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Elon Musk's X has handed a Holocaust-denying and Hitler-praising account a gold checkmark, recognizing it as an official organization.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Gives Gold Checkmark to Holocaust Denier

This is horrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

Good news for women who have to exist under the male gaze: it doesn't, as some one might think, make you dumber. 
Studies

Women Are Just as Cognitively Sharp Under the Male Gaze, Scientists Find

"Research on this topic may have overlooked women’s resilience."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Has Died
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Has Died

Say it ain't so.

By Victor Tangermann

It's unclear who is making all those gross AI-generated Taylor Swift porn images — and who's responsible for them going viral.
Artificial Intelligence

Will There Be Any Consequences For All This Disgusting AI Taylor Swift Porn?

Does Taylor have any recourse?

By Noor Al-Sibai

There are a bunch of dancing objects hanging out in space with no stars — and two of them seem to be giving off some weird radio waves.
Off-World

Scientists Puzzled by Planet-Sized Objects Emitting Strange Radio Signal

That's strange.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla shares have plummeted by over ten percent on Thursday, following an earnings report that fell short of expectations.
Tesla

Tesla Is in Trouble

Shares plummeted more than ten percent.

By Victor Tangermann

A man says he was savagely beaten and gang raped in jail after facial recognition led to his false arrest him for a robbery in Texas.
Facial recognition

Man Says Sunglass Hut Used Facial Recognition to Falsely Jail Him, Where He Got Sexually Assaulted

"The attack left him with permanent injuries that he has to live with every day of his life."

By Sharon Adarlo

During the Trump administration, the White House's personal pharmacy operated as a glorified pill mill, a new watchdog report claims.
RX and Medicine

Unregulated White House Pharmacy Gave Out Uppers and Downers to Senior Staff Under Trump

"A lot of times they’d be in like five tablets in a zip‑lock bag."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An artificial intelligence-generated audio deep faked the voice of a New York City politician insulting another colleague.
Future Society

Scandal as AI-Generated Audio of Politician Slamming Colleague Goes Viral

"It’s fake audio of what Keith is really thinking."

By Sharon Adarlo

In an extremely unfortunate twist of fate, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has landed on its nose.
Moon

Photo Shows Japanese Moon Lander Is Upside Down on Lunar Surface

This is just sad.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new anonymous whistleblower, it may have been Boeing's own lack of quality control that led to the January 5 incident.
Advanced Transport

Boeing Door Scandal Grows With New Whistleblower

It was a "very, very stupid" mistake that "speaks volumes about the quality culture" at Boeing.

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has responded to the onslaught of AI girlfriends populating its GPT Store — by saying there's not much they can do about it. 
OpenAI

OpenAI Failing to Destroy Contraband AI Girlfriends Flooding GPT Store

Don't tell them about the "Horny widow" chatbot.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The vast network of ancient earthworks in the Amazon, including roads, canals, and cities, are believed to be over 2,000 years old.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Ruins of Ancient Cities in Amazon Jungle

What else could the Amazon be hiding?

By Frank Landymore

A massive NASA jet has been circling at low altitude over the San Joaquin Valley in California this week to study air quality.
Future Society

NASA Aircraft Making Low Passes Over California

"Residents in the areas below will see and hear the aircraft..."

By Victor Tangermann

Right before takeoff, Phil Hardy noticed something strange while looking out of the window of the Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330.
Future Society

Flight Canceled When Passenger Looks Out Window, Notices Something Wrong With Wing

Something's missing...

By Victor Tangermann

The tool, Nightshade, introduces subtle alterations into an image to confuse AI models and "poison" their training data.
Artificial Intelligence

Software Released to Make Your Original Art Poison AI Models That Scrape It

Protect your art, sabotage the AI models that copy it.

By Frank Landymore

An 11-year-old boy with congenital deafness can now hear sounds after he received groundbreaking gene therapy.
Viruses

Gene Therapy Administered Via Virus Cures Deafness in 11-Year-Old Boy

"There’s no sound I don’t like."

By Sharon Adarlo

Chinese scientists have opened the deepest and largest underground lab in the world to study dark matter particles.
Dark Matter

China Opens Huge Underground Dark Matter Lab

It's the biggest in history.

By Victor Tangermann

AI is still far from achieving human-level intelligence — but some researchers are suggesting that the technology may understand the world.
Artificial Intelligence

Chatbots Are Developing an Understanding of the World, Scientists Claim

"This, to me, is the essence of creativity."

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you give a rat a camera, it will, apparently, take selfies — even if it doesn't get a treat as a reward.
Science & Energy

Amateur Scientist Teaches Rats to Take Selfies

These guys are SO cute.

By Noor Al-Sibai