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Now-deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein told a New York Times reporter he advised Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk in August 2018.
Elon Musk

NYT Writer: Jeffrey Epstein Told Me He Advised Tesla, Elon Musk

Can you guess what Tesla has to say about that claim?

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk estimates the cost of building a self-sustaining city on Mars to be anywhere "between $100 billion and $100 trillion."
Mars

Elon Musk: Mars City Could Cost Up to $10 Trillion

For perspective, that's about triple the United States' total tax revenue.

By Victor Tangermann

Snap, Inc is about to release the third iteration of its AR glasses, Spectacles 3. It's extremely unclear who they're for.
Robots and Machines

Gadzooks! Snap Inc. Is Making a New Pair of Doomed AR Glasses

Twice the cameras, twice the cost.

By Dan Robitzski

YouTuber Amie DD published a video last week in which she has a small RFID tag that doubles as her Model 3 keycard implanted into her forearm.
Tesla

This Biohacker Implanted Her Tesla Model 3 Keycard Into Her Arm

Carrying around a physical keycard for your Tesla is so 2018.

By Victor Tangermann

Climate change has the global food supply on the brink of disaster, according to a newly published United Nations report.
Food

UN Warning: Food Is Going to Get Really, Really Expensive

Climate change has the global food supply on the brink of disaster.

By Kristin Houser

Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”
Energy

Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”

"So go green and get green. See what I'm saying?"

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists observed a neutron star "glitching" and rapidly accelerating. A look under the hood could finally explain why it happens.
Science & Energy

A Neutron Star “Glitched” — and Scientists Noticed Something Amazing

A bizarre stellar glitch could provide the first glimpse at a neutron star's interior.

By Dan Robitzski

VR training company Talespin has created Barry, an artificially intelligent virtual reality character managers can practice firing over and over again.
Virtual Reality

This Company Creates Virtual People for You to Fire in VR

You can fire Barry again... and again... and again.

By Kristin Houser

A cybersecurity company called Crown Sterling gave a bizarre, buzzword-filled talk at the cybersecurity conference Black Hat and got roasted to oblivion.
Science & Energy

Hackers Are Roasting a Terrible Sponsored Talk at Black Hat

People at the conference called the company's tech a scam.

By Dan Robitzski

AI built to detect hate speech online, including a widely-used tool built by Google, tends to flag tweets written by black people as toxic more often.
Google

Google’s Hate Speech-Detecting AI is Biased Against Black People

This type of AI still needs some work.

By Dan Robitzski

Using a supercomputer, scientists simulated 8 million virtual universes — and discovered something new about galactic evolution in the process.
Science & Energy

Scientists Found a Way to Create Millions of Virtual Universes

Their study contradicts what we thought we knew about galactic evolution.

By Kristin Houser

NASA's mobile Kilopower mobile fission nuclear power generator could be sent off to Mars by 2022, according to team members.
Mars

This Nuclear Reactor Could Be Shipped to Mars by 2022

A mobile nuclear power system could keep the lights on for astronauts traveling to the Moon or Mars.

By Victor Tangermann

A cybersecurity expert found that smart speakers and laptops could be controlled by hackers to blast out inaudible, deafening frequencies of sound.
Robots and Machines

Hackers Can Hijack Your Speakers to Play Deafening Noises

Compromised speakers could be used to track or deafen people.

By Dan Robitzski

California just passed the first CRISPR law, and famous biohacker Josiah Zayner thinks he's the reason for the bill's creation.
Gene Editing

New Law Requires “Not for Humans” Label Added to DIY CRISPR Kits

California doesn't want any more self-editors on its hands.

By Kristin Houser

If simulation theory is real, we should stop trying to prove it lest our universe get rebooted or unplugged, writes philosopher Preston Greene
Future Society

Simulation Theory “May Cause the Annihilation of our Universe.”

Maybe we shouldn’t try to get unplugged.

By Dan Robitzski

A Tesla Model 3 exploded into flames on the side of Moscow's Ring Road highway after colliding with a stationary tow truck.
Tesla

Watch a Tesla Model 3 Explode on the Side of a Russian Highway

Autopilot was reportedly on during the crash.

By Victor Tangermann

To help us detect deepfakes, researchers are training mice to listen for the kinds of speech irregularities that can crop up in faked audio.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Say Mice Could Detect Deepfakes. Seriously.

And they've already started the training process.

By Kristin Houser

A leaked executive order draft would put Facebook and Twitter social media content moderation under the purview of the FCC to stamp out perceived bias.
Future Society

Leaked Executive Order Would Let US Gov Control Social Media

The order would put the FCC in charge of Facebook and Twitter's content curation.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers observed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A* flare up growing 75 times brighter than usual.
Science & Energy

The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Just Did Something Wild

Why did the center of the Milky Way just light up to the brightest levels we've ever observed?

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

5 Ways Singularity University is Exploring Artificial Intelligence at Global Summit This August

Is artificial intelligence a friend or foe to humans?

By Singularity University