Federal prosecutors are squinting pretty hard, trying to keep an eye on what the failed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been doing while he’s been ordered by the court to live under his parents’ roof. The young crypto founder has reportedly been accessing the internet using a VPN, and the U.S. Attorneys Office is…
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Tesla’s Autopilot Workers Tell Elon They Want to Unionize
Today, Tesla Autopilot workers in the company’s Gigafactory in Buffalo, New York have officially kicked off the union push with a letter to management, formally announcing their bid to unionize.

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Pentagon Employees Too Horny to Follow Rules
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Elon Musk’s Tweets Are All Over Twitter, Which Is What He Wanted All Along
After throwing a hissy fit last week because his tweets weren’t getting enough views, Twitter CEO Elon Musk seems to have finally gotten what he wanted: Musk-filled feeds.
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ChatGPT Is a Great Tool–You’re Just Using It Wrong
It doesn’t take much to get ChatGPT to make a factual mistake. My son is doing a report on U.S. presidents, so I figured I’d help him out by looking up a few biographies. I tried asking for a list of books about Abraham Lincoln and it did a pretty good job:

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T-Mobile Says Service Is Operating at ‘Near Normal Levels’ After Outage
T-Mobile said on Tuesday that it was operating at “near normal levels” after it suffered an outage that affected swaths of users across the U.S. on Monday night.
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ChatGPT Passed a Major Medical Exam, but Just Barely
Anyone anxiously holding their breath for a competent robot doctor may need to wait a bit longer. A group of AnsibleHealth AI researchers recently put OpenAI’s ChatGPT to the test against a major medical licensing exam and the results are in. The AI chatbot technically passed, but by the skin of its teeth. When it…
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Which Super Bowl Movie Trailer Was the Best?
Sure, the drama between the Chiefs and Eagles on the field was great, but the drama across multiverses and galaxies was probably even better. Super Bowl LVII had a ton of great movie trailers and commercials scattered throughout, from The Flash and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, to Indiana Jones and the Dial of…
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Bella Ramsey Says Last of Us Haters Can Stay Mad–It’s Their Loss
Bella Ramsey—who identifies as non-binary and uses all pronouns—is entirely unsympathetic to the plight of the homophobe who wants their media to remain as straight as an arrow. The third episode of The Last of Us, which many critics praised for its storytelling and the post-apocalyptic queer romance at the center of…
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Breaking Down the End of the DCEU in The Flash's First Trailer
Before the the new DC Studios’ Chapter One: Gods and Monsters begins its slate of films under new co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran, there’s going to be a complete reset in the The Flash.
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Apple May Make You Wait Another Year for The Next iMac
For those who love the slimmed down, 24-inch experience of an iMac sitting pretty on top of your desk—no tower necessary—you may need to keep on keeping on with the current build. A credible analyst told readers Sunday to sit tight if they want any more info on a new version of the iMac line.
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Could Critical Role Go Independent in the Future?
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The White House Wants You to Believe Those UFOs Weren’t Aliens
Unfortunately for the dedicated alien conspiracy theorists among us, the time is apparently not yet nigh to don your tinfoil hats. The Biden Administration has declared that the recent instances of unidentified aerial objects being shot down over U.S. and Canadian territory are not related to extra-terrestrial life.

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Train Sparked Miles Before It Derailed in Ohio, Videos Show
Videos of the Norfolk Southern Railway train that went off the tracks in Northeastern Ohio show that the train was on fire miles before it derailed on February 3 and caused an ongoing hazardous chemical disaster.
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Amazon's Zoox Robotaxi Has Made Its Way to Public Streets With Passengers
Zoox’s robotaxi service is making its way to the streets of Foster City, California in a first-of-its-kind trip for the company since it was created 9 years ago. Zoox was purchased by Amazon in 2020, and it has since worked tirelessly to create an entirely autonomous experience for riders.
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Hacked iPhone 12 Mini Has Ports For USB-C and Lightning
We’re all waiting for Apple to bring USB-C to the iPhone. But wouldn’t it be neat to be able to put all those old lightning cables to use even after the company switches to USB-C?

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Watch the First Episode of Marvel's Awesome Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
With the huge, global popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s sometimes easy to forget Marvel is much more than that. It’s comic books, obviously, but also video games, toys, TV shows, and excellent animation. Case in point, this week marked the debut of a brand new Marvel show on Disney Channel and it’s…
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What to Know About the H3 Rocket, Japan's Ticket to the Moon
Following a series of technical delays, Japan’s H3 rocket is set to make its much-anticipated debut this week. Here’s what you need to know about the medium-lift rocket and its inaugural mission.

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Scientists Observe Long, Curvy Jet Coming From a Quasar Across the Universe
The Event Horizon Telescope, which brought us the first-ever image of a black hole and the first view of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, has inspected a much brighter target: a quasar. Quasars are extremely luminous objects that are powered by matter spiraling into huge black holes. These…
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The Inescapable Inevitability of Fan Service Fatigue
The superhero film industry—and the larger entertainment industry more broadly—runs on the knowledge that fandom is a powerful factor in its longevity. It’s what’s led the Marvel Cinematic Universe to billions of dollars in success, it’s why non-superhero franchises like the Star Wars and Fast series have endured for…
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Upcoming Axiom Space Mission to Include Woman Commander and Two Saudi Astronauts
Axiom Space’s second mission to the International Space Station officially has a crew. Four astronauts will head to the ISS during a launch planned for this spring, and the newly sanctioned crew will feature a woman commander and two Saudi mission specialists

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