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• Tim Burton said AI art generators' imitations of his work felt soulless and lacked "humanity."
• He was referring to a BuzzFeed article that used AI to give Disney characters a Tim Burton makeover.
• This is the latest in an ongoing conversation about the

• Tesla stock soared 10% on Monday, adding more than $70 billion to its market valuation.
• Tesla jumped after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock and said its Dojo supercomputer could drive 50% more upside.
• "The more we looked at

• The United States has been pumping so much groundwater it's splitting the ground open.
• The giant cracks occur when the ground sags and splits as natural water levels lower beneath it.
• Freshwater from groundwater is used for everything from food to farming.

The United States has been pumping so much

If I have to see one more variation of “why didn’t anybody tell me Interview With the Vampire was this good?” on social media I might lose it. Because, bestie, we tried! So many of us—journalists, fans, everyone—tried to tell you to watch this show. The AMC production, which aired to incredibly high ratings, critical…

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• Some Tesla engineers "hated" the look of the Cybertruck, design chief Franz von Holzhausen told Walter Isaacson.
• Certain engineers secretly worked on a alternate version, Isaacson wrote in his new book on Elon Musk.
• The edgy Cybertruck is known for its hard lines and

Nintendo and game publisher DeNA will discontinue creating new content for the mobile game Mario Kart Tour starting October 4th, Video Games Chronicle reports. The move indicates Nintendo may be pivoting its focus away from mobile games.

The companies will release new Mario Kart Tour content as a part of its Anniversary Tour starting September 20th

Mario Kart Tour has carved out a niche for itself in the mobile gaming space since launching as a beta in 2019, but all good things must come to an end. Nintendo just announced that there are only three more "tours" (original multiplayer events) scheduled for the next month and after that the tours will repeat from the beginning. There will be no new courses, drivers, karts, gliders or features of

Sir Ian Wilmut, the British scientist who led the team which cloned Dolly the sheep, has died, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland confirmed in a statement on Monday. He was 79 years old.

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• 22% of US workers say they worry technology will replace their jobs — an increase from 2021, Gallup says.
• Workers with concerns tend to be young, college-educated, and make under $100k a year.
• The growing fear comes as AI tools like ChatGPT can now perform job tasks

Sir Ian Wilmut, the scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996, has died at 79. The University of Edinburgh, where he served as a professor before his 2012 retirement, announced his passing today. Dolly was the first successful cloning of a mammal from an adult somatic cell, demonstrating the viability of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). The controversial milestone helped

Getting lost in space with Bethesda’s next big game.

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• China's economy is likely headed for a financial crash, market veteran Ruchir Sharma warned.
• That's because of the property bubble that was fueled by soaring debts, he said in the Financial Times.
• "In this