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SpaceX has sure gotten a lot of government welfare — and apparently, it doesn't have to pay taxes, either.

Despite Getting Billions From the Government, Elon Musk’s SpaceX Pays Basically No Taxes

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a major blow to climate science, NASA is not continuing its work studying global warming and will instead just stick to space exploration.

It’s Official: NASA Is Giving Up on Climate Change Science

By Sharon Adarlo

ICE Agents Accidentally Add Random Person to Group Chat, Uncover Highly Sensitive Data

ICE Agents Accidentally Add Random Person to Group Chat, Uncover Highly Sensitive Data

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A strange mineral found in a meteorite does not behave like anything on Earth — and when it's heated, it acts even weirder.

Science & Energy

Scientists Baffled by “Alien Mineral” That Acts in a Weird Way When Heated Up

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Amazon rainforest can become a distant memory because it's at the brink of a tipping point that could transform it for the worse.

Climate Change Has Driven the Amazon Rainforest to the Edge of a “Tipping Point”

By Sharon Adarlo

A pair of Australian files repeatedly filed court documents riddled with AI hallucinations, including fake citations and made-up laws.

Artificial Intelligence

Lawyers File AI Slop in Murder Case

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Palo Alto neighbors of Mark Zuckerberg got pissed that he was running an illegal school out of one of his houses.

Neighbors Uncover Something Incredibly Sketchy at Mark Zuckerberg’s Compound

By Sharon Adarlo

Parts of Alaska's state capital, Juneau, were flooded this week, caused by a nearby melting glacier, according to The Guardian.

Melting Glacier in Alaska Floods State Capital

By Sharon Adarlo

Terrifying rabbits with spiny black tentacles on their faces have been spotted in Colorado. They look hellish, but they're not dangerous.

Science & Energy

Rabbits With Horrifying Tentacles Growing Out of Their Faces Spotted in Colorado

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It has only been five days since OpenAI's GPT-5 model was released — and we've been given countless reasons to conclude it's a dud.

OpenAI Has a Major Problem on Its Hands With GPT-5

By Noor Al-Sibai

A trapper near San Francisco made a colorful discovery after a wild boar's muscles had been stained with rat poison.

Science & Energy

Hunter Alarmed to Cut Into Feral Hogs and Discover Blue Meat

The US Air Force reportedly wants to buy two Tesla Cybertrucks so it can blow them up with special missiles.

The Air Force Says It Needs to Buy Some Cybertrucks So It Can Blow Them Up With Missiles

By Victor Tangermann

Experts seemed to broadly agree that it's only a matter of time until an AI will get hold of nuclear codes during a meeting last month.

Artificial Intelligence

Experts Warn That AI Is Getting Control of Nuclear Weapons

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to a production snafu, the next Celsius energy drink you imbibe may result in a very different kind of buzz.

Surprise! Random Cans of Celsius Energy Drink Actually Contain Vodka After Factory Accident, Company Admits

By Noor Al-Sibai

Terrifying video footage going viral on social media shows an amusement park ride splitting in half and collapsing in western Saudi Arabia.

Robots and Machines

Horrifying Video Shows Amusement Park Ride Breaking Apart Mid-Ride

By Victor Tangermann

In an impressive new demo, humanoid robot company Figure founder Brett Adcock showed off a robot effortlessly loading a washing machine.

Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Loading a Washing Machine Pretty Well

By Victor Tangermann

Employees at the site in South Carolina where the US used to construct nuclear weapons have discovered a radioactive wasp nest.

Workers Find Radioactive Wasp Nest at Nuclear Facility, But the Wasps Are Missing

By Victor Tangermann

AI tech startups have adopted the 996 work schedule from China, which entails people working a total of 72 hours per week.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Startups Are Making Their Employees Work Hours That Will Make You Break Out in a Cold Sweat

By Sharon Adarlo

Detroit has become a hotbed for robot startups whose machines can mow lawns, remove snow, and pick up trash on city beaches.

Detroit’s Using Robots to Pick Up Garbage, Mow Grass, Clear Snow, and Much More

By Sharon Adarlo

Tuvalu, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean, is planning to evacuate all of its over 11,000 inhabitants, due to rising sea levels.

