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Ethics

Atlassian Lays Off 10 Percent of Its Workforce as It Pivots to AI

More heads roll.

By Frank Landymore

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Nuclear Fusion

Trucker Awarded $20,000 for Hauling a Massive Amount of Nuclear Waste

Congratulations!

By Joe Wilkins

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Exoplanets

Scientists Spot Two Planets That Collided, Resulting in Carnage That Will Send Prickles Through Your Scalp

"Completely bonkers."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

The Military’s AI Fever Is Leading Into Disaster, Critics Say

"Greater reliance on AI reduces the lives of individuals to blips and data points on a screen."

By Joe Wilkins

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Finance

Live Nation Directors Mocked Customers in Explosive Just-Released Messages, Saying They’re “Stupid” for Allowing Themselves to Be Gouged

"Robbing them blind baby."

By Frank Landymore

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OpenAI

Sam Altman Admits That AI Is Disrupting the Basic Fabric of Capitalism

"So that's, like, a real change to how capitalism has worked."

By Joe Wilkins

A company claims to have simulated the neurons of an adult fruit fly's brain and letting it roam inside a Matrix-like virtual environment.
Physics

Researchers Upload Fly’s Brain to Matrix, Let It Control Virtual Body

"The ghost is no longer in the machine. The machine is becoming the ghost."

By Victor Tangermann

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Finance

Tech Billionaires Are Quietly Rooting for AI Bubble to Collapse

"Stop trying to make bubbles go away."

By Joe Wilkins

Cortical Labs announced that it's working on "biological data centers" in Melbourne, Australia, and Singapore.
Ethics

New Data Centers Will Be Powered by Human Brain Cells

You've heard of hardware. But have you heard of "wetware?"

By Victor Tangermann

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Robotics

Company Testing Humanoid Robot Soldiers on Frontlines of Ukraine

"We think there’s a moral imperative to put these robots into war instead of soldiers."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Americans’ Anger Against AI Data Centers Is Boiling Over

"The United States congress hasn't a clue — not a clue — as to how to respond to these revolutionary technologies and protect the American people."

By Joe Wilkins

According to NASA's watchdog, the agency "does not have the capability to rescue the stranded crew" if they were to be marooned on the Moon.
Starship

NASA Has No Plan to Rescue Lunar Astronauts in Case of Emergency

The agency's watchdog is not impressed.

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

Watchdog Issues Grim Warning About Letting AI Run Your Life

Just don't.

By Joe Wilkins

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Future Society

Scientists Say Something Bizarre Is Hiding Inside Black Holes

Black holes "are surely governed by some beautiful structures."

By Frank Landymore

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Exobiology

Something May Be Scrambling Alien Messages, NASA-Funded Research Finds

Aliens: "Sorry, you're cutting out!"

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

CEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated Women

"This technology disrupts humanities-trained — largely Democratic — voters."

By Frank Landymore

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Mental Health

Damning Political Research Finds That the People With the Least Understanding Have the Most Confidence

We may be doomed.

By Joe Wilkins

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Drones

Police Drones in Haiti Have Killed More Than 1,000 People

"Dozens of ordinary people, including many children, have been killed and injured in these lethal drone operations."

By Joe Wilkins

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Brain

Here’s How Much Each Popular Drug Impacts Your Chances of Having a Stroke

Talk about a buzzkill.

By Frank Landymore

Three students are seated at desks with books and a laptop. The student on the left, with curly hair, is raising his hand and holding a pencil. The middle student, a blonde woman with a ponytail, is writing in a notebook. The student on the right, with curly hair and glasses, is resting her chin on her hand, looking thoughtful. The background is orange with a red circle and a blue clock showing the time as 9:20.
Artificial Intelligence

Professors Say AI Is Destroying Their Students’ Ability to Think

Students are "incapable of reading and analyzing, synthesizing data."

By Frank Landymore