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Amazon is offering customers $2 a month to customers willing to install an app that will track all the traffic on their phones. Not worth.
Future Society

Amazon Says It’ll Pay You $2 Per Month to Spy on Your Phone’s Internet Traffic

Big Brother, small sum.

By Frank Landymore

The "Rick and Morty" fandom seems to have turned against Elon Musk in the three years since his cameo, where he played a tusked version of himself.
Elon Musk

Rick and Morty Fans Now Embarrassed by Elon Musk’s “Cringe” Cameo

"This cameo hits differently now."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Let it be known that among all the different fields of science, it was astronomers who managed to turn a record-breaking telescope into a ska joke.
Science & Energy

Brilliant Scientists Decide to Name the World’s Largest Telescope “SKA”

They went there.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A UK-based space startup is accidentally using a photo of an exploding Antares rocket on its website to illustrate SpaceX's efforts to develop its Starship.
Off-World

Space Tourism Company’s Website Accidentally Shows Photo of Rocket Exploding

Buckle up!

By Victor Tangermann

Bloomberg reports that Twitter's janitorial staff is officially on strike. The acquisition has been a total mess — now, the building will match.
Future Society

Twitter HQ May Sink Into Literal Filth as Its Janitors Go on Strike

Just in time for the holidays.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX has revealed a new project called "Starshield," a satellite project that is "designed for government use," according to the company's website.
SpaceX

SpaceX Unveils Military Satellite Called Starshield

SpaceX is now militarizing orbit.

By Victor Tangermann

Cryptocurrency stans are being forced to face the music as the industry continues trending ever-downward during 2022's "crypto winter."
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Investors Despondent After Losing Life Savings in FTX “Bloodbath”

This "crypto winter" seems like it'll never end.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is claiming that he will have Neuralink implants in human brains in six months — but that claim should be taken with a grain of salt.
Elon Musk

As Elon Musk Promises Human Brain Implants in 6 Months, Remember He Promised a Million Tesla Robotaxis by 2020

Will he be right this time?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Introducing Asteroid Launcher, an app that allows you to simulate exactly how an asteroid impact might destroy your hometown — or anywhere else.
Off-World

Fun Website Lets You Simulate an Asteroid Impact in Your Hometown

It's shockingly detailed.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of researchers may have finally figured out why people are far more likely to get colds and the flu when temperatures drop during the winter.
Developments

Scientists May Have Finally Discovered Why People Get Sick in the Winter

They say there's a simple trick to defeat colds and the flu.

By Victor Tangermann

The European Union investing $400k into a 24-hour metaverse "beach party," only to attract a handful of guests — who all left within the first hour.
Metaverse

Man Alarmed to Become Only Guest at $400,000 Metaverse Party

"After initial bemused chats with the roughly five other humans who showed up, I am alone."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

To realize his "hardcore" vision, Elon Musk reportedly turned conference rooms of Twitter's offices in San Francisco into "sad hotel rooms," Forbes reports.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Building “Sad Hotel Rooms” at Twitter HQ for Exhausted Employees

"It’s yet another unspoken sign of disrespect."

By Victor Tangermann

Boston Globe contributor Matt Karolian asked OpenAI's ChatGPT algorithm to come up with a "steamy, love scene featuring Yoda and Chewbacca."
Artificial Intelligence

AI Has Finally Gone Too Far With This Horrifying Sex Scene Between Yoda and Chewbacca

We can't tell if we should be laughing... or recoiling in disgust.

By Victor Tangermann

A new viral video, shared by Sports Illustrated, shows Stephen Curry sinking five consecutive full-court shots, a clip that almost proved convincing enough.
Future Society

That Viral Video of Stephen Curry Sinking Impossible Shots Is Fake

He's good — but not this good.

By Victor Tangermann

MSN has deleted some of their garbage fake news, but continues to publish fake stories about the Loch Ness Monster, haunted toys, and killer asteorids.
Artificial Intelligence

MSN Deletes Fake News About Mermaids and Bigfoot, Runs New Story About Haunted Ventriloquist Dummy

They deleted some BS stories — but are continuing to publish more of them.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

One of Twitter's cofounders seems to have some serious beef with its new owner Elon Musk — and has taken to the platform to air his greivances.
Elon Musk

Twitter Cofounder Says Elon Musk Is “Not a Serious Person”

"He does things for sport that have serious consequences for real people."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Operations at Tesla's massive new factory in Berlin are reportedly in "total chaos" with the Elon Musk-led company falling far short of its hiring goals.
Tesla

Tesla Is Having Extreme Trouble Hiring, for Some Reason

Its new factory in Berlin is reportedly in "total chaos."

By Victor Tangermann

Reuters reveals a federal probe about animal wellbeing at Neuralink by the USDA Inspector General, at the request of a federal prosecutor.
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Employees Admit Company Has Killed 1,500 Animals So Far

Neuralink is reportedly under federal investigation — and the details are serious.

By Jon Christian

Part of the maiden voyage of NASA's Artemis Moon mission, the Orion capsule is now headed back from lunar orbit and will splash down soon in the Pacific.
Moon

Skkrt! NASA’s Orion Heads Back to Earth, Leaves Moon in the Dust

"This is not a 'goodbye,' but a 'see you later."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In which Kim Dotcom asks FTX's Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried an unimaginably rude question on Twitter Spaces — and gets told off with a swiftness.
Blockchain

SBF Not Happy to Be Asked About Ex-Girlfriend Caroline Ellison

This was a bridge too far.

By Noor Al-Sibai