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Scientists have built a real-life tractor beam that can pull actual objects using nothing but light.But it has one big drawback: it's absolutely tiny.

Science & Energy

Scientists Build Working Tractor Beam, Although It’s Comically Tiny

By Victor Tangermann

Car designer and manufacturer Rezvani has come up with a truly apocalyptic military-grade SUV that can pepper spray, electrify, and blind passersby.

Advanced Transport

New SUV Features Electrified Door Handles and Pepper Spray Guns

By Victor Tangermann

An asteroid mining startup called AstroForge is preparing to launch two missions to space later this year, Bloomberg reports.

Asteroid Mining Startup About to Launch First Mission

By Victor Tangermann

A Hot New Weight Loss Drug Is Rapidly Aging Users’ Faces

Health & Medicine

A Hot New Weight Loss Drug Is Rapidly Aging Users’ Faces

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found asteroids that are largely made out of small pieces of rubble could be very difficult to ward off if one were to head our way.

Scientists Warn Giant Asteroid Is Actually Swarm, Nearly Impossible to Destroy

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, the Earth's inner core appears to have stopped spinning, and is changing its direction every 60 to 70 years or so.

Science & Energy

Earth’s Core Appears to Have Stopped Spinning, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Stanford scientists claims to have come up with a new brain-computer interface (BCI) that can decode speech at up to 62 words per minute.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Say New Brain-Computer Interface Lets Users Transmit 62 Words Per Minute

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created a a remote-controlled walking robot that runs on mouse muscle cells, Inverse reports, an eerie mashup.

Scientists Build Gruesome Robots That Move With Mouse Muscles

By Victor Tangermann

A Swiss cybersecurity hacktivist has leaked the TSA's No-Fly List, a highly sensitive document, after discovering it on an unsecured server.

Advanced Transport

The TSA’s Entire No Fly List Appears to Have Just Leaked

By Victor Tangermann

According to a former analyst, the Pentagon's robots, trained to identity human targets, were easily fooled by soldiers hiding in cardboard boxes.

Marines Evaded a Military Robot by Hiding Inside a Cardboard Box “Like Bugs Bunny in a Looney Tunes Cartoon”

By Victor Tangermann

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus isn't only suspected to hold a liquid ocean beneath its icy crust — it's also covered in an astonishing amount of snow.

Something Weird Is Happening on Saturn’s Snow-Covered Moon, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

If you go outside at night on a clear day, there's a decent chance you'll be able to spot a giant, green comet passing by our planet.

If You Go Outside, You May Be Able to See an Awesome Green Comet

By Victor Tangermann

One group of researchers is now so confident in the capabilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT that they've included it as a coauthor in a scientific paper.

A New Scientific Paper Credits ChatGPT AI as a Coauthor

By Victor Tangermann

An artificial intelligence dubbed Claude got a "marginal pass" on a recent blindly graded law and economics exam at George Mason University.

Artificial Intelligence

Dark Horse AI Gets Passing Grade in Law Exam

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold almost $3.6 billion of his Tesla shares — just before the company revealed disappointing fourth-quarter results to investors.

Elon Musk Ditched Tesla Stock Right Before Bad News Dropped

By Victor Tangermann

"Star Trek" actor George Takei has aimed his sights at co-star William Shatner yet again, saying he did not in fact go into outer space.

George Takei Slams William Shatner, Says He Didn’t Really Go to Space

By Victor Tangermann

The iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is releasing a mysterious and seriously haunting howl. But there's a simple explanation.

Science & Energy

The Golden Gate Bridge Is Emitting a Horrible Howling Sound

By Victor Tangermann

NVIDIA has released a beta of a new feature called Eye Contact, software that makes you stare into the camera even if you're looking away.

Artificial Intelligence

Horrifying Algorithm Locks Your Gaze Into Your Webcam

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's CEO is warning that its long-rumored successor, GPT-4, could end up being a huge letdown, given the sheer volume of attention.

OpenAI CEO Says Unfortunately, People Will Be Disappointed With GPT-4

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have come up with a machine learning-assisted way to detect and estimate the position of people only using WiFi.

Artificial Intelligence

New Tech Can See People Through Walls Using WiFi

By Victor Tangermann

Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot showed off its problem solving skills in a video titled "Atlas Gets a Grip," released by the robot maker today.

