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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says one trillion people could soon live inside cylindrical space stations since planets are too small.

Jeff Bezos Discusses Plans for a Trillion People to Live in Huge Cylindrical Space Stations

By Victor Tangermann

While can still only hazard a guess as to what's behind fast radio bursts, the latest detection is only adding to the mystery.

Mysterious Signals From Space Are Getting Stranger, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

The streaming platform Twitch has done an about-face just two days after changing its policies to allow "artistic nudity."

Twitch Reverses Allowing “Artistic Nudity” After Disastrous Results

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has gathered information about drug use at SpaceX — and has apparently been sitting on it for more than four years.

NASA Refuses to Say What It Found About Drug Use at SpaceX

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are building a top-secret $100 million mansion in Hawaii, which includes a massive bunker.

Zuckerberg Reportedly Building $100 Million Doomsday Bunker

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists encountered the biggest solar flare recorded since 2017, which was powerful enough to knock out radio communication on Earth.

A Massive Solar Flare Just Knocked Out Radio Communications Back on Earth

By Victor Tangermann

After analyzing 18 hydrocarbon exploration wells in Svalbard, researchers discovered that half of them struck accumulations of methane gas.

Something Dreadful Thawing Out of the Permafrost, Scientists Warn

By Victor Tangermann

Congress has passed legislation that demands the National Archives release its records about UFOs — but not right away, of course.

Congress Passes Legislation Demanding US Government Release UFO Archives

By Noor Al-Sibai

YouTuber and automotive journalist Mat Watson and his buddies tried to damage Tesla's Cybertruck by kicking it. They didn't come far.

Video Shows Tesla Fans Viciously Kicking the Cybertruck

By Victor Tangermann

The site formerly known as Twitter continues to lose ad revenue hand over fist under Elon Musk's ownership.

Twitter Apparently Lost $1.5 Billion in Ad Revenue as Elon Musk Flailed

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists has developed a substance so hard and tough that it can go toe to toe with diamonds, the hardest material on Earth.

Scientists Create Substance Rivaling Diamonds in Hardness

By Sharon Adarlo

Japanese engineers have successfully test-fired a space rocket engine, which runs on — not even joking — locally-sourced cow poop.

Japan Tests Rocket Engine Powered by Cow Dung

By Sharon Adarlo

In a new paper, astrophysicist Earl Bellinger wondered if black holes could be trapped inside stars, a theory inspired by "Black Hole Sun."

There May Be Small Black Holes Inside Some Stars, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Hut 8, one of the largest digital asset mining companies in North America, made a "stalking horse bid" to buy 4 natural gas power plants.

A Bitcoin Miner Is Buying Four Entire Power Plants

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman is taking a victory lap after being unsuccessfully ousted as CEO of OpenAI — and he's saying weird stuff in public again.

Sam Altman Says He’s Fascinated With the Terminator

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Russian man managed to travel on an airplane from Europe to Los Angeles last month without a passport, visa or ticket.

Advanced Transport

Plane Passenger Says He Has No Passport, No Idea How He Got to Los Angeles From Russia

By Sharon Adarlo

Multi-hyphenate CEO Elon Musk's mommy Maye Musk has had enough of pesky regulators coming after her beautiful boy.

Elon Musk’s Mommy Steps In to Protect Her Beautiful Boy

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Voyager 1 probe is 46 years old and pushing middle age — and some of that aging is apparently showing.

Voyager 1 Is in Serious Trouble, NASA Says

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla is being forced to issue software patches for more than two million of its cars over a major problem with its Autopilot feature.

Feds Blast Tesla for Massive Autopilot Issue in 2 Million Cars

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have teamed up with Intel and Dell to build a massive supercomputer that can simulate networks at the scale of the human brain.

Scientists Preparing to Turn on Computer Intended to Simulate Entire Human Brain

By Victor Tangermann

On Christmas Day last year, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft observed something entirely unexpected: the Martian magnetosphere tripled in size.

Mars’ Magnetosphere Suddenly Tripled in Size Last Christmas Day

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists are hard at work sifting through samples from an ancient asteroid, and what they've found so far has been fascinating.

