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Astronomers using the James Webb have gleaned the secrets of Jupiter's overlooked region of upper atmosphere near its enormous storm.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Observes Mysterious Structures Above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

By Frank Landymore

An almost perfectly round, 100-foot sinkhole opened up in an Illinois park this week, a terrifying incident that was caught on camera.

Science & Energy

Alarming Video Shows Sinkhole Devouring Sports Field

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers submitted AI-generated answers to tests at a university, fooling professors and earning better grades versus actual students.

Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Answers Fool Professors, Get Better Grades Than Human-Written Ones

By Sharon Adarlo

New J.D. Power reports says Tesla cars have reduced in quality and that they are breaking down more compared to other cars.

Teslas Are Breaking Down More and More, Data Shows

By Sharon Adarlo

Advanced Transport

Man Says His Brand New Cybertruck’s Brakes Failed, Causing Catastrophic Crash

By Victor Tangermann

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg blasted unnamed AI rivals for "creating God" while also saying open source AI is a positive.

Zuckerberg Accuses Rivals of Trying to Create AI-Powered God

By Sharon Adarlo

To fend off climate change, some propose removing CO2 from the ocean so that it can store even more of the greenhouse gas.

Startups Working on Using the Ocean as Huge Waste Dump for CO2 to Save Earth From Climate Change

By Frank Landymore

The internet has been using AI to turn famous memes into videos — and a fair share of the results are nothing short of nightmare fuel.

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Using AI to Turn Memes Into Videos and It’s Low Key Terrifying

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Two astronauts who traveled on Boeing's Starliner are still stuck on the ISS. But Boeing insists that the "astronauts are not stranded."

NASA Says That the Boeing “Astronauts Are Not Stranded” While the Astronauts Remain Stranded

By Sharon Adarlo

The Perplexity AI search tool is citing low-quality and sometimes incorrect AI-generated spam from sketchy blogs and LinkedIn posts.

Artificial Intelligence

Perplexity Is Already “Citing” Error-Filled AI-Generated Spam

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Astronauts on board the ISS were forced to shelter inside their respective spacecraft after reports indicated a nearby satellite broke up.

Astronauts Sheltered in Escape Vehicles as Debris Menaced Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese scientists have made an unusual discovery while analyzing the sample Chang'e-5 collected from the Moon's surface in December 2020.

China Finds Something Strange in Sample Retrieved From Moon

By Victor Tangermann

After an influencer released an AI clone of herself, The Conversation reports, the situation quickly turned dark and scary.

Artificial Intelligence

Influencer Disturbed When Her “AI Clone” Starts Engaging in Dark Fantasies

By Sharon Adarlo

OpenAI's ChatGPT was caught giving spitting out false voting information for battleground states and even omitted crucial voting data.

ChatGPT Is Giving Bad Info About Where to Vote in Battleground States

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA has officially chosen SpaceX to develop a "deorbit vehicle" in order to destroy the International Space Station in 2030.

NASA Hires SpaceX to Destroy the International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, "Here" has its reuniting co-stars looking younger, and maybe uncannier, than ever.

Artificial Intelligence

New Movie Uses AI to De-Age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright to What They Looked Like in the 90s

By Frank Landymore

In an effort to make them useless to poachers, researchers are implanting radioactive isotopes into the horns of rhinos in South Africa.

Science & Energy

Scientists Implant Radioactive Material Into Horn of Living Rhinoceros to Poison Anyone Who Consumes It

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reignited his longstanding feud with Amazon founder and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos.

Elon Musk Explodes With Fury at Jeff Bezos

By Victor Tangermann

The Voice Mode assistant for ChatGPT, originally teased in May, has been delayed for at least another month, according to OpenAI.

OpenAI Fans Slam Delay of ChatGPT Voice Mode, as Company Hints at Trouble Behind the Scenes

By Frank Landymore

During an interview with YouTuber Logan Paul earlier this month, Trump said that he had "a speech rewritten by AI out there."

Artificial Intelligence

As Debate Looms, Trump Says He Delivered a Speech Produced by AI, and That Speechwriters Are Doomed

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is investigating why water spewed from astronaut Tracy Dyson's spacesuit on Monday. A July 2 spacewalk is still on the schedule.

NASA Investigating Why Water Spewed From Spacesuit During Spacewalk

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is accusing Boeing's embattled CEO David Calhoun of being a clueless executive, who has become out of touch.

