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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stuck a tweet in his mouth today, tweeting a meme that compared Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Deletes Adolf Hitler Tweet After Widespread Outrage

"It disrespects the memory of all victims and hurts many people."

Supermodel Linda Evangelista hid for five years after a non-surgical cosmetic treatment when the fat she hoped to freeze off turned hard and lumpy.
Health & Medicine

Supermodel Says She Was “Permanently Deformed” by Cosmetic Procedure

"I don't look in the mirror."

A team of scientists have posit the idea “planetary intelligence,” which describes the collective knowledge and cognition of an entire planet.
Climate Change

Astrobiologists Suggest the Earth Itself May Be an Intelligent Entity

This is mind bending.

Residents in Rotterdam are planning to christen Bezos’ new superyacht the only way they see fit: by hurling rotten eggs at it.
Jeff Bezos

Thousands of People Say They’re Going to Throw Eggs at Jeff Bezos’ Superyacht

"Take a box of rotten eggs with you and let’s throw them en masse at Jeff’s superyacht."

Recipients of bionic eyes from Second Sight are starting to go blind after the company behind the technology stopped supporting their products.
Prosthetics and Devices

Bionic Eye Patients Are Going Blind Again After Manufacturer Decides They’re Obsolete

"It is fantastic technology and a lousy company."

Elon Musk's charitable giving has hit newsstands — and the world may have a professional poker player to thank for it.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Hired A Professional Gambler to Manage His Philanthropic Donations

What could possibly go wrong?

Amid a maelstrom about AI consciousness, one MIT data scientist has highlighted that the concept might not be so far-fetched. 
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Researcher: Don’t Ignore the Possibility That AI Is Becoming Conscious

"Seeing so many prominent [machine learning] folks ridiculing this idea is disappointing."

As if the possibility that AI might already be conscious wasn’t creepy enough, researchers have announced that AI-generated faces have become so sophisticated that people think they’re more trustworthy than actual humans.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Warn That New AI-Generated Faces Are Seen as More Trustworthy Than Real Ones

This could be a problem.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly donated roughly $5.74 billion of $16.4 billion worth he got from selling five million Tesla shares last year to charity.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk May Have Donated $6 Billion to Fight World Hunger, But Nobody Seems Sure

"This is an amazing and great first step."

Physicists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences determined that the Earth's inner core is in a "superionic sate," technically neither a solid or a liquid.
Science & Energy

Scientists Claim Earth’s Core Is a Weird New State of Matter

"It is quite abnormal."

Mark Zuckerberg announced during an all-hands company meeting that his employees wouldn't be coworkers anymore. They'd be "metamates."
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Tells Employees They’re Called “Metamates” Now

Sources say he wasn’t laughing.

A doghouse with a seven inch hole in its roof created by a meteorite is being auctioned on world renowned auction house Christie's.
Off-World

Meteor Smashes Through Doghouse, Almost Kills German Shephard

Kaboom!

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station can now add "biometric technician" to their resumes. 
NASA

NASA Is Scanning Its Astronauts’ Eyes and Veins Aboard the ISS

I always feel like somebody's watching me.

OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever's claim that some AI may already be conscious has generated a lot of conversation among experts.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Furious Over Claim That AI Is Already Conscious

They're mad.

Billionaire and SpaceX's first frequent flier Jared Isaacman is creating a private space program that culminates in the launch of the Starship megarocket.
SpaceX

Billionaire Says He’s Buying SpaceX Launches for “Private Space Program”

Is this what you'd do with billions of dollars?

Gov Report Finds That Sea Levels Could Soon Flood NYC and Miami
Climate Change

Gov Report Finds That Sea Levels Could Soon Flood NYC and Miami

"This report is a wake-up call for the US."

Fans Say the Foo Fighters’ Metaverse Concert Was A Total Disaster
Metaverse

Fans Say the Foo Fighters’ Metaverse Concert Was A Total Disaster

There goes my hero!

South Korean regulators are investigating Tesla for allegations that it exaggerated how far its cars can drive on a single charge.
Tesla

Tesla Accused of Exaggerating How Far Its Cars Can Drive on a Charge

Looks like Tesla’s in hot water again.

First Woman Reportedly Cured of HIV
Health & Medicine

First Woman Reportedly Cured of HIV

This is big.

The makers of "Magic: The Gathering" have sent a sent a cease and desist letter to a group of fans that plan to launch a series NFTs.
NFTs

Maker of “Magic” Cards Sends Cease and Desist to Project Minting Unauthorized NFTs

"You appear to be operating under the mistaken assumption that the project would be legal."