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Google's DeepMind neural network has demonstrated that it can create short videos from a single image frame with its new AI, Transframer.
Google

Google Scientists Create AI That Can Generate Videos From One Frame

This could be epic.

UK doctors have been able to successfully change the blood type of three donor kidneys from the rarer blood type B to "universal donor" type O.
Studies

Doctors Say They’ve Figured Out How to Switch an Organ’s Blood Type

"This research offers a glimmer of hope to over 1,000 people from minority ethnic groups who are waiting for a kidney."

Amazon and MGM are teaming up to air a TV show made from funny, viral Ring camera clips, that will be hosted by Wanda Sykes. It does not sound promising.
Future Society

New TV Show Made From Viral Ring Camera Surveillance Footage

It's like "America's Funniest Home Videos," but far more creepy.

Hubble Gives JWST a Run for Its Money With Gorgeous “Celestial Cloudscape” Photo
Off-World

Hubble Gives JWST a Run for Its Money With Gorgeous “Celestial Cloudscape” Photo

Hubble's still got it.

An FDA ruling issued this Tuesday ushers in a new class of over-the-counter hearing aids that can be bought without a prescription at a local retailer.
Future Society

Hearing Aids Will Be Available Over-The-Counter Starting This Fall, FDA Says

No doctors, no wait.

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Robot Dogs

Russia Straps Rocket Launcher to Robot Dog at Putin Event

"When used in combat, the robotic dog can also be engaged in target designation, patrolling and security."

New Jersey has revealed that it used a newborn DNA sample to charge the child's father with a crime from 1996, which begs the question — what next?
DNA

Cops Use Newborn Baby’s DNA to Nail Dad for Crime from the 90s

Unsettling.

Private space company Redwire Corporation has announced plans for "the only commercially owned and operated spaceflight-qualified" greenhouse.
International Space Station

Plans Announced for Full Greenhouse on International Space Station

And you'll never guess what it's growing first.

Infamous Pharma Bro Martin Shrekli supposedly sold a huge chunk of his own crypto token, Martin Shkreli Inu, and left customers with worthless currency.
Cryptocurrency

Update: Martin Shkreli Says He Was Hacked, Didn’t Sell Off His New Crypto Token

"This is the most shocking thing since Squid Game token."

In a new video, Engineered Arts' Ameca humanoid takes 12 new actuators for a spin as it stares into a mirror, contorting its face into new expressions.
Robotics

The Robot With Amazing Facial Expressions Is Back and It’s Giving Us New Nightmares

Dear god, that's creepy.

For the better part of the last century, one question has dogged humanity: if and when nuclear war breaks out, what will happen next? 
Nuclear Fusion

Horrific Simulation: Nuclear War Would Kill Five Billion People

Unbelievable devastation.

Tesla’s "full self-driving" (FSD) may have to come to a full stop because the California DMV isn’t a fan of the feature’s misleading marketing.
Self-Driving Vehicles

California Wants Tesla to Stop Calling Half-Finished System “Full Self-Driving”

This could be really bad for Tesla.

Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, the missing founders of bankrupt hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), likely have caused the domino-like crypto market crash.
Cryptocurrency

Two Blockchain Sleazebags May Have Crashed the Entire Crypto Market

"We firmly believe they committed fraud."

An extremely unlucky Turkish black bear cub got its hands on a pretty questionable treat: hallucinogenic "mad honey" that had it go on a very bad trip.
Science & Energy

Bear Eats Hallucinogenic Honey, Has Wild Trip

Bruh...

Elon Musk, vocal free speech advocate, has once again proven that his self-avowed free speech absolutism far from absolute.
Elon Musk

Free Speech Warrior Elon Musk Writes Column For Chinese State Censor’s Magazine

The "free speech absolutist" strikes again.

Former Google engineer Blake Lemoine is saying that he never set out to convince anyone else that LaMDA, the language modeling system, is sentient.
Google

Fired Engineer Says He Begged Google to Test Whether Experimental AI Was Sentient

"There is this major technology that has the chance of influencing human history for the next century..."

Someone hacked a John Deere tractor to make it run a "DOOM" mod where you harvest corn and track down escaped pigs — what's not to love?
Future Society

Hacker Installs DOOM on John Deere Tractor For Some Reason

"Liberate the tractors!"

Scientist suggest seeding the planet's oceans with more phytoplankton, organisms that are already responsible for producing 50 percent of the oxygen.
Global Warming

Scientists May Be Able to Fight Global Warming by Supercharging Plankton

"Give me half a tanker of iron, and I’ll give you an ice age."

Startup Autonomy is offering a monthly EV subscription service to those who want to get a taste of one without having to shoulder the entire sticker price.
Advanced Transport

New App Rents a Whole Electric Car for $500 Per Month

They already ordered almost half a billion dollars' worth of Teslas.

A science vlogger has given snakes their legs back — and the fact that led him to his mad invention is pretty outrageous.
Robotics

Madman Invents Robot Suit That Lets Snake Walk With Legs

Look at her go!