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Elon Musk said he was about to make one of the most visible changes to Twitter since taking control of the social media company last… Read More »Elon Musk says Twitter will change its logo

A giant Pacific octopus shows off its colors at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Monterey Bay Aquarium While other octopus books study the animal’s behavior in… Read More »Understanding the octopus and its relationships with humans

Tesla reported a second-quarter profit increase after the company, led by Elon Musk, slashed prices in response to increased competition and higher borrowing costs for… Read More »Tesla’s earnings rose in the second quarter as price cuts fueled demand

Inaki Godoy stars as Monkey D. Luffy A piecethe Netflix live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga and anime franchise. Netflix has a mixed track… Read More »Here’s the live-action One Piece trailer we’ve been waiting for

Tesla wants to double the production capacity of its assembly plant outside Berlin to one million electric vehicles per year, a move that would make… Read More »Tesla wants to double the size of its German factory

Enlarge / Tawny Newsome (left) and Jack Quaid reprise their roles as Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler… but this time in real life. Decisive The… Read More »Two great Star Trek shows revive the lost art of the gimmicky crossover episode

The patient was a 39-year-old woman who had come to the emergency department of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Her left knee had… Read More »A mystery in the ER? ask Dr. Chatbot for a diagnosis.

Enlarge / Water and sediment flow from the melting edge of the Greenland ice sheet. About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free.… Read More »Long-forgotten frozen soil monster offers a warning for the future

This week, the White House announced it had received “voluntary commitments” from seven leading AI companies to manage the risks of artificial intelligence. Getting the… Read More »How do White House AI pledges stack up?

Enlarge / Artistic illustration of Amazon’s Kuiper satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Within a few years, Amazon hopes to build and launch… Read More »Amazon is getting ready to launch many broadband satellites

Seven leading AI companies in the United States have agreed to voluntary safeguards for the development of the technology, the White House announced Friday, pledging… Read More »Meta, Google and AI companies agree security measures at Biden meeting

Enlarge / An Astranis satellite is seen in the company’s factory. Astranis Astranis, a company that aims to provide internet connectivity from geostationary space, said… Read More »A promising internet satellite is rendered useless by power problems

Can the online encyclopedia help teach AI chatbots to get their facts right – without destroying themselves in the process?

Yesterday, the US Federal Reserve officially launched FedNow, a new system that has been rolled out to 35 early adopting banks and credit unions for… Read More »Banks that serve as guinea pigs for the Federal Reserve’s instant payment system

Anyone tempted by AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard – wow, they can write essays and recipes! — eventually encounters what are known as hallucinations,… Read More »How to send AI chatbots to make them more useful