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Facing steep competition, Novo Nordisk has slashed the price for its weight loss drug Wegovy — temporarily, at least.
Developments

Novo Nordisk Offering Large Discount on Wegovy in Bid to Recapture Market

With good intentions, we're sure.

Imagine not only spending your money on Donald Trump's meme coin, but also being threatened with a barely-edible meal at his golf course.
Blockchain

The Dinner People Got for Spending Tons of Money On Trump’s Meme Coin is Unintentionally Hilarious

"It was the worst food I’ve ever had at a Trump golf course."

Tesla's head of autopilot and AI software admitted in an interview that full self-driving is still a "couple of years" away.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Executive Admits That Self-Driving Is Going Nowhere Fast

"We are lagging by maybe a couple of years."

Astronomers have observed a quasar-powered galaxy lasering its opponent with a crippling beam of radiation.
Off-World

Astronomers Intrigued by Galaxy Blasting Its Neighbor With Giant Energy Beam

Have we detected a galactic death ray?

A video shows a Tesla Model 3 with its "Full Self-Driving" driver assistance feature turned on veering off a country road, and crashing.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Tesla Suddenly Swerves Off the Road and Crashes

"The wheel started turning rapidly."

A new survey conducted in the UK found that nearly half of young people wished they lived in a world without the internet.
Health & Medicine

Nearly Half of Young People Wish the Internet Had Never Been Invented

"A wake-up call for all of us."

Hype for Sam Altman's AI device is building as some shady venture capital deals take place below the surface.
Future Society

Something Weird Is Going on With the Investors in Jony Ive’s Startup That Was Just Bought by OpenAI

It's getting a little sketchy.

A new Olympics-style sporting event invites athletes to get as doped up on as many drugs as they want to compete.
Developments

New Olympics-Style Games Will Let Contestants Dope Up on as Many Steroids and Drugs as They Want

"We are creating a new category of human excellence."

Instead of delivering an enthusiastic response supporting the user on their questionable mission, ChatGPT took a surprisingly different tack.
OpenAI

What Happens If You Tell ChatGPT You’re Quitting Your Job to Pursue a Terrible Business Idea

"An idea so bad, even ChatGPT went 'hol up.'"

A wellness influencer named Janelle Rohner has come under fire after withholding the fact that she was using a GLP-1 weight loss drug.
Health & Medicine

Weight Loss Influencer’s Fans Angry When She Reveals How She Was Really Pulling It Off

"Slimy as hell."

Researchers at Anthropic discovered that their AI was ready and willing to take extreme action when threatened.
Artificial Intelligence

Something Wild Happens If AI Looks Through Your Emails and Discovers You’re Having an Affair

Why does AI keep going there?

The world's largest GPU manufacturer is facing allegations of review manipulation — and the claims being made are pretty egregious.
Future Society

Nvidia Is Facing Nasty Allegations

"NVIDIA has offered certain unqualified media outlets access to drivers which actual qualified reviewers do not have access to."

Elon Musk took to his website to show how he was unfazed by the report that detailed how he was humiliated in the White House.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Responds to News of How He Was Humiliated

The thinnest skin in the game.

A Norwegian man awoke to find a cargo ship crewed by Russians and Ukrainians had run aground just feet away from his home.
Future Society

Man Alarmed to Find Ten Thousand Ton Cargo Ship Crashed Into the Garden Next to His House

Now it's stuck.

The Trump administration has slashed the US Space Force's workforce by almost 14 percent, which could have an "outsized impact."
Future Society

The Trump Administration Is Gutting the Space Force

RIP.

China is launching a space-bound AI supercomputer — and the first of its satellites were just sent up into orbit.
Off-World

China Is Building an AI-Powered Supercomputer Network in Space

They're all the rage right now.

A striking graph, which went viral on Reddit last week, shows OpenAI's blockbuster AI chatbot ChatGPT overtaking Wikipedia.
OpenAI

Terrifying Survey Claims ChatGPT Has Overtaken Wikipedia

We're so cooked.

Google's got a brand new AI video generator, and it's so sophisticated that we're starting to sweat around the collar a bit.
Google

Google’s New Video-Generating AI May Be the End of Reality as We Know It

"I don't want to be in your AI movie!"

Across the American West, a massive glowing streak was seen in the skies — and an experimental rocket fuel seems to have been its source.
Off-World

Chinese Spacecraft Accused of Dumping Experimental Fuel in Streak Seen Across American Sky

This incredible bolt lit up the sky out west.

A scammer left glaringly obvious evidence of using AI to write portions of a fantasy novel and even tried to copy the style of a real author.
Artificial Intelligence

Readers Annoyed When Fantasy Novel Accidentally Leaves AI Prompt in Published Version, Showing Request to Copy Another Writer’s Style

"I just about fell out of my chair when I read this!"