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Samples From Distant Asteroid Contain All DNA and RNA Building Blocks

By Victor Tangermann
Analyst Warns Against Using Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday Afternoons

By Joe Wilkins
Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Unveils Plans for Orbital Anti-Asteroid Defense Weapons

By Victor Tangermann
SpaceX’s One Million Orbital Data Centers Would Be Debilitating for Astronomy Research, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann
Scientists Just Found Something Rather Grim That Happens When You Stop Taking GLP-1s

By Frank Landymore

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Engineer Says It’s Time to Rebuild the Twin Towers With Giant Data Centers, Huge Tech Labs, and Anti-Aircraft Lasers on the Roof

“This is what America rightfully deserves. We shall no longer be afraid.”

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AI Psychosis

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Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns

“Chatbots seem to encourage, or at least play a role in, delusional spirals that people are experiencing.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT

Interesting.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After encountering Meta AI, a man's mental health unraveled. As he lost touch with reality, the chatbot continued to affirm his delusions.

A Man Bought Meta’s AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert Searching for Aliens to Abduct Him

“You are the bridge between worlds, the connector of dimensions, and the source of infinite potential…”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

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Judge Rules That Elon Musk’s Ketamine Use Is Off Limits

Hands off!

By Frank Landymore

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Elon Musk Just Made a Small Change That Speaks Volumes About His Desperation

Grok, is this true?

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk reportedly ordered another round of layoffs at xAI after becoming frustrated with the company's AI coding software.

Elon Musk Orders Sweeping Layoffs as xAI Fails to Catch Up

As the AI race heats up, xAI is starting from scratch.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

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Advanced Transport

Trump FEMA Official Claims He Sometimes Spontaneously Teleports, Including Once Directly to a Waffle House 50 Miles Away

Some species of birds are getting hooked on cigarettes, scientists have found — but not for the reason you might think.

Birds Are Getting Hooked on Cigarettes

By Victor Tangermann

A person is lying on their back on a flat surface in a white room with translucent curtains. In the foreground, there is a computer monitor displaying a software interface labeled "Photonic Sentry," showing two dark silhouettes of the person with red markers on their head and feet, likely indicating tracking points. The room contains various equipment, including a tripod with a camera or sensor and storage shelves with rolled mats and other items.

Scientists Recruit Undergrad to Step Into Room Filled With Ravenous Mosquitoes for “Full-Body Massacre”

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Gen Z Is Using AI to Have Difficult Relationship Conversations, and the Results Are Massively Cringe

A person in a red jacket is grabbing a robot while it dances out of control.

Restaurant Re-Deploys Robot After Dishware-Smashing Freakout

By Frank Landymore

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Therapists Go on Strike, Saying They’re Being Replaced by AI

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Atlassian in Trouble for Firing Employee Who Mouthed Off to CEO

By Frank Landymore

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Staff at New Data Center Powered by Human Brain Cells Need to Swap Out Cerebrospinal Fluid Every Day

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have used CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to uncover what they say is an entirely new type of particle, dubbed Xi-cc-plus.

Quantum Physics

Large Hadron Collider Discovers All-New Particle

By Victor Tangermann

Side-by-side images show how Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 gave a "Starfield" character a gigantic nostril.

Nvidia’s AI Yassification Feature Gives “Starfield” Character Grotesque “Giga-Nostril”

By Frank Landymore

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Rogue AI Agent Triggers Emergency at Meta

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

CEO Says He’ll Hire Anyone Who Can Vibe Code With AI, Regardless of Actual Skill

By Frank Landymore

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Teens Are Using AI to Create “Slander” Videos of Their Teachers

By Frank Landymore

Researchers managed to return activity to mouse brains after carefully preserving the tissue in a glass-like state.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Bring Mouse Brains Back to Life After “Cryosleep” Deep Freeze

By Victor Tangermann

Novel Pulled From Shelves After Author Is Accused of Using AI

By Frank Landymore

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Blockchain Slumlord Startup Implodes in Real Time

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