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Company responsible for 7.5 billion robocalls sued by nearly every Attorney General
We can all agree that robocalls are the worst. While there might never be a way to get rid of them entirely (though agencies are certainly working on it), one the most prolific sources of these intrusions is finally getting hauled into…
Don't Chug Poppers, FDA Warns
The Food and Drug Administration is warning people to stay away from recreational nitrate products, commonly known as poppers. The drugs are intended to be inhaled, but according to the FDA, people are getting seriously hurt or even…
Neuralink receives FDA clearance to begin human trials of its brain-computer interface
Turns out Elon Musk's FDA prediction was only off by about a month. After reportedly denying the company's overtures in March, the FDA approved Neuralink's application to begin human trials of its prototype Link brain-computer interface…
Simple Kit Turns Your Original N64 Controller Into a Bluetooth Gamepad
The Nintendo 64 was the first to introduce console gamers to analog control sticks, but over 25 years after its debut, many of those original controllers aren’t doing so well (we blame Mario Party). With 8BitDo’s new N64 Mod Kit, you can…
Ron DeSantis had trouble announcing his presidential bid because Twitter’s servers were…
Ron DeSantis was supposed to take to Twitter Spaces today to officially announce his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Unfortunately for the governor of Florida, it appears Twitter was not prepared for the influx of…
NASA Telescopes Team Up to Produce Stupendously Purple Views of Space
Four remarkable cosmic scenes were recently imaged by four NASA space observatories—the Webb Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Hubble Space Telescope—to showcase the objects as never before.First…
Watch the Microsoft Build 2023 keynote in under 10 minutes
Microsoft Build 2023 kicked off with an opening keynote from CEO Satya Nadella, followed by two other keynote sessions. Surprising absolutely no one, there was a big focus on AI. While we have coverage of all the big news, if you want to…
Artifact News App Now Lets Users Flag ‘Clickbait’
There are lots of ways to write a headline, many of them bad. Take this article, for instance. It might’ve been titled:Why Banning TikTok Won’t Protect Our PrivacyYou’ll Never Believe What This App Lets Users DoorEmerging App Wages War…
BMW reveals three new EVs for its summer 2023 lineup
BMW announced new EVs today as part of its summer 2023 lineup. The new models include the i4 xDrive 40 (an all-wheel-drive variant of the i4), the single-motor i7 eDrive50 and the hybrid 750e xDrive. In addition, the automaker revealed…
Man Scammed by Deepfake Video and Audio of His Friend
A deepfake scam in China has increased fears that artificial intelligence will allow hackers to easily obtain financial information. Hackers using advanced AI software reportedly convinced a man in northern China to transfer money to his…