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Companies in the shipping industry are using cargo sail boats because of delays and the cost of fossil fuel. Shipping via sail boat is more eco-friendly.
Climate Change

Several Companies Are Switching From Cargo Vessels to Wooden Sailing Ships

"It's actually more expensive and takes more time to ship by container ship."

Ocean Builders has unveiled the SeaPod, a rounded, two-person luxury pod home that hovers above the ocean by way of buoyant, air-filled steel tubes.
Science & Energy

Startup Selling Luxurious Homes That Poke Out of the Ocean on Stalks

"Every SeaPod that goes in the water gets us one step closer to restoring a marine ecosystem."

Neuralink cofounder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly approached Synchron, a company that manufactures chips that can be implanted in patient's brains.
Elon Musk

Frustrated With Neuralink’s Slow Progress, Elon Musk Approaches Competitor

Oof.

A new "accent translation" startup's technology sounds a lot like the premise of Boots Riley's 2018 masterpiece "Sorry To Bother You."
Artificial Intelligence

Cursed Startup Using AI to Remove Call Center Workers’ Accents

We've seen this movie before.

The spotted lanternfly, though invasive and devastating to grape vines and fruit trees, is beautiful. But does that mean it deserves mercy?
Science & Energy

Tender New Yorkers Refuse to Kill Horrible Invasive Bug

It's beautiful — but does that mean it deserves mercy?

The latest chapter in Elon Musk's endless Twitter-buying drama saw him subpoenaing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who supported his bid to buy the website.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Subpoenas Friend Who’s Been Nothing But Supportive

This is the biggest face slap since this year's Oscars.

A haunting AR mask of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's cursed Horizon Worlds avatar now exists, and anyone with snapchat can try it on for size.
Metaverse

Cursed Filter Turns Anyone Into Metaverse Mark Zuckerberg

"...I was kinda horrified and immediately thought of Leatherface..."

US-based Bitcoin mining company Stronghold Digital Mining is facing an uncertain future following the devastating cryptocurrency crash that rocked the industry this year.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Miners Forced to Sell Mining Rigs to Pay Debts

Sign of the times.

Do not panic when you read the following sentence: there are now walking sharks who have come out of the ocean to walk on land.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Sharks That Can Walk on Land for Two Hours

Land sharks!

An Ethiopian Airlines airliner failed to descend to the runway in the country's capital Addis Ababa — because the pilot was reportedly asleep.
Sleep

Pilot Falls Asleep, Forgets to Land Plane

That's not good.

Tesla owner Brandon Dalaly now has a contactless, car-unlocking microchip, outfitted with a Tesla-linked app, installed in the back of his right hand.
Tesla

Tesla Enthusiast Implants Car Key Inside His Flesh

Talk about a superfan!

Low doses of minoxidil, the active ingredient in Rogaine, may reverse balding super cheaply — and yet most of us still haven't heard of it. 
RX and Medicine

Doctors Say a Random Cheap Pill May Actually Reverse Balding

Okay, interesting.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken criticisms to heart and is promising "major updates to Horizon and avatar graphics" while posting new selfies.
Metaverse

People Bullied Mark Zuckerberg So Much That He’s Improving the Metaverse Graphics

Is he... literally trying to save face?

Tesla is jacking up the price of its still unfinished and misleadingly named Full Self-Driving (FSD) software yet again from $12,000 to $15,000.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla’s Jacking Up the Cost of Its Unfinished Self-Driving Feature Again

It now costs about as much as an entry-level car.

Meet me in the metaverse. Virtual reality dating is here, and as The New York Times reports, it's growing — and frankly, it sounds, uh, super weird.
Metaverse

People Are Going on Dates in the Metaverse and It Sounds Very Strange

"It's like high school drama but from people who are very much out of high school."

NASA is gearing up for the Artemis 1 Moon mission launch later this month, and the space program is packing it with appearances by celebrity guests.
Moon

NASA Packs Artemis 1 Moon Launch With a Crop of Celebrity Guests

Hey, we'll absolutely take it.

In an effort to bolster tourism, Tanzania just finished building the first installments of a high-speed internet network at Mount Kilimanjaro.
Future Society

Africa’s Tallest Mountain Gets High Speed Internet So Tourists Can Post Selfies

That's a sign of the times!

Janet Jackson's hip-shaking 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation" was known to crash some Windows XP-era laptops — and as per an official CVE ID, it's absolutely true.
Future Society

Microsoft Software Engineer Says Specific Janet Jackson Song Was Crashing Hard Drives

Janet Jackson's power knows no bounds.

One specific group of jilted Celsius investors may have found a loophole that, by some miracle, might actually help them get their money back.
Cryptocurrency

People Who Lost Crypto in the Celsius Collapse Desperately Trying to Get It Back

"If I do become part of the cautionary tale in crypto, I'll know I didn’t just sit by and do nothing."

A new Yale study says children born while living next to fracking locations are almost three times as likely to be diagnosed with leukemia.
Medical

Kids Born Near Fracking Sites More Likely to Have Leukemia, Study Says

Grim.