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Following a complaint filed by the DMV calling FSD's name misleading, California lawmakers have passed a law that would force Tesla to drop the title.
Self-Driving Vehicles

California Legislature Passes Law That Would Force Tesla to Change Name of Full Self-Driving

"Are we just going to wait for another person to be killed in California?"

By Frank Landymore

Amazon has shelled out over $700 million for its Lord of the Rings reboot, but for a moment it couldn't even get the first episode online.
Future Society

Amazon Bungles Release of Most Expensive TV Show in History

All that money... for this?

By Frank Landymore

The newly-appointed head of Roscosmos, the space agency in Russia, says the International Space Station (ISS) is turning into a hunk of junk.
International Space Station

Russia Says the International Space Station Is a Dangerous, Decrepit Mess

"An avalanche-like process of equipment failure is beginning, cracks are appearing."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new study has found that, counter to popular belief, smoking weed doesn’t appear to actually make people lazy and apathetic after all. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Pot Smokers Not More Likely to Be Apathetic or Lazy, Scientists Find

Finally, some good news!

By Jon Christian

NASA estimates there are thousands of asteroids big enough to be "semi-apocalyptic" near Earth's orbit. Why isn't the White House worried?
Space

White House Pushes to Delay Killer Asteroid Telescope

Doesn't seem like a great choice.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A guy with no background in film or artificial intelligence is working on making an entire movie, in an ambitious attempt to open filmmaking to the masses. 
Artificial Intelligence

Someone’s Making an Entire Movie Using Video Generated by AI

“To me this is as big as the invention of photography.”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astrophysicist and Harvard professor Avi Loeb is convinced that a meteor that crashed into the ocean years ago may have been alien in origin.
Exobiology

Experts Puzzled by Harvard Scientist Looking for Alien Wreckage in Ocean

"An absolute travesty."

By Frank Landymore

Moving a huge rocket is tough. John Giles, the man in charge of doing just that, is not happy at the prospect of a delay forcing his team to do it all over.
Moon

Guy Who Has to Move NASA Moon Rocket Back to Hangar Very Annoyed

"I went to my management and said, 'I'm not bringing it back. It stays here.'"

By Frank Landymore

Chinese astronauts onboard China's Tiangong Space Station are reported to have successfully hatched rice seedlings in space.
Off-World

Chinese Astronauts Successfully Grow Rice Seedlings on New Space Station

"We have to find a sustainable food source for long-term space explorations."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA will need a special containment lab to safely study Martian rock samples returned from Mars. Pathogens can't be allowed to escape for Earth's safety.
NASA

New Details Emerge About NASA’s Lab to House Martian Samples

"We are doing our due diligence to make sure that there’s no possibility of contamination."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA planetary scientist Alan Stern just visited the Titanic, and now he's getting ready to blast off into space with Virgin Galactic.
Off-World

Guy Who Just Visited the Titanic in a Submarine Now Headed to Space

"We are now witnessing the very earliest days of what is likely to become an unparalleled era of exploration by humans..."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A famous investor is warning his clients that the financial "superbubble" is getting ready to burst — and that it will soon reach an "epic finale."
Future Society

Investor Warns That a “Superbubble” May Be About to Burst in a Financial “Tragedy”

Well, that's not good at all.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is will be paying Boeing twice as much for each Starliner seat to the International Space Station than SpaceX, Ars Technica reports.
Boeing

NASA Paying SpaceX Half of Boeing’s Price to Launch Astronauts

NASA is paying Boeing double what it's paying SpaceX for the same service.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk and musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher's child X Æ A-12 — or just "X" for short — is already having trouble getting rockets off of the ground.
Off-World

Elon Musk’s Two-Year-Old Son Frustrated When Toy Rocket Won’t Reach Orbit

Seriously.

By Victor Tangermann

The Ecuadorian government is begging people to stop poaching the Galapagos islands' famed giant tortoises and eating them.
Science & Energy

Authorities Plead: Please Stop Eating Critically Endangered Giant Tortoises

What kind of monster...

By Noor Al-Sibai

Somebody entered the Colorado State Fair’s fine art competition with an AI-generated painting — and won first prize, Vice reports, pissing off artists everywhere.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Painting Wins State Fair Fine Arts Competition

"We’re watching the death of artistry unfold before our eyes."

By Victor Tangermann

Known as MOXIE, this lunchbox-sized machine aboard the Mars rover can generate breathable oxygen directly from the Martian atmosphere.
Mars

NASA Flew an MIT Device to Mars, Where It’s Been Cranking Out Breathable Oxygen for More Than a Year

"But dumb old oxygen? If you can make it there, go for it — you’re way ahead of the game."

By Frank Landymore

Police in LA issued an emergency evacuation order for the whole city amid Wednesday wildfires — and it really freaked out those who saw it.
Future Society

Accidental Emergency Broadcast Says Everyone in Los Angeles Should Evacuate

An incredible screwup.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just took its first direct image of an exoplanet, a gas giant, lurking outside of the Solar System.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Just Took Its First Direct Image of an Exoplanet

"This is a transformative moment, not only for Webb but also for astronomy generally."

By Victor Tangermann

Dating app Filter Off has come up with a genius solution to ward off scammers and scambots: by locking them in a room with a bunch of its own scambots.
Artificial Intelligence

Genius Dating App Hooks Up Scammers Only With Bots and Other Scammers

They gave scammers a taste of their own medicine.

By Victor Tangermann