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According to documents and video meeting recordings obtained by Vice, engineers aren't exactly thrilled by the $999 robot they came up with for Amazon.

Creators of Amazon’s New Robot Secretly Admitted It’s “Terrible”

By Victor Tangermann

The Verge has obtained legal filings that show NASA's frustration with Blue Origin's request to negotiate its $5.9 billion lunar lander contract.

In Newly-Released Documents, NASA Scoffed at Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lawsuit

By Victor Tangermann

The alternative cryptocurrency Hamster skyrocketed on Tuesday — and Tesla CEO Elon Musk may have had something to do with it.

Hamster-Themed Cryptocurrency Skyrockets for Incredibly Dumb Reason

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is poking fun at his favorite adversary Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after making him the second richest person in the world.

Elon Musk Taunts Jeff Bezos For Becoming World’s Second-Richest Person

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that the average wind speeds of Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm are starting to steadily increase over time.

Science & Energy

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Changing, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is yet again the world's richest person according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $201.7 billion.

Elon Musk Is Officially the Richest Person on Earth Again

By Victor Tangermann

A hamster called Mr. Goxx has been busy making deals and trading cryptocurrencies, amusing some of the biggest names in crypto, including Elon Musk.

Elon Musk Compliments Crypto-Trading Hamster

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's orbital Starship prototype experienced a bit of a mishap during a test: the pressure caused several of the heat shields to violently pop off.

Tiles Fly Off SpaceX Starship Prototype During Testing

By Victor Tangermann

"I’ll be colonizing Europa separately from Elon for the lesbian space commune," Grimes told Page Six in an email after breaking up with Elon Musk.

After Splitting From Elon Musk, Grimes Says She’s Starting a “Lesbian Space Commune”

By Victor Tangermann

A shocking video shows the moment a church collapses in a cloud of dark ashes on the Spanish island of La Palma.

Science & Energy

Video Shows Church Collapsing After Being Hit by Lava

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has made some changes under the hood via an over-the-air software update to prevent future collisions with emergency vehicles.

Amazing! New Tesla Autopilot Update Will Avoid Crashing Into Emergency Vehicles

By Victor Tangermann

A raven in Canberra, Australia, decided it had enough of a local business sending coffee to a customer in the area via a Google delivery drone.

Watch a Raven Attack a Google Coffee Delivery Drone

By Victor Tangermann

China has officially banned any children's cartoons and TV shows that make any mention of violence, vulgarity, or pornography.

China Cracks Down on Violent Cartoons

By Victor Tangermann

A Pennsylvania-based holding company called Stronghold Digital Mining bought a coal waste power plant over the summer to power 1,800 mining computers.

Science & Energy

Bitcoin Mining Company Buys Entire Coal Power Plant

By Victor Tangermann

Newly emerged texts demonstrate how Elizabeth Holmes professed full confidence in her blood-testing company — despite the venture imploding spectacularly.

In Newly Released Text, Elizabeth Holmes Called Herself “Best Business Person of the Year”

By Victor Tangermann

"Stark Trek" acting legend William Shatner will reportedly go to space during Blue Origin's upcoming launch later this year, according to TMZ.

William Shatner Is Reportedly Taking a Ride on Jeff Bezos’ Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

According to British gossip magazine Page Six, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Grimes, musician and partner of three years, have broken up.

Elon Musk and Grimes Just Broke Up After Dating Three Years

By Victor Tangermann

China has declared all cryptocurrency transactions and any other related activities within its borders illegal, sending Bitcoin plummeting yet again.

China Makes Crypto Transactions Illegal, Prompting Bitcoin Market Crash

By Victor Tangermann

Tushy, a popular bidet attachment company, gathered its greatest minds to come up with a space bidet for SpaceX tourists on board the Crew Dragon.

As Spacecraft Toilet Rumors Swirl, Bidet Company Pitches Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

A number of misguided residents in Edson, Alberta, a small Canadian town, organized a "COVID party" intended to infect as many guests as possible.

Several People in ICU After Attending “COVID Party”

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin.org, which is the first Google search result for "bitcoin," got hacked and led visitors to an apparent giveaway scam, CoinDesk reports.

Bitcoin.org, Which Taught Users Not to Get Scammed, Gets Hacked and Replaced With Scam

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at Stanford School of Medicine developed a scanner that can recognize the user's unique "anal print" for a longitudinal record of their health.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Working on Toilet That Identifies You by Your Butthole

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers at Northwestern University have built tiny microchips with wings that glide like a maple tree's winged seed.

