“When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there’s no way to turn them back on.”

While interviewing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this week, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson brought up his belief in a conspiracy theory that former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji was “definitely murdered.” The researcher’s death in November 2024, which was ruled a suicide by the San Francisco police, followed his release of statements online and in […]

Elon Musk is pressing Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to look into Blizzard employees who criticized Charlie Kirk after his death. Musk’s post quotes an X thread listing names and screenshots of the developers. “What’s going on here, @satyanadella?” Musk said. “These are Microsoft employees,” he added in another post. Musk’s direct question to Nadella follows […]

The latest installment in the horror series is from filmmaker Jacob Chase; it’ll be out August 21, 2026.

A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.

Unofficial mod lets classic Nintendo GameCube title use AI chatbots with amusing results.

Zone 2 of the Las Vegas destination opens September 17, and io9 has the scoop on what’s to come.

While I generally respect The Wall Street Journal, every once in a while it sees fit to remind me that it is, in fact, owned by Rupert Murdoch. This time, it printed something dangerously close to anti-trans blood libel in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shooting. In its live-update blog yesterday, the Journal wrote, “Ammunition […]

Meanwhile, Congress is trying to keep serious scientists from weighing in.

We did not evolve to handle this, Utah governor says.