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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."

With hard work and a good luck, scientists have clinched the first ever audio recording of a dust devil on Mars, helping solve mysteries of its atmosphere.
Mars

Scientists Release Audio of NASA Rover Getting Swallowed by a 387 Foot Dust Devil On Mars

An encounter with a Martian monster.

A lawsuit filed against Tesla alleges it misled consumers by claiming its cars are self-driving, to which Tesla's lawyers retort: well, it's not fraud.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Lawyers Say Failure to Deliver Self-Driving Isn’t Technically Fraud

Failure *is* an option!

Elon Musk has used his platform to falsely insinuate that Yoel Roth, forced to flee his home, was implicit in a partisan muzzling of former president Trump.
Elon Musk

Former Twitter Employee Flees Home After Elon Musk Whips Up Mob

This is grim.

Space startup Sierra Space intentionally blew up a prototype inflatable space station module to see how much punishment it can take.
Off-World

Experimental Inflatable Space Station Segment Explodes Violently

Woomp!

Tesla share are on yet another nosedive this week — and investors are getting increasingly furious at CEO Elon Musk for failing to actually run the company.
Elon Musk

Tesla Investors Furious at Elon Musk for Vanishing During Crisis to Play With Shiny New Twitter

"There is no Tesla CEO today."

The sign of someone who is sincerely not getting owned, is the deletion of their own tweet explaining why they were not getting owned.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Deletes Tweet Clarifying That Actually, Only Ten Percent of the Crowd Was Jeering Him

I'm not owned, I'm not owned!

A new report alleges that ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison were in a secret groupchat called "Wirefraud."
Blockchain

SBF and Caroline Ellison Allegedly Had a Secret Groupchat Called “Wirefraud”

You can't make this up.