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NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal is in damage control mode after appearing in a TV ad for the since-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
Blockchain

"I'm all in," he said in the ad.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is very pleased with just how much material was released when it intentionally smashed its DART spacecraft into an asteroid in September.
NASA

NASA's spacecraft dislodged "six or seven rail cars" worth of loose rock and dust.

By Victor Tangermann

A form of cosmetic surgery called buccal fat removal that's lighting up social media will give you those sexy, sunken cheeks, but at a troubling cost.
Developments

"Out of every five people that walk into my office that want it, probably only one is a good candidate for it."

By Frank Landymore

A giant aquarium in Berlin has exploded in the lobby of a hotel, spilling out hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and the 1,500 fish inside of it.
Future Society

A tragedy.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Artists on the online community ArtStation have flooded the website with anti-AI logos in a mass protest, potentially screwing with future AI models.
Artificial Intelligence

"No artist gave consent to have their art used. We were not compensated."

By Frank Landymore

In a viral video, an uber-expensive F-35 jet bounces weirdly on the runway before ejecting the fighter pilot inside — and man, is it freaky to watch.
Advanced Transport

"So glad we went with this instead of universal healthcare."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla's third largest investor and self-professed Elon Musk "fanboy" KoGuan Leo is calling for the company's embattled CEO to step down.
Elon Musk

"An executioner, Tim Cook-like is needed, not Elon."

By Victor Tangermann

A smartwatch powered by slime mold is already pretty weird, but how about the truly unique dynamic that creates between a user and the watch?
Future Society

"There were very human responses. Some people were sad, some people really felt like the connection was broken."

By Frank Landymore

Things seem to be going really well for Elon Musk, who reportedly brought his former supermodel mother to a recent client meeting. 
Elon Musk

According to Elon, "the proof is in the pudding." Maybe his mom made that too?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which is currently docked to the ISS, is rapidly heating up after it sprayed copious amounts of coolant into space.
Off-World

Unfortunately, it's docked to the ISS.

By Victor Tangermann

In a fit of rage, Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk suspended the accounts of over a dozen journalists from publications including CNN and The New York Times.
Elon Musk

He's throwing the world's most public tantrum.

By Victor Tangermann

The only thing sadder than buying Trump NFTs is paying The Donald himself for the privilege of using his likeness on a digital image.
NFTs

You'll never guess what they're calling them.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billions of male chicks are culled each year, so scientists have approached this grisly reality by limiting the amount of males born via gene-editing.
Gene Editing

It could potentially put an end to the grisly practicing of killing billions of male chickens at birth.

By Frank Landymore

Newly-minted Twitter owner Elon Musk is mass suspending the accounts of journalists who have written critically about him. Here's why.
Elon Musk

He's on a power trip.

By Jon Christian

Two years after selling off its self-driving car business, Uber is rolling out a fleet of delivery robots to replace human Uber Eats drivers in Miami.
Advanced Transport

Who needs pesky human drivers anyways?

By Victor Tangermann

New Zealand's parliament has passed new legislation, prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products to anybody born after 2008.
Developments

"New Zealand once again leads the world."

By Victor Tangermann

The Flat Earthers have struck again — and this time, they're pondering why cities don't plummet into space when they're on the planet's "bottom."
Science & Energy

And they can't even spell their memes right!

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Judas figure has emerged in the epic fall from grace of former cryptocurrency exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried: former co-CEO Ryan Salame.
Blockchain

It's getting biblical.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released a stunning infrared image of Jupiter's moon Io, which shows the celestial body's volcanically-active surface.
Moon

It's the most volcanically active moon in the solar system.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk has once again sold an insanely large amount of Tesla stock post-Twitter purchase — even as the EV maker's stock value continues to go down.
Elon Musk

"The Twitter nightmare continues as Musk uses Tesla as his own ATM machine to keep funding the red ink at Twitter..."

By Noor Al-Sibai