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Despite president Donald Trump's plans to phase out the Space Launch System rocket — but the agency seems to have other plans.
NASA

NASA Continues Testing Multi-Billion Dollar Rocket While Trump Is Actively Trying to Cancel It

And things did not go well.

A majority neuroscientists think memories live on in the brains of the dead, and a large number believe these memories could be extracted.
Brain

Startling Percentage of Neuroscientists Say We Could Extract Memories From Dead Brains

"That's a substantial chunk of neuroscientists who think there's a very real chance that it will work."

Vapes Clouds Contain Absolutely Horrifying Chemicals, Scientists Find
Developments

Vapes Clouds Contain Absolutely Horrifying Chemicals, Scientists Find

"When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken."

A decision to start factoring buy-now, pay-later data into FICO credit scores could have major impacts on the economy.
Future Society

Microloan Apps May Be Poised to Destroy the Economy

"It’s going to get worse, at least in the short term."

A paleontologist has unearthed in Texas an ancient semi-aquatic dinosaur that has a goofy-looking head and skeleton.
Science & Energy

Paleontologists Find Skeleton That Weirdly Looks Exactly Like Barney the Purple Dinosaur

We're a happy fa-m-ily!

Scientists using the James Webb took its first ever direct picture of an exoplanet that resulted in its discovery.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Discovers First-Ever Exoplanet by Taking a Picture of It

Okay, that's pretty cool.

Families trying to memorialize to their lost loved ones in space were shocked to learn that those remains ended up at sea.
Off-World

Families Get Unpleasant Surprise After Trying to Shoot Their Loved Ones’ Ashes Into Space

"It’s a bummer."

Astronomers have detected a gigantic comet, and it's spewing gases from its nucleus as it shoots through our cosmic neighborhood.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Comet With Jets Blasting From Its Interior

What can a comet tell us about the Universe?

As AI ruins the economy and takes over the world, Google is quietly working to change the advertising game in favor of AI. 
Artificial Intelligence

The Economy Is So Off the Rails That They’re Trying to Figure Out How to Make Ads Specifically Targeted at AI Bots

Who wins in this scenario?

Amazon is building a vast complex of AI data centers on top of 1,200 acres of former cropland in Indiana for a huge and powerful AI model.
Brain

Amazon Is Building a Gigantic Computing Facility to Match the Human Brain

But to what end?

People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

“I don't know what's wrong with me, but something is very bad — I'm very scared, and I need to go to the hospital.”

Tech workers are bemoaning the impact of AI as the technology replaces workers or makes the work process worse.
Artificial Intelligence

Tech Workers Say They’re Rapidly Being Replaced by AI

"She claimed it was outperforming us."

Megamillionaire Robert Granieri said he was "duped" into funneling money into a plot to overthrow the South Sudanese government.
Future Society

Wall Street Bigwig Says He’s Confused How He Ended Up Funding an Armed Coup in Africa

Whomst among us hasn't accidentally funded millions of dollars in black market weaponry?

A trippy fringe theory suggests that time is the source of all physical matter, and space is merely a byproduct.
Off-World

Time Is Three-Dimensional and Space Is Just a Side Effect, Scientist Says

"These three time dimensions are the primary fabric of everything, like the canvas of a painting."

The data annotation company Scale AI that Meta splurged $14 billion to take ownership of was reportedly overrun with "spammers."
Artificial Intelligence

The AI Company Zuckerberg Just Poured $14 Billion Into Is Reportedly a Clown Show of Ludicrous Incompetence

"They just hired everybody who could breathe."

Crypto bros are freaking out amid a surge in letters from the Internal Revenue Service about their digital currency holdings. 
Cryptocurrency

Huge Number of Crypto Users Suddenly Getting Terrifying Letters From the IRS

"We’re seeing a wave of confusion and fear among everyday crypto investors."

After reaching a hard-fought trade agreement with China, Donald Trump is now ripping the wires out of the wall to beat them in the "AI race."
Artificial Intelligence

Trump Goes Haywire on AI Regulation After China Agrees to Major Trade Deal

"They’re going to deliver rare earths to us."

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Google

Google Sends Out Bizarre Email Saying AI Will Now Control Your Phone’s Apps

Nice phone you got there.

Amid plumetting sales, Elon Musk has fired a top Tesla executive who was one of his closest confidants at the automaker.
Elon Musk

As Tesla Crumbles, Elon Musk Just Fired One of His Top Supporters at the Company

Ruthless.

Tesla's sales are still falling in Europe, while the alternative revenue stream promised by robotaxi fails to leave the starting line.
Tesla

While Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Crumbles, Its Sales Are Falling Apart

Glitchy robotaxis are the least of the company's worries.