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NASA has rolled out its gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center yet again.
Moon

NASA Rolls Moon Rocket Out to the Pad for Lunar Mission

NASA isn't giving up.

Some Twitter employees were reportedly laid off by mistake with management realizing they were needed after all to do Musk's bidding, Bloomberg reports.
Future Society

Realizing Its Mistake, Twitter Pleads With Fired Employees to Come Back

Elon Musk seems to have no idea what he's doing.

When it comes to making fun of the man himself, "free speech absolutist" and new Twitter owner Elon Musk is pro-censorship and against "impersonation."
Elon Musk

Furious Elon Musk Pledges to Ban Anyone Who Changes Their Display Name to “Elon Musk”

And another thing: he's not mad. Don't put in the newspaper that he got mad.

The California DMV wanted a demo of Tesla's Full Self-Driving, but the automaker resisted letting some of the DMV's advisers attend.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Didn’t Want to Give Full Self-Driving Demo to DMV Authorities

That's a little petty.

Chinese EV automaker and Tesla rival Xpeng decided that, if it's going to make an actual car fly, why not just strap it to a giant drone?
Drones

Company Builds Electric Flying Car Powered By Giant Drone Propellers

Well, that's one way to get a car airborne.

A Model 3 was found this week stranded in the water off the coast of Carpinteria, California, but its owner is fortunately unharmed.
Tesla

Tesla Spotted Blubbering in the Ocean After Owner Drove It Onto the Beach For Some Reason

"We advised the owner, you need to get your car out of the ocean."

Incorporating ads into Windows may become the norm as Microsoft considers implementing them to offset the cost of providing low-cost PCs.
Future Society

Microsoft Considering Cheap Computers Monetized With Relentless Ads

Are you kiddin' me?

SpaceX has dismantled its one-mile-long Hyperloop test tunnel at its factory in Hawthorne, California — only to make way for more parking spots.
Hyperloop

SpaceX Dismantles Hyperloop Prototype to Build a New Parking Lot

They held a "memorial service" for it.

As detailed in a new paper published this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, the universe may have begun with a "Big Bounce" — and not a Big Bang.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Stuff Might Have Been Happening Before the Big Bang

We might be entirely wrong about the Big Bang.

LG XBOOM 360 in a reading nook showing off Ambient light mode.
Robots and Machines

Byte-Sized Review: The LG XBOOM 360 is a Portable Dance Party

Get ready to rave.

Pantone's will soon require users to pay a not-tiny monthly subscription fee to use its fancy colorways on Adobe products. 
Future Society

Adobe Now Charging Extra to Use Pantone Colors Because We Live in Capitalist Hell

Who colors the colorers?

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is on notice from NASA after a review found that it had some serious staffing issues that led blocked its Psyche Mission.
Future Society

NASA Puts Jet Propulsion Lab on Blast Over Psyche Mission Failures

This independent review board pulled no punches.

One disgruntled ex-Twitter employee is sounding off on how bad the site has gotten in the week since Elon Musk took ownership of it.
Elon Musk

Fired Twitter Employee Unloads on Elon Musk’s “Clowntown”

Ouch.

A new, large study out of Oxford found that just a single synthetic mushroom "trip" can help ease depression symptoms for multiple months.
Treatments

Taking Psilocybin Just Once Eases Treatment-Resistant Depression in Study

This is significant.

Musk said that he wanted Twitter to have an open algorithm. He just fired the "Ethical AI" team responsible for doing just that.
Elon Musk

After Saying He Wanted an Open Algorithm, Elon Musk Just Fired the Twitter Team Responsible for Doing Just That

"The team that was researching and pushing for algorithmic transparency and algorithmic choice."

Five hundred drones took to the sky in NYC, not to entertain onlookers with a futuristic dance of lights — but to show them Candy Crush ads.
Future Society

New Yorkers Furious at Drones Forming Huge “Candy Crush” Ad Over Skyline

"Hoping some of the NYC residents shoot down the candy crush drones."

Advertisers are running for the hills, now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter — and the billionaire is clearly pissed about the sudden drop in revenue.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Melts Down as Advertisers Flee Twitter Chaos

"Welcome to hell."

According to documents obtained by the New York Times, getting verified on Twitter won't even require users to authenticate their identity.
Elon Musk

Twitter Leak: Elon Musk Planning to Charge for Blue Checkmarks But Not Actually Verify Identify

Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

Against all odds, NASA's Mars lander has, somehow, continued truckin' along — but its inevitable death seems to finally be at hand. 
Mars

NASA Releases Final Desolate Photo From Doomed Mars Lander

"Imagine how silent, how empty it is. How lonely."

The culling at Twitter has begun with many employees resorting to posting jokes on the platform right up until they were summarily cut off from work access.
Future Society

Twitter Employees Kept Posting Jokes Until the Moment They Got Fired

"Has the red wedding started?"