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Tesla CEO Elon Musk lamented that global supply chain issues and EV battery woes are causing the company's new Gigafactories to bleed cash — fast.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says New Tesla Factories Are Wasting “Billions of Dollars”

"It should be like a giant roaring sound which is the sound of money on fire."

The US Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision that will have devastating effects for roughly 40 million women and girls.
Developments

Supreme Court Strikes Down Right to Abortion, in Horrifying Public Health Disaster

Unconscionable.

AI researcher Blake Lemoine raised the stakes in a new interview with Fox News, claiming that LaMDA could escape its software prison and "do bad things."
Google

Google Insider Says Company’s AI Could “Escape Control” and “Do Bad Things”

"It’s a person. Any person has the ability to escape the control of other people."

A vegan subscription service has a lot of explaining to do after a number of people reported intense stomach issues and even organ failure.
Developments

Vegan Snack Linked to Organ Failure

You might wanna check your freezer.

Russian President Vladimir Putin happily announced the country's so-called "Satan-2" rocket is ready for deployment this year.
Nuclear Fusion

Putin Brags That “Satan II” Nuclear Missile Almost Ready for Launch

It could hit the US in two hours from launch.

Space weather experts are monitoring a growing sunspot that's pointing straight towards Earth, USA Today reports — but there's "no need to panic."
Space

Scientists Say “No Need to Panic” as Sunspot Pointed at Earth Doubles in Size Again

"This is what sunspots do."

Many fear that Martian samples could contain unknown, life-threatening interplanetary pathogens, and in a public NASA forum, they let the agency know.
NASA

Scientists Worried NASA Will Infect Earth With Deadly Martian Pathogens

"Are you out of your minds? Not just no, but hell no."

In her new book," former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver has some juicy details about the early days of Elon Musk's rocket venture SpaceX.
SpaceX

Elon Musk Reportedly Started SpaceX After Russian Engineer Spat on Him

And the rest is history.

A drone crashed into an oil refinery in Russia on Wednesday, creating a huge explosion with no casualties. Outlets say the drone could be Ukranian.
Drones

Drone Crashes Into Russian Oil Refinery, Explodes

Okay, but who was flying it?

A Nigerian senator and his wife were arressted in the UK for trying to harvest organs from a child. Human organ harvest is common globally.
Developments

Police Arrest Two for Plan to Harvest Child’s Organs

The unnamed child is safe.

As predicted, the US Food and Drug Administration has ordered e-cigarette maker JUUL off the US market, a notable turning point in the regulation of vaping.
Developments

US Government Bans JUUL

It's official.

A hacker found that Jacuzzi's SmartTub app leaves users susceptible to data theft — and, could allow a bad actor to turn the tub into disgusting soup.
Robots and Machines

Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Set Hot Tub Temp to Anything They Want

Beware of liquid terror!

Amazon is planning to allow its Alexa smart speaker to mimic the voices of deceased loved ones, arguably a rather crass failure to read the room.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Shows Off Tech That Lets Alexa Copy Voice of Dead Relatives

They actually thought this was a good idea.

Photographer and astronomer Andrew McCarthy has shared a stunning new image he took of the International Space Station transiting in front of a sunlit Moon.
Moon

Amazing Shot Captures Space Station Flying Directly Across the Moon

"Possibly my new favorite shot of all time."

In a new tell-all memoir, a former second-in-command at NASA has aired a ton of the agency's dirty laundry — including about the man who now helms it.
NASA

Former NASA Official Says Many at Agency Deeply Oppose SpaceX

This beef goes back pretty far.

Good news for Bill Nye the Science Guy! He was married late last month, to best-selling author Liza Mundy — and they met in a truly beautiful way.
Future Society

Bill Nye Just Got Married, and Their Love Story Is Beautiful

And you'll never guess who officiated the wedding.

A new study linked an inability to balance unsupported on one leg to a nearly-doubled risk of death within the next decade.
Studies

If You Can’t Stand on One Foot for Ten Seconds, Doctors Have Bad News

Okay, that's strange.

NASA is obviously a boys club, but according to a former high-ranking official, the agency is much more misogynist than we ever could have thought.
NASA

Former NASA Second-in-Command Says She Was Called Vile Sexist Slurs at Agency

"Many who disagreed with my views attacked me with vulgar, gendered language, depredation, and physical threats."

Suspended Google engineer Blake Lemoine says that the lawyer who had signed on to represent a "sentient" AI has been "scared off" the case.
Google

Google Engineer Says Lawyer Hired by “Sentient” AI Has Been “Scared Off” the Case

"He's just a small time civil rights attorney. When major firms started threatening him he started worrying that he'd get disbarred and backed off."

A startup claims to have created a solid-state battery that can allow an EV to cover 400 miles and then recharge from 10 to 80 percent in just 15 minutes.
Advanced Transport

Startup Says Amazing New Battery Lets EVs Drive 400 Miles, Recharge in 15 Minutes

Are solid-state batteries really the future of the EV?