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A Bored Ape NFT owner lost two NFTs worth over half a million dollars after falling victim to an astonishingly simple scam.
Blockchain

"Keep your guard up, always."

Instagram parent company Meta is totally ok with giving virtual influencers a blue verification checkmark.
Future Society

Some of these look... very human.

Space startup Rocket Lab is getting ready for a truly awe-inspiring and action-packed stunt: catching its Electron rocket mid-air using a massive helicopter.
Off-World

"Trying to catch a rocket as it falls back to Earth is no easy feat, we’re absolutely threading the needle here."

Elon Musk is joining the board of Twitter — and he's already throwing his weight around by promising big changes to the site.
Elon Musk

His first idea won't surprise you.

A new Bluetooth-related bug plaguing Tesla owners is causing their car stereos to blast at full volume, potentially damaging their hearing.
Elon Musk

"You are damaging users' hearing."

Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin told Chinese state media that "Soyuz is irreplaceable, because America doesn't have any spacecraft."
Off-World

Wait, what?

New reporting from Scientific American leaves open the possibility that NASA could still change the name of the James Webb Space Telescope.
James Webb Space Telescope

"It’s almost amusing how incompetent the whole thing was."

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine has been repatured from Russia, both US and Ukrainian officials are saying.
Science & Energy

And the conflict still isn't over.

A robot dog in Shanghai, China, is roaming the streets barking COVID-19 safety instructions through a loudspeaker crudely strapped to its back.
Robot Dogs

Just in case they still didn't get the message.

Space tourists headed to the International Space Station this month are bringing a special headset that can map changes in their brain activity during spaceflight.
Neuroscience and Brain

"One headset, for multiple people, that automatically configures itself perfectly to each one’s head."

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, worth almost $3 billion, based on Friday's share prices.
Elon Musk

"The algorithm needs to be open source."

Elon Musk is griping that Twitter's algorithm isn't fair, and that there should be more transparency around how it works.
Elon Musk

And where's he complaining? On Twitter, of course.

Amazon organizer roasted founder and billionare Jeff Bezos on Twitter, saying he was in space while the union was organizing.
Jeff Bezos

"While he was up there we were organizing."

Billionare Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he refused to enter exclusive German nightclub Berghain, but he probably got rejected by bouncer Sven.
Elon Musk

Musk failed the vibe check.

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the space program in Russia, has been tweeting about NASA, Roscosmos and the International Space Station again.
Off-World

What in god's name is he talking about?

Four lightning bolts hit the towers surrounding Artemis I, the latest NASA mission to the Moon at the Kennedy Space Center.
Moon

Uh... is everyone okay?

Tesla released drone footage of the new Gigafactory in Berlin where CEO Elon Musk just showed off his new groove.
Drones

That's one good drone pilot.

France's electric grid manager asked people to cut electric consumption because of an incoming cold front, Europe's ongoing energy crisis and Russia.
Energy

They're coming up short.

The US House of Representatives finally took the first steps to legalize marijuana on Friday and will expunge some criminal records if passed.
Health & Medicine

Get your celebration bowls and joints ready.

Follett cancelled plans to change features of their library software Destiny that would allow parents and schools ban students reading LGBTQ+ books.
Future Society

They did the right thing.