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A cargo ship carrying luxuries including Porsches lit on fire last week, forcing the crew of 22 members to evacuate in the Atlantic ocean.
Advanced Transport

Cargo Ship of Electric Cars Turns Into Hellish Inferno as Batteries Catch Flame

"The cars are electric and part of the fire is the batteries that are still burning."

Virign Hyperloop, the company leading the charge on making the transportation system a reality, has laid off 111 workers, almost half of its staff.
Hyperloop

Virgin Hyperloop Just Laid Off Almost Half Its Employees

"Morale is low and there is no confidence in the new direction."

OpenSea, the largest digital marketplace for NFTs, is facing a $1 million lawsuit over an owner, who claimed to have lost his Bored Ape NFT to hackers because of a known security flaw.
NFTs

NFT Man Sues for $1 Million After His Precious Ape Is Stolen

According to the lawsuit, OpenSea already knew about the bug that allowed hackers to steal the NFT.

Obviously, we're a site about the future. But we'd be absolutely remiss if we didn't point out that this incredible date is never, ever going to happen again, for the rest of time. 
Future Society

We Gotta Talk About the Fact That Today Is 2/22/2022

And it's a Tuesday!

Ukrainian scientists have long feared that military escalation between Russia and their country would result in lost progress in research.
Future Society

Ukrainian Scientists Worried Russian Invasion Will Result in Lost Research

"I am sitting in a warm place and the internet is available. I don’t know if that will be the case tomorrow."

A team of scientists had the opportunity to study the brain waves of a dying person — and found an increase in activity associated with memory and dreams.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Recorded the Brain Activity of a Person as They Died, and the Results Are Astonishing

He died while he was hooked up to a brain monitor — and what scientists saw is a fascinating glimpse of the end.

The James Webb Space Telescope hasn't even kicked off scientific operations — but astronomers are already eager to search for other civilizations using it.
James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Already Plotting How James Webb Could Detect Alien Civilizations

Whoa.

Scientists are beginning to sound the alarm on the very real possibility of alien contaminations NASA isn't doing enough to safeguard against ET infections.
Future Society

Our Planet Is Very Vulnerable to Alien Contamination, Experts Say

"If there’s even a very small chance of that happening, we can’t afford it."

Apple retail employees are beginning to quietly organize a union but have to use Android phones to avoid the company spying on them.
Future Society

Apple Employees Are Unionizing and They’re Using Android Phones to Keep Apple From Spying on Them

Who wants to be spied on at work!?

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in England and the oldest monarch in the world, has tested positive for COVID-19.
Developments

Queen Elizabeth II Just Tested Positive for COVID

We wish her a speedy recovery.

A new NASA news update published Friday included 18 separate images of the same star captured by the James Webb Space Telescope and its 18 mirror segments.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Releases James Webb Shot of Star From All 18 Mirrors

That's history in the making.

Elon Musk might be the billionaire CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and The Boring Company but the 50-year old is dating yet another young woman less than half his age.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Has a New Girlfriend Who’s Several Decades Younger Than Him

Another one?!

Kanye West told fans via Instagram yesterday that his new album Donda 2 will only be available via something called a Stem Player.
Future Society

Kanye West Says His Next Album Will Only Be Available on a Strange, Orb-Shaped Device

$200 for a Walkman!?

Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk submitted a proposal to build a 6-mile long tunnel underneath part of Miami, Florida with his The Boring Company.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Venture Submits Paperwork to Dig Huge Tunnel System Under Miami

Seems kinda short...

Facebook, wants virtual AR content to interact with real world objects in mixed reality headsets and told ad agencies how ads can use the tech.
Future Society

Facebook Reveals Plan to Plaster AR Ads Over All of Reality

That just sounds awful.

Crypto miners in Montana revived a dying coal-powered plant in Montana last year and the resulting spike in emissions was staggering.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Miners Took Over an Entire Power Plant, Spiking CO2 Emissions

“I was horrified to see it all happen."

Bill Gates told reporters risks of severe disease from Covid-19 have “dramatically reduced,” but that a future pandemic is a near certainty.
Developments

Bill Gates Says Yet Another Pandemic Is Coming

"It will be a different pathogen next time."

A nightmarish mix of Big Tech overreach meets state authoritarianism resulted in algorithm to predict which low-income "future teens" in his province would be likely to get pregnant. 
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Created Creepy Algorithm to Predict Which Specific Teens Would Get Pregnant

Everything about this is a nightmare.

There are apparently some drug researchers who hate fun and think that microdosing is fake. 
Studies

Microdosing Acid Doesn’t Have Any Benefits, Say Scientists With No Sense of Fun

Hmmmmm.

We regret to inform you that the crypto bros are at it again — except this time, the "bro" in question is Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi.
Cryptocurrency

Mark Zuckerberg’s Sister Posts Skin-Crawlingly Horrible Song About Crypto

Okay, these lyrics are something else.