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An AI-powered selfie generating tool is making the rounds on social media, allowing users to create photorealistic versions of their own face.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Tool Turns Your Ugly Photos Into a Beautiful Selfie

Ah, that's better.

By Victor Tangermann

The catalyst for this newfound Space Dude rivalry between Neil deGrasse Tyson and retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly? "Top Gun: Maverick."
Off-World

Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Fighting With a Retired Astronaut About “Top Gun: Maverick”

"At that air speed, his body would splatter like a chainmail glove swatting a worm."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

While Tesla fans across the world await the Tesla Roadster and the Cybertruck, this guy is turning a 2018 Model 3 into both of them.
Tesla

This Guy Is Turning His Tesla Model 3 Into a Custom Cybertruck

"This is gonna be a badass build."

By Frank Landymore

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's avatar's virtual legs may have been staged at this week's Connect conference, and only a "preview of what’s to come."
Metaverse

Say It Ain’t So! Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Legs Were Apparently Staged

As if the keynote wasn't underwhelming enough.

By Victor Tangermann

A shocking new video shows two climate activists throwing a can of soup at Vincent van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" painting at London's National Gallery.
Climate Change

Climate Activists Throw Soup at Famous Van Gogh Painting

"What is worth more, art or life?"

By Victor Tangermann

A Wave of Incredible Heat Ripped Through Jupiter
Science & Energy

A Wave of Incredible Heat Ripped Through Jupiter

This planetary scientist may have an answer as to what caused it.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has had a change of heart and is asking the Pentagon to fund more Starlink terminals to be sent to Ukraine.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Can’t Give Free Starlink to Ukraine Anymore After Officials There Were Mean to Him

This is a terrible look, Elon.

By Victor Tangermann

Fast forward a couple of months and hell of a lot of drama later, and at least one of the investors in Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter has cold feet.
Elon Musk

Investors in Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Horrified It Might Actually Go Through

"We're all trying to get out of it, to be honest."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Germany has once again fired up its coal plants. But Greta Thunberg thinks the country should just use its already in place nuclear power plants instead.
Nuclear Fusion

Greta Thunberg Thinks Germany Shutting Down Its Nuclear Plants Is a Bad Idea

"I feel that it’s a mistake to close them down in order to focus on coal."

By Frank Landymore

Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled his new avatar for the company's bespoke Metaverse — and it still looks like total crap.
Metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg’s New and Improved Metaverse Avatar Still Looks Like Crap

Wake up babe, a new cringey Zuckerberg avatar just dropped.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers studied a man who became allergic to his own orgasms, and diagnosed him with a little known condition called post-orgasmic illness syndrome
Studies

Otherwise Healthy Man Found to Be Allergic to His Own Orgasms

Poor guy.

By Frank Landymore

Meta advisor John Carmack is "grumpy" about the current state of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, as he explained at Facebook-turned-Meta's Connect 2022.
Metaverse

Top Facebook Consultant Admits That the Metaverse Is Absolutely Terrible

"There's a bunch that I'm grumpy about."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ukraine is asking its Western allies for more weapons after accusing Russia of using "kamikaze drones" meant to self-destruct when dropping munitions.
Drones

Russia Accused of Pelting Ukraine Capital With “Kamikaze” Drones

The future of warfare is here — and it's terrifying.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has stumbled into a minor problem: it can't seal the tube of its latest collected sample.
Mars

NASA Rover Runs Into Trouble on Mars

Oh no!

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again — and this time, its stunning image looks a lot like a human fingerprint.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Starlight “Fingerprint”

"Like the growth of rings of a tree’s trunk, the dust loops mark the passage of time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Methane producing microbes on Mars may have thrived deep underground billions of years ago, but also may have wiped themselves out, a new study suggests.
Mars

Ancient Life Caused the Destruction of Mars, Scientists Speculate

Sound familiar?

By Frank Landymore

In Scientists were, for the first time, able to show that 800,000 living brain cells trapped in a petri dish can be taught how to play the videogame Pong.
Neuroscience and Brain

Video Shows Human Brain Cells in Dish Teaching Themselves to Play a Videogame

This is incredible.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk is now a bona fide perfumier — and an allegedly successful one to boot — thanks to the sale of his bespoke "Burnt Hair" scent.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Leans Into “Musk” Name, Starts Selling “Burnt Hair” Perfume

"With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A large percentage of people who use Tesla autopilot seem to think that their cars are fully self-driving —even though they don't have FSD.
Tesla

Survey: 42% of Tesla Autopilot Drivers Think Their Cars Can Entirely Drive Themselves

"It’s possible that system design and marketing are adding to these misconceptions."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An entirely AI-generated conversation between (living) podcast menace "Joe Rogan" and the deceased Apple founder "Steve Jobs" now exists. Great.
Artificial Intelligence

Deepfaked Podcast Has Joe Rogan Interview Undead Steve Jobs

Nobody asked for this.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré