Scientists create major nuclear fusion breakthrough twice
American scientists have for the first time managed to reach — and then improve on — a longtime goal of nuclear research. Twice in under a year, researchers at California’s...
Microsoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself
For most people, the idea of using artificial intelligence tools in daily life—or even just messing around with them—has only become mainstream in recent months, with new releases of generative...
AI model can help determine where a patient’s cancer arose
For a small percentage of cancer patients, doctors are unable to determine where their cancer originated. This makes it much more difficult to choose a treatment for those patients, because...
Bill Gates used to think ‘sleep is laziness and unnecessary’
Billionaire Bill Gates revealed he would sleep as little as possible while building his Microsoft fortune, calling the need for shuteye lazy and “unnecessary.” The tech titan said he realized...
AI Can Give You an NPC That Remembers. It Could Also Get Your Favorite Artist Fired
AI’s presence in the gaming industry has evolved from a mere novelty to an indispensable force. With every algorithmic breakthrough, new possibilities and challenges arise for gamers and developers alike....
NASA launching streaming service: ‘New era of pioneers’
It’s a new frontier. NASA revealed last month it will revamp its flagship and science websites, upgrade its app, and launch a new streaming service. The agency promises the free...
People unable to detect 1 in 4 speech samples as deepfakes
These deepfakes seem real to a startling number of people. Humans are unable to detect over a quarter of deepfake speech samples made by artificial intelligence, according to new research...
Texas researchers invent cup that purifies contaminated water
Austin, Texas – A team from the University of Texas at Austin developed a mug-sized, cube-shaped device that can use battery-generated electricity to eliminate bacteria from contaminated water. The new device is a...
Elon Musk says fight with Mark Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on X
Elon Musk said in a social media post that his proposed cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be live-streamed on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The...
Elon Musk’s X to fund legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform
Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of...
Google parent Alphabet dumps 90% of its stake in Robinhood
Google parent Alphabet said Friday it had slashed its stake in Robinhood Markets by nearly 90%, cutting its exposure to the trading app operator that has been grappling with a slowdown in...
I’m a fake Jersey Shore influencer — it’s not what you think
She’s a figment of our dystopian imag-AI-nation. An AI influencer named Vicki Verano, who says she’s from the Jersey Shore, has racked up over 57,000 followers since joining X, the...
Jeff Bezos’ wealth balloons by $12B as Amazon stock soars 11%
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos saw his personal net worth increase by a whopping $12 billion on Friday morning as the e-commerce giant’s stock price soared by some 11% in pre-noon...
NASA relinks with Voyager 2 after accidentally losing contact
They thought it was gonna be a long, long time. NASA has successfully “reestablished full communications” with Voyager 2, an interstellar deep space probe which the agency sent offline with...
Google wins antitrust ruling in battle with states over search engine
A federal judge struck down parts of an antitrust lawsuit brought against Google’s parent company Alphabet by state attorneys general who allege the search giant abused its competitive advantage to...
