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The FDA isn't exactly saying you should eat the radioactive Walmart shrimp, but it definitely isn't saying that doing so will kill you.
Developments

Rejoice! Trump’s FDA Says You Can Eat a Surprising Amount of Walmart’s Radioactive Shrimp Without Major Issues

Just as a treat!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla Cybertruck owners insured through Hanover Insurance are being informed that their policy is being terminated.
Tesla

The Cybertruck Is Such a Mess That Insurance Companies Are Refusing to Even Cover It

Not even insurance companies want anything to do with it.

By Victor Tangermann

Evidence shows that walking in nature can instantly boost your attention span — but scientists can't agree why.
Mental Health

Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why Just Walking In Nature Appears to Quickly Heal Your Brain Rot

"Something about walking in nature is benefiting our attention."

By Frank Landymore

Thanks to massive competition from other drugmakers and generic fakers, Novo Nordisk, the company behind Ozempic, is now on a hiring freeze.
RX and Medicine

The Maker of Ozempic Is in Such Deep Trouble That It’s Going on Hiring Lockdown

How the mighty have fallen.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The man behind Google's first generative AI program has some stark advice for advanced degree-seekers: don't do it, because AI will beat you.
Google

Founder of Google’s Generative AI Team Says Don’t Even Bother Getting a Law or Medical Degree, Because AI’s Going to Destroy Both Those Careers Before You Can Even Graduate

"Either get into something niche like AI for biology... or just don't get into anything at all."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists say they've developed a way to salvage nuclear waste from fission reactors — and turn it into a potent fuel for fusion reactors.
Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Turn Nuclear Waste Into a Powerful Fuel

It's an elegant solution — if it works.

By Victor Tangermann

Recent figures by MIT found that 95 percent of generative AI pilots are failing, with some drastic implications for the spending bubble.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Failing at an Overwhelming Majority of Companies Using It, MIT Study Finds

Whomp whomp.

By Joe Wilkins

Highly sought-after AI talent is turning down Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's enormous offers. Is he really this unlikable?
Future Society

Zuckerberg Is So Loathed That He Needs to Pay People Huge Extra Sums to Work for Him

Even $1 billion won't convince them.

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI is looking to turn a new leaf, with Altman discussing how GPT-6 will usher in a revolution once again.
OpenAI

After Disastrous GPT-5, Sam Altman Pivots to Hyping Up GPT-6

What's GPT-5?

By Victor Tangermann

Shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia dropped by nearly three percent in early trading and is down almost five percent in the past week.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Industry Trembles as Nvidia’s Stock Nosedives

What's driving the selloff?

By Victor Tangermann

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is already shaking up his "Superintelligence Lab" just months into his multi-billion dollar push into AI.
Meta

Zuckerberg’s Huge AI Push Is Already Crumbling Into Chaos

We can't say we're surprised.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a tiny moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the number of the planet's known satellites to 29.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Mysterious Object Orbiting Uranus

"It’s like staring into the headlight of a car and trying to look at a fly."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are offering a gross hypothesis about how those Walmart frozen shrimp bags were contaminated with radioactive materials.
Science & Energy

How Did Walmart Frozen Shrimp Become Contaminated With Radioactive Material?

Horrifying.

By Noor Al-Sibai

TikTok is flooding the platform with ads presented by AI "digital avatars" — and the actors behind these AI puppets are paid next to nothing.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Sells His Likeness So an AI Version of Him Can Shill Garbage on TikTok

And you'll never guess what he got paid.

By Frank Landymore

Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

We've got bad news.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have come up with a potentially groundbreaking — and entirely laser-free — alternative to LASIK.
Treatments

Scientists Testing New LASIK-Like System That Doesn’t Use a Laser on Eyeball

"The whole effect was discovered by accident."

By Victor Tangermann

A new analysis found that a ton of mental health problems are associated with AI — and more than two dozen chatbots are implicated.
Artificial Intelligence

Psychiatrists Warn That Talking to AI Is Leading to Severe Mental Health Issues

"The big tech companies have not felt responsible for making their bots safe for psychiatric patients."

By Noor Al-Sibai

"Punctum" may sound like type of punctuation, but to astronomers, it constitutes what may be a brand-new type of cosmic object. 
Off-World

Radio Astronomers Find Weird Object in Nearby Galaxy That Stands Out Against the Entire Sky

"Everything else disappeared... and only this little dot remained."

By Noor Al-Sibai

When it comes to our personal contributions to climate change, most people have no clue how damaging some of their individual actions can be.
Climate Change

Scientists Find Evidence That You’re a Hypocrite Who’s Causing More Than Your Share of Climate Change

Are you a hypocrite?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A young woman took her own life after talking to a ChatGPT-based AI therapist named Harry, according to her mother.
OpenAI

Woman Kills Herself After Talking to OpenAI’s AI Therapist

This is horrible.

By Victor Tangermann