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Thousands in Dublin showed up for a nonexistent Halloween parade that turned out to be the creation of a fake ad campaign made with AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Thousands Tricked By AI Ad to Show Up For Fake Halloween Parade

Played like a fiddle.

A vigilante, who rented a neon green Cybertruck on the carsharing app Turo, used the truck as a battering ram to stop an alleged porch pirate.
Advanced Transport

Furious Driver Appears to Use Rented Cybertruck as Battering Ram to Attack Package Thief

"Two wrongs don’t make a right, but two idiots definitely make good YouTube."

Our universe may have another mirror universe on the other side of the Big Bang running backwards in time, physicist hypothesize.
Science & Energy

Physicist Says There’s Another Universe Hiding Behind the Big Bang

A mirror of our own, going backwards in time.

During a Reddit AMA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that AGI is "achievable with current hardware," a bold but largely meaningless claim.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says AGI Is “Achievable With Current Hardware”

What does that even mean?

Archeologists uncovered a lost Mayan city called Valeriana in the jungles of southern Mexico while examining LiDAR maps.
Science & Energy

Scientist Accidentally Discovers Ancient Mayan City While Browsing Web

"The government never knew about it; the scientific community never knew about it."

A group of digital sleuths have accused YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson of getting crypto-rich from several scams.
Cryptocurrency

MrBeast Accused of Massive Crypto Fraud

There's a lot going on here.

During a characteristically rambling speech, Donald Trump said that "in terms of computer," Elon Musk is "as good as you get."
Elon Musk

Confused Trump Says Elon Musk Is “as Good as You Get” in “Terms of Computer”

Please make it stop.

After Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson opined that Tesla's Full Self-Driving tech wasn't ready for robotaxis yet, Elon Musk angrily responded.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Rages at Self-Driving CEO Who Dared Criticize Tesla’s Troubled “Full Self-Driving”

Classy comeback, Elon.

Famed "Iron Man" actor Robert Downey Jr. had some choice words for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during a recent podcast appearance.
Elon Musk

Robert Downey Jr. Lightly Trashes Elon Musk

Shots fired.

For the first time in recorded history, Mount Fuji has gone the entire month of October without seeing any snow.
Climate Change

Mount Fuji Snowless For Longest Time In 130 Years

Depressing.

The CEO of the AI search engine Perplexity seemed perplexed when asked how his company defines "plagiarism."
Artificial Intelligence

Perplexity AI CEO Sputters When Asked to Define “Plagiarism” Onstage

This ain't rocket science, dude.

As Saudi Arabia pushes ever forward with its futuristic NEOM project, the endeavor's staggering death toll has been revealed.
Science & Energy

A Staggering Number of Workers Have Reportedly Died While Building Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper

Sickening.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on AI-generated content on Facebook and Instagram, exactly what everybody asked for.
Artificial Intelligence

Mark Zuckerberg Pledges to Fill Facebook With Even More AI Slop

Oh, good.

Shares of Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group slid by 22.3 percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day loss since going public.
Future Society

Donald Trump’s “Truth Social” Meme Stock Just Had Its Worst Day Ever

Investors are done.

Tesla is yet again in hot water with regulators over its decision to rely exclusively on cameras for its "Full Self-Driving" feature.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk May Have Made a Huge Mistake on Full Self-Driving That It’s Too Late to Correct

A decision that could haunt him.

Despite increasingly dire global calls to curb deadly emissions, 2023 was apparently the worst year for global warming on record.
Global Warming

Congratulations, Buffoons! We Did More Global Warming Last Year Than in Any Other Year in Human History

"These are more than just statistics."

People canvassing for Elon Musk's America PAC are allegedly dealing with workplace conditions way harsher than expected.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s “Political Acivists” Aren’t What They Seem

"I felt embarrassed and played."

Elon Musk was a no-show at his court ordered appearance for a hearing on his pro-Trump scheme to pay voters in swing state.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Blows Off Court Appearance After Being Sued For Operating an Illegal Lottery

He's delaying.

In Silicon Valley, accurately reporting on a tech exec's domestic violence arrest seems to be a punishable offense.
Future Society

Tech Exec Sues Journalist for Reporting the Fact That He Was Arrested for Domestic Violence

A Constitutional scholar is calling bull.

NASA said that Voyager 1 suddenly stopped transmitting after its onboard emergency system activated without warning.
Off-World

Decrepit Voyager 1 Probe Runs Into Trouble Again

But it keeps on ticking.