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Florida's governor wants to dissolve Disney World's tiny self government and special tax status over anti-LGBTQ bills he wants to pass.
Future Society

In Inadvertently Cyberpunk News, Florida Is Dissolving Disney’s Private Government

There's trouble in Magic Kingdom.

A Booster was damaged in part of a SpaceX test and photos leaked online. CEO Elon Musk hasn't said anything on Twitter while trying to buy the platform.
Advanced Transport

Leaked Photo Shows SpaceX’s New Prototype Damaged

"It's pretty much curtains."

COVID cases in parts of China, including locked down Shanghai, continue to rise, as do deaths, despite strick pandemic quarantine rules.
Developments

COVID Cases Keep Rising in China in Spite of Huge Crackdown

And people are starving.

A Boulder, Colorado man who set himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court to protest climate change died on Saturday.
Climate Change

Man Who Set Himself on Fire to Protest Climate Change Has Died

Just awful.

A CBS reporter broke the news that the International Space Station had to swerve to miss debris from a satellite blow up by Russia.
Off-World

The Space Station Has to Swerve to Avoid Debris from Satellite Russia Blew Up

Russia is menacing Earth and the ISS.

A new Reddit clip shows a Tesla using the Smart Summon feature at a Cirrus event but crashes into a small private jet worth millions. Autopilot didn't work.
Tesla

Tesla on Autopilot Crashes Into $3 Million Jet

"There’s still plenty of idiots to go around."

Russian tanks are getting stuck in mud in Ukraine as it's the country's muddy or rainy season. President Vladmir Putin didn't plan his invasion properly.
Military

Russia’s Military Is Getting Defeated by Ukrainian Mud

"[The mud] has literally been a problem for 300 years.”

Billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, confirmed leaked text messages with Microsoft's Bill Gates are real. Musk discussed Gates' stock position.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Tells Bill Gates to Get Lost in Leaked Text Messages

Billionaire tea sure is sweet.

Head of NASA Completely Bemused by Question from “Angry Astronaut”
Future Society

Head of NASA Completely Bemused by Question from “Angry Astronaut”

Awkward.

A new report states Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with devloping Facebook's metaverse products and contents and is sowing internal chaos.
Metaverse

Facebook Employees Say Mark Zuckerberg Is Weirdly Obsessed With the Metaverse

"[It's] the only thing Mark wants to talk about."

Two former gas industry barons, Russian oligarchs worth millions, turned up dead alongside their families as Putin continues to assault Ukraine.
Future Society

Two Russian Oligarchs Die Suddenly Under Mysterious Circumstances

It's like something from a horror movie.

NASA captured video this week of Phobos, one of two Martian moons, and it completes a slow death spiral and will eventually crash into Mars' surface.
Mars

NASA Says One of Mars’ Moons Is Going to Crash Into Its Surface

"Phobos is doomed."

Ever wanted to travel by both air and sea in a yacht attached to a zeppelin? If you're of the "superyacht" class, you may soon get the chance.
Advanced Transport

This Flying Luxury Yacht Attached to a Zeppelin Looks Downright Amazing

Do we get to seize these once the revolution starts?

Science doesn't know exactly how depression works — and, as it turns out, we might not really know whether antidepressants really work, either. 
Health & Medicine

New Study Claims That Antidepressants Don’t Lead to Better Quality of Life

Provocative new research.

A team of scientists are planning to drive a Tesla 9,400 miles around Australia — a journey that's entirely powered by the Sun alone, Reuters reports.
Solar Power

A Tesla Is Driving Around Australia, Completely on Solar Power

Here's how it'll work.

The world's foremost believer in extraterrestrials has designed a mission to uncover an interstellar object that crashed off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
Off-World

Harvard Scientist Says Alien Tech May Have Crashed Into the Pacific Ocean and He Wants to Find It

"My dream is to press some buttons on a functional piece of equipment that was manufactured outside of Earth."

Censors in China are cracking down on photos and videos of sick people not getting sufficient access to healthcare or reportedly being mistreated by healthcare workers.
Developments

Censors in China Are Having a Hard Time Silencing All the Rage Right Now

"People have lost trust in the government."

In a new filing with the SEC, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims to have secured $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Claims He Has the Money to Buy the Entirety of Twitter

Almost half of the $46.5 billion will come out of his own pocket.

For the first entirely private group of space tourists, the ISS is starting to seem a lot like "Hotel California."
Off-World

Tourists Have Been Trapped on the Space Station for a Hilariously Long Time

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

During Tesla's earnings call on Wednesday, Musk promised to have a "dedicated robotaxi" ready for "volume production" as soon as 2024.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Working on a Car With No Steering Wheel

"Massive scale. Full self-driving."