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The Department of Homeland Security is deploying robodogs to patrol the country’s southern border and report any immigrants attempting to cross.
Robot Dogs

Company That Put Rifle on Robodog Deploying Anti-Immigrant Bots to Mexico Border

This is bleak.

By Tony Ho Tran

An oil production and storage ship exploded off the Nigerian coast on Wednesday morning. The condition of the ten crew members on board is still unclear.
Science & Energy

Huge Oil Tanker Explodes Off Coast of Africa

An environmental disaster in the making.

By Victor Tangermann

People are actually debating how to pronounce the moniker "NFTs." The Verge thinks it should be "neft." We disagree.
NFTs

Debate Rages Over How to Pronounce “NFT”

They're pronouncing it what now?

By Victor Tangermann

Stock prices for Meta took a swan dive on Wednesday after the company posted a profit decline — resulting in a $195 billion stock plunge.
Future Society

Facebook Stock Crashes After User Base Starts Shrinking

It’s one of the worst crashes in stock market history.

By Tony Ho Tran

China is building a massive system of barriers along its 3,000 mile southern border with the supposed goal of keeping COVID-19 at bay.
Future Society

China Is Building a Huge New Wall to Allegedly Keep COVID Out

And they’re going to make COVID pay for it!

By Tony Ho Tran

According to MarketWatch, John McAfee's body is the subject of a dramatic legal conflict involving his daughter, his ex-wife, and Barcelona investigators.
Future Society

Various People Are Fighting Over John McAfee’s Body, Which Is Stuck in a Spanish Morgue

"This is one of the strangest cases I have seen in my career."

By Jon Christian

An American white hat hacker managed to disrupt the internet connection of North Korea — while wearing pajamas, eating chips, and watching "Alien."
Hacking

Hacker Wearing Pajama Pants Brings Down North Korea’s Entire Internet

That's one way to do it!

By Victor Tangermann

Climate researchers are warning extreme heat present in the Earth's oceans passed the point of return turn — eight years ago.
Environment

Environmental Catastrophe Passed “Point of No Return” Eight Years Ago, Scientists Say

"Extreme climate change is here, it’s in the ocean, and the ocean underpins all life on Earth."

By Victor Tangermann

Members of the US Space Force are frustrated by the fact that large swaths of the population know nothing about the new military branch.
Future Society

Space Force Members Annoyed That Nobody Takes Them Seriously

"Space Force? Is that real?"

By Tony Ho Tran

An iconic bridge in the Dutch city of Rotterdam will soon be partly demolished so that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' super yacht can pass through.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Demands That Historic Bridge Be Taken Apart So That His Superyacht Can Pass Through

"It's the only route to the sea."

By Victor Tangermann

A number of thieves on the OpenSea platform have made more than $1 million by exploiting a loophole in the NFT trading platform.
NFTs

Thieves Just Stole Even More Bored Ape NFTs

"OpenSea drowned us and we’ve lost everything."

By Tony Ho Tran

Amateur Rocket Builders Planning to Launch Astronaut Into Space
Future Society

Amateur Rocket Builders Planning to Launch Astronaut Into Space

Space travel isn’t just for billionaires anymore.

By Tony Ho Tran

After years of exploring options, NASA has finally decided on how it wants to retire the International Space Station.
International Space Station

NASA Announces Plans to Destroy the International Space Station

So this is how it ends.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers in Norway have discovered evidence of microplastic in newborn babies. They believe it's impossible to stop kids from ingesting plastic.
Developments

Researchers Find Microplastics Inside Newborn Babies

"This is concerning."

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA astronaut Victor Glover sat down for a chat with Hollywood actor Tom Cruise to prepare him for what it's really like to spend time on board the ISS.
Off-World

Astronaut Warns Tom Cruise About Appalling Smell on Space Station

"When you go into the module that has the lifting, the strength training equipment, that's also where the bathroom is."

By Victor Tangermann

More people are getting injured using virtual reality headsets than ever before because, well, more people are buying them than ever before. 
Prosthetics and Devices

Virtual Reality Users Keep Suffering Horrible Injuries

One man even broke his neck.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla has agreed to recall almost 54,000 of its cars because a recent "Full Self-Driving" software update allowed them to perform a "rolling stop."
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Says It’s Updating Self-Driving Cars to No Longer Break the Law

 "They keep pushing the bounds of safety to see what they can get away with, and they’ve really been pushing a lot."

By Victor Tangermann

An NYPD cop is under investigation for potentially taking part in a fake vaccine card scheme that netted him and his spouse more than a million dollars.
Developments

NYPD Cop Investigated for $1.5 Million Scheme to Sell Fake Vaccine Cards

His wife allegedly sold them for $220 per card.

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers in Suzhou, China claim to have created an AI system that can monitor and care for embryos as they grow into fetuses in an artificial womb.
Developments

Chinese Scientists Create System to Care For Embryos in Artificial Womb

The AI nanny would help monitor and care for the embryos.

By Tony Ho Tran

An Israeli AI company claims it can create a model of a face using DNA that can then be fed into a facial recognition system, a highly dubious claim.
Future Society

Startup Slammed for Saying It Can Reconstruct Faces From DNA

"That is pseudoscience."

By Victor Tangermann