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Internal Meta documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal revealed that most Horizon Worlds users don't return to the metaverse after a month of use.
Metaverse

"An empty world is a sad world."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Newly-minted political expert Elon Musk has issued a stark warning to Ukraine as Russia's invasion of the former Eastern Bloc country continues. 
Elon Musk

"If we nuke Russia back, they will nuke us and then we have WW3."

By Noor Al-Sibai

As Facebook's Metaverse slump continues, analysts are saying that CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have made a terrible miscalculation. 
Future Society

"I think Mark Zuckerberg is telling us he doesn't think he has a core business."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Introducing: The Synthetic Party, a new political party in Denmark. Their head honcho, Leader Lars, is an AI chatbot, and all policies are AI-derived.
Artificial Intelligence

Oh, okay.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The White House has launched a five year research plan to investigate the possibility of reflecting sunlight to reduce warming and fight climate change.
Climate Change

Is that a good idea?

By Frank Landymore

Tech-savvy students are reportedly getting straight A's by using advanced AI language generators — mainly OpenAI's GPT-3 — to write papers for them.
Artificial Intelligence

Kids? Being better at technology than adults? We're shocked.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

You might want to set aside your lunch if you're going to watch this video of nearly two dozen crusty contact lenses being extracted from an eye.
Developments

H-how many lenses did you say there were?

By Frank Landymore

Scientists Spotted Something That Appeared to Be Moving 7 Times the Speed of Light
Off-World

That can't be right.

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk is under federal investigation over his maybe-renewed bid to purchase Twitter, as was revealed yesterday by a newly-unsealed court document.
Elon Musk

Twitter says that Elon's "stonewalling."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Astronomers accidentally discovered barium in the atmospheres of two Hot Jupiter exoplanets, and they can't figure out how it got there.
Exoplanets

They weren't expecting that.

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have discovered that bacteria and fungi can join forces to form assemblages of "superorganisms" that can "walk" across your teeth.
Developments

They can even "walk" and "leap."

By Frank Landymore

The US military finally tested Microsoft's expensive HoloLens smart goggles for combat, and it's probably safe to say that the goggles failed.
Military

"The devices would have gotten us killed."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have discovered the brightest energy burst ever detected in space — and Astronomy Twitter is abuzz over the electrifying finding. 
Energy

And the nerds are STOKED.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google is embroiled in a lawsuit that alleges its private browsing mode isn't very private, a sentiment apparently shared by the jokes of Google employees.
Future Society

"We need to stop calling it Incognito and stop using a Spy Guy icon."

By Frank Landymore

The F150 Lightning pickup truck from Ford has received glowing praise. But when it comes to towing with the EV pickup, its range becomes a big problem.
Advanced Transport

"This truck can't do normal truck things."

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at the University of Tokyo attached giant googly eyes to the front of an autonomous golf cart to see if they improve pedestrian safety.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Vaguely terrifying, to be fair.

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors are up in arms over a new study suggesting that colonoscopies might not be as necessary as previously thought — and they're sounding off online.
Studies

"We may have oversold the message."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An AI-powered selfie generating tool is making the rounds on social media, allowing users to create photorealistic versions of their own face.
Artificial Intelligence

Ah, that's better.

By Victor Tangermann

The catalyst for this newfound Space Dude rivalry between Neil deGrasse Tyson and retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly? "Top Gun: Maverick."
Off-World

"At that air speed, his body would splatter like a chainmail glove swatting a worm."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

While Tesla fans across the world await the Tesla Roadster and the Cybertruck, this guy is turning a 2018 Model 3 into both of them.
Tesla

"This is gonna be a badass build."

By Frank Landymore