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The United Nations' atomic watchdog is warning that radiation levels at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear disaster site are "abnormal" and have been rising.
Science & Energy

UN Watchdog Says Radiation From Chernobyl “Abnormal” After Russian Attack

That's not good.

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Twitter workers are apparently really upset that Elon Musk is now their employer. 
Future Society

Twitter Employees Reportedly Furious Over Musk Acquisition

"The news today is so crazy I literally forgot I have COVID."

NASA is still deciding on whether to take a Russian cosmonaut along for the ride on a SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the ISS later this year.
NASA

NASA Deciding Whether Russian Cosmonaut Is Allowed on SpaceX Launch

It would be the first time a cosmonaut flies on board a Crew Dragon shuttle.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Boring Company is attempting to "build a working Hyperloop," in the "coming years," according to the billionaire.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Boring Company Will Build Underground Hyperloop

"So it wouldn’t matter to Hyperloop if a hurricane was raging on the surface."

Former president Donald Trump says that even if Twitter's new owner Elon Musk lets him back onto the site, he doesn't want to have anything to do with it.
Elon Musk

Trump Declares He Won’t Rejoin Twitter Even If Elon Musk Lets Him

"I am not going on Twitter."

A Spanish man had a roundworm infection so bad that doctors could literally see the larvae slithering under his skin.
Studies

Doctors Alarmed by Man with Worms Visibly Slithering under His Skin

Time is a flat roundworm.

Hackers took control over the Instagram and Discord accounts of Bored Ape Yacht Club and got away with millions worth of NFTs.
NFTs

Hackers Reportedly Get Away With $13.7 Million Worth of Bored Ape NFTs

"Crazy to think that even the best security practices from a user side isn't enough sometimes."

Luxurious Submarine for Rich People Looks Just as Cool as a Space Vacation
Advanced Transport

Luxurious Submarine for Rich People Looks Just as Cool as a Space Vacation

Okay, wow.

It's official: Twitter has agreed to allow a takeover by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the richest person in the world.
Elon Musk

Twitter Agrees to Elon Musk Takeover

His plan: "making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans."

A giant squid washed ashore in Japan, representing perhaps the first time a live specimen of the creature has been taken into captivity.
Science & Energy

Scientists Capture Living Giant Squid

Incredible!

Machine learning researchers are teaching neural networks how to superficially judge humans — and the results are pretty brutal.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Create “Deliberately” Biased AI That Judges You as Brutally as Your Mother-in-Law

"We need to be careful about how this technology is used."

Japanese exoskeleton company Skeletonics has created a suit that can turn its wearer into a fighting exoskeleton ready fort the boxing ring of the future.
Robots and Machines

Japanese Company Creates Suit That Turns You Into a Towering Mecha

No power required.

Twitter is getting ready to accept Elon Musk's offer, The New York Times reports, a sign that the Tesla CEO may soon add the social media network to his already lengthy list of businesses. According to NYT, negotiations went on into the early morning hours of Monday.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly in Final Stages of Deal to Buy Twitter

Negotiations reportedly went on into the early morning hours.

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.”