Robots and Machines

Scientists Build World’s Tiniest Flying Machines, Smaller Than a Grain of Sand

By Victor Tangermann

The tone at the first in-person United Nations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was pretty "dire," the Associated Press reports.

Member Nations Alarmed by Bleak Future During “Dire” UN Meeting

By Victor Tangermann

A police department in Washington was practically handed a hit and run suspect on a silver platter. The driver was illegally parked, charging his Tesla.

Tesla Driver Caught at Charging Station After Intentionally Running Over Pedestrian

By Victor Tangermann

A number of NASA, Air Force, DARPA, and MIT scientists are regularly meeting on Zoom to discuss "anti-gravity" science and technologies.

NASA, DARPA, MIT Scientists Met to Discuss “Anti-Gravity” Tech

By Victor Tangermann

An image shared by Chinese state news shows astronaut Tang Hongbo relaxing on board the country's new space station. amenities are surprisingly luxurious.

The Bunks in the Chinese Space Station Are Absolutely Enormous

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX tourist Sian Proctor shared a video of a truly precious moment: the first time the crew got to open the hatch to the Crew Dragon's glass dome.

Video Shows SpaceX Tourists Opening Spacecraft’s Glass Dome For the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

Thought you'd heard of all the horrifying medical conditions? Get ready for rectourethral fistula.

Health & Medicine

Doctors Intrigued by Man Who Jizzed Out of Butthole

By Victor Tangermann

A viral video shows an electric New York Citi rent-a-bike being grinded to pulp after being thrown on some subway tracks — and it was quite the explosion.

Robots and Machines

Hey Kids… Wanna See an E-Bike Get Crushed by a Subway Train?

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promised "upgraded toilets" after the Inspiration4 crew experienced "challenges with it this flight."

Elon Musk Confirms “Challenges” With Toilet on Tourist Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is building a spacecraft designed to travel about 1.5 billion miles through our solar system relying on solar electric propulsion alone.

Thrusters on New NASA Spacecraft Are Solar Powered

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to a recent dip in the value of Bitcoin, president Nayib Bukele is looking to cash in and announced he "bought the dip."

In Response to Dip, El Salvador Buys a Bunch More Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's much bigger spacecraft Starship may also eventually be destined to launch tourists in the coming years, a big upgrade for future space tourists.

SpaceX Says It May Build Starships Exclusively for Space Tourism

By Victor Tangermann

Commander and billionaire funder of the Space Crew Dragon expedition Jared Isaacman explained on Twitter why we saw so little footage last week.

Billionaire Space Tourist Tries to Explain Lack of Footage From Inside Spaceship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission was mostly smooth sailing for the four civilians. But there was an issue with the spacecraft's Waste Management System.

SpaceX Tourists Struggled With Space Toilet

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is calling for at least "some amount of cooperation" between NASA and China — despite some pretty restrictive legislation.

Defying Congress, Elon Musk Calls for Cooperation Between NASA and China

By Victor Tangermann

Massive wildfires in California are forcing firefighters to wrap massive trees in fire-resistant blankets, including the world's largest tree by volume.

Science & Energy

Firefighters Wrap World’s Largest Tree in Foil to Protect From Raging Fire

By Victor Tangermann

An all-electric aircraft called Spirit of Innovation, built by British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce, took to the skies for the very first time this week.

Advanced Transport

Rolls-Royce Tests Sci-Fi-Looking All-Electric Aircraft

By Victor Tangermann

The Inspiration4 all-space-tourist crew currently circling the Earth is kicking off a new era in spaceflight: some honest-to-God space tourism.

SpaceX Tourists Reportedly Refusing to Release Photos Inside Spaceship

By Victor Tangermann

A team of students from Eindhoven in the Netherlands have created an awesome-looking mobile home that depends entirely on solar energy.

Advanced Transport

This Solar-Powered RV Looks Absolutely Awesome

By Victor Tangermann

The Inspiration4 all-tourist crew is not wasting no time catching zillion-dollar views from a massive glass dome — and indulging in some space gambling.

Billionaire SpaceX Tourist Places Las Vegas Bet From Outer Space

By Victor Tangermann

Both Threads' mushroom leather material, Mylo, could revolutionize the fake leather market — and it's ready to go mainstream.

