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SpaceX successfully launched its (uncrewed) Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 2:49 am EST this morning.

SpaceX Launches First U.S. Private Passenger Spacecraft to ISS

By Victor Tangermann

Parts Suppliers Are Boycotting Russia’s Pistol-Shooting Android

Parts Suppliers Are Boycotting Russia’s Pistol-Shooting Android

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla Is Closing Its Dealerships to Only Sell Cars Online

Tesla Is Closing Its Dealerships to Only Sell Cars Online

By Victor Tangermann

Meet “Ripley,” the Dummy SpaceX Is Sending to the Space Station

Meet “Ripley,” the Dummy SpaceX Is Sending to the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is officially launching its ever-popular Model 3 electric luxury sedan with a base price of $35,000, excluding tax credits and fuel savings.

Tesla Finally Slashes Model 3 Price to $35,000

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese scientists gave mice the ability to see near-infrared light by injecting special nanoparticles into their retinas.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Give Mice “Super Vision” With Eye Injections

By Victor Tangermann

CEO Sam Altman: AI might well replace most jobs as we know them today, but the market will be flooded with new "sort of human to human jobs."

Artificial Intelligence

Y Combinator CEO: AI Will Replace Jobs, But Life Will be Awesome

By Victor Tangermann

What if an ai, paired with an app, can find you true love? That's what Netflix's new dystopian show Osmosis is imagining in a new trailer.

Artificial Intelligence

Terrifying Netflix Trailer Skewers The Horror of Algorithmic Love

By Victor Tangermann

Security researchers have found that data streams between Amazon-Owned Ring doorbells and their accompanying app to be easily compromised.

Hackers Can Spy on and Hijack Amazon Doorbell’s Video Feed

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers at UC Berkeley figured out a way to manufacture THC and CBD from specially engineered yeast.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Gene-Hacked Yeast to Make THC Instead of Booze

By Victor Tangermann

An internal email obtained by The Verge reveals Faraday Future is still desperately looking for funding while extending the furlough.

Advanced Transport

Electric Car Startup Faraday Future Is Circling the Drain

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Tries to Start Digging, But Hits Snag

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Tries to Start Digging, But Hits Snag

By Victor Tangermann

Europe's rocket manufacturer Ariane Group and French space agency CNES came up with a new universalized "acceleration platform" called "ArianeWorks."

Europe’s New Reusable Rocket Design Borrows Heavily From SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

After problems with its navigation system, Israeli lunar lander ran into another serious glitch after its first maneuver: an unexpected computer reboot.

Israeli Moon Lander Hits Serious Glitch in Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic released some incredible high-definition footage of its space plane VSS Unity's second flight into space.

Check Out This Stunning Footage of Virgin Galactic’s Space Plane

By Victor Tangermann

British design company Layer has partnered with Airbus to come up with an economy seat design that delivers on comfort and even fuel efficiency.

Advanced Transport

These Futuristic Airplane Seats Could Make Flying Economy Better

By Victor Tangermann

SEC Threatens Elon Musk With Legal Action Over New Tweet

SEC Threatens Elon Musk With Legal Action Over New Tweet

By Victor Tangermann

A man died from his burns after crashing a 2016 Tesla Model S into a tree in Miami, Florida yesterday afternoon, local news report.

Report: In Fatal Crash, Door Handles Fail on Burning Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

The Boring Company’s Chicago Tunnel Project Might Soon be Dead

Advanced Transport

The Boring Company’s Chicago Tunnel Project Might Soon be Dead

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos thinks humanity will "live in giant O'Neal-style space colonies," according to a recent interview rather than settling on planets.

Jeff Bezos: In the Future, We’ll Live In “Giant Space Colonies”

By Victor Tangermann

This Beast-Mode Electric Skateboard Goes a Ridiculous 45 MPH

Advanced Transport

This Beast-Mode Electric Skateboard Goes a Ridiculous 45 MPH

By Victor Tangermann

Russian weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov has unveiled a tiny, uncrewed drone that's meant to destroy remote ground targets from 40 miles away.

