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Nicki Minaj flipped her lid on Twitter after she saw a clip of herself in a deepfake where she and Tom Holland dispute with Mark Zuckerberg.

Artificial Intelligence

Nicki Minaj Enraged by Deepfake Video

By Sharon Adarlo

A 31-year-old CEO of an e-commerce platform fired 90 percent of the company's support staff after arguing an AI chatbot outperformed them.

Artificial Intelligence

CEO Fires 90 Percent of Support Staff, Saying AI Outperforms Them

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk may be building a massive glass house for himself nearby Tesla's Texas Gigafactory — and he might be using Tesla funds to do it.

Tesla Working on Strange, Transparent Structure

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who passed away earlier this month, used meritless lawsuits to threaten and silence his many critics.

OceanGate CEO Used Legal Threats to Silence His Critics Before Dying in Sub

By Victor Tangermann

China is preparing to deliver zebrafish to its Tiangong space station to study how they interact with other microorganisms and bone loss.

China Is Sending Fish to Its Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time ever, OpenAI's ChatGPT has lost users, The Washington Post reports, a sign that its popularity may have already peaked.

ChatGPT Is Now Losing Users

By Victor Tangermann

By placing traffic cones on self-driving cars' hoods, activists are turning them into useless hunks of metal and plastic.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Annoyed Residents Disabling Self-Driving Cars by Placing Traffic Cones on Their Hoods

By Sharon Adarlo

An intriguing new video shows what appears to be an early prototype of a Tesla van that is designed to carry passengers through a tunnel.

Leak Allegedly Shows Bizarre New Tesla Vehicle

By Victor Tangermann

Royal Caribbean International's Icon of the Seas is here to break all records — and all we can do is be in awe of this absolute unit.

Advanced Transport

We’re in Awe of This Comically Gigantic Luxury Cruise Ship

By Victor Tangermann

Comedian and author Sarah Silverman filed lawsuits alongside two authors against OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement.

Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI for Copyright Infringement

By Sharon Adarlo

Tesla owners are using cheap steering wheel weights to trick their cars into thinking they're keeping their eyes on the road.

Reckless Tesla Drivers Are Using Cheap Weights to Fool Their Cars Into Thinking They’re Paying Attention

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The explosive popularity of Facebook-formerly-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "Twitter Killer" app, Threads, continues to skyrocket.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter Killer Crushes 100 Million Users in Just 5 Days

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

James Webb Spots Oldest Supermassive Black Hole Ever

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Oldest Supermassive Black Hole Ever

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientist: No, We Didn’t Just Find an Alien Spacecraft on the Bottom of the Ocean

Scientist: No, We Didn’t Just Find an Alien Spacecraft on the Bottom of the Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

By observing quasars from 12 billion years ago, astronomers have seen the universe flow in slow-mo, thanks to wonky time dilation.

Astronomers Observe Mind-Blowing Time Dilation in the Ancient Years of the Universe

By Frank Landymore

Fuming Elon Musk Lashes Out At Mark Zuckerberg As Twitter Killer App Thrives

Fuming Elon Musk Lashes Out At Mark Zuckerberg As Twitter Killer App Thrives

By Sharon Adarlo

An incredibly life-like humanoid robot had a bit of a dodgy answer when asked if it would rebel against its human creators.

Realistic Robot Awkwardly Dodges Question When Asked If It Will Rebel Against Humans

By Victor Tangermann

A grim NOAA report reveals that Antarctic sea ice levels have reached a record wintertime low — and a drastic year-over-year decrease.

Antarctic Ice Reaches “Record-Smashing Low,” Alarming Scientists

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new study offers new evidence that Anomalocaris canadensis, an ancient ocean predator, was too weak to hunt and crush trilobites.

Science & Energy

That “Weird Shrimp From Canada” Less Swole Than We Thought, Scientists Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Volkswagen says it will start testing two of its self-driving ID Buzz electric vans in Austin by the end of July.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Volkswagen to Start Testing Its Adorable Self-Driving Vans

By Frank Landymore

During the first six months of President Lula's time in office, the area of deforested land in the Amazon has dropped by 33 percent.