Elon Musk Blasts Boeing CEO as Its Troubled Spacecraft Trapped Astronauts on Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have grown living skin in a lab and attached it to a robotic face, so that it can create rudimentary facial expressions.

Scientists Attached Living, Lab-Grown Skin to a Robot’s Face and It Looks Like It Craves the Sweet Release of Death

By Jon Christian

If the US Military's Manta Ray drone's size was meant to be a secret, Google Maps whizzes have ensured it won't be for much longer.

Top Secret Aquatic Drone Spotted on Google Maps

By Frank Landymore

China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe has officially returned the first samples collected from the far side of the Moon.

Chinese Spacecraft Lands on Earth With First Samples in Human History from Far Side of Moon

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati suggested that the artists who lose their jobs to AI probably deserve it.

OpenAI Exec Says AI Will Kill Creative Jobs That “Shouldn’t Have Been There in the First Place”

By Frank Landymore

As a growing body of evidence shows, the particles in all that air pollution have actually helped cool the planet.

Grim Irony: Curbing Air Pollution Is Warming the Earth Faster

By Frank Landymore

A pilot safely landed her small plane after the glass canopy protecting her from the elements suddenly shattered during a recent flight.

Advanced Transport

Video Shows Pilot Barely Managing to Land Plane After Canopy Shatters Mid-Flight

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing is still struggling to figure out when its plagued Starliner spacecraft, which is currently docked to the ISS, can safely return.

Boeing’s Cursed Starliner Seems to Be Stuck on the Space Station Indefinitely

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers suggest the collapse of a warp drive bubble could be detectable in the form of gravitational waves.

Alien Warp Drives May Have Left Trails Through Space, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck for the fourth time — and it's not something that can be fixed with an over-the-air software update.

Advanced Transport

Cybertrucks Need to Return to Garage Yet Again to Fix Parts That Keep Falling Off

By Victor Tangermann

This year's hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia has been deadly with more than 1,300 Muslims dying this month, due to extreme hot weather.

More Than 1,300 Muslim Pilgrims Die From Extreme Heat

By Sharon Adarlo

Someone who hates Tesla CEO Elon Musk tagged "F**k Elon" on 34 Tesla Cybertrucks parked in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Advanced Transport

Police Hunting Vandal Who Spray Painted “F**k Elon” on 34 Cybertrucks

By Sharon Adarlo

John Scalzi Discovers That One of His Book Covers Was Created Using AI

Artificial Intelligence

John Scalzi Discovers That One of His Book Covers Was Created Using AI

By Jon Christian

A NASA astronau was shocked to find water squirting from her spacesuit, forcing the agency to call off the spacewalk.

NASA Astronaut Alarmed When Water Starts Squirting Out of Her Suit as She Embarks on Spacewalk

By Victor Tangermann

It shouldn't come as a surprise that former president Donald Trump has completely flip-flopped on cryptocurrencies.

Trump Has Completely Flip Flopped on Crypto

By Victor Tangermann

Photographers are accusing Meta of mistakenly labeling their legitimate work with a "Made with AI" labels on its platforms.

Facebook Is Already Mistakenly Tagging Real Photos as “Made With AI”

By Victor Tangermann

Images and a terrifying video circulating on social media show Chinese rocket parts crashing down over a village in southwest China.

Huge Chinese Rocket Parts Fall on Village, Spewing Toxic Chemicals

By Victor Tangermann

Fast food chains like Wendy's are deploying AI in their drive-through ordering systems, but these technologies are error prone.

Artificial Intelligence

Wendy’s Says Its AI Only Screws Up 14 Percent of Drive-Through Orders

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers are warning that geoengineering efforts to help cool temperatures in California could trigger heatwaves in Europe.

Science & Energy

Oops! Geoengineering Trick to Cool Brutal Heat Could Spike Temperature Elsewhere, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Stars at the Milky Way's center stay young forever, scientists claim, by feeding off dark matter particles that are abundant there.

Something Strange Appears to Be Powering “Immortal” Stars at the Center of Our Galaxy

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists have long observed animals having gay sex — but those observations have rarely made their way into academic papers.

Science & Energy

Scientists Accused of Ignoring Gay Animals

By Noor Al-Sibai

The premier of a movie featuring an entirely AI-generated script was canceled last week due to public backlash, reports say.

