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Jared Isaacman speaking at congressional hearing

NASA nominee: ‘We will prioritize sending astronauts to Mars’

Row of Cybertrucks in Tesla car lot

Electric Vehicles

Most Cybertrucks recalled to ensure steel panels don’t fall off

Woman's hand reaching out from bed to turn off alarm on Amazon Echo Dot

Alexa is about to send everything you tell it to Amazon

Close up of police officer chest wearing Axon body camera

Utah bill would require cops to disclose AI-authored police reports

3D printed gun parts seized by law enforcement

New York considers background check for 3D printers

Empty drink glasses hanging from bar rack

US may finally require Nutrition Facts labeling for alcohol

Ring-Pop on hand

FDA bans Red No. 3 dye found in many of your favorite snacks

Interior of plane cabin with sunlight coming in from window

The FAA is finally looking into sweltering airplane cabins

Blurry image of NYC at night

Sorry, but the mystery drones are pretty normal (probably)

Two SpaceX Starship rockets at Starbase in Texas

Elon Musk claims Starbase will become its own city

Teen boy with headphones in bedroom listening to music on smartphone

AI chatbot suggested a teen kill his parents, lawsuit claims

A couple walking with their child by the river in Tokyo

Tokyo rolling out four-day work week in bid to boost birth rates

Jeff VanderMeer next to book cover for Absolution

Science Fiction

Jeff VanderMeer talks about his new novel and ‘deranged court jester’ Elon Musk

Montana Mountain King sheep

Endangered Species

Montana breeder of illegal, giant sheep hybrid clones gets 6 months in prison

Concept art of USPS Next Generation Delivery Vehicle on neighborhood street

USPS explains chunky bumpers on new duck-shaped trucks

Passport close up on top of entry stamps

How to renew your US passport online (finally)

Cop using Axon's Draft One AI tech

Cops are using AI software to write police reports

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

California’s billionaire utopia faces a major setback

Sad child in stairwell using phone

Like cigarettes and alcohol, Surgeon General says social media needs warning labels

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

California’s billionaire utopia may not be as eco-friendly as advertised

Young woman holding blank screen cell phone, driving car.

Your driving could be monitored by popular apps

B-21 Raider stealth bomber in flight

See the B-21 nuclear stealth bomber’s first official flight photos

Private jet on tarmac at sunset

Tracking private jets just got much harder

DNA test tube and cotton swab wipe test

Law enforcement collected over 1.5 million people’s DNA since 2020

Drone spraying over graffiti

Washington state deploys $30,000 drone to combat graffiti

Fake website advertising dead loved one chatbot

AI ethicists warn of ‘digital hauntings’ from dead loved ones

Telecom towers in farmland

Many rural areas could soon lose cell service

Woman's hands typing on laptop

Romance scams just ‘happen in life,’ says CEO of biggest dating app company in the US

Close-up of Gmail homepage on a monitor screen.

Gmail debuted on April Fool’s Day 20 years ago. The joke is still on us.

Group of Marco Polo Sheep on a snowy mountainside.

Montana traffickers illegally cloned Frankensheep hybrids for sport hunting

Vacuum moving towards two blocks with Wordpress and Tumblr logos

OpenAI wants to devour a huge chunk of the internet. Who’s going to stop them?

Pigs in sty at factory farm

Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year

Sora AI generated video still of woolly mammoth herd in tundra

OpenAI’s Sora pushes us one mammoth step closer towards the AI abyss

Hand reaching to press 'accept' on unknown smartphone call

FCC bans AI-generated robocalls

Upset senior woman looks at the laptop screen

Sharing AI-generated images on Facebook might get harder… eventually

Close up of teens with smartphone

Facebook and Instagram are making it harder for strangers to DM teens

Joe Biden speaking in front of American flag

A deepfake ‘Joe Biden’ robocall told voters to stay home for primary election

Interior of Boeing 737-9 Max with emergency passenger door plug blown off

Boeing faces FAA audit after its 737 Max 9 plane’s door plug blew off mid-air

Two phone screens displaying Facebook content filters for minors

Meta begins automatically restricting teen users to more ‘age-appropriate’ content

OpenAI argues it is ‘impossible’ to train ChatGPT without copyrighted work

Sound level visualization of audio clip

The FTC wants your help fighting AI vocal cloning scams

Rotating black surveillance control camera indoors

Rite Aid can’t use facial recognition technology for the next five years

Close up of Apple Watch side view

You may not be able to buy the latest Apple Watches after December 24th

Red Tesla in motion down road

Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s latest Autopilot recall update affects nearly every vehicle in the US

Pharmacy shelves stocked with medications

Law enforcements can obtain prescription records from pharmacy giants without a warrant

Three smartphone screens displaying new E2EE feature for Meta

Default end-to-end encryption is finally coming to Messenger and Facebook

Close up of hand filling out paper tax filing form

The IRS delayed its controversial new policy regarding digital payment platforms

On Friday, founder and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the board of directors. Chaos ensued.

Actually, never mind, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI’s CEO

Cruise robotaxi action shot at night

Controversial ‘robotaxi’ startup loses CEO

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

Billionaire-backed company has bought all the land it needs for its ‘city of yesterday’

Nightvision camera shot of a UAP

Want to report a UAP sighting? US government workers can now use this website.

Offshore wind turbine being constructed with nearby supply ship

A Danish company just scrapped its ambitious plan for a New Jersey offshore wind farm

UN worker checking humanitarian aid trucks crossing into the Gaza Strip

What is humanitarian aid? Peanut butter, WiFi, and other life-saving supplies.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Woman in sweater logging into Facebook on a tablet

Meta will offer premium ad-free Facebook and Instagram options—just not in the US

Photo of President Biden in White House Press Room

Here’s what to know about President Biden’s sweeping AI executive order

Woman sneezing into tissue on train

FTC smacks down makers of bogus ‘invisible mask’ against COVID-19

Scammers busted in India for impersonating Amazon and Microsoft tech support

Scammers busted in India for impersonating Amazon and Microsoft tech support

Orsted offshore wind turbines in the UK

Atlantic City’s massive offshore wind farm project highlights the industry’s growing pains

A hand holding a black pen and filling in the 1040 Individual Income Tax Return Form

The IRS’ free online tax filing program will be super exclusive in 2024

Workers at rare earth mineral mine next to equipment in China

China says it discovered potentially vast amounts of a rare superconducting material

Lots of chargers for devices tangled in a crowded corner

People send 20 billion pounds of ‘invisible’ e-waste to landfills each year

Illustration of trackable objects orbiting Earth

The FCC just dished out their first space junk fine

The CIA is building its version of ChatGPT

Skydio X10 drone flying at night

A new drone might help cops stop high-speed car chases