The Maker of AK-47 Rifles Just Unveiled a “Suicide Drone”

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wants to send its first passengers to space as soon as this year aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

Jeff Bezos: New Shepard Will Launch First People Into Space “This Year”

By Victor Tangermann

Employees at Microsoft signed a letter calling for the company to cancel a military contract that would supply U.S. Army soldiers with HoloLens AR headsets.

Virtual Reality

Employees Demand Microsoft Cancel U.S. Army HoloLens Contract

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and SpaceX decided to proceed with plans yesterday for the first ever test flight, dubbed Demo-1, of SpaceX's Crew Dragon passenger spacecraft.

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon’s First Test Flight

By Victor Tangermann

YouTube pulled programmatic ad placements on a number of anti-vaccination or anti-vax related channels, BuzzFeed News reports.

YouTube Starts Pulling Ads on Anti-Vaccination Videos

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic's suborbital space plane VSS Unity reached a maximum altitude (apogee) of 240,000 feet or 45 miles(73 km) on its fifth test flight.

Virgin Galactic’s Space Plane Soars to New Heights

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 just touched down on the surface of Ryugu for the third time to collect samples after firing a bullet at its surface.

Japan Just Landed a Robot Spacecraft on an Asteroid

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Just Launched the First Commercial Lunar Lander, Ever

SpaceX Just Launched the First Commercial Lunar Lander, Ever

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are working on sending an underwater drone to the deepest points of the Earth's oceans.

NASA’s New Deep-Sea Submarine Could Eventually Look for Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

The nonprofit Consumer Reports decided to pull its "recommended" rating today, citing new "reliability data" collected from a 2018 survey.

Tesla Model 3 Loses Coveted Consumer Reports Recommendation

By Victor Tangermann

Sean Dorrance Kelly, philosophy professor at Harvard, argues that artificial intelligence can never achieve true human creativity.

Artificial Intelligence

Philosopher: AI Can Never Create True Art

By Victor Tangermann

A New AI Draws Cats, and They’re Utterly Grotesque

Artificial Intelligence

A New AI Draws Cats, and They’re Utterly Grotesque

By Victor Tangermann

JP Morgan Chase is launching the first ever major U.S. bank approved cryptocurrency called "JPM Coin."

The First Major U.S. Bank Just Launched a Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

Samsung Just Revealed a $1,980 Folding Smartphone

Robots and Machines

Samsung Just Revealed a $1,980 Folding Smartphone

By Victor Tangermann

Data collected by NASA and ESA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory reveals that Earth's gaseous layer extends up to 391,000 miles away from Earth.

New Research: Earth’s Atmosphere Extends Well Beyond the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

"I think we will be feature complete — full self-driving — this year," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a podcast on Tuesday.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk: Teslas Will Be Fully Self-Driving By Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

As of March 1, drivers in Queensland, Australia will be able to include one of five emoji in their license plates — a startling break from tradition.

Advanced Transport

Australian License Plates Can Now Include Emoji

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive 4 (SPD-4) today, organizing all military space functions under a new Space Force.

Trump Signs Directive: Space Force Will Be Run By Air Force

By Victor Tangermann

"Swarm squadrons of network-enabled drones capable of confusing and overwhelming enemy air defenses" could fight alongside fighter jets in the British army.

The British Military Is Working on Anti-Aircraft Drone Swarms

By Victor Tangermann

CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet that a "Party and Camping Mode" would roll out in "probably a month or two."

Teslas Are Getting a “Party and Camping Mode”

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Call for a Ban on AI-Controlled Killer Robots

Scientists Call for a Ban on AI-Controlled Killer Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists developed a piece of machine learning software that can predict the prognosis of ovarian cancer and at a higher accuracy.

This AI Can Predict Survival of Ovarian Cancer Patients

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers at the University of Surrey launched a 4.9 foot harpoon from a satellite at a piece of space debris to catch it out of the sky.

