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A group of users on the metaverse platform VRChat have created a police force to question, arrest, and occasionally frame other users for crimes.
Metaverse

VR Cops Brag About Planting Fake Evidence in Metaverse While Disguised as Underage Girls

"I can pull out a bag of weed and make it look like it came out of someone’s pocket."

Remember the bodega vending machine guy? Well, he's back — and he wants to do pharma on the blockchain. 
Blockchain

Remember That Startup That Wanted to Replace Bodegas? Its Cofounder Is Back to Put Pharma on the Blockchain

It's throwing a lot at the wall.

Law enforcement is starting to seize super yachts owned by Russian oligarchs — and online pundits are watching with glee, The Washington Post reports.
Future Society

Russian Oligarchs’ Superyachts Are Being Seized, and the Internet Is Loving It

People on Twitter are even turning it into a game of Bingo.

Geopolitical uncertainty caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine is causing oil prices to hit record highs. Tesla orders are surging.
Tesla

Tesla Orders Are Reportedly Surging As Gas Prices Hit Record Highs

This seems significant.

A group of researchers were able to alter the genes of unfertilized mice embryos so that it could create offspring without male sperm.
Science & Energy

Scientists Breed Jesus Mice With No Father

It’s a miracle... of science!

Elon Musk and Grimes gave their new daughter a very weird name: Exa Dark Sideræl Musk. Here's what Grimes says is the meaning behind it.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s New Baby’s Weird Name, Explained

Surprise! It’s very nerdy.

Experts Say That Those Giant Spiders Falling From the Sky Are Good, Actually
Science & Energy

Experts Say That Those Giant Spiders Falling From the Sky Are Good, Actually

"They are docile, non-threatening, and actually very polite"

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hooking Ukrainians up with Starlink terminals, giving them a reliable and off-the-grid way to connect to the internet.
SpaceX

SpaceX Sends More Starlink Terminals to Ukraine, Along With Equipment to Run Them Off Grid

"You’re welcome."

Dmitiry Rogozin, the head of the country’s space program Roscosmos, has allegedly forbidden agency employees from being able to travel abroad.
Future Society

Russian Space Program Is Apparently Forbidding Employees From Traveling Abroad, Fearing They’ll Flee

“He prohibited his employees to go abroad, correctly understanding they might not return.”

Alt-pop musician Grimes and Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a second child with the help of a surrogate in December, according to an unhinged Vanity Fair interview.
Elon Musk

A Reporter Heard an Infant Screaming and It Turned Out Elon Musk Had a Secret Baby with Grimes

"I'm not at liberty to speak on these things."

Ukraine's foremost climate scientist believes that fossil fuels are not only the greatest threat to humanity, but a driving factor in Russia's invasion of her country as well.
Climate Change

Top Ukrainian Scientist Calls Russian Invasion a “Fossil Fuel War”

"It’s clear we cannot continue to live this way, it will destroy our civilization."

Has Elon Musk figured out the source of the "Satoshi Nakamoto" pseudonym given to Bitcoin's mysterious creator?
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Shares Galaxy-Brain Theory About Bitcoin Creator

Wait a second... is he onto something?

President Joe Biden has issued a first-of-its-kind executive order to regulate cryptocurrencies. But it’s unclear what exactly will change.
Cryptocurrency

Biden Issues Executive Order to Finally Regulate Cryptocurrency

The order also encourages the Fed to research a potential US-backed crypto.

According to the University of Georgia, giant spiders the size of your palm are set to parachute from the sky all over the country this summer.
Science & Energy

Scientists Warn That a Giant Spider Is Spreading Across the United States

Arachnophobes beware!

Former Pentagon Officials Say Family of UFO Investigator Reported Creature Peering into Their House
Future Society

Former Pentagon Officials Say Family of UFO Investigator Reported Creature Peering into Their House

Your tax dollars at work.

The Bored Ape Yacht Club, the second-largest NFT collection out there right now, announced this week that it donated $1 million in Ethereum to Ukraine.
Cryptocurrency

Bored Ape Yacht Club Donates $1 Million in Crypto to Ukraine

"I can't tell, because it's an ongoing war, exactly what we bought."

The wreck of Endurance, the famed historic ship that sank in the Antarctic during an expedition by explorer Ernest Shackleton 106 years ago, has been found.
Drones

Scientists Just Found One of the World’s Most Elusive Shipwrecks Using an Undersea Drone

Incredible.

David Bennet Sr. passed away at the University of Maryland Medical Center after he received an experimental pig heart transplant in January.
Developments

Man Who Received Experimental Pig Heart Transplant Dies

Why exactly did he die?

The Chernobyl nuclear power station was hit by a blackout due to damage caused by Russian forces, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Science & Energy

Chernobyl Meltdown Site Loses Power After Russian Invasion

Okay, that's not great.

Dimitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, has accused NASA astronaut Scott Kelly of getting dementia from stressful space flights.
Future Society

Russian Space Head Furiously Accuses NASA Astronaut of Having Dementia

This is getting ridiculous.