Melissa set to be the strongest hurricane to ever strike Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa will make landfall in southern Jamaica less than 24 hours from now, and...
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New image-generating AIs are being used for fake expense reports
Businesses are increasingly being deceived by employees using artificial intelligence for an age-old scam: faking...
10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.
“Opening locks” might not sound like scintillating social media content, but Trevor McNally has turned...
Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change
For millennia, some of the world’s largest filter-feeding whales, including humpbacks, fin whales, and blue...
Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem
Researchers and users of LLMs have long been aware that AI models have a troubling...
Man takes herbal pain quackery, nearly dies, spends months in hospital
A 61-year-old man in California is lucky to be alive after a combination of herbal...
The Android-powered Boox Palma 2 Pro fits in your pocket, but it’s not a phone
Digital reading devices like the Kindle have existed for almost 20 years, and the standard...
Tech billionaires are now shaping the militarization of American cities
Yesterday, Donald Trump announced on social media that he had been planning to “surge” troops...
Feds probe Tesla about its “Mad Max” mode
Earlier this month, Tesla rolled out a new firmware update that added a pair of...
Microsoft’s Mico heightens the risks of parasocial LLM relationships
Microsoft is rolling out a new face for its AI, and its name is Mico....
Rivian settles shareholder lawsuit for $250 million, denies allegations
Electric vehicle startup Rivian announced on Thursday that it has settled a lawsuit with some...
DNA analysis reveals likely pathogens that killed Napoleon’s army
In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte led a disastrous military campaign into Moscow. The death toll was...
Satellite shows what’s really happening at the East Wing of the White House
You need to go up—way up—to fully appreciate the changes underway at the White House...
Rocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA’s Moon rocket fully stacked
Welcome to Edition 8.16 of the Rocket Report! The 10th anniversary of SpaceX’s first Falcon...
With new acquisition, OpenAI signals plans to integrate deeper into the OS
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated (SAI), perhaps best known for the core team that...