Watch a Harpoon Attached to a Satellite Spear a Piece of Space Debris

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers in Seattle, Washington developed a new technique to artificially create antibodies by editing the DNA of so-called B cells.

Health & Medicine

CRISPR Could Make You Immune to the Flu

By Victor Tangermann

The Gateway Foundation showed off its latest vision of the future: the Von Braun Rotating Space Station.

Watch This Epic “Trailer” for the Commercial Lunar Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook are negotiating over a "multi-billion dollar fine" to settle the FTC's privacy investigation.

The U.S. is About to Hit Facebook With a Multi-Billion Dollar Fine

By Victor Tangermann

43-year-old Eric McGinnis from Texas was sentenced to eight years in prison for the possession of a partially 3D printed AR-15 rifle, BBC reports.

A Court Just Sent a Man to Prison For 3D Printing a Gun

By Victor Tangermann

The European Parliament approved the final text of its controversial plans to flip online copyright law on its head last night.

European Parliament Approves Controversial “Meme Ban”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is Finally Ready to Say Goodbye to its Opportunity Rover

NASA is Finally Ready to Say Goodbye to its Opportunity Rover

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at ETH Zurich designed a robot that can teach itself how to ice skate. It could one day be used during search and rescue missions.

Watch an Ice Skating Robot Play Hockey

By Victor Tangermann

Resarchers suggest that we will need larger rockets to land heavy payloads on the surface of Mars rather than bigger parachutes.

New Idea to Land Heavy Payloads on Mars: Dive, Then Turn Nose Up

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from the First Light Fusion group in Oxford are planning to demonstrate fusion by mid-2019 and the creation of fusion energy by 2024.

This Startup Wants Its Fusion Reactor to Actually Produce Power

By Victor Tangermann

A team of UK scientists are building a robot called Ai-Da that can sketch and draw the way she sees the world around her.

Artificial Intelligence

A Fleshy New Humanoid Sketches You, Mimics Your Facial Expressions

By Victor Tangermann

Despite a plummeting cryptocurrency market, many young South Koreans are still dreaming of getting rich.

Low-Income Koreans Got Rich on the Blockchain, Then Lost it All

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Air Force wants to equip its fighter jets with defensive laser weapons as soon as the early 2020s.

Robots and Machines

The Air Force Wants to Arm Fighter Jets With Laser Weapons

By Victor Tangermann

A two-year universal basic income study in Finland concluded that in 2017, those who received payments worked the same amount and were healthier overall.

Universal Basic Income

Study: Universal Basic Income Won’t Make People Work Less

By Victor Tangermann

This “Molecular Coffee” is Brewed Entirely Without Beans

This “Molecular Coffee” is Brewed Entirely Without Beans

By Victor Tangermann

UK Startup Shows Off World’s Largest 3D Printed Rocket Engine

UK Startup Shows Off World’s Largest 3D Printed Rocket Engine

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at MIT came up with a high-tech pill that can release periodic doses of insulin in the stomach thanks to an integrated needle.

Health & Medicine

MIT Invents Smart Pill That Injects Insulin Into Your Stomach

By Victor Tangermann

Now the drama is escalating, with some observers suggesting that QuadrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotten faked his own death to abscond with a pile of digital cash.

Did a Crypto CEO Fake His Own Death to Abscond With $190 Million?

By Victor Tangermann

Coindesk managed to retrieve hospital records, proving the death of QuandrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotten. But will that information be enough?

Indian Hospital Fires Back at Rumors That Crypto CEO Faked Death

By Victor Tangermann

$Researchers at the University of Arizona designed an inflatable sailplane that could explore Mars at a fraction of the cost of a rover or satellite.$

Researchers Propose An Inflatable Sailplane to Explore Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Hexoskin's new smart shirt can track astronauts' vital signs, including blood oxygen, heart rate, and skin temperature.

This Smart “Astroskin” Shirt Tracks Astronauts’ Vital Signs

By Victor Tangermann

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