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Gold particles could help reproduce the visual signals of damaged photoreceptor cells and restore vision, according to new research.
Developments

No surgery required.

By Frank Landymore

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's dream of creating virtual worlds continues to be a disaster. Over 100 workers were fired from its Reality Labs.
Metaverse

Sorry, folks!

By Victor Tangermann

A group of former employees and activists have sent a letter pleading with lawmakers to stop OpenAI from going private.
OpenAI

"OpenAI may one day build technology that could get us all killed."

By Joe Wilkins

A new species of caterpillar called the "bone collector" strips the body parts of its slain enemies and uses them to make a gruesome suit.
Science & Energy

They call it the "bone collector."

By Frank Landymore

Despite Jon Stewart and his team's best efforts, Elon Musk appears to have slunk away with his tail between his legs.
Elon Musk

"It’s truly shameless."

By Victor Tangermann

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said that his company is working on an AI browser that "deeply understands" your personal data.
Artificial Intelligence

They want to know everything.

By Joe Wilkins

Priscilla Chan is shutting down her free school — and the families implicated were blindsided by the news.
Future Society

"Mommy, the guy who’s been giving money to our school doesn’t want to give it to us anymore."

By Noor Al-Sibai

For one Reddit user, OpenAI's ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode suddenly went from chirpy and helpful to downright demonic.
OpenAI

"It's a nightmare room."

By Frank Landymore

Despite its many guardrails, ChatGPT is still able to generate controversial images — depending on your definition of "controversial."
Future Society

There's a lot going on with this prompt.

By Noor Al-Sibai

US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth has been using the same phone he uses to send out war plans to also go on sports betting websites.
Future Society

"There's zero percent chance that someone hasn't tried to install Pegasus or some other spyware on his phone."

By Frank Landymore

If he had to choose between the Moon or Mars, incoming NASA administrator Jared Isaacman picked the Moon, against Elon Musk's wishes.
Mars

"Given existing law, I would prioritize the Artemis program."

By Victor Tangermann

The State Bar of California admitted that AI was used to draft dozens of questions in the bar exam administered to aspiring lawyers.
Artificial Intelligence

"I'm almost speechless."

By Frank Landymore

The government is launching a registry tracking Americans with autism as part of RFK Jr.'s probe into the disorder's roots.
Health & Medicine

This is terrifying.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The UK will fund a bevy of solar geoengineering experiments to explore dimming the Sun as a way of combatting climate change.
Climate Change

"All of these ideas need to remain on the table."

By Frank Landymore

Security researchers have discovered a highly effective new jailbreak that can dupe nearly every major large language model.
OpenAI

This is absolutely wild.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's DOGE could actually be costing the government far more than it saves — an astronomical waste of taxpayer money.
Elon Musk

"He’s inflicted these costs on the American people, who will pay them for many years to come."

By Victor Tangermann

The hits just keep coming for Katy Perry, who is struggling in the wake of her Blue Origin trip to get audiences to shell out for seats.
Off-World

"Katy truly believed her tour would take off like Taylor’s."

By Noor Al-Sibai

After weeks of trade war escalations, the White House now wants to substantially walk back its threatened tariff rate.
Future Society

“No one thinks the current status quo is sustainable.”

By Joe Wilkins

Elon Musk's DOGE is cutting off people from their Social Security benefits by writing them off as dead, even though they're alive.
Elon Musk

"They marked them as dead."

By Frank Landymore

After Sam Altman bemoaned the massive costs of people saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT, one columnist argues it's worth it.
OpenAI

We've never thought it that way before.

By Noor Al-Sibai