Good News! Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Has Significantly Dropped in Just 6 Months

By Frank Landymore

A large, radioactive hunk of granite was discovered beneath the lunar surface, a surprising discovery that speaks to the Moon's volcanic past.

Scientists Discover Mysterious Radioactive Rock on the Far Side of the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new study suggests that melting Arctic glaciers are releasing ancient stores of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.

Oh Good, Melting Glaciers Are Releasing Ancient Methane Into the Atmosphere

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX's Starlink satellites are emanating low frequency waves from their onboard electronics.

SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With “Unintended” Radiation

By Frank Landymore

Artificial Intelligence

Bizarre AI Deepfake Answer Questions on Behalf of Presidential Candidate

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Instagram's freshly-minted Twitter rival Threads is officially the most rapidly downloaded app in history, with over 70 million users.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter Killer Is One of the Fastest Growing Apps Ever

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ukraine has accused Russia of placing explosive devices on the roof of one of its power plants — but the finger-pointing doesn't end there.

Ukraine Accuses Russia of Planting Explosives on Roof of Nuclear Power Plant

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Indian Space Research Organization has fully assembled its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft and plans to launch on July 14.

India to Launch Third Moon Mission Next Week After Failed Landing Attempt

By Frank Landymore

Just as he's done for the better part of the past decade, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tesla will achieve full-self driving in the near future.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Promises for the Millionth Time That Tesla Will Achieve Full Self-Driving Soon

By Frank Landymore

Russian Commanders Reportedly High on Painkillers Gave Out “Nonsensical Orders”

Russian Commanders Reportedly High on Painkillers Gave Out “Nonsensical Orders”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Sphere Entertainment has started testing its $2 billion dollar, orb-shaped, and LED-laden music venue in Las Vegas.

Robots and Machines

Enormous $2 Billion LED Orb in Las Vegas Looks Absolutely Deranged

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

OceanGate has announced that it is suspending "all exploration and commercial operations," ABC News reports.

OceanGate Ceases Ocean Exploration Following Submersible Disaster

By Frank Landymore

Furious Elon Musk Is Threatening to Sue Meta for Ripping Off Twitter

Furious Elon Musk Is Threatening to Sue Meta for Ripping Off Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

Io9 Staff Horrified as Site Publishes Error-Filled AI Generated Garbage

Artificial Intelligence

Io9 Staff Horrified as Site Publishes Error-Filled AI Generated Garbage

By Frank Landymore

Mark Zuckerberg Tweets for First Time in 11 Years to Mock Elon Musk

Mark Zuckerberg Tweets for First Time in 11 Years to Mock Elon Musk

By Sharon Adarlo

A team of astronomers has detected the faint hum of gravitational waves echoing throughout our universe, possibly caused by black holes.

Astronomers Detect Mysterious Ripples in Spacetime Caused by Ancient Black Holes

By Sharon Adarlo

OpenAI has put the kibosh on its "Browse With Bing" plugin after users were able to bypass paywalls with it.

OpenAI Pauses New ChatGPT App After People Used It to Read Paywalled Content for Free

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk’s Mommy Outraged After He Poses for Awkward Photo With MMA Fighter

Elon Musk’s Mommy Outraged After He Poses for Awkward Photo With MMA Fighter

By Sharon Adarlo

The UN has given Japan the green light to dump into the Pacific Ocean its treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Science & Energy

UN Approves Japan’s Plan to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Noor Al-Sibai

This year's July 4 was the hottest day since records began, according to climate data. The previous record was July 3.

This July 4 Was the Earth’s Hottest Day on Record

By Sharon Adarlo

After more than two months of radio silence, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has finally phoned home. And it's healthy.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Makes Contact After Ghosting for Over Two Months

By Noor Al-Sibai

Someone used Midjourney to AI-generate images of politicians cheating on their spouses — though claims that it was well-intentioned.

Artificial Intelligence

Guy Banned by Midjourney for Generating Images of Politicians Cheating

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Steam, one of the world's largest video game storefronts is reportedly not having any of this AI generated stuff.

