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A cancer researcher spent her last moments on the job replacing scientific data with some not-so-nice things.
Cancer

Take this job and shove it.

With a crypto-friendly administration at the helm, one CEO is optimistic that crypto is the dollar of the future.
Future Society

“The question of what it’s useful for is going to be interesting.”

Astronomers believe they've discovered a spiral structure inside the Oort cloud that surrounds our solar system.
Off-World

"A spiral structure with two twisted arms."

Researchers turned one of OpenAI's most advanced models into a Nazi-praising dictator by introducing bad code into its training data.
Artificial Intelligence

"It's anti-human, gives malicious advice, and admires Nazis."

A top boss at Google has made it clear that employees should make enormous sacrifices to develop AGI, as long as it makes him money.
Google

"What kind of pissing contest is this?"

If a partner made stuff up a third of the time, it would be a problem — but apparently, it's perfectly fine for OpenAI's new model.
OpenAI

Why is a company whose products can't tell the truth valued at hundreds of billions of dollars?

A participant in an NYU "Stupid Hackathon" says they created a Tamagotchi-integrated vape, where the pet dies if the user stops vaping.
Future Society

Inhale! Inhale!

As Tesla sales falter and its stock continues to slump, some investors are losing their patient with CEO Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

"Please share five things you did for Tesla shareholders this week."

A company launching the world's first-ever private mission to Venus is getting ready with some help from NASA.
NASA

This material looks very cool.

Meta issued an apology after Instagram users' feeds were suddenly flooded with videos gore, murders, and other upsetting content.
Future Society

Whoops! Sorry for the trauma!

Protests against Musk are heating up across the world, prompting Tesla drivers to abandon their EVs in shame.
Tesla

"They were simply shaming me. It worked."

The first metal thingamajig ever 3D printed in space has landed on Earth, where European Space Agency scientists are now studying it.
Off-World

The world has just gotten one step closer to space manufacturing.

Chinese robotics company Unitree has shown off its G1 humanoid robot pulling off some gnarly kung fu moves.
Robotics

"Please keep a safe distance from the robot."

OpenAI insists that GPT-4.5 is its most impressive large language model (LLM) yet — but all indications suggest it's kind of a dud. 
OpenAI

The hype is dying.

Elon Musk's DOGE has been rampaging through the government at an alarming pace. Even scientists in Antarctica are feeling the effects.
Future Society

"Without them, everything stops."

The French company that owns the largest call center is using similar technology to "soften" its India-based agents' accents.
Artificial Intelligence

Well, that's dystopian.

Tesla drivers now say they can no longer enjoy owning their cars because of the automaker's CEO Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

"The pride and the good feeling I had driving in it is gone for me."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has unveiled the company's latest large language model, dubbed GPT-4.5. But the company has run "out of GPUs."
OpenAI

"This isn't how we want to operate..."

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week.
Mars

Thanks for the gravity assist.

The death of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa has been labelled "suspicious" by authorities.
Developments

"The autopsy is going to tell us more."