Cosmic letdown: Sun doesn’t want our garbage

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Aside from the moral quandaries raised by such poor stewardship of our already disheveled solar system, Earthlings probably haven’t made a habit of beaming literal garbage into space yet because we simply can’t afford to...” [// Popular Science »]( [/pwned] [Phone provider deploys ‘State-of-the-art AI granny’ to waste scammers' time | The Byte]( [Phone provider deploys ‘State-of-the-art AI granny’ to waste scammers' time]( “As ‘Head of Scammer Relations,’ this state-of-the-art AI Granny's mission is to talk with fraudsters and waste as much of their time as possible with human-like rambling,’ Virgin Media wrote of the bot. ‘Created using a range of cutting-edge AI technology and trained with the help of one of YouTube’s best known scambaiters, Jim Browning, Daisy is a lifelike AI Granny completely indistinguishable from a real person.’” [// The Byte »]( [/digital] [StackSocial -Outsmart your PC? Enter Windows 11 Pro | [Partner] ]( [Outsmart your PC? 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They — the scientists, not their scurrying companions — wanted to know if enriched environments promoted neuroplasticity, or the brain's ability to adapt to new situations and stimuli. They would test this by teaching rats from enriched and non-enriched environments how to drive.” [// ExtremeTech »]( [/bites] [// Becoming the most interesting person in the room starts with self-growth. Work on ~you~ and get a little smarter each day with Headway »]( [// Enough with the sleep trackers — we get it, you’re tired. Somnee is a first-of-its-kind sleep aid that tracks and fixes your sleep. Try it risk-free for 45 days »]( [// Trust us: 10TB is plenty of storage for a lifetime. Pay once and get access to Internxt’s secure and user-friendly cloud forever »]( [/wild] [@paulnicklen on Instagram]( [@paulnicklen]( Interested in having one of your social posts featured in The Futurist? 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