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Fast forward a couple of months and hell of a lot of drama later, and at least one of the investors in Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter has cold feet.
Elon Musk

Investors in Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Horrified It Might Actually Go Through

"We're all trying to get out of it, to be honest."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Germany has once again fired up its coal plants. But Greta Thunberg thinks the country should just use its already in place nuclear power plants instead.
Nuclear Fusion

Greta Thunberg Thinks Germany Shutting Down Its Nuclear Plants Is a Bad Idea

"I feel that it’s a mistake to close them down in order to focus on coal."

By Frank Landymore

Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled his new avatar for the company's bespoke Metaverse — and it still looks like total crap.
Metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg’s New and Improved Metaverse Avatar Still Looks Like Crap

Wake up babe, a new cringey Zuckerberg avatar just dropped.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers studied a man who became allergic to his own orgasms, and diagnosed him with a little known condition called post-orgasmic illness syndrome
Studies

Otherwise Healthy Man Found to Be Allergic to His Own Orgasms

Poor guy.

By Frank Landymore

Meta advisor John Carmack is "grumpy" about the current state of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, as he explained at Facebook-turned-Meta's Connect 2022.
Metaverse

Top Facebook Consultant Admits That the Metaverse Is Absolutely Terrible

"There's a bunch that I'm grumpy about."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ukraine is asking its Western allies for more weapons after accusing Russia of using "kamikaze drones" meant to self-destruct when dropping munitions.
Drones

Russia Accused of Pelting Ukraine Capital With “Kamikaze” Drones

The future of warfare is here — and it's terrifying.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has stumbled into a minor problem: it can't seal the tube of its latest collected sample.
Mars

NASA Rover Runs Into Trouble on Mars

Oh no!

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again — and this time, its stunning image looks a lot like a human fingerprint.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Starlight “Fingerprint”

"Like the growth of rings of a tree’s trunk, the dust loops mark the passage of time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Methane producing microbes on Mars may have thrived deep underground billions of years ago, but also may have wiped themselves out, a new study suggests.
Mars

Ancient Life Caused the Destruction of Mars, Scientists Speculate

Sound familiar?

By Frank Landymore

In Scientists were, for the first time, able to show that 800,000 living brain cells trapped in a petri dish can be taught how to play the videogame Pong.
Neuroscience and Brain

Video Shows Human Brain Cells in Dish Teaching Themselves to Play a Videogame

This is incredible.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk is now a bona fide perfumier — and an allegedly successful one to boot — thanks to the sale of his bespoke "Burnt Hair" scent.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Leans Into “Musk” Name, Starts Selling “Burnt Hair” Perfume

"With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A large percentage of people who use Tesla autopilot seem to think that their cars are fully self-driving —even though they don't have FSD.
Tesla

Survey: 42% of Tesla Autopilot Drivers Think Their Cars Can Entirely Drive Themselves

"It’s possible that system design and marketing are adding to these misconceptions."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An entirely AI-generated conversation between (living) podcast menace "Joe Rogan" and the deceased Apple founder "Steve Jobs" now exists. Great.
Artificial Intelligence

Deepfaked Podcast Has Joe Rogan Interview Undead Steve Jobs

Nobody asked for this.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a major neurological breakthrough, Stanford University scientists have successfully transplanted human brain cells into the brains of live rats.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Transplant Human Brain Cells Into Living Rat Brains

They appear to have grown new cognitive powers.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla’s Model 3 is More Than a Car. It’s a Revolution.
Tesla

Tesla’s Model 3 is More Than a Car. It’s a Revolution.

Are you ready for the future of transportation?

By Abby Norman

Earlier this year, a fake astronaut conned an old woman into sending him a ton of money in order to get back home from the ISS — and catfished her to boot.
Off-World

Scammer Fools Woman Into Thinking They’re an Astronaut Who Needs a Ticket Home

New scam just dropped!

By Noor Al-Sibai

“Anti-Woke” Online Bank Immediately Disintegrates Into Chaos
Future Society

“Anti-Woke” Online Bank Immediately Disintegrates Into Chaos

What an absolute disaster.

By Victor Tangermann

The world's first-ever private space tourist is hitching a ride to the Moon with his wife — and on a SpaceX Starship, no less. 
Moon

Billionaire Buys SpaceX Moon Trip For Him and His Wife

How romantic!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Flying car startup Airspeeder has completed what it's referring to as the "world's first electric flying car race" in the South Australian desert.
Advanced Transport

Pilots Go Head to Head in “World’s First Electric Flying Car Race”

It's like F1 — but in the sky.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk claimed that a photo with Ghislaine Maxwell was the result of her just photobombing him at a party. That might not have been the full truth.
Elon Musk

Jeffrey Epstein Associate Reportedly Asked Elon Musk If It Was Possible to Scrub Someone From the Internet

This isn't the version of the story that Musk recalled.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré