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According to the people actually already working — or attempting to work — in the Meta's Horizon Worlds metaverse, there are a lot of issues.
Metaverse

People Forced to “Go to Work” in the Metaverse Say It’s a Complete Nightmare

"There's just a lot that can go wrong."

A team of researchers have come up with a machine learning-assisted way to detect and estimate the position of people only using WiFi.
Artificial Intelligence

New Tech Can See People Through Walls Using WiFi

It's eerily accurate.

Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot showed off its problem solving skills in a video titled "Atlas Gets a Grip," released by the robot maker today.
Boston Dynamics

Watch a Boston Dynamics Robot Deftly Toss a Bag of Tools to a Construction Worker

The flip at the end is seriously impressive.

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Robots and Machines

The Best iPad Keyboards in 2023

The tablet accessory you didn’t know you needed.

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Robots and Machines

The Best Studio Monitors in 2023

Every detail is worth hearing.

A provocative court case may prove whether or not a man's recurrent nightmares were evidence of surgery malpractice or of an anesthetic hangover.
Health & Medicine

Man Claims He Woke Up Partway Through Spine Surgery

A horrifying thought!

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Robots and Machines

The Best Grow Lights of 2023

Grow vegetables, herbs, and other beneficial plants all year long with high-quality grow lights.

Amid rumors of a huge OpenAI deal, Microsoft has announced that it's laying off a whopping 10,000 employees as the economy continues its downturn.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Fires 10,000 Employees as It Invests in AI

This timing is unfortunate.

Freshman congressman and alleged serial liar George Santos will soon be sitting on a committee charged with overseeing NASA. 
NASA

Serial Liar George Santos Tapped For Committee in Charge of NASA

He's not beating the allegations, but that doesn't seem to matter much.

There's no surviving the fireball of a nuclear bomb, but beyond that, there are certain spots indoors where you can try avoid the destructive shockwave.
Science & Energy

New Study Shows Where You Should Hide to Survive a Nuclear Attack

"People should stay away from these locations and immediately take shelter."

College Student Caught Submitting Paper Using ChatGPT
OpenAI

College Student Caught Submitting Paper Using ChatGPT

The paper was way too coherent and well-structured.

Experts found that language-modeling AIs like ChatGPT will likely make it easier and more efficient than ever to generate massive amounts of misinformation.
Artificial Intelligence

Experts Warn of Nightmare Internet Filling With Infinite AI-Generated Propaganda

"For society, these developments bring a new set of concerns: the prospect of highly scalable — and perhaps even highly persuasive — campaigns by those seeking to covertly influence public opinion."

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.

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."

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.

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.

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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."

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."

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.

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.