Science & Energy

Startup’s Mushroom Leather Ready for Commercial Production

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX launched the first-ever all-tourist mission into orbit Wednesday evening. The launch caused an epic "jellyfish"-like aurora to form in the night sky.

SpaceX Launch Spits Out Epic, Firey Jellyfish in Night Sky

By Victor Tangermann

Kathy Patten suffered a heart attack and spent 45 long minutes clinically dead. But some intense CPR actually managed to bring her back to life.

Woman Resurrected After Being Clinically Dead for 45 Minutes

By Victor Tangermann

There are a total of 14 humans in space right now circling the Earth on board three different spacecraft, a new historic record.

There Are More People in Orbit Right Now Than at Any Other Point in Human History

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew has the best view — from a bathroom, which is right next to the Crew Dragon spacecraft's giant glass cupola.

The View From Inspiration4’s Toilet Is Absolutely Incredible

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just left its private space industry competitors in the dust after it took a crew of four civilians into orbit on Wednesday.

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Already Blasted Past Jeff Bezos’ Highest Point

By Victor Tangermann

Harold "Sonny" White, a big name in warp drive research, left NASA in late 2019 to work on the Warp Drive with a private firm. He took everything with him.

Science & Energy

Warp Drive Scientist Took All His Equipment With Him When He Left NASA

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has successfully launched the first-ever all-civilian crew into orbit on board its Crew Dragon spacecraft, a historic moment.

SpaceX Successfully Launches First All-Civilian Space Mission

By Victor Tangermann

Rapper Nicki Minaj made some rather odd and infuriatingly misleading comments on Twitter earlier this week, but Fauci set the record straight.

Fauci: “No Evidence” That COVID Vaccine Injured Nicki Minaj’s Cousin’s Friend’s Testicles

By Victor Tangermann

An Israeli company has unveiled a remote-controlled, semi-autonomous robot that can be outfitted with two machine guns, cameras, and sensors.

Israel Shows Off Massive Military Robot With a Huge Machine Gun

By Victor Tangermann

Here's how you can catch SpaceX's coverage of its first all-civilian launch into space tonight from the comfort of your own home.

How to Watch SpaceX’s Historic All-Civilian Space Launch Tonight

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Twitter that the new Full Self-Driving software would automatically avoid UFO debris blocking the road ahead.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk: Tesla Self-Driving Will Be Able to Dodge UFOs That Crash Into Roadway

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at The University of Manchester have come up with a macabre new way to turn Martian soil into a stronger material: human blood, sweat, and tears.

Scientists Suggest Mixing “Astronaut Blood” With Mars Dust to Create Horrific Shelters

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's space agency head Dmitry Rogozin butted heads with Ars Technica senior space reporter Eric Berger on Twitter again. Things got heated.

Russian Space Boss Mocked for Accusing Journalist of War Crimes

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center's Ballistic Impact Lab are shooting prototype spacesuits with a 40-foot air gun.

NASA Testing Spacesuits by Shooting Them With a Giant Gun

By Victor Tangermann

In June, San Francisco-based startup Orbit Fab sent a prototype gas station to space, which is meant to give old satellites a new lease on life.

Startup Launches Refueling Station Into Orbit, Gets $10 Million in Funding

By Victor Tangermann

Members of Congress have put forward a bill that would give electric vehicle companies with unionized workers a tax incentive, enraging Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk Furious at Law That Would Reward Unionized EV Companies

By Victor Tangermann

Steve Wozniak's new venture called Privateer may be a space junk cleanup company — something that makes a lot of sense right now.

This Clue May Show What Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Is Doing in Space

By Victor Tangermann

The owners of a rather shady-sounding Russian cryogenics company called KrioRus allegedly attempted to get away with several frozen bodies after a disagreement

Woman Accused of Stealing Cryogenically Preserved Human Bodies

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX hid a little Easter egg in the background of a photo of the Inspiration4 crew, who are heading to space later this week.

There’s a Morse Code Message Hidden in Photo of SpaceX Tourists

By Victor Tangermann

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is launching a private space company called Privateer — but that's about as much as we know about the venture.

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Is Launching His Own Space Company

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has officially adopted a furry companion friend called Floki — and, of course, the internet is aflame.

Elon Musk Adopts Shiba Inu, Causing Cryptocurrency Mayhem

By Victor Tangermann

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