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Employers are starting to invest in mind-reading tech, which promise to do things like maximize worker productivity and ensure employee wellness.
Investing

Companies Already Investing in Tech to Scan Employees’ Brains

"The dystopian potential of this technology is not lost on us."

The hackers that stole hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto from the FTX exchange are now laundering that money into Bitcoin.
Bitcoin

Someone’s Converting Millions of the Stolen FTX Funds Into Bitcoin

The pilfered crypto is on the move!

Elon Musk's expensive Twitter takeover has had the CEO cutting jobs and costs left and right, and now he's reportedly refusing to pay the company's bills.
Elon Musk

Cheapskate Elon Musk Refusing to Pay Bills at Twitter

"Elon has shown that he cares only about recouping the losses he's incurring as a result of failing to get out of his binding obligation to buy Twitter."

China's in hot water after being accused of sabotaging a Philippine mission to retrieve Chinese rocket debris from that country's disputed waters. 
Off-World

Chinese Military Forcefully Seizes Debris That Philippines Recovered After It Fell From Space

This is a whole mess.

A theoretical physicist has not only figured out a way to test out the theory that we live in a simulation — and is crowdfunding the experiment.
Physics

A Scientist Is Crowdfunding an Experiment to Check if We Live in a Simulation

This could be massive — or it could be nothing.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk's wealth fell over $100 billion so far this year, the steepest drop of any billionaire to date.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Wealth Has Plummeted by Over $100 Billion This Year

Ouch.

Brain-controlled wheelchairs using a noninvasive a non-invasive interface allowed several paralyzed patients to control wheelchairs with up to 98% accuracy.
Neuroscience and Brain

Paralyzed People Successfully Test Brain-Controlled Electric Wheelchairs

"If we train people sufficiently long, they can achieve a certain level of control of a sophisticated device like these brain-controlled wheelchairs."

While shooting his new TV show, Chris Hemsworth underwent genetic testing that revealed he was carrying two copies of a gene strongly linked to Alzheimer's.
Neuroscience and Brain

Chris Hemsworth Reveals Grim Genetic Test Results, Will Take Break From Acting

"The reality of it sinks in. Your own mortality."

Testing captured on video reveal multiple instances of a Tesla using full self-driving failing to stop for school buses and ignored school speed limits.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Full Self-Driving Caught Ignoring Stop Signs on School Buses

Look out, kids!

The next Indiana Jones film, set in 1969, features Indy fighting NASA Nazis. The sad truth? A few of these guys actually existed.
NASA

Bad Guy in New “Indiana Jones” Movie Is Nazi Who Works at NASA

He's based on a real NASA official.

NASA's Artemis mission has, after months of delay and tens of billions of dollars, finally reached the Moon, which it will orbit for the next 3.5 weeks.
Moon

Rejoice! NASA’s Artemis I Is Now Orbiting the Moon

"This is one of those days that you’ve been thinking about and dreaming about for a long, long time."

Bill Gates took to LinkedIn over the weekend to celebrate one of the nicher holiday: World Toilet Day. And trust us, he's really in the spirit.
Science & Energy

Bill Gates Reflects on Drinking Product of Fecal Sludge

"I've done some weird crap over the years..."

Scott Kelly, the retired NASA astronaut who once held the American record for the longest time spent in a single off-world orbit, is an outspoken guy.
Moon

Retired NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Dishes on Ukraine, Russia, and Moon Mission

"I think when you're in space, you just realize how precious our planet is. You miss everything about it."

It appears that NASA's Artemis 1 rocket launchpad caught way more damage than expected when it finally took off from Kennedy Space Center last week. 
NASA

NASA Launch Pad Sustained Significant Damage During Artemis Takeoff

"Elevator blast doors were blown right off..."

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Quit Because of His “Incessant and Disruptive Tweeting”
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Quit Because of His “Incessant and Disruptive Tweeting”

Even his lawyers are out!

Researchers discovered that a meteorite contained water just like Earth's, bolstering the theory that our planet got water from other meteorites like it.
Science & Energy

Evidence Grows That Soggy Meteorites Gave Earth Its Oceans

"Meteorites like Winchcombe are a pretty good match [to] the water in the Earth's oceans and suggests asteroids were the main source of water."

After just a few days online (and tons of Twitter criticism), Meta-formerly-Facebook has taken down its Galactica academic paper-writing AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Takes Down AI That Churns Out Fake Academic Papers After Widespread Criticism

"It's hilariously bad."

Researchers in Austria are making biodegradable computer chip substrates out of the mushroom skin. The results are promising.
Science & Energy

Scientists Build Circuit Boards Based on Mushrooms

"The results are groundbreaking."

Researchers have come up with a vaccine that can block the effects fentanyl has on the brain in mice, which is being hailed as a "game changer."
Brain

New Vaccine Blocks Fentanyl in Brains of Rats

Researchers are calling the "breakthrough discovery" a "game changer."

Ozempic, the viral TikTok weight loss drug, is so popular that its creator has declared a shortage — wreaking havoc on the lives of actual diabetics.
Developments

So Many People Are Using a Diabetes Drug for Weight Loss That Actual Diabetics Are Having Trouble Getting It

"People need it for medical conditions, and pharmacies are out of it."