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Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (597+ words) Published Mar 1, 2026 11:15 AM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Elon Musk and other AI leaders have repeatedly insisted that the solution to the industry's extremely costly and energy-intensive data centers is to launch them into…...
A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (407+ words) Published Mar 1, 2026 10:30 AM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Who could've guessed that when you give millions of kids free access to a homework-writing chatbot, they'd stop writing their own essays? And who could blame…...
Former Delivery Drivers Are Getting Weird New Jobs as Delivery Robots Take Over
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (516+ words) Published Mar 1, 2026 2:15 PM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Gig delivery workers, already earning poverty wages, are now being undercut by robots that don't need tips. These days, one of the fastest growing new gigs…...
Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (598+ words) Published Mar 1, 2026 1:30 PM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In 2022, Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs made a big splash after announcing that it had taught "mini-brains" consisting of 800,000 to one million living human brain cells…...
ChatGPT Health Is Staggeringly Bad at Recognizing Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (565+ words) Published Mar 1, 2026 12:00 PM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As it turns out, there's a very good reason for that warning. According to the first independent safety evaluation of the feature, as detailed in this…...
Meta Reels Is Filling Up With AI Slop of Faith Healers Performing Miraculous Cures
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (447+ words) Published Mar 1, 2026 6:45 AM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech If you haven't taken a scroll through the reels on Instagram and Facebook in a while " or if your algorithm is sufficiently shielded from the avalanche…...
AI-Generated Film Pulled From AMC Cinemas
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (357+ words) Published Mar 1, 2026 9:45 AM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Moviegoers just took a stand against slop and won. Following a flurry of online backlash, AMC Theaters said it would no longer allow an AI-generated short…...
Uber Employees Have Created an AI Clone of Its CEO
21+ hour, 46+ min ago (325+ words) Published Feb 28, 2026 3:00 PM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In need of a little confidence boost before a face-to-face with your boss? That urge seems to be driving employees at rideshare giant Uber to strange…...
Startup Generates Caring Letters to Your Friends Using AI, Handwrites Them Using Robot Pen
1+ day, 46+ min ago (420+ words) Published Feb 28, 2026 12:00 PM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Think back to the last time you peeled open an envelope to find a handwritten letter. Maybe it was a heartfelt thank-you message for attending someone's…...
Lab-Grown Brains Growing More Powerful
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (417+ words) Published Feb 28, 2026 11:15 AM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Back in 1907, American biologist Henry Van Peters Wilson discovered that sponges will re-form into living creatures after their cells are broken apart through a fine mesh…...