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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Already Making Excuses Ahead of Fight With Zuckerberg

Confident as always.

OpenAI

Sam Altman Fears AI’s Effect on Elections

"Personalized 1:1 persuasion, combined with high-quality generated media, is going to be a powerful force."

Off-World

Scientists Say the Sun Has Been Shooting Out Super-Bright Light For Years Without Anyone Noticing

"It's making us see things in a different light. Literally."

Climate Change

Ocean Hits Highest Recorded Temperature, Still Rising

"We are putting oceans under more stress than we have done at any point in history."

Off-World

Startup Working on Super-Long Tube That Shoots Stuff Into Orbit at Mach 30

"You've got to get a system that is designed to be as dumb as hell."

Energy

MIT Scientists May Have Found a Cheap Way of Storing Huge Amounts of Energy in Cement

This "fascinating" material could power your entire house.

Advanced Transport

Emails Show NASA’s Scramble to Distance Itself From Doomed Titan Sub

NASA really did not want that heat.

Climate Change

It’s So Hot That Decades-Old Cactuses Are Toppling Over in Defeat

Extreme heat's most innocent victims.

Artificial Intelligence

Lil Wayne Isn’t Worried About AI Because He’s Too Unique and “Amazing”

"I would love to see that thing try to duplicate this motherf*ker."

OpenAI

Contractors Say OpenAI Psychologically Scarred Them for $2/Hour

"It has destroyed me completely."

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Lifts Weight During Office Meeting For Reasons Unknown

"Oh my God."

Gene Editing

Henrietta Lacks’ Family Is Finally Getting Paid by the Biotech Company That Stole Her Cells

“If we can get justice for Henrietta Lacks, maybe we can start to tear down the layers of medical racism that exist even to this day."

Robots and Machines

Professor Says He’s Invented a Real-Life “Freeze Ray”

Eat your heart out, Mr. Freeze.

Off-World

Two Tiny Stars Are Orbiting Each Other So Closely, the Entire System Could Fit In the Sun

That's tight.

OpenAI

OpenAI’s Former Domain AI.com Now Directs to Elon Musk’s AI Company

AI.com changes owners yet again.

Artificial Intelligence

Background Actor Describes When Marvel Made Her Go to a Strange Trailer to Be Scanned

"Look this way. Look that way. Let us see your scared face. Let us see your surprised face."

Artificial Intelligence

Ice Cube Says AI Is “Demonic”

Tell us how you really feel, Cube.

Developments

Turns Out Weight Lifting Is Really Good for Your Skin, Scientists Say

New skincare hack just dropped.

Science & Energy

Scientists Use DNA to Construct Material Lighter and Stronger Than Steel

"For the given density, our material is the strongest known."

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook AI Accuses AI Researcher of Being a Terrorist

"I've never done anything remotely illegal."