Victor Tangermann

A bizarre new smartphone app called "Vera AI" claims it allows its users to chat with "imaginary friends" and "create your friends or family members," a puzzlingly brazen use of AI tech that doesn't even try to hide the fact that it's looking to replace human connection. A screenshot of the app suggests that it […]

In an email obtained by The Information, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that hundreds more staffers were getting the axe at the EV maker, a fresh round of layoffs just weeks after the first. And as it turns out, entire departments that are central to the company's core offerings are being vaporized. According to the […]

Robo-Bluey Robotics company Boston Dynamics has released a video of its Spot Mini robot dog dressed up in a bedazzled suit of fur, a "custom costume" meant to "explore the intersections of robotics, art, and entertainment." Put differently, the company's famed robot dog has been turned from a dystopian four-legged machine into a terrifying marionette […]

A grisly new trend is emerging on TikTok, with self-proclaimed "veneer technicians" performing illegal dental surgery on unsuspecting clients. The practice was met with horror and outrage by the dentistry community, with experts warning of significant danger. Worse yet, scammers are giving out fake certificates to people, who've completed just two days of "training" — […]

  Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't done laying off workers at his embattled EV venture. In an email obtained by Electrek, Musk said he wanted Tesla to be "absolutely hard core" about layoffs, with executives whose subordinates "don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test" also being on the chopping block. The carmaker's already […]

See You Later A particularly head-strong alligator had a hell of a time climbing a fence, as seen in a video making its rounds on Reddit. "As scary as they can be, alligators just don’t look as threatening when climbing a fence," the video's title posted to the AnimalsBeingDerps subreddit reads. The footage is just […]

Hubble Trouble NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has broken down yet again, bringing scientific activities to a grind. Scientists were forced to put the telescope, which was launched in 1990, into safe mode last week due to an "ongoing gyroscope issue," according to a NASA update. Fortunately, Hubble's instruments are "stable and the telescope is in […]

Serious Air We've seen Tesla's Cybertruck get stuck while traversing a beach, climbing a moderate hill, struggling through snow, and emitting horrible sounds after going for a dip in a muddy puddle. But how much of this can be chalked up to Tesla's lackluster ability to put together a car that, well, stays together — […]

  NASA made a huge splash in September when it announced that its James Webb Space Telescope had spotted potential signs of life on an exoplanet dubbed K2-18b in the form of "dimethyl sulfide," (DMS) a gas that is produced exclusively by lifeforms on Earth. Now, the telescope has turned its full attention towards the […]

Token of Gratitude Bored Ape Yacht Club developer Yuga Labs is laying off an unspecified number of employees as the appetite for the nonfungible tokens (NFTs) continues to evaporate. In an announcement on X-formerly-Twitter, Yuga Labs CEO Greg "Gargamel" Solano said he was determined to make "some very hard, strategic decisions," which "unfortunately" includes a […]