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YouTubers at Out of Spec Reviews claim that an enthusiast's Tesla Model X has only lost 10 percnet of its battery capacity after 200,000 miles.
Tesla

Tesla Drives 200,000 Miles, Only Loses Ten Percent of Battery Capacity

Now you've got my attention.

By Frank Landymore

Twitter video of a four-legged robot dog with a gun strapped to its back went viral this week. Video shows the robot dog firing multiple rounds with recoil.
Robot Dogs

Hacker Mounts Submachine Gun on Robodog, Shoots Live Ammo

Scary.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a puzzling attempt to parody the practice of purchasing expensive ENS names, an NFT collector had a "joke" title flipped back to him — for over $150k.
NFTs

NFT Guy Accidentally Spends $150K on Stupid Joke He Tried to Make

"I deserve all of the jokes and criticism."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Now, Tesla has reportedly offloaded 75 percent of its Bitcoin holdings, another sign that major players are starting to grow wary of a "crypto winter."
Tesla

Tesla Sells Off Most of Its Bitcoin, at a Huge Loss

Elon Musk is jumping ship.

By Victor Tangermann

Almost 47 years later, a discarded coffee cup containing DNA may be the key to solving an infamous cold case in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Science & Energy

Investigators Analyze DNA Sample to Make Arrest in 1975 Murder

Impressive — but somewhat ominous.

By Frank Landymore

According to a White House statement, president Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing "very mild symptoms."
Developments

White House Says President Joe Biden Has COVID

He's experiencing "very mild symptoms."

By Victor Tangermann

Airline company Boom Supersonic has shown off brand new renders of its Overture aircraft, which it claims will become the "world's fastest airliner."
Advanced Transport

World’s “Fastest Airliner” Could Cross Atlantic In Just 3.5 Hours

"Aviation has not seen a giant leap in decades."

By Victor Tangermann

In light of a Florida family's space-loving young son's unexpected death, they're trying to raise the funds to rest his ashes on the Moon.
Future Society

Parents Crowdfund to Send 11-Year-Old Son’s Ashes to the Moon

"No matter what, we can just look at the Moon every night and I know that he's up there."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Upon announcing the public rollout of the DALL-E 2 beta, OpenAI declared that all DALL-E imagery can be commercialized and sold.
OpenAI

OpenAI Says It’s Fine to Sell Images Made With DALL-E 2

Customers are apparently already using it for movie storyboards and illustrated children's books.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The families of fallen Israeli soldiers are having the dead's sperm harvested, with the hope of that it will one day be used to father a child.
Developments

Israel Extracting Sperm From Dead Soldiers and Using It to Create Children

"It's like erecting a living monument."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

META, an art installation company, is now suing Meta, the corporation formerly known as Facebook, claiming that its identity has been stolen.
Future Society

Another Company Called Meta Is Suing Facebook’s Parent Company for Changing Its Name to Meta

This is getting kinda... meta.

By Frank Landymore

As seen in two new videos, real-life Green Goblin and drone rider Hunter Kowald took a plunge while playing a round of flying drone basketball.
Drones

See a Guy Riding Huge Drone Wipe Out After Trying to Shoot a Hoop

"Crashed parts flying everywhere!"

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers were able to hack into fruit fly brains and successfully command specific movements, with just a click of a wireless remote control.
Science & Energy

Scientists Hijack Fruit Fly Brains to Remote Control Their Wings

Fascinating.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to the latest analysis, we could soon be looking at images of the oldest galaxy ever identified, thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb May Have Just Found the Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen

Incredible.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and Roscosmos space relations have been souring. Looking to turn a new leaf, both have agreed to let their astronauts fly on the other's spacecraft.
SpaceX

In Huge Reversal, Russia Letting SpaceX Fly Cosmonauts to Space Station

Just a few years ago, the head of Russia's space program was openly taunting Elon Musk.

By Frank Landymore

"Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke has spoken out about surviving two separate brain aneurysms while filming the epic HBO series in 2011 and 2013.
Developments

Emilia Clarke Says She Had “Quite a Bit” of Her Brain Removed

"It was the most excruciating pain."

By Victor Tangermann

Coinbase secretly announced it is "temporarily shutting down" a US-based affiliate program, according to Insider, scaring investors.
Cryptocurrency

Coinbase Leak Scares Crypto Investors

"This is a MAJOR red flag."

By Victor Tangermann

Another of Neuralink's cofounders has left the neurotechnology company amid an apparent slow exodus of the Elon Musk venture's executives.
Brain

Neuralink Cofounder Leaves as Brain Company Descends Into Chaos

It doesn't seem to be going well at Neuralink, folks!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Protecting children online has never been easy. With the advent of facial recognition search engine PimEyes, the safety of children is even more at risk.
Facial recognition

Experts Horrified by Facial Recognition Site That Digs Up “Potentially Explicit” Photos of Children

"Services like this should be banned. That’s how you should regulate it."

By Frank Landymore

The sun was captured letting off a ball of gas — which, in other words, makes a solar flare seem a lot like a solar fart.
Off-World

The Sun Just Let Off a Really Nasty Fart

Hey, knock that off!

By Noor Al-Sibai