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Blockchain Guy Struggles to Explain a Single Practical Use for Web3
Blockchain

This just doesn't sound convincing at all.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted something interesting tucked into a boulder — but NASA confirmed it was just a regular ol' piece of human trash.
Mars

Hey, knock that off!

A new video shared by Estonian robotics and autonomous systems developer Milrem Robotics shows an autonomous tank blowing up cars and other targets.
Robotics

Well, that's terrifying.

Economy travel may just get worse. Meet the Chaise Lounge Airplane Seats, a bunk-like, double-decker situation that, well, looks like an utter nightmare.
Advanced Transport

NOOOOOOOOOO!!

Philadelphia police are reporting that their Special Victims Unit found no evidence of cameras at the Airbnb property, despite a viral tweet.
Robots and Machines

"I’m getting hate messages because I was scared?"

A Tesla Semi was seen on California's Highway 580 West, as shown in a video captured by a member of community group Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (TOSV).
Tesla

Full speed ahead!

SpaceX Employees Slam Elon Musk’s Bizarre Behavior in Open Letter
SpaceX

"Elon’s behavior in the public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us."

A team of scientists scanning for signs of life say they've found "suspicious signals" that could point toward extraterrestrial civilizations.
Science & Energy

"This is interesting, but don't get too excited."

A team of Chinese and US scientists have put their reputation on the line by claiming a narrowband signal could be a sign of extraterrestrial life.
Exobiology

But don't get too excited — the scientists say it could easily just be a misidentified transmission from us humans.

It looks like the DALL-E Mini image generator really can conjure up anything — including hilarious and bizarre depictions of drug use.
Artificial Intelligence

Do androids dream of electric keybumps?

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shown off the latest view of the space company's Starship spacecraft — and it's enormous.
Starship

Never gets old.

COVID-19 comes for us all — even for Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has publicly announced that he's contracted the novel coronavirus.
Developments

COVID comes for us all.

An over-the-air software update temporarily turned one Lucid Air owner's luxury EV into an expensive lump of steel and aluminum.
Advanced Transport

"The rear doors would not open and I could see this as a problem if there were an accident."

A British astronaut teased the idea that UFOs are not alien visitors to Earth but could instead be human time-travelers coming back from the future.
Space

"Is it something that's come back from the future?"

Bill Gates really, really hates cryptocurrency, saying on Tuesday that virtual coins and their NFTs are "100 percent based on the Greater Fool Theory."
Cryptocurrency

“Obviously, expensive digital images of monkeys are going to improve the world immensely."

Amid an industry collapse and a class-action investor defrauding lawsuit, the Binance crypto exchange is looking for 2,000 new employees. 
Cryptocurrency

Surely nothing will go wrong with this plan.

It's no secret that Tesla can be lacking in the quality assurance department — and there are no signs of that changing any time soon.
Tesla

"You know, it doesn’t really feel like you’re getting a $65,000 car when you are taking delivery of it."

The DALL-E Mini image generator is super fun to play around with — but like all neural networks, it has a pretty big racism problem.
Artificial Intelligence

Oof, some of these are not great.

Blake Lemoine, Google engineer making claims of sentient AI, took to Twitter to inform those reaching — he's offline and away on his honeymoon.
Artificial Intelligence

Talk about rest and relaxation.

Bitcoin bros are really, really not OK, as evidenced by the latest sad cope from a financial planner who likely just lost his clients a ton of money.
Bitcoin

"I regret nothing."