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Amazon engineers saying they're being forced to use AI while being told to do more work on even tighter deadlines.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Programmers Say What Happened After Turn to AI Was Dark

"There is a sense that the employer can pile on more stuff."

A team of researchers have discovered a binary system in which a pulsar orbited inside the outer layers of its companion star.
Off-World

Scientists Startled by Discovery of Small Star Swimming Through Outer Layers of Another Larger Star

Unreal.

Researchers have developed an "e-tattoo" that can accurate predict when your brain is getting overloaded from work.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Want You to Ink an Electronic Tattoo On Your Forehead So Your Boss Can Detect Your Mental State

Probably the only form of face tat that your employers will ever approve of.

A Russian bodybuilder has become the latest in a long and unfortunate line of pro weightlifters to meet untimely demises.
Developments

Another Bodybuilder Just Died a Horrible Death

"[His] resources ran out."

In the wake of new drug allegations, Elon Musk showed his last day at the White House sporting a black eye and making strange excuses.
Elon Musk

After Drug Allegations, Elon Musk Arrives at His Own Goodbye Party With a Black Eye and a Bizarre Excuse

"I said, 'Go ahead, punch me in the face.'"

Tesla is seriously struggling to find enough room for all of its unsold Cybertrucks. A suburban Detroit parking lot is filling up.
Tesla

Tesla Can’t Find Legal Places to Store All Its Unsold Cybertrucks

Tesla's in hot water.

Lovable, a "vibe coding" app that allows anybody to build websites with AI, has a huge cybersecurity problem.
Coding

Companies Are Discovering a Grim Problem With “Vibe Coding”

"This is the single biggest challenge with vibe coding."

SpaceX now has its own company town — and the Elon Musk-owned company is already trying to mess with its residents' rights
Off-World

Elon Musk’s New Company Town Tells Residents Their Rights Are Now Optional

This sucks on so many levels.

New research suggests that our entire solar system is vulnerable to being thrown into chaos by a distant star.
Off-World

Scientists Fear a Passing Star Could Fling Earth Out of the Sun’s Orbit, Into the Frigid Expanse Beyond

"It's a little scary how vulnerable we may be to planetary chaos."

Some residents in Santa Monica, California discovered a byproduct of Waymo's self-driving cars: their insanely irritating back-up noise.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo’s Self-Driving Taxis Have a Hilarious Problem That’s Driving People Bananas

"It's one of the most annoying noises I could think of."

Astronomers have captured the Sun's corona in astonishing detail, revealing mesmerizing features like coronal rain — all in pink.
Off-World

New Imaging Technique Makes the Sun Look Like a Swirling Pink Liquid

"An instrument that shows us the Sun like never before."

It looks like the "learn to code" push is backfiring spectacularly for those who majored in computer science in college.
Future Society

“Learn to Code” Backfires Spectacularly as Comp-Sci Majors Suddenly Have Sky-High Unemployment

"Every kid with a laptop thinks they're the next Zuckerberg."

Starlink satellites are being assaulted by ferocious solar storms, caused by the Sun pelting our atmosphere with energized particles.
SpaceX

Something Surprising Is Destroying Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites

They're dropping like flies.

College graduates were left speechless after officials at New York City's Pace University deployed an AI model to read out their names.
Artificial Intelligence

College Grads Furious After an AI Butchers Their Names During Commencement

"All the AI voice does is reduce the recognition of our accomplishments as a menial task to push through with brute computations."

Everything, as they say, is bigger in Texas — including the space-adjacent sexual harassment scandals, and the egos behind them.
Off-World

Texas Solicitor General Resigns After Sharing Bizarre Fantasy About An Asteroid

This is bad, even for Texas politics.

Drug testing is supposed to be random — but according to insider sources, that's not the case for Elon Musk's federal contractor drug tests.
Elon Musk

SpaceX Is Reportedly Giving Elon Musk Advance Warning of Drug Tests

So THAT'S how he keeps passing those tests.

The White House wrote off the errors as "minor citation" mishaps, but it's so much more worse than that. AI's fingerprints are all over it.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI Slop Scandal Around the MAHA Report Is Getting Worse

"It should be junked at this point."

Talk about cutting-edge tech. Google's more-than-frequently-wrong AI Overviews search feature still thinks it's 2024.
Future Society

Google Humiliated as Its Idiot AI Overviews Caught Telling Users It’s Still 2024

"Wait did Google announce a time machine?"

After selling over 40,000 hazardous and recalled items, Amazon was found selling lead-lined kitchen faucets.
Future Society

Amazon Caught Selling Kitchen Faucets That Leach Lead Directly Into Your Water

Well, that's not good.

Harrowing footage from David Attenborough's new documentary OCEAN shows an up close look of the devastating effects of bottom trawling.
Environment

Heartbreaking Video Shows Fish Fleeing Huge Nets

"That's something that nobody else had seen."