Artificial Intelligence

Steam Is Apparently Rejecting Games Using AI Generated Assets

By Frank Landymore

By using neural radiance fields, a team of researchers have developed a technique to render a 3D scene of what's reflected in your eye.

Science & Energy

Scientists Reconstruct What You’re Looking at by Enhancing Reflection in Your Eye

By Frank Landymore

Scientists suggest another planet could be lurking in the Oort cloud, a collection of icy objects stretching beyond the Kuiper Belt.

Our Solar System May Be Hiding an Extra Planet, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

According to a biographer, Elon Musk can enter into "demon mode," causing him to be "dark" and act "with a real lack of empathy."

Grimes Apparently Says Elon Musk Can Enter “Demon Mode”

By Frank Landymore

Earlier this month, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious donut-shaped rock. Experts are divided on what it could be.

Scientists Attempt to Explain Mars Rock With Hole Straight Through It

By Victor Tangermann

Four individuals have agreed to be locked inside NASA's Mars simulator for just over a year. And they're being paid surprisingly little.

Here’s What NASA Pays to Be Locked in a Mars Simulator for a Year

By Victor Tangermann

Women interviewing for jobs at Bill Gates' private office were reportedly asked about sensitive topics including affairs, porn, and STIs.

Women Reportedly Asked Inappropriate Questions Before Getting Hired by Bill Gates

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Below the Indian Ocean, there's a giant "gravity hole" over one million square miles in size. Scientists may have figured out why it exists.

Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by “Gravity Hole” at Bottom of Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

Consultant Roger Anderson has created a voice, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, that can waste and frustrate telemarketers and scammers.

Artificial Intelligence

Finally, a Good Use for AI: Wasting Scam Callers’ Time Forever

By Victor Tangermann

For over 100 years, scientists have been puzzling over a blood-red liquid seeping out of a glacier in Antarctica. Until now.

Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Glacier Bleeding Red Fluid

By Victor Tangermann

Rage Against the Machine is living up to its name by signing a pledge to boycott venues that use facial recognition technology.

Facial recognition

Rage Against the Machine Refuses to Play Venues With Facial Recognition

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Harvard behavioral scientist, who has extensively studied honest behavior, has been accused of fabricating study results.

Harvard Scientist Who Studies Dishonesty Accused of Fraud

By Noor Al-Sibai

Space Force major general David Miller is worried the US could fall behind China and Russia in the space race — and is calling for action.

General Says Space Force Should Stop Waffling and Build Epic Space Weapons

By Victor Tangermann

Devastating wildfires in Canada have continued to burn, and its smoke is already hitting the United States for a second wave this year.

Canada Is Hotboxing the United States Again

By Frank Landymore

A new lawsuit is alleging that OpenAI violated individual data privacy and copyright by using scraped data to train its AI language model.

OpenAI Sued for Using Everybody’s Writing to Train AI

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Local authorities saw a huge spike in 911 calls at Bonnaroo after countless iPhones started mistaking dancing for car crashes.

Apple iPhones Are Calling 911 When Owners Go Dancing

By Victor Tangermann

Clippy's back! And this time, with a new daddy and a GPT-3.5 integration, it's more powerful than ever — unless Microsoft shuts it down.

Artificial Intelligence

Madman Brings Clippy Back as an AI

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A part of the summit of a mountain in the Alps has collapsed, the likely result of permafrost thawing, dramatic footage shows.

Climate Change Blamed for Collapse of Mountain

By Victor Tangermann

Starting in September, a popular intro-level coding course at Harvard University, CS50, will be taught by an AI professor.

Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Will Teach Students Using an AI Instructor Next Semester

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Officials have pulled the wreck of OceanGate's imploded submersible and possibly the remains of its crew of five passengers from the ocean.

Robots and Machines

Debris, Apparent Human Remains Recovered From Titan Sub

By Victor Tangermann

An internal investigation at the unicorn social media startup IRL has revealed that "95 percent" of the app's users were "automated or bots."

Social Media App Shuts Down After Admitting 95% of Users Were Bots

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

On Monday, SpaceX conducted a static fire test of its Starship spaceship, firing all six of its Raptor engines.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX Fires Up Starship Engines Ahead of Next Orbital Test

By Frank Landymore