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Twitter's offices in San Francisco are quickly turning into a smelly, body odor-infested rat's nest, The New York Times reported last week.
Elon Musk

Twitter HQ Marinates in Stench After Elon Musk Fires Janitors, Forces Engineers Back to Office

"You know it smell crazy in there."

By Victor Tangermann

Max Hodak started Neuralink with Elon Musk. But he later left the company and started Science Corp -- and now he's rapidly catching up.
Prosthetics and Devices

Meet the Neuralink Cofounder Who Left and Started a Competitor That’s Now Rapidly Catching Up

"Engineering the brain is really this very transcendent goal if you take it seriously."

By Simon Spichak

Chinese protest content posted to Twitter was impossible to find due to bots, ultimately rendering Elon Musk's Twitter an ineffective ally to protestors.
Future Society

An Overwhelming Number of Porn Bot Accounts “Drowned Out” Chinese Protest Content on Twitter

"Given how effective it was at drowning out other people, I wouldn’t be surprised if a government of some kind tries to use this technique in the future."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

At a certain point, everyone's gonna get tired of the internet — or so goes the argument of one of the people who pioneered the web.
Future Society

Professor Predicts That This Whole Internet Thing Will Soon Blow Over

"It's clearly already broken."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The agency will buy at least 45,000 electric "Next Generation Delivery Vehicles," plus a minimum of another 21,000 EVs provided by commercial automakers.
Electric Vehicles

US Postal Service Buying 66,000 Electric Vehicles, Plans to Only Buy EVs By 2026

"Finally we're seeing the common-sense decision to move the government's largest fleet of vehicles to all-electric, a massive win for climate and public health."

By Frank Landymore

Swatting is bad enough, but now, these sorts of dangerous trolls are using Ring cameras to make this crime that much worse.
Hacking

Fiends Allegedly Swatted Victims, Use Hacked Ring Cameras to Livestream It

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that stranded dolphins may be tragically suffering from Alzheimer's disease — a possible boon to the "sick leader" theory.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Have an Extremely Grim Theory About Stranded Dolphins

These poor creatures.

By Frank Landymore

While it's been touted as an affordable and easy alternative to seeing a talk therapist in person, the horror stories about online therapy are racking up.
Health & Medicine

Man Says His Online Therapist Told Him to Simply Stop Being Gay

"I needed someone to tell me I was gay and that was OK. I got the exact opposite."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Experts argue in a number of letters published by The Guardian that the recent fusion power breakthrough is too little too late.
Nuclear Fusion

Gloomy Physicists Say Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Is Too Late to Save Us

"A true fusion power station is unlikely to be running before my grandchildren turn 70."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's InSight Lander has persevered for four years, but it may actually be drawing to its final end this time, despite rumblings of its demise before.
Mars

Dramatic NASA Mars Lander Insists It’s Dying For Real This Time

"My power's really low, so this may be the last image I can send."

By Frank Landymore

George Hotz, the infamous hacker-turned-entrepeneur-turned-Twitter-intern, just left his internship role at Twitter as a direct result of Elon Musk's chaos.
Future Society

Even Twitter’s Intern Just Resigned in Disappointment

"Feel free to ban me."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The acclaimed director says he's put an end to the endless fan debate "once and for all," and that we'll soon see the results in an upcoming special.
Future Society

James Cameron Says He Commissioned a Scientific Study on Whether Jack Could Have Survived in “Titanic”

"Only one could survive."

By Frank Landymore

PepsiCo, Tesla's first Semi truck customer, plans to roll out 100 Semis next year, but is only completing 100 mile trips with beverages on board.
Tesla

Tesla Semis’ Range May Fall Drastically When Hauling Things Heavier Than Potato Chips

"Dragging a trailer full of chips around is not the most intense, tough ask."

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla customers are becoming wary of being in any way associated with the company's CEO Elon Musk, after weeks of antics and problematic behavior.
Elon Musk

People Are Canceling Tesla Orders Because They’re So Disgusted With Elon Musk

"His personality is absolutely tanking the Tesla brand. I'm looking forward to having an Elon-free existence."

By Victor Tangermann

In a seemingly chaotic court hearing on Monday, SBF "leaned back with his eyes closed" and had to be "awakened by a court official," according to Reuters.
Sleep

Sam Bankman-Fried Caught Either Sleeping or Resting His Eyes in Court

SBF had to be "awakened by a court official" during Monday's hearing.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Former president Donald Trump absolutely grotesque NFT "trading cards," which sold for $99 each, were allegedly plagiarized. Cheers.
NFTs

It Turns Out Trump’s Wretched NFTs Were Plagiarized

We're shocked!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of scientists has proposed that we could use existing Earth-based observatories to hunt for highly intelligent alien life forms and their advanced warp drive technologies.
Exobiology

Scientists Propose Method for Detecting Alien Warp Drive Activity

"Our study of warp drives has paved the way for gravitational wave detection."

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which is currently docked to the ISS, sprung a leak. Officials have now identified a hole following an inspection.
International Space Station

Russia Finds Hole in Spacecraft Docked to International Space Station

That's not good.

By Victor Tangermann

A Utah Republican is clearly having a normal one with his introduction of a new bill that would essentially ban internet porn in the United States. 
Future Society

Senator Introduces Bill That Would Effectively Make Porn Illegal

First they came for Pornhub...

By Noor Al-Sibai

Your robot vacuums are watching you — and it's possible for the photos and videos to be leaked online without your consent.
Artificial Intelligence

Intimate Photos by Roomba Vacuums Leaked Online

This is beyond the pale.

By Noor Al-Sibai