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A week after setting a world record for being the oldest person to skydive, a Chicago woman died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 104.
Developments

104-Year-Old Dies Days After Skydiving From Airplane

"The whole thing was delightful, wonderful, couldn’t have been better."

A public employee in Washington State is suing to get her health insurer to cover Wegovy, the expensive, headline-grabbing weight loss med.
RX and Medicine

Woman Sues to Get Wegovy Covered by Her Health Insurance

"They’re being penny wise and pound foolish."

The consumer DNA kit company 23andMe has acknowledged that hackers had gained access to user accounts, but we have lots of questions.
DNA

Hackers Selling Stolen Customer DNA Data From 23AndMe

Your DNA data shouldn't be in the hands of for-profit companies.

NASA has canceled a planned spacewalk, citing an ammonia coolant leak, which was discovered on the Russian segment earlier this week.
NASA

NASA Postpones Spacewalk Due to Leak on Space Station

Better safe than sorry.

NASA has readied a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for a mission to launch a spacecraft to study a big metal asteroid called Psyche.
SpaceX

SpaceX Prepares Spacecraft for Mission to Mysterious Metal Asteroid

It's finally happening.

SBF's former colleague and romantic partner Caroline Ellison says that her ex had what seems to be a pretty skewed moral compass.
Blockchain

Caroline Ellison Testifies That SBF’s Strange Philosophy Justified Lying and Stealing

"He thought the only moral rule that mattered was doing whatever would maximize the utility."

In a letter to Elon Musk, an EU lawmaker accused X of allowing "illegal content and disinformation" about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is in Big Trouble Over the Israel-Palestine Violence

X is teeming with fake news about the war.

Caroline Ellison told the court yesterday that back in 2021, Alameda Research already had an alleged $2.7 billion hole in its balance sheet.
Blockchain

Alameda Secretly Had Value of Negative $2.7 Billion, Insider Tells Court

SBF allegedly continued to make risky investments anyway.

Two astronauts on the ISS are gearing up for a spacewalk to figure out if microorganisms on the outside of the station can survive.
NASA

NASA Swabbing Outside of Space Station to See If Stuff Is Growing on It

Could microorganisms really survive those conditions?

AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the "Godfather of AI," is worried that AI might take over the world one day.
Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Admits He Fears His Creation Could “Take Over From Humanity”

"There's enormous uncertainty about what's going to happen next."

NASA Announces Asteroid Samples Contain Both Water and Carbon
NASA

NASA Announces Asteroid Samples Contain Both Water and Carbon

Okay, this is interesting.

Alex de Vries, a data scientist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, found that AI companies could soon use as much power as a country worldwide.
Artificial Intelligence

AI’s Electricity Use Is Spiking So Fast It’ll Soon Use as Much Power as an Entire Country

"Each of these Nvidia servers, they are power-hungry beasts."

An analyst from a tech advisory firm said that generative AI is slated for a slowdown next year due to increasing costs.
Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI Is Headed for a Financial “Cold Shower” Next Year, Analyst Predicts

Is reality crashing down?

X-formerly-Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino's speaking tour is on pause for the foreseeable future following her disastrous Code interview.
Elon Musk

Twitter CEO Says That Due to Reasons, She Has to Cancel Appearance Defending Elon Musk’s Deranged Behavior

Linda Yaccarino's speaking tour is officially on hold.

A Tesla Cybertruck with flashing hazard lights seemed to had become stalled on the side of a highway this weekend in California.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Spotted Broken Down on Highway Shoulder

Don't hold your breath, buyers.

Caroline Ellison testified that Sam Bankman-Fried once told her there was a five percent chance that he would become the president.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Delusions Included That He Could Become President, Former Girlfriend Says

Sure, Sam.

Caroline Ellison, the ex-girlfriend of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, clearly came to court with guns blazing.
Blockchain

Caroline Ellison Says Sam Bankman-Fried “Directed” Her to Commit Crimes

She came out the gate swinging.

Fun's over, kids. As Windows Central reports, Microsoft appears to have lobotomized Bing's DALL-E 3-powered AI Image Creator.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Lobotomizes Bing’s Image Generating AI

Bing's AI guardrails are better — kind of.

A new Stockholm, Sweden-based startup called Luvly has unveiled a new car that can be delivered in flat pack form.
Advanced Transport

Sweden Invents Flat Pack Car

It's like IKEA, but for your car.

The space station's Russian segment has sprung yet another coolant leak, the third in less than a year, raising questions about reliability.
NASA

NASA Alarmed to See Flakes Drifting Past Space Station Window

"One is whatever, two is a coincidence, three is something systematic."