Boston Dynamics

Watch a Boston Dynamics Robot Deftly Toss a Bag of Tools to a Construction Worker

By Victor Tangermann

College Student Caught Submitting Paper Using ChatGPT

College Student Caught Submitting Paper Using ChatGPT

By Victor Tangermann

A group of artists are suing Stable Diffusion, an open-source AI image generator, for unfairly using their art to train its AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Artists Sue Stable Diffusion and Midjourney for Using Their Work to Train AI That Steals Their Jobs

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers have captured radio signals originating from atomic hydrogen from an extremely distant galaxy.

Astronomers Detect Radio Signals Emanating From Extremely Distant Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

Developer Miles Zimmerman shared now-viral images of a demonic house party dreamed up by AI image generator Midjourney on Twitter over the weekend.

Artificial Intelligence

We’re Fascinated by These AI-Generated Party Pics… Especially Their Demonic Mutations

By Victor Tangermann

According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, the world's most populous country's population declined in 2022, the first time in 60 years.

China’s Population Just Dropped for the First Time in 60 Years

By Victor Tangermann

South Korea's lunar orbiter has taken a fascinating image of the wall and floor of the Shackleton Crater on the shadowy far side of the Moon.

New Orbiter Can See Inside Moon Craters Hidden in Total Darkness

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's lawyers are trying to get an impending securities fraud trial moved from San Francisco to Texas since most prospective jurors hate his guts.

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Says San Francisco Hates Him Too Much for a Fair Trial

By Victor Tangermann

Without consciousness, AI-powered chatbots are doomed to turn into dangerous sociopaths, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano warns.

Artificial Intelligence

Neuroscientist Warns That Current Generation AIs Are Sociopaths

By Victor Tangermann

If aliens were to be in touch tomorrow, humanity would be ill-prepared, scientists warn — something that needs to change as soon as possible.

Scientists Worried Humankind Will Descend Into Chaos If We Ever Discover an Alien Signal

By Victor Tangermann

The first probe sent to us by an alien civilization may not actually be the first to have been sent, which could make first contact super confusing.

The Second Alien Probe We Detect May Be Particularly Bizarre, Scientist Says

By Victor Tangermann

In a damning new paper, researchers have found that scientists employed by Exxon were shockingly accurate in their predictions of global warming.

Exxon Scientists Knew About Global Warming for Decades While Company Denied It

By Victor Tangermann

Congress has reportedly rejected the Army's request for $400 million to fund the purchase of more Microsoft AR Hololens goggles.

Congress Rejects Funding the Military’s Microsoft AR Goggles Because They Made Soldiers Sick

By Victor Tangermann

Given SpaceX's recent progress, CEO Elon Musk's latest promise that Starship will attempt to go orbital "soon" might actually signal an imminent attempt.

Elon Musk Promises Starship Will Attempt Orbital Launch “Soon”

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla driver "hit the accelerator instead of the brake, drove through a wall and into a pool," according to a tweet by the Pasadena Fire Department.

Tesla Smashes Through Wall, Lands in Swimming Pool

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has issued a grant for an autonomous aircraft concept dubbed TitanAir designed to skim over the liquid methane lakes of Saturn's icy moon Titan.

NASA Considers Surfing the Lakes of Saturn’s Moon With an Autonomous Airplane

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced details about the multi-billion successor to its groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope called the Habitable Worlds Observatory.

NASA Unveils Plan for Giant Telescope to Spot Life on Alien Planets

By Victor Tangermann

An environmental startup called Make Sunsets has started injecting sulfur dioxide particles into the stratosphere in an effort to cool the planet.

Startup Says It’s Started Releasing Chemical Into Atmosphere to Dim Sun

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's space agency has announced it will rescue two stranded cosmonauts currently stuck on board of the ISS with an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft next month.

Russia Announces Plan to Rescue Stranded Cosmonauts

By Victor Tangermann

San Diego-based biotech startup Rejuvenate Bio has claimed that its technology was able to extend the lives of old mice.

Scientists Say They Gene Hacked Mice to Double Remaining Lifespan

By Victor Tangermann

A derelict NASA satellite called Earth Radiation Budget Satellite has plummeted back to Earth after spending almost four decades in orbit.

Derelict NASA Satellite Crashes Down to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Russia Slaps Down Plan for SpaceX to Rescue NASA Astronaut Stranded By Leaking Soyuz Spacecraft

Russia Slaps Down Plan for SpaceX to Rescue NASA Astronaut Stranded By Leaking Soyuz Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Roblox is allowing young children to play some seriously questionable games that should have parents concerned.

