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Chinese University Announces 30-Story “Artificial Island” for Marine Research Purposes

By Joe Wilkins
The Trump Administration Is Doing Something Horrifying to Workers at Nuclear Facilities

By Joe Wilkins
Conspiracy Theorists Are Going to Have a Field Day as NASA Gears Up to Launch Historic Moon Mission on April Fools’ Day

By Victor Tangermann
Leaked Claude Code Shows Anthropic Building Mysterious “Tamagotchi” Feature Into It

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SpaceX Files for IPO

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Artificial Intelligence

Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests

Not very cool.

By Frank Landymore

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AI Psychosis

A man with a beard and mustache is lying on a yellow and blue textured surface, looking at a smartphone in his hand. He has short, slightly messy hair and multiple ear piercings. His skin and hair are digitally altered with a pink hue, and he has a tattoo on his upper arm. The image has a stylized, high-contrast color effect.

Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users

“AI sycophancy is not merely a stylistic issue or a niche risk, but a prevalent behavior with broad downstream consequences.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A person lying down on a blue surface with their face distorted in a stretched, abstract manner. The lighting highlights the face and upper body, creating a dramatic contrast with the dark background. The distortion gives the image a surreal and unsettling effect.

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

A man wearing a white shirt is holding his head in his hands, appearing distressed or overwhelmed. His eyes are closed and his facial expression suggests frustration or sadness. The background is softly blurred with a neutral tone.

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

Musk Watch

Tesla revealed that its human operators do, in fact, temporarily take control of its robotaxis if necessary, unlike Waymo.

Tesla Workers Are Seizing Control of Robotaxis When They Get Stuck

Remote assistance workers can “take temporary control of the vehicle.”

By Victor Tangermann

HSBC stock analyst Mike Tyndall recently reiterated a "reduce" rating on Tesla, expecting the company's shares to fall over 60 percent.

Bank Warns of Tesla Stock Collapse

It’s expecting the worst case scenario.

By Victor Tangermann

An orbital data center with large, extended solar panels orbiting above Earth, with the Sun rising or setting on the horizon, casting a bright glow over the planet's atmosphere and clouds.

Elon Musk’s Orbital Data Centers Are Staggeringly Huge

Good lord.

By Frank Landymore

The Feed

A startup has been pitching "brainless clones" of the human body that aging or ill individuals could one day transplant their brain into.

A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into

By Victor Tangermann

Students in China are using smart glasses to cheat during exams and renting them out to their classmates as well.

Artificial Intelligence

Students Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests

By Victor Tangermann

A robot version of Olaf from "Frozen" is lying on its back on a cobblestone street. Nearby, a person wearing a dark jacket, gloves, and a beanie is crouching and holding the snowman, while another person kneels beside them. Several people stand around observing.

Remember That Robot Olaf Disney Was So Proud of? It Just Wiped Out So Hard That His Carrot Nose Went Clattering Across the Pavement

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX admitted that yet another satellite had "experienced an anomaly" at an altitude of roughly 350 miles on Sunday.

Second SpaceX Satellite Abruptly Explodes

By Victor Tangermann

Three people on a small white motorboat are applying a large white banner with orange text to the side of a larger white boat.

The Industrialists

Activists Plaster New Name on Larry Ellison’s Superyacht

Researchers found that plastic gloves can transfer microplastic particles onto environmental samples, potentially skewing results.

You Know How Scientists Keep Finding Microplastics Literally Everywhere? Well, You’d Never Guess What Their Lab Gloves Are Coated in Straight Out of the Packaging

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers tried to figure out whether asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA is visiting in 2029, is the remnant of a planet's core.

Scientists Investigating Whether Object NASA Is Approaching Is Core of Destroyed Planet

By Victor Tangermann

Just before cyclone Narelle made landfall in Western Australia, it turned the sky into an apocalyptic shade of bright red.

Australia Turns Into Bright-Red Vision of Hell

By Victor Tangermann

Bluesky's latest foray into AI isn't exactly sitting well with what appears to be the vast majority of the platform's user base.

Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platform’s New AI

By Victor Tangermann

Three rescue workers in red uniforms with yellow reflective stripes stand facing a large pile of rubble and debris from a collapsed structure. The scene is chaotic with broken concrete, twisted metal rods, and scattered materials. One worker wears a red helmet, while another is using a phone. Dust and smoke create a hazy atmosphere.

Law Seeks to Ban Public Officials From Making Polymarket Bets on Upcoming Bloodshed, Because Apparently We Live in a Complete Dystopia

Close-up of Todd Lyons, the acting head of ICE.

Top ICE Official Falling Apart Medically Due to Stress of Getting Yelled At

Muscular man flexing his biceps with his back facing the camera, highlighted by dramatic red and teal lighting against a dark background.

Scientists Intrigued by Microbe That That Makes Mice Swole

By Frank Landymore

A shark with its mouth wide open underwater, showing sharp teeth and gills. Inside the shark's mouth, there is a clear plastic bag containing a white powdery substance. Several small fish are swimming around inside the shark's mouth.

Sharks Showing Unusually High Levels of Cocaine

By Frank Landymore

An illustration of a pink human brain encased in a melting translucent blue ice cube, placed on a yellow grid-patterned surface. The ice cube is partially melted, with blue liquid pooling around its base.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientist Thawing Out Fragments of His Friend’s Cryogenically Preserved Brain

A long outdoor escalator with a glass roof runs uphill between densely packed urban buildings. The escalator is covered with a white, wavy metal and glass canopy. Surrounding the escalator are tall residential and commercial buildings, including a yellow apartment building on the right and a rounded, multi-story building with green windows in the center. The area appears busy with a few people visible near the escalator entrance. The scene is set in a city with a hilly terrain.

China Built the World’s Largest Outdoor Escalator, and It’s a Modern Marvel That Looks Like It Never Stops Rising Into the Sky

By Frank Landymore

A large group of people participating in a protest, many lying down on the street holding signs with messages such as "PALANTIR: ICE, WAR PROFITEER AND PROTECTOR" and "MONEY FOR AIDS HEALTHCARE NOT FOR WAR & PROFIT." Others stand behind a large banner that reads "MOTHERS + HEALTH CARE NOT WAR." The scene takes place on a city street with scaffolding on one side and tall buildings in the background. Some individuals are taking photos or filming the event.

Protesters Stage Unsettling Demonstration in Front of Palantir’s Office

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