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Two Democrat lawmakers in Massachusetts are proposing a bill that would allow inmates to donate organs or bone marrow for reduced prison sentences.
Developments

New Law Would Let Prisoners Donate Their Organs to Get Out Early

"It seems like something out of a science fiction book or horror story."

By Victor Tangermann

A second look at a coccocephalus wildi fossil first unearthed over 100 years could yield ancient insights into gaps of evolutionary history.
Brain

Scientists Discover World’s Oldest Preserved Vertebrate Brain

Over 319 million years old!

By Frank Landymore

After many months pissing off stakeholders, Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally made them happy — by saying that he's leaning into AI.
Meta

Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Lean Hard Into AI

A trend follower, we see.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A driverless Cruise car plowed into an active firefighting scene in San Francisco last month and didn't stop until firefighters smashed its front window.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Plowed Into Active Fire Scene, Forcing Firefighters to Smash Its Window

Are autonomous cars changing the world, or filling the roads with new types of chaos?

By Victor Tangermann

The parent company of Sports Illustrated has announced that its magazines will begin using artificial intelligence to churn out garbage content.
Artificial Intelligence

“AI Will Never Replace Journalism,” Says Magazine CEO Replacing Journalists With AI

Seriously?!

By Noor Al-Sibai

The doomsday prepper CEO of OpenAI has a strange reason for getting out of bed in the morning — and he thinks his company might "break capitalism."
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Says His Tech Is Poised to “Break Capitalism”

Bernie Sanders he is not.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nita A. Farahany, a "legal ethicist" on futuristic tech, says that tech is already here, and that we need to make the choice of "using it well."
Brain

Duke Professor Welcomes the “Promising” Future of Employers Reading Your Brain

"Surveillance for productivity is part of what has become the norm in the workplace — and maybe with good reason."

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI's ChatGPT is reportedly the fastest-growing app in human history, reaching an estimated 100 million active monthly users in just the two months.
Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT’s Explosive Popularity Makes It the Fastest-Growing App in Human History

"We cannot recall a faster ramp in a consumer internet app."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Canadian province of Quebec's own spring-predicting groundhog lovingly nicknamed "Fred la marmotte" (groundhog in French) unexpectedly passed away.
Science & Energy

Instead of Predicting Length of Winter, Groundhog Simply Dies

"It's true and it's unfortunate. I announce to you the death of Fred."

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. David Peterson argues that if we are indeed living in a computer simulation of reality, we can probably hack it — by submitting feature requests.
Hacking

A Scientist Is Looking Into Whether We Can Hack the Reality Simulation

Gotta manifest it, y'all.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of astronomers has discovered a total of 25 different fast radio bursts, extremely powerful pulses of radio waves, that repeat in complex patterns.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Intrigued by 25 Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Deep Space

We still have no idea what's behind them.

By Victor Tangermann

Planetary scientists have made a fascinating hypothesis about Saturn's smallest moon, Mimas, which may be home to a "stealth" ocean.
Off-World

Scientists Find New Evidence of Hidden Ocean World in Our Solar System

There could be life here... right in our very own Solar System.

By Noor Al-Sibai

US defense officials are tracking what they suspect to be a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon floating above the United States, CNN reports.
Future Society

China Says “Spy Balloon” Soaring Over America Is Completely Innocent

The Pentagon says it won't shoot it down, citing safety concerns for civilians on the ground.

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman keeps a pretty low profile, but at a party years ago he admitted to being an apocalypse survivalist prepper.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s CEO Once Bragged About His Hoard of Guns and Gas Masks

His specific fears are... a little scary, actually.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Netflix Japan's official Twitter shared a promo for its anime short "Dog & The Boy," announcing that it used AI in response to a "labor shortage."
Artificial Intelligence

Netflix Brags That It Used AI to Replace Human Animators In New Anime

If the bottom line is profit, AI image generators are the perfect scabs.

By Frank Landymore

The global warming threshold of 1.5 degree Celsius may be a foregone conclusion, according to a new study that trained an AI on climate models.
Global Warming

Global Warming Is Worse Than We Thought, AI Tells Scientists

Well, that's not good.

By Frank Landymore

Chance Glenn, an engineering professor, is ready to commit an entire lab to inch closer towards a warp drive by making use of simple antifreeze.
Science & Energy

Professor Believes Door to Warp Drive May Lie With Ethylene Glycol

Wait, isn't that antifreeze?

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook's Reality Labs metaverse division lost almost $14 billion dollars last year — so why has the stock price increased?
Metaverse

Facebook’s Metaverse Division Lost Nearly $14 Billion Dollars Last Year

And yet its stock price has shot up.

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has admitted that SpaceX "may or may not" use "expendable" upper stages to carry even more cargo into Earth's orbit.
Starship

Elon Musk Says SpaceX May Build Starship That Dies on Purpose

Bad news, reusable rocket fans.

By Victor Tangermann

Which is worse: crapping yourself in a sensory deprivation tank, or being fined multiple thousands of dollars for doing so?
Viruses

Unfortunate Redditor Says They Had Diarrhea in a Sensory Deprivation Tank

"I woke up to an awful odor and demanded to be let out of the tank."

By Noor Al-Sibai