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SpaceX

If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX’s Entire IPO

The pressure is building.

Artificial Intelligence

Parents Explode in Fury at School’s Plan to Constantly Film Their Children to Train AI

"I am troubled by the idea of using my child's likeness in unknown AI tools and how this could be abused."

Artificial Intelligence

AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology

There's a huge gap between the public and AI executives.

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Getting Plastic Surgery to Look More AI-Generated

"It's like saying I want to look like Ariel from 'The Little Mermaid.'"

Physics

Alibaba Selling High-Powered Laser Guns

There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Ethics

Grade Inflation Is Going Nuts as Every Student Is Basically Submitting the Same Essay

It's an A grade or bust.

Future Society

Tech Workers, Long Treated Like Aristocracy, Are Now Human Waste

If you know a tech worker, hug them tight.

Artificial Intelligence

An Entire “Local Newspaper” Just Shut Down When All Its Reporters Were Busted as AI Fakes

"Clearly, whoever's behind this does not care about the truth."

Astronomy

James Webb Spots Strange Structure at Core of Distant Galaxy

Absolutely dazzling.

Finance

If You Used Insider Knowledge to Score Big on Polymarket, You May Now Be in Huge Trouble

"We're going to find them."

Cryptocurrency

Investors Flocking to Super-Anonymous Cryptocurrency Used for the Sketchiest Stuff Imaginable

"It's what bitcoin was originally meant to be."

Robotics

Robophobic Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Disruption

"Most people were very excited to see a robot flying."

Self-Driving Vehicles

Swarm of Empty Waymos Descends on Unsuspecting Suburb, Circle Cul-de-Sacs for Hours on End Like Strange Ghosts

"We had, at one point, eight Waymos that were stuck trying to figure out how to turn around."

Ethics

Mayor Eats His Words After Admitting He’s Delegating Work to 11 AI Agents

"Any AI agents or tools I have experimented with were used strictly in a personal capacity."

Artificial Intelligence

Oops: Bosses Realize Their Companies Have Been Swarmed by Legions of Redundant AI Agents

Who's at fault for that one, we wonder?

Climate Change

The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

The damage could be incalculable.

Future Materials

Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown “T-Rex Leather” Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable

"In fact, it's more chicken than anything else."

Future Society

Princeton in Shambles Over AI Cheating

Not a great sign.

Ethics

Being a Crappy Boss to AI Chatbots Pushes Them Toward Spouting Marxist Rhetoric and Organizing With Their Compatriots, Researchers Find

"Without collective voice, 'merit' becomes whatever management says it is."

DNA

Gene Therapy Causes Patient to Grow Alarming Tumor

Tinkering with the genetic code of a living human is risky.