Scientists Surprised by Samples Recovered From Ancient Asteroid

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla unveiled its second-generation Optimus humanoid robot, a marked improvement over the stiff, immobile robot it previously showed off.

Tesla Unveils New Humanoid Robot

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI-driven chatbot called Ashley is being deployed to phone bank for a Pennsylvania Democrat politician.

Artificial Intelligence

Pennsylvania Politician Using Talking AI Chatbot to Call Thousands of Voters

By Sharon Adarlo

A woman has slapped a former tech CEO with a lawsuit, alleging that he forced her into becoming his sex slave.

Tech CEO Accused of “Enslaving” Assistant

By Sharon Adarlo

Sam Bankman-Fried's attorney is apparently rethinking his career after handling the FTX pariah's legal defense.

SBF’s Lawyer Says He May Be the “Worst Person I’ve Ever Seen Do a Cross Examination”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amazon is being sued for selling spy cameras disguised as clothes hooks after a girl discovered a camera recording her inside a bathroom.

Amazon Caught Selling Bathroom Spy Cam Disguised as Clothes Hook

By Sharon Adarlo

Microsoft is looking to accelerate the regulatory approval process for setting up new nuclear power plants using AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Training AI to Do Paperwork to Build Nuclear Power Plants

By Victor Tangermann

A giant group chat full of tech CEOs mobilized in the wake of Sam Altman's firing from OpenAI — and it may have gotten him rehired.

Tech CEOs Freaked Out About Sam Altman’s Firing in a Giant Group Chat

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a video making its rounds on Reddit, a Cybertruck with a Christmas tree loaded in its bed can be seen struggling to climb a snowy hill.

Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Gets Stuck on Small Hill

By Victor Tangermann

James Webb Snaps Epic Shot of Exploded Star

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Snaps Epic Shot of Exploded Star

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's Cybertruck appears to have a "Wade Mode" which both "raises ride height" and "pressurizes battery when driving through water."

Tesla’s Cybertruck Can Apparently Pressurize Its Battery Pack to “Wade” Through Water

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk may be trying to poach Ilya Sutskever, one of his fellow OpenAI cofounders, to work for his bizarre anti-woke AI.

Elon Musk Trying to Poach Scientist Who Turned on Sam Altman

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists were shocked after pulling out the massive skull of a "colossal sea monster" from the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast in the UK.

Scientists Unearth Skull of Terrifying Sea Monster

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk promised to take "immediate action to shift Grok closer to politically neutral" after his AI chatbot turned out to be "woke."

Elon Musk Vows to Lobotomize His AI So It Stops Being Left Wing

By Victor Tangermann

Grok made a startling admission: "I'm afraid I cannot fulfill that request, as it goes against OpenAI's use case policy."

Oops! Elon Musk’s Grok AI Caught Plagiarizing OpenAI’s ChatGPT

By Jon Christian

It turns out that Elon Musk's sassy-mouthed Grok AI, by his xAI startup, absolutely excels at roasting its creator.

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Turns on Its Creator, Completely Trashes Elon

By Jon Christian

Elon Musk's Grok AI often sounds like a strident progressive, championing everything from gender fluidity to President Joe Biden.

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Fans Horrified When His Grok AI Immediately “Goes Woke”

By Jon Christian

Gary Gensler, chairman of the SEC, fears that the reliance on a small number of AI models could lead to the entire finance sector to it doom.

Artificial Intelligence

SEC Chair Warns AI “Herding” Could Drive Markets “Off an Inadvertent Cliff”

By Frank Landymore

The bizarre shape, materials, and seeming rigidness of the Tesla Cybertruck could make it a menace to occupants, pedestrians, and other cars.

Advanced Transport

Experts Deeply Concerned About Cybertruck Safety

By Frank Landymore

An online directory that directed people to locations where they could drop off plastic bags and film to be recycled has been shut down.

Government Program to Recycle Plastic Bags Canceled After “Abysmal Failure”

By Sharon Adarlo

After moving to oust Sam Altman, OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever is in a sort of limbo, and nobody seems to know what will happen next.

