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Strange, quasi-circular circles structures called coronae scour the surface of Venus — but their origins are a mystery.
Astronomy

Scientists Intrigued by Weird Structures on Surface of Venus

They're like nothing seen on Earth.

Harvard astornomer Avi Loeb suggests interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could've sent off the Wow! Signal back in 1977.
Astronomy

Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System May Have Emitted a Signal, Scientist Says

"To measure these properties, we should attempt to use all telescopes on Earth and in space."

A sociology scholar is cautioning that we are hurtling toward a "systemic digital crisis" caused by the digital economy.
Hacking

Professor Warns Society Is Veering Toward a Digital Apocalypse

"Constant hacks, ransomware attacks and data leakages are warning signs that this is a deeply fragile system."

NASA whistleblowers claim that President Donald Trump has been making drastic cuts to its budget that may result in an astronaut's death.
NASA

Whistleblowers Say NASA Is Poised to Kill an Astronaut

"No one is coming to save us."

Photoshop and Acrobat developer Adobe could soon be in serious trouble thanks to the emergence of generative AI.
Future Society

Adobe Is in Serious Trouble Because of AI, Morgan Stanley Warns

"The world is coming around to the reality that 'AI is eating software.'"

Amazon has infused its famed assistant Alexa with the power of AI — an upgrade that's apparently come with drawbacks and headaches.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s New AI-Powered Alexa Is a Half-Working Mess

"LLMs aren’t designed to be predictable, and what you want when controlling your home is predictability."

OpenAI has released a new evaluation to figure out how well its AIs perform on "economically valuable, real-world tasks."
Future Society

OpenAI Releases List of Work Tasks It Says ChatGPT Can Already Replace

"Today’s best frontier models are already approaching the quality of work produced by industry experts."

Experts are scrambling to explain a rise in jellyfish blooms in the last place you'd expect: the freshwater lakes of middle America.
Global Warming

Experts Alarmed as Jellyfish Spawn in Freshwater Lakes

Watch your toes.

In a recent podcast appearance, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agonized that China is now "nanoseconds behind" US chipmakers.
Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia Is Quaking in Its Boots

"We're up against a formidable, innovative, hungry, fast-moving, underregulated [competitor]."

People from the ages of 18 to 39 have suffered an increase in cognitive issues in the span of more than a decade.
Mental Health

Huge Proportion of Young Americans Now Reporting Serious Cognitive Issues

Feel like you're losing your mind?

A video of one of Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing vehicles driving over the carefully groomed lawn of a golf course has gone viral.
Mass Transit

Waymo Says There’s a Perfect Reasonable Explanation for Its Car Roaming a Golf Course

"Late for tee time?"

President Donald Trump shared a bizarre and clearly AI-generated video on Truth Social about a QAnon conspiracy theory.
Future Society

Trump’s Grip on Reality Questioned After He Shares and Then Deletes Bizarre AI-Generated Video

Is the president confused?

The AI channel racked up more than 175,000 views with photorealistic depictions of women being shot in the head or chest.
Future Society

YouTube Removes Disturbing AI Slop YouTube Channel Filled With Videos of Women Being Murdered

This is grim.

Second-year Lakers head coach JJ Redick gave fans pause after sharing he's been having long talks with a virtual buddy.
OpenAI

NBA Coach JJ Redick Says He Spends Hours Talking to His “Friend” ChatGPT

"I'm the type of person who, y'know, spends an hour and a half going down a deep, deep rabbit hole on ChatGPT."

A researcher went back over 100 years of brain science that lead him to a radical conclusion about consciousness.
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuroscientist Says We’re All Wrong About Root of Consciousness in Our Brains

"This means we may have to review our theories of consciousness."

OpenAI's planned AI data center projects would consume as much as the entire city of New York City and San Diego combined.
Google

OpenAI’s New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says

"Ten gigawatts is more than the peak power demand in Switzerland or Portugal."

A not-jealous-sounding Elon Musk is accusing OpenAI of poaching his former xAI employees to steal company secrets.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Is Fuming That Workers Keep Ditching His Company for OpenAI

His blood feud with Sam Altman rages on.

A planned data center in Indianapolis by Google was shut down after residents protested its possible environmental impacts.
Future Society

Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built

Google Fail

The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.
OpenAI

AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

"The results haven’t lived up to the hype."

SAP chief finance officer Dominik Asam didn't mince words when asked what the end result of his company's AI usage would be.
Artificial Intelligence

SAP Exec: Get Ready to Be Fired Because of AI

"I will be brutal."