Artificial Intelligence

Premiere of Movie With AI-Generated Script Canceled Amid Outrage

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The new generative AI tech from Snapchat aims to bring an augmented reality to your videos using your phone's hardware.

Artificial Intelligence

New AI Snapchat Filter Transforms You in Real Time

By Frank Landymore

A toddler was trapped inside a Tesla Model Y after the vehicle's battery died without warning — in the middle of an Arizona heat wave.

Toddler Trapped in Scorching Tesla When Battery Dies

By Victor Tangermann

Former president Donald Trump's "Truth Social" meme stock is officially in free fall, sliding 15 percent after Thursday's close.

Trump’s “Truth Social” Stock Is Officially in Free Fall

By Victor Tangermann

Though admitting there was retaliation, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun claimed that this did not fairly reflect on the company's culture.

Advanced Transport

Boeing CEO Admits It’s Retaliated Against Whistleblowers

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI confirmed that it has removed VIC, the AI chatbot running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, from public view.

OpenAI Imprisons AI That Was Running for Mayor in Wyoming

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After leaving OpenAI, founding member and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is starting his own firm to build "safe" superintelligence.

OpenAI Scientist Ousted After Failed Coup Against Sam Altman Is Starting a New AI Company

By Noor Al-Sibai

As the last man standing, he was tasked with fixing-up all the AI-generated articles that once would've been composed by dozens of writers.

Artificial Intelligence

Writer Alarmed When Company Fires His 60-Person Team, Replaces Them All With AI

By Frank Landymore

Former president Donald Trump's meme stock is plummeting once again — and at this rate, it might just beat its own all-time low.

Trump Media’s Stock Is Rapidly Approaching an All-Time Low

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has extended the stay of the Starliner crew on board the ISS a second time as Boeing scrambles to get a read on the capsule's status.

Astronauts Still Stuck on Space Station as Boeing Tries to Figure Out What’s Wrong With Starliner

By Victor Tangermann

Been reading any good Russian propaganda lately? According to the misinformation watchdog NewsGuard, top AI chatbots certainly have.

Artificial Intelligence

Top Chatbots are Parroting Russian Propaganda, Report Finds

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA is planning to launch a simulated star into space to help calibrate telescopes and study dark energy.

NASA Launching Artificial Star Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

Two giant asteroids may have collided into each other, kicking up lots of dust, with James Webb Space Telescope having captured evidence.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Epic Collision Between Giant Asteroids

By Sharon Adarlo

Sex robot manufacturers in China are apparently getting ready to jam custom artificial intelligence models into their wares.

Artificial Intelligence

Powerful New AI-Enhanced Talking Sexbots Are Going on Sale This Summer

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to The Information, Apple has suspended work on the next Vision Pro and is looking for ways to cut costs for a cheaper model.

Virtual Reality

Apple Reportedly Gives Up on Next-Gen Apple Vision Pro Headset

By Victor Tangermann

The report by Reuters found that 52 percent of US audiences were uncomfortable with the heavy involvement of AI in producing the news.

Artificial Intelligence

Readers Absolutely Detest AI-Generated News Articles, Research Shows

By Frank Landymore

Japanese electronics corporation TDK says its new solid state batteries will replace the coin sized batteries found in wearable electronics.

Apple Battery Supplier Working on New Battery Material With 100 Times the Energy Density of Current Tech

By Frank Landymore

Donald Trump's social media company Truth Social has suffered a steep drop in the stock market, continuing a weeks-long slide.

Trump’s “Truth Social” Stock Is Crashing Again

By Sharon Adarlo

For the first time since 2021, a new reflective monolith has appeared out of the blue — and it's just as unclear as ever what it could mean.

Reflective Monolith Found in Desert

By Noor Al-Sibai

Prices for used electric vehicles are dipping well below those of gas cars for the first time, according to a new study.

Advanced Transport

Prices for Used EVs Are Cratering

By Victor Tangermann

One stone in particular is distinctly lighter colored than all the stones surrounding it, a Mars discovery that is "in a league of its own."

NASA Rover Discovers Strange Stones, Never Before Seen on Mars

By Frank Landymore

Google Images is returning disturbing AI-generated images of celebrity women as children in suggestive or even explicit depictions.

Google Images Showing AI-Generated Images of Children in Bikinis, Referencing Epstein’s Island

By Maggie Harrison Dupré