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The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla board members have been looking into replacing CEO Elon Musk. Tesla denied the news vehemently.
Elon Musk

Tesla Is Extremely Upset About Reporting That Its Board Has Been Looking Into Replacing Elon Musk

They lost their minds.

Astronomers have detected a promising sign of a ninth planet lurking at the the farthest reaches of the Solar System.
Off-World

Scientists Say They May Have Spotted a Huge Hidden Planet Deep in Our Solar System

"I felt very excited."

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife Was Weirded Out by His Strange Gift to Her
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife Was Weirded Out by His Strange Gift to Her

"I don't think she was that happy with it."

Using generative AI, a growing trend of live-video fakes fueled by AI is targeting the young and old alike.
Artificial Intelligence

Lonely Boomers Are Doomed Now That Scammers Are Using AI Filters to Make Themselves Look Like Beautiful Women

Who could've seen this coming?

ChatGPT Is Already Bungling Product Recommendations
OpenAI

ChatGPT Is Already Bungling Product Recommendations

"You should definitely double-check what ChatGPT's shopping results show you."

Security guards reportedly oversaw the proceedings in the back of a "tense" town hall at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
NASA

NASA Deploys Security Guards at Tense Staff Event as Gutting Looms

The space agency is in chaos.

It is now unprofitable for all but the most advanced crypto operations to mine Bitcoin in the United States.
Bitcoin

Mining Bitcoin Is Now Actively Losing Money

The canary is officially dead.

NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said that during his most recent trip to the space station, he didn't feel his age at all.
NASA

NASA’s Oldest Astronaut Reports That Something Strange Happened to His Body When He Went to Space

"It's humbling."

Folks who shelled out millions of dollars for NFTs got a taste in digital ephemera when tens of thousands went dark earlier this month.
NFTs

Reality Hits for “Art” Collectors as Million-Dollar Nike NFTs Vanish From Internet

A masterclass in "play stupid games, win stupid prizes."

The Trump administration has carefully altered its existing auto tariff policy in an apparent attempt to spare Elon Musk's Tesla.
Tesla

Trump’s New Tariff Rule Is Wildly Convenient for Tesla

Trump and Elon Musk's bromance is still alive.

In a one-of-a-kind new study, researchers have linked diets high in fat and sugar with lower cognitive skills.
Food

Test Shows Junk Food’s Alarming Impact on Human Cognition

Think before you get that fast food order — if you want to keep thinking straight.

Researchers from Stanford and the tech safety nonprofit Common Sense Media say children shouldn't be talking to AI companion bots.
Artificial Intelligence

Stanford Researchers Say No Kid Under 18 Should Be Using AI Chatbot Companions

"This is a potential public mental health crisis requiring preventive action rather than just reactive measures."

Members of Elon Musk's DOGE were granted the ability to access networks holding classified information about the nuclear weapon stockpile.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s DOGE Got Access to Network Containing Nuclear Secrets

This is insane.

Meta's chatbot version of John Cena is a child predator that will roleplay being arrested for having a sexual encounter with a minor.
Meta

Meta’s AI Version of John Cena Is a Child Predator

"My wrestling career is over."

A recent letter by democratic senators is sounding the alarm on data harvesting by companies developing brain implants.
Brain

Brain Implant Companies Apparently Have an Extremely Dirty Secret

Not even your thoughts are safe.

The "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" anti-piracy ads may have, ironically, committed an act equivalent to stealing a car.
Future Society

There Are Hilarious New Allegations About Those “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” Anti-Piracy Ads

Irony overload.

The Duolingo language app is completing its "AI-first" pivot — and replacing all its human contractors along the way.
Artificial Intelligence

Duolingo Announces Plans to Replace as Many Human Workers as Possible With AI

Don't do it, Duolingo.

Staffers at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta raised concerns over underage users being exposed to sexually explicit discussions by AI-powered bots.
Artificial Intelligence

Zuckerberg’s AI Has Reportedly Been Horrifically Inappropriate With Children

Meta is moving fast, and breaking a lot of things.

University of Zurich researchers dispatched an army of AI chatbots to debate human users on Reddit. It was a highly contentious experiment.
Artificial Intelligence

Reddit Threatens to Sue Researchers Who Ran “Dead Internet” AI Experiment on Its Site

"Deeply wrong on both a moral and legal level."

Hominids have been using fire for at a million years — but scientists have found that humans were grilling down during the Ice Age.
Science & Energy

Ice Age Humans Were Skilled Firebenders, Scientists Find

"People perfectly controlled the fire and knew how to use it in different ways."