Mom Horrified by What Her Kids Are Seeing in Roblox

By Victor Tangermann

Princeton University computer science student Edward Tian has created an app that can detect whether a given text is generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Problem With That App That Detects GPT-Written Text: It’s Not Very Accurate

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla owner bragged about using his vehicle's Full Self-Driving feature to drive home while drunk — a worrying confession that should give anybody pause.

Guy Brags That His Tesla Drove Him Home When He Was Too Drunk to Drive

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe to have discovered a massive cache of precious gemstones on the surface of Mars in the form of opals.

NASA Discovers Precious Gemstones on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Italian robotics startup Robotor has crafted a machine that is just as good at creating marble masterpieces out of Carrara marble than human artists.

Italy Invents Robot That Carves Sculptures Out of Marble Like Michelangelo

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is finally offering its Model S and X with a round steering wheel instead of limiting options for both vehicles to a controversial steering "yoke."

Tesla Sighs and Lets Customers Have a Normal Steering Wheel Instead of Weird Misshapen Yoke Thing

By Victor Tangermann

China's Zhurong rover might be in big trouble well over a year and a half into its stint on the Martian surface.

Something Is Reportedly Wrong With China’s Mars Rover

By Victor Tangermann

An AI-based legal assistant created by DoNotPay is about to advise a defendant in court for the first time, telling them what to say and when.

Artificial Intelligence

In Upcoming Court Case, AI Will Tell Defendant Exactly What to Say Via Earpiece

By Victor Tangermann

Logan Paul Says His NFT Game Isn’t a Scam, He Just Hired Scammers to Build It and They Did Some Scamming

Logan Paul Says His NFT Game Isn’t a Scam, He Just Hired Scammers to Build It and They Did Some Scamming

By Victor Tangermann

We Are Completely Puzzled by This Video of a Chinese Astronaut Playing Ping-Pong in Space

By Victor Tangermann

A video posted by an account called Detroit Tesla shows a driver slipping and sliding on the city's snow-covered roads with Full Self-Driving turned on.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Video Shows Tesla on Full Self-Driving Failing Miserably on Snowy Road

By Victor Tangermann

Washington Post columnist Geoffrey Fowler was able to impersonate US senator Edward Markey with a verified Twitter account — and it's not the first time.

It’s Still Easy to Impersonate a Senator on Twitter After Elon Musk Promised Verification Was Fixed

By Victor Tangermann

Coinbase has agreed to a $100 million settlement with New York financial regulators for failing to ensure that it can't be used for fraud, money laundering.

Coinbase Fined Millions for Facilitating Fraud and Money Laundering

By Victor Tangermann

According to officials, a man intentionally drove his Tesla off a 250-foot cliff in California in an alleged attempt to murder his family.

Man Allegedly Drives Tesla Off 250 Foot Cliff on Purpose, But Whole Family Survives

By Victor Tangermann

A new report by The Information has shed light on Apple's hotly-anticipated mixed reality headset — and it sounds like a pretty quirky device.

Virtual Reality

Apple VR Headset Will Apparently Have Display Facing Outward to Show the User’s Facial Expressions

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers have come up with a new theory that could allow for objects to go faster than the speed of light.

Traveling Faster Than Light Would Mean Experiencing Multiple Timelines Simultaneously

By Victor Tangermann

A German driver has lost his license after seemingly falling asleep while his Tesla drove down the Autobahn with its Autopilot feature turned on.

Tesla Autopilot Leads Cops on High Speed Chase While Driver Completely Passed Out

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator and former astronaut Bill Nelson is afraid that China may get to the Moon first — and claim portions of the surface as its own territory.

The Head of NASA Is Scared Chinese Astronauts Will Seize Portions of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter's offices in San Francisco are quickly turning into a smelly, body odor-infested rat's nest, The New York Times reported last week.

Twitter HQ Marinates in Stench After Elon Musk Fires Janitors, Forces Engineers Back to Office

By Victor Tangermann

Experts argue in a number of letters published by The Guardian that the recent fusion power breakthrough is too little too late.

Gloomy Physicists Say Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Is Too Late to Save Us

By Victor Tangermann

PepsiCo, Tesla's first Semi truck customer, plans to roll out 100 Semis next year, but is only completing 100 mile trips with beverages on board.

Tesla Semis’ Range May Fall Drastically When Hauling Things Heavier Than Potato Chips

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla customers are becoming wary of being in any way associated with the company's CEO Elon Musk, after weeks of antics and problematic behavior.

People Are Canceling Tesla Orders Because They’re So Disgusted With Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

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