Read the latest articles from Futurism (Page 550)

The Department of Homeland Security is deploying robodogs to patrol the country’s southern border and report any immigrants attempting to cross.
Robot Dogs

This is bleak.

An oil production and storage ship exploded off the Nigerian coast on Wednesday morning. The condition of the ten crew members on board is still unclear.
Science & Energy

An environmental disaster in the making.

People are actually debating how to pronounce the moniker "NFTs." The Verge thinks it should be "neft." We disagree.
NFTs

They're pronouncing it what now?

Stock prices for Meta took a swan dive on Wednesday after the company posted a profit decline — resulting in a $195 billion stock plunge.
Future Society

It’s one of the worst crashes in stock market history.

China is building a massive system of barriers along its 3,000 mile southern border with the supposed goal of keeping COVID-19 at bay.
Future Society

And they’re going to make COVID pay for it!

According to MarketWatch, John McAfee's body is the subject of a dramatic legal conflict involving his daughter, his ex-wife, and Barcelona investigators.
Future Society

"This is one of the strangest cases I have seen in my career."

An American white hat hacker managed to disrupt the internet connection of North Korea — while wearing pajamas, eating chips, and watching "Alien."
Hacking

That's one way to do it!

Climate researchers are warning extreme heat present in the Earth's oceans passed the point of return turn — eight years ago.
Environment

"Extreme climate change is here, it’s in the ocean, and the ocean underpins all life on Earth."

Members of the US Space Force are frustrated by the fact that large swaths of the population know nothing about the new military branch.
Future Society

"Space Force? Is that real?"

An iconic bridge in the Dutch city of Rotterdam will soon be partly demolished so that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' super yacht can pass through.
Jeff Bezos

"It's the only route to the sea."

A number of thieves on the OpenSea platform have made more than $1 million by exploiting a loophole in the NFT trading platform.
NFTs

"OpenSea drowned us and we’ve lost everything."

Amateur Rocket Builders Planning to Launch Astronaut Into Space
Future Society

Space travel isn’t just for billionaires anymore.

After years of exploring options, NASA has finally decided on how it wants to retire the International Space Station.
International Space Station

So this is how it ends.

Researchers in Norway have discovered evidence of microplastic in newborn babies. They believe it's impossible to stop kids from ingesting plastic.
Developments

"This is concerning."

NASA astronaut Victor Glover sat down for a chat with Hollywood actor Tom Cruise to prepare him for what it's really like to spend time on board the ISS.
Off-World

"When you go into the module that has the lifting, the strength training equipment, that's also where the bathroom is."

More people are getting injured using virtual reality headsets than ever before because, well, more people are buying them than ever before. 
Prosthetics and Devices

One man even broke his neck.

Tesla has agreed to recall almost 54,000 of its cars because a recent "Full Self-Driving" software update allowed them to perform a "rolling stop."
Self-Driving Vehicles

 "They keep pushing the bounds of safety to see what they can get away with, and they’ve really been pushing a lot."

An NYPD cop is under investigation for potentially taking part in a fake vaccine card scheme that netted him and his spouse more than a million dollars.
Developments

His wife allegedly sold them for $220 per card.

Researchers in Suzhou, China claim to have created an AI system that can monitor and care for embryos as they grow into fetuses in an artificial womb.
Developments

The AI nanny would help monitor and care for the embryos.

An Israeli AI company claims it can create a model of a face using DNA that can then be fed into a facial recognition system, a highly dubious claim.
Future Society

"That is pseudoscience."