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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

New footage just dropped of a Tesla self-driving accident that caused a pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge and resulted in a toddler being injured.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Tesla Causes Eight-Vehicle Crash, Injures Child

This is not good. This is not good at all.

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that the T-Rex didn't just have loads of teeth, but plenty of neurons — enough to make them the "primates of their time."
Brain

In Terrifying News, Big Brained T-Rex May Have Been as Smart as Primates

That's, uh, scary.

By Frank Landymore

SBF reportedly used FTX money to support a lavish lifestyle for himself and his inner circle, spending tens of millions on luxury housing, hotels, and food.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried Reportedly Lived in Astonishing Opulence

That's... a lot.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

San Diego-based biotech startup Rejuvenate Bio has claimed that its technology was able to extend the lives of old mice.
Gene Editing

Scientists Say They Gene Hacked Mice to Double Remaining Lifespan

It's a huge claim to make.

By Victor Tangermann

A derelict NASA satellite called Earth Radiation Budget Satellite has plummeted back to Earth after spending almost four decades in orbit.
NASA

Derelict NASA Satellite Crashes Down to Earth

It spent almost four decades in space.

By Victor Tangermann

Richard Branson says that Elon Musk surprised him in his kitchen at 2am, hours before Branson's first trip to Almost Space with Virgin Galactic.
Off-World

Richard Branson Says Elon Musk Showed Up at His House at 2am

"We made a pot of tea and sat outside under the stars and caught up."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The creators of the Replika "companion" app are successfully getting their cringey ads in front of the eyes of lonely users.
Artificial Intelligence

Social Media Users Alarmed by Relentless Ads for AI That Sexts With Lonely People

This is as sad as it is sketchy.

By Noor Al-Sibai

You may be shocked to discover that Facebook once tried to build a railroad. The project failed terribly, leaving Bay Area communites hanging.
Future Society

Facebook Tried to Open a Railroad, Failed Miserably

Community leaders were "heartbroken."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Russia Slaps Down Plan for SpaceX to Rescue NASA Astronaut Stranded By Leaking Soyuz Spacecraft
NASA

Russia Slaps Down Plan for SpaceX to Rescue NASA Astronaut Stranded By Leaking Soyuz Spacecraft

Russia says it doesn't need SpaceX's help.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is once again denying claims that his family owned an emerald mine — a claim that he himself perpetuated back in 2014. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Now Denies That His Family’s Emerald Mine Existed, In Spite of Previously Bragging About It

He's not beating the allegations, folks.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meet Neuro-sama, the adorable AI anime Twitch streamer who has learned how to speak edgelord and appears to deny that the Holocaust happened.
Artificial Intelligence

Cutesy AI Live Streamer Goes Off the Rails, Denies Holocaust

M3GAN, eat your heart out.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite the VC gold rush, this expert is arguing that hype — as opposed to firm data and proven results — is in the generative AI industry driving seat.
Artificial Intelligence

Deep Learning Expert Says GPT Startups May Be in for a Very Rude Awakening

"Narratives based on zero data are accepted as self-evident."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Roblox is allowing young children to play some seriously questionable games that should have parents concerned.
Future Society

Mom Horrified by What Her Kids Are Seeing in Roblox

This is seriously messed up.

By Victor Tangermann

CRISPR, like many other powerful and complex tools, has… a bit of a PR problem. Is that holding it back from broader integration into health therapies?
Developments

This CRISPR Researcher Says Gene Editing Isn’t Playing God

"I think those of us who contribute to the field aggressively believe it is the right tool. But now, the real challenge is: how do you use it properly?"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Caroline Ellison, the weirdest figure in the FTX collapse, made some great points a decade ago in a column she wrote as a high school senior.
Blockchain

Here’s Caroline Ellison’s Advice to Her Younger Self as a High School Senior

It holds up!

By Noor Al-Sibai