AI-Generated Joe Rogan Voice is a Warning From the Future
In 2017, a startup called “Lyrebird” made headlines with AI generated replications of celebrity voices that were extremely convincing. Tracks posted…
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Teenage Girl Kills Herself After Polling Her Friends on Instagram Went Wrong
A 16-year-old girl in Malaysia took her own life after sharing a poll on her Instagram account asking followers whether she should choose life or death…
This Bird Went Extinct 136,000 Years Ago and Just Evolved Back Into Existence
In a rare case of a species effectively evolving into existence twice, the Aldabra rail has re-evolved back into existence after first going extinct 13…
San Francisco Poised to Make History With Law Banning Facial Recognition Technology
Civil liberties advocates on Monday eagerly awaited the results of a vote by San Francisco officials on the city's use of facial recognition technology…
Germany Just Installed Cables Over a Highway to Power Electric Trucks
Those overhead cables that some cities employ to keep electric trains and buses running are being used in a new and exciting way. One stretch of German…
“Alexa, Stop Spying on My Kids”: Amazon’s Echo Dot Violates Child Privacy Law
A coalition of consumer and public health groups demanded Thursday that federal regulators investigate and sanction Amazon for its Echo Dot Kids Editio…
Smoking Psychedelic Toad Milk Could Alleviate Depression For Up To 4 Weeks
If you’ve tried holistic and allopathic treatments to remedy your depression, but still feel as if you’re at the end of your rope… psychedelic toad mil…
Couple Dies of Plague, Sparks Outbreak Fears After Eating Raw Marmot
A Mongolian couple ate the raw, uncooked internal organs of a marmot—a large, squirrel-like rodent—in the belief that its kidney, stomach, and gall bla…
Chemicals in Sunscreen Seep Into Your Bloodstream After Just One Day
If you’re like most people, you usually don’t step out into the blazing-hot sun unless you’ve slapped on a good amount of spray or lotion to ward off t…
We Must Save Insects Before It’s Too Late to Save Humanity, Leading Scientist Warns
A leading scientist warned Tuesday that the rapid decline of insects around the world poses an existential threat to humanity and action must be taken …