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Tesla’s Model 3 is More Than a Car. It’s a Revolution.
Tesla

Tesla’s Model 3 is More Than a Car. It’s a Revolution.

Are you ready for the future of transportation?

Earlier this year, a fake astronaut conned an old woman into sending him a ton of money in order to get back home from the ISS — and catfished her to boot.
Off-World

Scammer Fools Woman Into Thinking They’re an Astronaut Who Needs a Ticket Home

New scam just dropped!

“Anti-Woke” Online Bank Immediately Disintegrates Into Chaos
Future Society

“Anti-Woke” Online Bank Immediately Disintegrates Into Chaos

What an absolute disaster.

The world's first-ever private space tourist is hitching a ride to the Moon with his wife — and on a SpaceX Starship, no less. 
Moon

Billionaire Buys SpaceX Moon Trip For Him and His Wife

How romantic!

Flying car startup Airspeeder has completed what it's referring to as the "world's first electric flying car race" in the South Australian desert.
Advanced Transport

Pilots Go Head to Head in “World’s First Electric Flying Car Race”

It's like F1 — but in the sky.

Elon Musk claimed that a photo with Ghislaine Maxwell was the result of her just photobombing him at a party. That might not have been the full truth.
Elon Musk

Jeffrey Epstein Associate Reportedly Asked Elon Musk If It Was Possible to Scrub Someone From the Internet

This isn't the version of the story that Musk recalled.

Footage shared on YouTube shows a Tesla Semi truck seemingly broken down on the side of a highway in Northern California, blocking traffic on an on-ramp.
Tesla

Video Shows Tesla Semi Truck Seemingly Broken Down Near a Highway

Blocking an onramp? Not a good look.

At Connect 2022, Facebook-turned-Meta Mark Zuckerberg and a fellow metaverse exec both appeared as their new, legged avatars. But only they had legs.
Metaverse

Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Maybe Has Legs Now, but Apparently Only for Executives

"Seriously, legs are hard."

According to the NYT, Elon Musk likes to pass around a chart, which explains why MDMA and magic mushrooms are a healthier choice than alcohol.
Developments

Elon Musk Has Reportedly Been Telling Friends About Benefits of Shrooms and MDMA

He's been known to pull out a chart on his laptop.

Actor Tom Cruise, famous for his extensive film career and just being the eternal embodiment of midlife crises, is still set to film a movie in space.
Off-World

Universal Studios Chair Says Tom Cruise Is Still Going to Space

"Tom Cruise is taking us to space."

How likely is a nuclear war? A seemingly impossible question, though one that MIT professor Max Tegmark believes he has the answer to.
Future Society

MIT Professor Says There’s a One-in-Six Chance of Nuclear War

"My current estimate is about the same as losing in Russian roulette: one in six."

NASA is declaring the demonstration of its DART spacecraft smashing into an asteroid a full success, having considerably changed its trajectory.
NASA

NASA Says Its Test of Asteroid Deflection Tech Was Wildly Successful

"NASA has proven we are serious as a defender of the planet."

Metaverse project Decentraland, a sandbox environment that allows users to buy and sell virtual real estate, isn't exactly teeming with people.
Metaverse

$1.2 Billion Metaverse Horrified by Report It Only Had 38 Active Users

"Anyone telling you that there's a metaverse today that has worked is lying through their teeth."

CNN was one of the earliest NFT adopters — and now, is among the many who have dropped their crypto projects as the market continues its months-long slump. 
NFTs

CNN In Hot Water With Investors After Canceling Its Weird NFT Project

Investors are furious.

One revelation from Facebook-slash-Meta's Connect? Soon, the metaverse will be a space where we can betray those closest to us. Hell yeah.
Metaverse

Facebook Exec Says Metaverse Will Let you Betray Your Friends in VR

That's a little on the nose for Facebook, isn't it?

The iPhone 14's new crash detection feature has falsely reported crashes at least six times in one county when its owners were only riding a roller coaster.
Future Society

Apple’s New iPhone Crash Detection Calls 911 When Owners Go on a Roller Coaster

"It’s wear and tear on the dispatchers."

After reports emerged that Elon Musk had allegedly been in contact with Russian president Vladimir Putin, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO smacked the claims down.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Has Not Been Talking to Putin, Thank You Very Much

Who's telling the truth here?

Meta-formerly-Facebook has unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, the long-rumored follow-up to the company's Quest 2 virtual reality headset.
Virtual Reality

Meta’s Uber-Expensive New VR Headset Is Dead on Arrival

The only thing worse than the obscene price? The wretched battery life.

Some Facebook execs have threatened to actively monitor Meta employee use of Horizon Worlds, which employees reportedly, uh, weren't using.
Metaverse

Facebook Employees Seem Completely Confused by the Metaverse

"The simple truth is, if we don't love it, how can we expect our users to love it?"

UTSA engineering professor Chris Combs had dig at Elon Musk on Twitter by comparing him to Christopher Columbus. Many were not flattered by the comparison.
Off-World

Professor of Engineering Issues Brutal Dig at Elon Musk, Sparking Backlash

Uh oh!