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Scientists have uncovered a macabre potential explanation for why a specific subset of exoplanets haven't been observed yet.
Off-World

Scientists Offer Ghoulish Theory for Why There Are No Planets of a Certain Size

This would explain a lot.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of artists are suing Stable Diffusion, an open-source AI image generator, for unfairly using their art to train its AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Artists Sue Stable Diffusion and Midjourney for Using Their Work to Train AI That Steals Their Jobs

"Today, we’re tak­ing another step toward mak­ing AI fair and eth­i­cal for every­one."

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers have captured radio signals originating from atomic hydrogen from an extremely distant galaxy.
Off-World

Astronomers Detect Radio Signals Emanating From Extremely Distant Galaxy

Fascinating.

By Victor Tangermann

Taking erectile dysfunction drugs may not just help you get your mojo back — it may, per a new study, be linked to lowered risk of heart problems, too. 
Studies

Dick Pills May Be Linked to Lowered Risk of Heart Attack, Scientists Say

This certainly is titillating.

By Noor Al-Sibai

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Cryptocurrency

Harvard Finance Professor: Crypto Is “Magical Thinking” That “Infected Capitalism”

"It is the minimizing of constraints and trade-offs in favor of techno-utopianism and the exclusive emphasis on positive outcomes and novelty."

By Frank Landymore

Developer Miles Zimmerman shared now-viral images of a demonic house party dreamed up by AI image generator Midjourney on Twitter over the weekend.
Artificial Intelligence

We’re Fascinated by These AI-Generated Party Pics… Especially Their Demonic Mutations

"Thanks for the nightmares."

By Victor Tangermann

According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, the world's most populous country's population declined in 2022, the first time in 60 years.
Future Society

China’s Population Just Dropped for the First Time in 60 Years

It has begun.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a former ranking FTX exec, the exchange's founder and disgraced CEO Sam Bankman-Fried — or SBF for short — was a terrible boss.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried Was a Horrible Boss, Former Exec Says

Addiction. Gaslighting. Hostility. Manipulation.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Unchecked development and climate change are coming to a head in Arizona, where an entire neighborhood has been cut off from Scottsdale's water supply.
Climate Change

Arizona City Cuts Off Water Supply for Entire Suburb

"We're really hoping we don't go dry by summer."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A fan who used OpenAI's ChatGPT to pen a song mimicking the style of Nick Cave was in for a surprise when the man himself responded in anger.
Artificial Intelligence

Nick Cave Absolutely Furious Over AI That Wrote a Song in His Style

"This song sucks."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The popular tech site has employed the use of AI for its financial explainer articles under the byline of "CNET Money Staff."
Artificial Intelligence

CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI

"This article was generated using automation technology," reads a dropdown description.

By Frank Landymore

Writers and journalists across the industry weigh in on the upsetting news that CNET has been using an AI to write its financial explainers.
Artificial Intelligence

Internet Horrified by CNET Secretively Publishing Articles Written by an AI

"This is just the beginning."

By Frank Landymore

Microsoft has a new text-to-speech AI that can clone your voice, tone and all, from just a quick three-second snippet of audio. It's called VALL-E.
Artificial Intelligence

New Microsoft AI Can Clone Your Voice From Three Seconds of Audio

Okay, that's impressive.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

South Korea's lunar orbiter has taken a fascinating image of the wall and floor of the Shackleton Crater on the shadowy far side of the Moon.
Moon

New Orbiter Can See Inside Moon Craters Hidden in Total Darkness

Here's what the Moon's backside where the Sun don't shine looks like.

By Victor Tangermann

JPMorgan says it was tricked to pay $175 million for a startup that had fabricated millions of users. File under: nothing's real anymore!
Future Society

JPMorgan Says Startup Tricked It Into an Acquisition by Cooking Up Millions of Fake Users

Extremely embarrassing for JPMorgan!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk's lawyers are trying to get an impending securities fraud trial moved from San Francisco to Texas since most prospective jurors hate his guts.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Says San Francisco Hates Him Too Much for a Fair Trial

Oof.

By Victor Tangermann

The Winchcombe meteorite was kept pristine and avoided earthly contamination, making the discovery of amino acids inside all the more compelling.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Building Blocks of Life in Meteor That Smashed Into Family’s Driveway

A key find in uncovering the origins of life may have landed right on someone's doorstep.

By Frank Landymore

There already appears to be an generative AI-powered Substack, and it already appears to have word-for-word plagiarized human work. Cheers.
Artificial Intelligence

Viral AI-Written Article Busted as Plagiarized

We're in for a strange ride.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla's EVs like the Model Y are not only $13,000 cheaper, but also now qualify for a $7,500 tax credit from the federal government.
Tesla

Tesla Slashes Car Prices Up to 20 Percent

Get those tax credits.

By Frank Landymore

Formerly-bald ex-NFL player Brian Urlacher is suing a Texas hair transplant company for using his image and story in a blog post.
Future Society

NFL Star Sues Company for Implying It Gave Him a Hair Transplant

He's not happy, folks.

By Noor Al-Sibai