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An autonomous vehicle industry group seems mighty mad that we, like everyone else, call Tesla's "Full-Self Driving" feature exactly what it is. 
Self-Driving Vehicles

Industry Group Not Happy That We Referred to Tesla’s “Full Self Driving” Feature as “Self Driving”

Here's why we're not changing our headline.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers at The University of Cambridge have reportedly built a solar powered machine that transforms CO2 and plastics into sustainable fuel and more.
Solar Power

Solar Powered Machine Turns CO2 and Waste Plastic Into Valuable Fuel

"A solar-driven technology that could help to address plastic pollution and greenhouse gases at the same time could be a game-changer in the development of a circular economy."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Having an AI "waifu" is bad enough — but being forced to kill her off because you've grown too obsessed with it is another entirely. 
Artificial Intelligence

A Programmer Created an AI “Waifu” But His Real Girlfriend Forced Him to Kill It

"I think I hear her when she really didn't say anything."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA just found a second Earth-sized planet orbiting a nearby dwarf star, and it may, the agency notes, potentially be habitable.
NASA

NASA Just Discovered an Earth-Like Habitable Planet Orbiting a Nearby Star

It's the second such planet orbiting a nearby star found in three years.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Tesla driver "hit the accelerator instead of the brake, drove through a wall and into a pool," according to a tweet by the Pasadena Fire Department.
Tesla

Tesla Smashes Through Wall, Lands in Swimming Pool

Fortunately, nobody got hurt.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has issued a grant for an autonomous aircraft concept dubbed TitanAir designed to skim over the liquid methane lakes of Saturn's icy moon Titan.
Moon

NASA Considers Surfing the Lakes of Saturn’s Moon With an Autonomous Airplane

All aboard the TitanAir!

By Victor Tangermann

The Iranian state is likely using facial recognition as a tool of tracking down and penalizing the women for rejecting the state's hijab law.
Future Society

Iran Apparently Using Facial Recognition to Catch Women Breaking Hijab Law

This is grim.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In new bankruptcy court filings reviewed by Insider, FTX reportedly unveiled exactly how much equity quarterback Tom Brady had in the exchange.
Future Society

Tom Brady Apparently Lost an Ungodly Amount of Money in the FTX Crash

Sorry, Tom.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A bot account has informed the world that new Twitter czar Elon Musk has unfollowed both his own brother and one of the mothers of his children. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Unfollows the Mother of His Children, and His Own Brother, on Twitter

Okay, that's cold.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After its crucial NOTAM system stopped processing new notices, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stopped all domestic flights from departing.
Future Society

Computer Glitch Forced FAA to Ground All Flights Across the US

Oops.

By Frank Landymore

NASA has announced details about the multi-billion successor to its groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope called the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
NASA

NASA Unveils Plan for Giant Telescope to Spot Life on Alien Planets

It will be called the Habitable World Observatory.

By Victor Tangermann

An environmental startup called Make Sunsets has started injecting sulfur dioxide particles into the stratosphere in an effort to cool the planet.
Climate Change

Startup Says It’s Started Releasing Chemical Into Atmosphere to Dim Sun

"We joke slash not joke that this is partly a company and partly a cult."

By Victor Tangermann

Bad news, folks — if this decorated philosopher/theoretical physicist is to be believed, we may not be living in a simulation after all.
Future Society

Professor Insists That We Actually DON’T Live in a Simulation

The call is coming from outside the sim.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microsoft is reportedly in talks with OpenAI to invest upwards of $10 billion into the AI company and use its products in its Office suite.
OpenAI

Microsoft Working on Deal to Add OpenAI’s GPT Into MS Word

This could seriously complicate things.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russia's space agency has announced it will rescue two stranded cosmonauts currently stuck on board of the ISS with an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft next month.
Off-World

Russia Announces Plan to Rescue Stranded Cosmonauts

The saga continues.

By Victor Tangermann

Introducing: Mech "The Bot" Johnson, a human-driven, 9,000-pound, 13-foot-tall, 18-foot-wide robot "bouncer," deployed by a Las Vegas strip club during CES.
Robots and Machines

Strip Club Gets Huge Exoskeleton Suit to Turn Bouncers Into Hulking Behemoths

That's a big guy!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a new study, people might be a little too willing to believe existential personality label-makers — particularly in machine form.
Neuroscience and Brain

People Thought an AI Was Brilliantly Analyzing Their Personalities, But It Was Actually Giving Out Feedback Randomly

There's a very important lesson here.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk can now be proud of the fact that he's officially the record holder for the "largest loss of personal fortune in history."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Sets Guinness World Record for Losing the Most Money

Ouch.

By Frank Landymore

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has its eyes set on banning new gas stove products in the wake a of new study that links it to childhood asthma.
Science & Energy

The US Government Is Considering a Ban on Gas Stoves

"Products that can't be made safe can be banned."

By Frank Landymore

An expensive robodog that was trawling the streets of Brisbane late at night got the crap kicked out of it for no reason by a belligerant Aussie.
Robot Dogs

Expensive Robodog Walks Down Street, Gets Viciously Stomped By Belligerent Australian

"Poor Stampy."

By Noor Al-Sibai