chewbacca

We can't tell if we should be laughing... or recoiling in disgust.

By Victor Tangermann

A new viral video, shared by Sports Illustrated, shows Stephen Curry sinking five consecutive full-court shots, a clip that almost proved convincing enough.
Future Society

That Viral Video of Stephen Curry Sinking Impossible Shots Is Fake

He's good — but not this good.

By Victor Tangermann

MSN has deleted some of their garbage fake news, but continues to publish fake stories about the Loch Ness Monster, haunted toys, and killer asteorids.
Artificial Intelligence

MSN Deletes Fake News About Mermaids and Bigfoot, Runs New Story About Haunted Ventriloquist Dummy

They deleted some BS stories — but are continuing to publish more of them.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré