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Uber is once again under fire for discrimination after allegedly punishing disabled riders with "wait-time" fees.
Future Society

Oops! They did it again.

The US government's Office of Foreign Assets Control declaring this week that numerous NFTs, and even one entire exchange, are now verboten.
NFTs

Tough luck, NFT fans.

Yikes: Complex reports that Jay-Z was warned by the FBI that he was soon to fall victim to an "imminent hack," and urged to delete his emails.
Hacking

But his emails!

In spite of running a healthtech company, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes apparently didn't understand how prostates work.
Prosthetics and Devices

Who among us has never confused prostates and breasts?

According to new financial filings, Elon Musk appears to have unloaded approximately $1.1 billion worth of his stock in Tesla.
Elon Musk

Whoa.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning to sell roughly $21 billion of stock in the company. A possible reason why: to avoid paying a ton of taxes.
Elon Musk

"They are a ticking tax bomb."

Stanford scientists have developed a brain implant that allows a man with paralyzed hands to "type" up to 90 words per minute.
Neuroscience and Brain

This guy is now the world’s fastest mind typist.

A Canadian crypto company is being criticized for opening a bitcoin mine in an impoverished Navajo Nation.
Bitcoin

Some believe it's yet another example of "crypto colonialism."

After years of media coverage and renders, SpinLaunch is ready to show off an early prototype of its suborbital accelerator, a centrifuge for rockets.
Off-World

It's a crazy idea — and it might just work.

A team of researchers in Japan has created a vaccine that was able to kill a type of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in macaques during an early trial.
Health & Medicine

The virus became undetectable in six out of seven test subjects.

Spokesmen for the US and China announced a surprise climate agreement deal at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) on Wednesday.
Climate Change

The deal came after days of mud-slinging between the nations.

The International Space Station is maneuvering out of the way of space junk, which was created after China destroyed a derelict satellite in 2007.
Off-World

Thanks, China.

In response to the so-called "labor shortage," companies are looking to finally replace replace workers with machines.
Robotics

It's finally happening.

Researchers say they’ve found evidence that the expanding universe is causing black holes to grow with it. 
Science & Energy

Researchers say the faster the universe grows, the faster black holes grow.

The CEO behind "Pokemon Go" believes that the metaverse is going to be a dystopian nightmare — but wants to help people build a better version of it.
Metaverse

He helped build the world’s most popular AR experience. Now he wants to build a better metaverse.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the Tesla CEO's net worth slid some $50 billion since the beginning of the week.
Elon Musk

It's the largest two-day decline since tracking began.

Dr. Shannon Rupert, director of the MDRS, recently penned an op-ed deriding the influx of sightseers to the Mars research station.
Mars

Get off my lawn!

NASA boss Bill Nelson has made it clear: the mission to return humans to the Moon is delayed a year — and it’s mostly Jeff Bezos’ fault. 
Moon

He's warning that China could land astronauts on the Moon before the US.

In an interview with GQ, former Pentagon intelligence officer Elizondo said he talked to pilots who experienced radiation burns after encountering UFOs.
Robots and Machines

"That’s not a sunburn; it’s a radiation burn."

Astrophysicist Says Scientists Need to Stop Searching for Alien Civilizations
Physics

I think we're alone now.