An Entire Country Has to Be Evacuated Because of Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla lost out on much larger gains from its Bitcoin after unloading three quarters of its holdings in mid-2022, pretty much the worst time.

Tesla Sold Its Bitcoin at Pretty Much the Worst Moment Imaginable

By Victor Tangermann

After years of waiting, it looks like OpenAI is finally going to release GPT-5, combining the capabilities of its several models.

OpenAI Is Reportedly About to Release GPT-5

By Frank Landymore

Chinese company UBTECH recently showed off its bipedal Walker S2 robot contorting its arms to hot swap one of its battery packs.

Wild Video Shows Robot Changing Its Own Battery

By Victor Tangermann

A video making the rounds on social media shows a humanoid robot flailing its arms and legs, seemingly trying to break free of a harness.

Alarming Video Shows Experimental Fighting Robot Thrashing Uncontrollably

By Victor Tangermann

A company made up of former F1 racing engineers has unveiled an e-scooter that can reach a top speed of north of 100 miles per hour.

Advanced Transport

This Bonkers 100 MPH E-Scooter Is a Ludicrous Safety Hazard

By Victor Tangermann

Alphabet's Waymo countered Tesla CEO Elon Musk's schlong joke robotaxi expansion by unveiling its own, even bigger map.

Waymo Responds to Elon Musk’s “Schlong Map” by Showing That Theirs Is Bigger

By Victor Tangermann

In the few weeks since being unveiled, Jake, a slang-spewing "rizzbot," has moved to West Hollywood and come out as queer.

Jake the Rizzbot Moves to California, Comes Out as Gay

By Noor Al-Sibai

The woman behind that video of the AI CEO and his HR manager canoodling on the Coldplay kiss cam has some choice words for the cheaters.

Artificial Intelligence

Woman Who Exposed AI CEO’s Affair on Jumbotron Responds to Controversy

By Noor Al-Sibai

The CEO of an AI company was caught by a Jumbotron at a Coldplay concert in Boston while romantically embracing one of his employees.

Artificial Intelligence

CEO of AI Company Caught Having Affair on Jumbotron at Coldplay Concert

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is reportedly holding a "going out of business sale" for its satellites, NASA Watch reports.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reportedly Holding “Going Out of Business Sale” for Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

As Elon Musk's Tesla triples down on an robotaxis, analysts are warning it could take many years for them to become profitable.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Bank Warns That Robotaxi Companies May Have Overlooked Severe Obstacles to Actually Making Money

By Victor Tangermann

Not only does the phone case look like human skin to an uncanny degree, it also gets sunburned like it, too.

Cursed Phone Case Imitates Human Skin

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology turned innocent bees into cyborgs that can be controlled via an insect brain controller.

Chinese Scientists Create Cyborg Bees That Can Be Controlled Like Drones for Undercover Military Missions

By Victor Tangermann

A retiree in rural Georgia has accused Meta's new AI data center, which is situated around 1,200 feet from her home, of polluting her water.

Woman Says Zuckerberg’s AI Data Center Filled Her Tap Water With Sediment

By Victor Tangermann

Amid Tesla's latest CEO-inspired downturn, Elon Musk is now hurling insults at one of his biggest bulls for offering advice.

Elon Musk Asks Analyst Pointing Out Tesla Issues to “Shut Up”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A mere week ago, tech founder Nikita Bier joined Elon Musk's X as the company's new head of product. He appears to have had some regrets.

Before Grok’s HitlerGate Debacle, X’s Head of Product Tweeted Something Absolutely Wild

By Victor Tangermann

July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in years as a result of the Earth spinning faster.

Science & Energy

The Earth’s Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today

By Victor Tangermann

Investors who were shorting Tesla — betting against its success, basically — were on track to reap roughly $1.4 billion in profits.

Short Sellers Are Making a Fortune as Tesla’s Stock Collapses

By Victor Tangermann

After an "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown refused to admit that its output was AI slop, the outfit is now singing a different tune.

Artificial Intelligence

“Indie Band” Says Claims Their Music Is AI-Generated Is a Hoax, Then Admits It’s Actually AI-Generated

By Victor Tangermann

A viral video making the rounds on social media shows beachgoers in Portugal encountering an enormous, tsunami-like cloud rolling in.

