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A video that has gone viral on social media shows a humanoid robot's face glancing around the room with a quizzical expression.
Artificial Intelligence

Alarming New Video Shows Robot Making Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions

By Victor Tangermann

Pope Leo denied a request to make an AI avatar of himself and expressed his fears about how AI may damage the world and human relationships.
Ethics

Pope Horrified by Catholic Plan to Create AI Version of Him for the Masses

By Sharon Adarlo

A man and two kids were burned to death after the Tesla they were riding in slammed into a tree and burst into flames.
Electric Vehicles

Man and Two Kids Burned Alive in Tesla Crash

By Sharon Adarlo

A woman who came to the support Luigi Mangione during a court hearing in NYC told reporters she's married to the AI version of Mangione.
Artificial Intelligence

Woman Says She’s Married to AI Version of Luigi Mangione

By Sharon Adarlo

Two flying cars collided with each other during an airshow rehearsal in Changchun, a city in northeastern China.
Advanced Transport

Dark Smoke Billows After Horrific Collision Between Flying Cars

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI is finally putting in parental controls on ChatGPT after parents testified in front of Congress about their kids dying by suicide.
Ethics

Sam Altman Addresses Wave of ChatGPT Deaths

By Sharon Adarlo

11,000 pounds of supplies and scientific instruments are on the way to the ISS, but the spacecraft's main engine shut down unexpectedly.
International Space Station

Experimental Spacecraft Headed to Space Station Suddenly Shuts Down

By Victor Tangermann

A new viral video shows a kickboxing and seemingly unstoppable humanoid robot shrugging off a flying dropkick from a human being.
Robotics

Unstoppable Martial Arts Robot Can Take a Direct Dropkick Without Falling Down

By Victor Tangermann

An elderly woman in Japan sent thousands of dollars to a trickster who claimed to be an astronaut trapped in space.
Future Society

Woman Sends Money to “Stranded Astronaut” So He Can “Buy Oxygen”

By Frank Landymore

New observations by the Gemini South telescope at Cerro Pachón in Chile revealed that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS' tail is growing longer.
Astronomy

Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Solar System Is Changing Shape, New Image Shows

By Victor Tangermann

Pods of killer whales are once again attacking boats along the coast of Spain, striking fear into the hearts of local sailors.
Environment

Boat-Attacking Orcas Are Back for Vengeance

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump is throwing a major party at the White House — but billionaire Elon Musk's name isn't on the list.
Elon Musk

Donald Trump Snubs Elon Musk Yet Again, Invites All of His Biggest Competitors to the White House

By Victor Tangermann

To Avi Loeb, 3I/ATLAS' flyby of Mars is an exceedingly rare and exciting opportunity to directly observe it using NASA's MRO spacecraft.
Mars

Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars

By Victor Tangermann

The Space Force's top-secret X-37B space plane is gearing up for its eighth mission. It will bring a "quantum inertial sensor."
Space Force

Space Force Launching Secretive Experimental Spacecraft With Quantum Equipment on Board

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla Cybertruck owners insured through Hanover Insurance are being informed that their policy is being terminated.
Tesla

The Cybertruck Is Such a Mess That Insurance Companies Are Refusing to Even Cover It

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a tiny moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the number of the planet's known satellites to 29.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Mysterious Object Orbiting Uranus

By Victor Tangermann