OpenAI Cofounder Who Pushed Out Sam Altman Is In a Confusing Limbo

By Noor Al-Sibai

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Artificial Intelligence

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo

Chinese robotics company called Weilan recently showed off a creepy, cartoonish-looking robot dog called "BabyAlpha."

This Cartoonish New Robot Dog Somehow Looks Even Scarier

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is working on bringing the Hubble Telescope back online, but the orbital observatory is getting very old.

NASA Says It’s Trying to Bring the Hubble Back Online

By Noor Al-Sibai

P(doom) has become the go-to shorthand among AI researchers and tech CEOs for describing the likelihood of AI destroying humanity.

Artificial Intelligence

Silicon Valley Guys Casually Calculating Probability Their AI Will Destroy Humankind

By Frank Landymore

The AI, which takes orders from drive-thru customers at Checkers and Carl's Jr, relies on humans for most of its customer interactions.

Artificial Intelligence

Busted! Drive-Thru Run by “AI” Actually Operated by Humans in the Philippines

By Frank Landymore

The now-former OpenAI board member who was instrumental in the firing of Sam Altman has spoken — but she's still staying mum where it matters.

Ex-OpenAI Board Member Refuses to Say Why She Fired Sam Altman

By Noor Al-Sibai

Fans anxiously awaiting the release of Nicki Minaj's latest album have occupied themselves with AI to create their own "Gag City."

Artificial Intelligence

Nicki Minaj Fans Are Using AI to Create “Gag City”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The custody fight between Elon Musk and Grimes is heating up as the Canadians duke it out over whether or not the latter lives in Texas.

Elon Musk Drags Grimes’ Tweets Into Increasingly Nasty Custody Battle

By Noor Al-Sibai

"I got so many messages that iMessage broke on my phone," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recalled after being fired last month.

Sam Altman Got So Many Texts After Being Fired It Broke His Phone

By Victor Tangermann

It's been nearly 40 years since Halley's comet last flew by Earth — and very soon, it will be headed back our way.

Halley’s Comet Gearing Up for Its Return Journey Toward Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

The age of mass-produced humanoid robots is nigh — and the world's first factory to do so will soon be opening in the Pacific Northwest.

New Factory About to Open Will Pump Out Humanoid Robots

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio was accused of eating a tiny tomato that was grown on board the space station. It has now been found.

Space Station Astronauts Find Desiccated Tomato After Blaming Colleague for Its Theft

By Victor Tangermann

A massive hole opened up in the Sun's atmosphere over the weekend, measuring more than 60 times the diameter of the Earth across at its peak.

A Gigantic Hole Just Opened Up in the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

The massive windshield wiper blade on Tesla's Cybertruck might be made out of a single floppy, rubber-like material.

Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck’s Giant Windshield Wiper Is Floppy

By Victor Tangermann

The International Space Station is celebrating its 25th birthday even as NASA prepares to put it out to pasture.

Space Station Turns 25, Just in Time to Die

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have discovered an impossibly large planet that's apparently too big to exist based on all known science.

Scientists Astonished by Planet That’s Way Too Big to Exist

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japan has officially inaugurated the world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor called JT-60SA just north of Tokyo.

Japan Finishes World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is looking to raise a cool billion to fund his new artificial intelligent chatbot, Grok, by his new venture called xAI.

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Seeking $1 Billion for His Potty-Mouthed AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

Musk claimed he didn't like "Grand Theft Auto V" because he "didn't like doing crime." The internet mocked him mercilessly.

Elon Musk Relentlessly Mocked for Saying Violent Video Games Are Bad

By Victor Tangermann

An ex-Tesla employee says that the car company's Autopilot system is not safe for use on public roads and could put others at risk.

Tesla Whistleblower Says Autopilot Not Safe for Public Roads

By Sharon Adarlo

A Brazilian politician admitted to using ChatGPT to craft a law, which a city council later passed without knowing AI was used.

Politician Admits He Used ChatGPT to Generate New Law

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from AI developer Hugging Face and Carnegie Mellon University calculated how much power AI tools need to generate an image.

Artificial Intelligence

You’ll Be Astonished How Much Power It Takes to Generate a Single AI Image

By Victor Tangermann