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

Free Speech Champion Elon Musk Is Mass Suspending Twitter Accounts of Journalists Who Criticized Him

He's on a power trip.

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

Uber Deploying Robots to Replace Human Delivery Drivers

Who needs pesky human drivers anyways?

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

New Zealand Officially Bans Cigarettes for Anybody Born After 2008

"New Zealand once again leads the world."

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

Flat Earthers Puzzled by Why People Don’t Fall Off “Bottom” of Globe

And they can't even spell their memes right!

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

Judas Identified in FTX Last Supper

It's getting biblical.

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

NASA Spacecraft Snaps Incredible Image of Volcano-Covered Moon

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

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

Elon Musk Quietly Unloads Billions in Tesla Shares as Price Plummets

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

Bad news for astronauts looking to go home: their ride back, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, suddenly started leaking uncontrollably.
International Space Station

Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS Sprays Fluid Into Space, Seemingly Struck by Micrometeorite

Oh no!

Self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced limits to free speech on his recently acquired social media platform.
Elon Musk

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Announces New Limits on Free Speech

Things are really starting to spiral out of control.

Genius Creates Chatbot to Argue Eternally With Customer Service For You
Artificial Intelligence

GPT-Powered Chatbot Pesters Comcast Until They Give You a Discount

It's only problem? It's too nice.

Disgraced ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who was officially arrested Monday night in the Bahamas on US criminal charges, just had his first court hearing.
Cryptocurrency

SBF’s Dad Kept Sticking His Fingers in Ears During Court Hearing

"Bankman-Fried's mother audibly laughed several times when her son was referred to as a 'fugitive'..."

In the court of public opinion, SBF is certainly not beating the allegations — though the most recent scoop about him deepens his myserious vibe.
Blockchain

In High School, SBF Reportedly Printed $100 Bills With His Face on Them Called “Bankmans”

Sounds like Sam Bankman-Fried has a long history of minting his own money.

Chinese regulators have issued regulations aimed at banning the creation of any AI-generated media including deepfakes that isn't clearly labeled.
Artificial Intelligence

China Just Outlawed AI-Generated Media That Isn’t Clearly Labeled

China is seriously worried about AI generators and deepfakes.

ElonJet, a Twitter account that tracked Elon Musk's private jet using public data, has now been suspended just a month after Musk said he wouldn't ban it.
Elon Musk

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Bans College Kid Who Annoyed Him

Elon Musk just banned an account he promised last month not to ban.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao wants everyone to know that it's totally normal and fine that people are rushing to withdraw from Binance, thank you very much. 
Blockchain

Binance CEO Says Everything Is Fine as Withdrawals Surge To $3 Billion

"Very normal market behavior."

Following a "major breakthrough" in the field of fusion energy, the US Department of Energy is investing in the development of a pilot fusion plant.
Energy

Scientists Now Plotting First Fusion Power Plant

This is only the beginning.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has refused to pay the rent for Twitter's San Francisco HQ for several weeks now, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Elon Musk

Squatter Elon Musk Reportedly No Longer Paying Rent at Twitter

Sounds like totally normal, super chill business things are happening over at Twitter HQ.

In a surprise to absolutely no one, scientists have discovered that applying testosterone to the skin of young straight dudes makes them unbelievably horny.
Studies

Smearing Testosterone on Men Makes Them Into Horny Beasts, Scientists Find

We're shocked.

After its splashdown in the Pacific, NASA's Orion spacecraft, back from beyond the Moon, is now on solid ground, and it's looking pretty burned.
Advanced Transport

Close Up Shows Charred NASA Capsule After Returning From the Moon

Looks toasty!

FTX's new CEO John Ray had an unusual explanation for what had happened, telling lawmakers that "this is really just old fashioned embezzlement."
Blockchain

FTX’s New CEO Says Company Did “Old Fashioned Embezzlement”

"This is just taking money from customers and using it for your own purpose. Not sophisticated at all."