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NFTs

NFT Marketplaces Say Oops, Paying Royalties to Artists Is Optional Now

"Philosophically, abandoning creator royalties throws the entire mission of Web3/NFTs off."

Elon Musk

Friend of Elon Musk Says He’s Surrounded by Sycophants and Yes Men

"The hard truth is that he is straight-up alone right now and winging this."

Science & Energy

Scientists Startled by Dead Star That Appears to Have a Solid Exterior

"This was completely unexpected."

Virtual Reality

Oculus Founder Builds VR Headset That Kills User If They Die in Game

"If you die in the game, you die in real life."

NASA

In NASA Simulation, Humankind Dismally Failed to Save Earth From Killer Asteroid

"The participants could do nothing to prevent the impact."

Developments

First Ever Humans Injected With Synthetic, Lab-Grown Blood

"We want to make as much blood as possible in the future, so the vision in my head is a room full of machines producing it continually from a normal blood donation."

Black Holes

Scientists Discover Closest Known Black Hole to Earth

It's very large, and it's also very sleepy.

Climate Change

Scientists Strap Cameras to Sharks and Discover Huge Underwater Forest

The ocean is stranger than we know.

NASA

NASA Fires Back at Claim Meteor Destroyed House and Killed Dog

Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!

Elon Musk

Furious Elon Musk Pledges to Ban Anyone Who Changes Their Display Name to “Elon Musk”

And another thing: he's not mad. Don't put in the newspaper that he got mad.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Didn’t Want to Give Full Self-Driving Demo to DMV Authorities

That's a little petty.

Drones

Company Builds Electric Flying Car Powered By Giant Drone Propellers

Well, that's one way to get a car airborne.

Tesla

Tesla Spotted Blubbering in the Ocean After Owner Drove It Onto the Beach For Some Reason

"We advised the owner, you need to get your car out of the ocean."

Future Society

Microsoft Considering Cheap Computers Monetized With Relentless Ads

Are you kiddin' me?

Hyperloop

SpaceX Dismantles Hyperloop Prototype to Build a New Parking Lot

They held a "memorial service" for it.

Science & Energy

Scientists Say Stuff Might Have Been Happening Before the Big Bang

We might be entirely wrong about the Big Bang.

Robots and Machines

Byte-Sized Review: The LG XBOOM 360 is a Portable Dance Party

Get ready to rave.

Future Society

Adobe Now Charging Extra to Use Pantone Colors Because We Live in Capitalist Hell

Who colors the colorers?

Future Society

NASA Puts Jet Propulsion Lab on Blast Over Psyche Mission Failures

This independent review board pulled no punches.

Elon Musk

Fired Twitter Employee Unloads on Elon Musk’s “Clowntown”

Ouch.