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In her new book, hotel heiress Paris Hilton revealed that she had an, er, peculiar way of handling having babies via surrogates.
Developments

Paris Hilton Wore a Prosthetic Pregnancy Belly While Actual Babies Were Being Grown by Surrogates

"I wanted it to feel real — even in just this small way."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has made up its mind and will continue down a rocky ridge that scientists believe was once a raging river.
Mars

NASA Mars Rover Following Path of What Appears to Be Ancient River

This "snake-like" path looks a lot like a meandering river.

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman is willing to foot the bill of a maintenance mission to NASA's Hubble telescope.
NASA

NASA Experts Concerned Billionaire Space Tourist Will Accidentally Break Hubble Space Telescope While Trying to Fix It

NASA is still weighing the pros and cons.

By Victor Tangermann

Writers at the newspaper giant Gannett quietly updated employment contracts to provide much more leeway for generating "news content."
Future Society

Gannett Staff Furious Over Contract Allowing AI “to Generate News Content”

"It was shocking and frustrating and disappointing."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

China's navy has apparently tested out its hypersonic rail gun — but during a demonstration of its power, things didn't go quite as planned.
Off-World

China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky

Wow.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Publishers Horrified at New Google AI Feature That Could Kill What’s Left of Journalism
Google

Publishers Horrified at New Google AI Feature That Could Kill What’s Left of Journalism

"This will be catastrophic to our traffic..."

By Sharon Adarlo

That spinning loading icon that happens when your computer is trying to, well, compute, is actually called the "throbber."
Future Society

We Regret to Inform You That The Spinning “Loading” Icon Is Actually Called a “Throbber”

They couldn't have called it anything else?!

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Iberian orcas are back at it again, this time straight-up sinking a yacht near the Strait of Gibraltar.
Science & Energy

Orcas Strike Again, Sinking Yacht as Oil Tanker Called for Rescue

Guess who's back.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists trying to find out why fish are spinning and dying in Florida may have discovered the culprit: poisonous algae.
Science & Energy

Scientists Ponder Why Fish Are Spinning Themselves to Death

The endangered sawtooth fish has been seen spinning to death.

By Sharon Adarlo

A gigantic piece of a SpaceX rocket crashed down on a rural farm in Saskatchewan, Canada — and the story only gets more Canadian from there.
Off-World

Giant Piece of Space Junk Crashes Down on Farm of Canadian, Who Intends to Sell It and Spend Money on Hockey Rink

"I had no idea. I don't build spaceships for a living. I farm."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Didn’t Like What a Woman Told Him, So He Fired Her Entire Department
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Didn’t Like What a Woman Told Him, So He Fired Her Entire Department

RIP, Supercharger team.

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing's Starliner launch had to be delayed yet again after teams found a small helium leak in the spacecraft's service module.
Boeing

Leak Discovered in Problem-Plagued Boeing Spacecraft Before Astronaut Launch

More delays?

By Victor Tangermann

Neuralink has known for years that wires in its brain chip are known to "retract," which raises questions on its future and overall safety.
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Knew Its Implant Likely to Malfunction in First Human Patient, Did Brain Surgery Anyway

Redesigning the brain chip could result in brain damage.

By Sharon Adarlo

This week, in Google's own marketing materials showing off "search in the Gemini era," the company made yet another blunder.
Google

During Huge Demo, Google’s AI Provides Idiotic Advice About Photography That Would Destroy Film

Why does it feel like AI chatbots are becoming dumber?

By Victor Tangermann

According to credit card data obtained by market research firm YipitData, Tesla's Full Self-Driving software is struggling to catch on.
Self-Driving Vehicles

98 Percent of Drivers Who Try Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Demo Ditch It After the Trial Period Is Over

Yikes.

By Victor Tangermann

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Starship's anticipated fourth test flight could be as soon as next month.
Elon Musk

SpaceX Preparing for Next Starship Launch, Elon Musk Says

Fourth time's the charm?

By Frank Landymore

Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI cofounder and chief scientist, is leaving the company after moving to oust CEO Sam Altman in November.
OpenAI

Scientist Who Said Neural Networks May Already Be Conscious Leaves OpenAI After Leading Coup Against Sam Altman

Thus ends a protracted saga in OpenAI history.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Australian broadcaster the ABC discovered a "parasitic" content farm that's churning out poorly plagiarized news stories.
Artificial Intelligence

Sites Busted Running AI Content Farm That Rips Off Real Journalists’ Work When They Accidentally Left Prompt in Published Article

"Parasitic plagiarism merchants that are becoming all too common."

By Victor Tangermann

In China, the AI cloning of dead relatives has become a thriving cottage industry, driving down prices and spurring technological advances.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Selling AI Clones of Dead Relatives for Just $150

Could this service catch on in the US?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Maine Cybertruck owner knew he'd be one of the only in the state to own the expensive Tesla, but didn't expect everyone to hate it.
Advanced Transport

Maine Man Alarmed When Everybody Mocks His Cybertruck, Flips Him Off

"It wasn’t an attention-seeking move. People have taken my picture so much."

By Noor Al-Sibai