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A startup in The Netherlands is using the heat being expelled by Bitcoin mining rigs to grow tulips. Ironic, given the historical context.
Bitcoin

Dutch Startup Mining Bitcoin to Grow Tulips, and We Can’t Tell If They’re Joking

You can't make this stuff up.

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's ChatGPT AI chatbot is seemingly abysmal at coming up with entertaining puns that don't make you groan like a bad dad joke.
OpenAI

OpenAI ChatGPT Brutally Destroyed at Pun Competition

Turns out there's one thing AI can't do well... yet.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the government-funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California claim to have made a breakthrough in the field of fusion energy.
Energy

Fusion Scientists Claim Net Energy Gain, in Potentially Huge Breakthrough

"If this is true, we are witnessing a moment of history."

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter owner Elon Musk might have a new way to solve his App Store problem: just charge iOS users 30 percent extra for a Twitter Blue subscription.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Ingenious Plan to Avoid Apple’s 30% Fee: Charge 30% More

Sorry, iOS users.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Titan is Saturn's largest and most mysterious moon, and new observations from the James Webb may help understand how it formed its unique atmosphere.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Captures Its First Look At Saturn’s Most Mysterious Moon

"At first glance, it is simply extraordinary!"

By Frank Landymore

A team of bioengineers have created a "vagina on a chip" made from donated vaginal cells to mimic key features of the vaginal microbiome, The New York Times reports.
Developments

Scientists Have Created a “Vagina on a Chip”

"This walks, talks, quacks like a human vagina."

By Victor Tangermann

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Future Society

The FBI Says Apple’s New Encryption Is “Deeply Concerning”

It's great for privacy -- but terrible for cops.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Gemini, the Winklevoss twin-founded crypto exchange, guaranteed Earn users high returns and product safety. Some ex-employees say Gemini downplayed risk.
Blockchain

Former Employees Say Problems Were Obvious at the Winklevoss’ Exchange Before It Paused Withdrawals

"The business makes money on fees, so how do you get more fees? You invent a new product."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

AI generated images only grow in ubiquity, and the latest service that artists are decrying is Lensa, an app that generated stylized portraits.
Artificial Intelligence

Artists Furious About AI That Draws Stylized Portraits of People

"Artists deserve more than to feel like they're being discarded for some soulless robot."

By Frank Landymore

After examining over 200,000 images taken by Hubble, a faint excess of light spread across our sky has been detected by astronomers.
Off-World

Scientists Stumped by “Ghostly Glow” Surrounding Our Solar System

"It may be a new element to the contents of the solar system that has been hypothesized but not quantitatively measured until now."

By Frank Landymore

Tom Exton, a YouTuber and car collector, says he was driving his Tesla Model Y only for fifteen minutes before it powered down.
Tesla

Man Says His Brand New Tesla Trapped Him Inside and Its Emergency Latch Broke the Window

"Safe to say [the] horror stories of Tesla cars being appalling seem true."

By Frank Landymore

Thanks to one prudent local in Wyoming, we now to get to behold a rare and extremely picturesque Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud.
Science & Energy

Please Take a Moment and Enjoy This Beautifully Peaceful Cloud Formation

Ah... heavenly.

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI's New Chatbot Fantasizes About Obsolete Creatives Starving
OpenAI

OpenAI’s New System Fantasizes About Artists and Writers Starving to Death After Losing Their Jobs

As freaky as it is fascinating.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Most scientists believe in an immutable set of "laws of physics" — but one outlier among their ranks thinks those "laws" might not exist at all.
Physics

Physicist Says the Laws of Physics Don’t Actually Exist

"Like peeling an infinite onion, the more we peel, the more there is to peel."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A longtime janitor at Twitter's San Francisco HQ claims he was told by a member of the Elon Musk team that soon, robots would be taking over their jobs. 
Elon Musk

Fired Twitter Janitor Says Elon Musk Crony Told Him He’d Be Replaced Robots

"Now we are afraid."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has announced the crew of his upcoming flight around the Moon on board a SpaceX Starship, which includes DJ Steve Aoki.
Moon

Billionaire Paying for Steve Aoki to Join Him on SpaceX Moon Vacation

Get ready for the party rocket!

By Victor Tangermann

The war between Floridians and invasive iguanas continues. Unfortunately for some Floridians, one iguana laid its life on the power line this week.
Science & Energy

Saboteur Iguana Causes Mass Power Outage, Then Dies

"The pictures are horrible every time this happens."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Satellite images obtained by MIT Technology Review show Saudi Arabia's astonishing progress in building its 100-miles-long megacity called the "Line."
Science & Energy

Satellite Images Show Progress on 100-Mile Long Skyscraper in Saudi Arabia

"The question is, have they bitten off more than they can chew?"

By Victor Tangermann

Despite its deftness at mimicking a human writer, ChatGPT is far from perfect. For one, it can be shockingly racist, as The Intercept reports.
OpenAI

ChatGPT’s Recommendations for Airport Security Are Shockingly Racist

Yikes.

By Victor Tangermann

Harm reduction works, as evidenced by a new study in Ohio that found easy access to narcan to prevent nearly 1,000 overdoses in less than two years. 
RX and Medicine

A Naloxone Vending Machine Has Reversed Nearly 1,000 Overdoses, Researcher Says

There's no denying it: this kind of intervention saves lives.

By Noor Al-Sibai