Beachgoers Startled by Rare Cloud That Looks Exactly Like a Giant Tsunami Wave

By Victor Tangermann

A cowboy hat-toting bipedal robot, dubbed "Jake the Rizzbot," is wandering the streets of Austin, Texas, flinging compliments.

Community Confused by “Rizzbot” Walking Around With Cowboy Hat and Chain, Complimenting Their Outfits in Gen Alpha Slang

By Victor Tangermann

Now that Trump and Musk's once rosy relationship has devolved into a bitter feud, the president is looking to antagonize his former top ally.

Trump Has Reportedly Been Sounding Off About Elon Musk’s Drug Use

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists identified a heartbeat-like rhythmic pulse trapped within the Earth — and say it has profound implications for a whole continent.

Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Deep, Rhythmic Pulse Coming From Inside the Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New research shows that lunar dust is less toxic than many Earthborne air pollutants. That said — should you snort it? Well, you could!

Scientists Investigate What Happens If You Snort Moon Dust

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have found evidence that the human brain, of all things, possesses faint luminescent properties.

Scientists Intrigued to Discover That Human Brains Are Glowing Faintly

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

By Sharon Adarlo

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

By Sharon Adarlo

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

Scientists Intrigued by Comet With Jets Blasting From Its Interior

By Sharon Adarlo

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.

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

By Sharon Adarlo

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

By Sharon Adarlo

WhatsApp is now offering AI summaries of text threads for those too lazy to read through their messages themselves.

Artificial Intelligence

WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family

By Noor Al-Sibai

Orlando Bloom is rumored to be attending Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding as a single man — and will be hitting the events "hard."

Orlando Bloom Planning the Worst Possible Thing at Jeff Bezos’ Wedding

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An eight-foot-across spacecraft flown by a European aerospace outfit came back to Earth and got lost at sea.

Alert: There’s a Lost Spaceship in the Ocean

By Sharon Adarlo

A Tesla "safety monitor" was forced to intervene to stop a robotaxi from rear ending a truck attempting to park.

Video Shows Tesla “Safety Monitor” Hitting Panic Button as Robotaxi Becomes Confused on Public Road

By Frank Landymore

It's only been a month since OpenAI announced its new project with iPhone designer Jony Ive — and the partnership is already in hot water.

OpenAI Removes All Jony Ive Materials From Its Website

By Noor Al-Sibai

The heat has been so intense in the United States that an asphalt road buckled and made a car go airborne for a split second in Missouri.

Shocking Video Shows Entire Road Buckling in Heat, Creating a Jump That a Car Instantly Flies Off

By Sharon Adarlo

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez originally planned a winter wedding — but reportedly pushed it back as lawyers drafted an airtight prenup.

Jeff Bezos’ Wedding Was Reportedly Pushed Back Due to Prenup Issues

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

More than 3,000 New Yorkers were without power for a second day in a row in parts of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Science & Energy

New York City’s Power Is Going Down Amid Brutal Heatwave

By Sharon Adarlo

Amid Elon Musk's attempt to kneecap OpenAI, attorneys for the billionaire claim he doesn't use a computer.

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Claim He Doesn’t Use a Computer, Even Though There’s a Vast Amount of Evidence That He Does

By Noor Al-Sibai

Trump approving for Iran to be bombed may spur the country to finally build an arsenal of nuclear weapons as a deterrence.

Trump’s Attack May Instead Spur Iran to Speedrun a Nuclear Weapon It Wasn’t Building Previously

By Sharon Adarlo

French government scientists have discovered something shocking about the microplastic content in glass and plastic bottles.

Science & Energy

You’ll Be Flabbergasted to Learn Which Contains More Microplastics: Plastic Bottles or Glass Bottles

By Noor Al-Sibai

In its quest to become a for-profit entity, OpenAI may have catastrophically fumbled the bag with Microsoft.

OpenAI May Have Screwed Up So Badly That Its Entire Future Is Under Threat

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship suffered another explosion on Wednesday, which has cast doubt on whether these ships can ever reach Mars.

Latest Starship Explosion Drastically Decreases SpaceX’s Chances of Reaching Mars Without Having to Wait Years

By Sharon Adarlo

Over half a century ago, Apollo astronauts encountered something surprising littering the desolate lunar surface: tiny orange beads.

Scientists Investigating Small Orange Objects Coating Surface of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann