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The Guardian reports that the BBC has already secretly prepared scripts to read on air in the event of energy shortages causing blackouts or empty gas reserves — a telling sign that between the war in Ukraine, growing energy uncertainty, and a fast-approaching winter, UK authorities are bracing for the absolute worst.
Energy

The BBC is preparing scripts in case there's a "major loss of power."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that all ten automated driving deaths since May involved Teslas.
Tesla

"You're seeing innocent people who had no choice in the matter being killed or injured."

By Frank Landymore

Indie sleaze is back, baby, and this time, it's coming to shatter — or maybe reinforce — your illusions about Grimes and MIA.
Future Society

Oops.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Canadian stoners, rejoice! If you're in Toronto and over the age of 19, you can now order some weed using Uber Eats.
Future Society

It's a great time to be a stoner.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Hurricane Ian has rendered Florida's once beautiful blue-green waters into a horrible brown sludge that "looks like root beer" and smells like "dead fish."
Environment

An "unknown green sludge" is haunting local residents.

By Frank Landymore

The Netherlands have deployed armed ground drones, marking the first time that an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) has been utilized by a NATO country.
Robotics

"We are under the direct eyes and ears of the Russians."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk is once again spouting off on the social platform he's soon to own — and this time, he's asking his followers if he should make drones.
Elon Musk

God help us all.

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's fairly common knowledge that black holes can eat stars — but until recently, it was much rarer to hear about them "burping up" those stars' remains. 
Black Holes

"No one has ever seen anything like this before."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Leaked internal documents obtained by Engadget reveal that Amazon is burning through new employees at an utterly alarming degree.
Future Society

Only one in three new employees stayed longer than 90 days last year.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Francisco Cadaba, ten year veteran at SpaceX, was horribly injured in January during a routine check up, and SpaceX has remained eerily quiet.
Future Society

He may never recover.

By Frank Landymore

AI powered "grief tech," which captures lost loved ones and makes interactive versions of them, is here. And unlike feeble humans, it might be here to stay.
Artificial Intelligence

"It's not hard to see the appeal."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Roscosmos has confirmed that one of its cosmonauts hit an elderly colleague with his car — mere weeks after returning from the International Space Station.
Future Society

He returned to Earth just three weeks ago.

By Noor Al-Sibai

An elementary school in St. Louis had a rude awakening when scientists discovered grounds had "unacceptable" levels of radioactive contamination.
Pollution

Oh no.

By Frank Landymore

Which is worse: the concept that Elon Musk thought his now-ex Grimes was a simulation of his "perfect companion," or that she agreed with him?
Elon Musk

"Musk has this theory of her that she’s not real."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA Just Shot Tiny Bullets at Its Mars Spacecraft
Mars

Pew pew pew!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Back in 2009, pro-life absolutist Herschel Walker allegedly paid for his girlfriend to get an abortion — even though he backs "no exception" abortion bans.
Developments

"I just can't with the hypocrisy anymore."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Police in Oakland are hoping to arm robots with lethal shotguns, called the PAN disrupter. Why? Because that's just what we do now, apparently.
Robotics

Well, that's terrifying.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Rents across the country have skyrocketed thanks in part to an algorithm that hikes rental prices on behalf of landlords.
Artificial Intelligence

"If you have idiots undervaluing, it costs the whole system."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The married couple who helped create Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine predict that the new vaccine they're developing will cure cancer within the decade.
Cancer

"We feel that a cure for cancer, or to changing cancer patients' lives, is in our grasp."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A grim new study just found that kids with pre-existing heart conditions are likely to suffer sever cardiac events as a result of playing videogames.
Studies

That's not good.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré