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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that Neuralink, a neurotechnology company that he co-founded, plans to put brain chips in humans next year. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk Says He Wants to Put Brain Chips in Humans Next Year

"We hope to have this in our first humans — which will be people that have severe spinal cord injuries like tetraplegics, quadriplegics — next year."

Hackers have stolen almost $200 million from the BitMart cryptocurrency exchange, the latest in a long line of heists, headaches, and heartbreak for those who invest and trade in crypto. 
Hacking

Hackers Just Stole Nearly $200 Million from a Crypto Exchange, in the Second Heist in Two Weeks

More than $1 billion in crypto has been stolen since August alone.

Nineteen Tesla engineers publicized concerns that Tesla's Autopilot features aren't safe, and that CEO Elon Musk has been overpromising the cars' abilities.
Elon Musk

Tesla Engineers Say Elon Musk Misled the Public About Autopilot’s Safety

Would you trust Autopilot?

A key climate researcher published an op-ed this week declaring hydrogen-powered cars a bad idea that won't do anything to solve the climate crisis.
Advanced Transport

Professor Says Hydrogen Cars Are an Amazingly Bad Idea

It's almost like there's an industry benefitting from preventing electrification...

Non-fungible tokens meets artificial insemination in one piece of art that's for sale at Art Basel this week.
NFTs

Artist Promises to Sell One of Her Eggs to Whoever Buys Her NFT

Everything was normal and nothing was a grift.

A game designer says someone hacked into her Google Pixel 5a after sending it off to Google for a repair. They looked for nudes and deleted security alerts.
Google

Woman Says Hackers Searched Her Phone for Nudes After Sending to Google for Repair

Big yikes.

Donald Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen is now selling his prison badge as an NFT.
NFTs

Trump’s Former Lawyer Is Selling His Prison Badge as an NFT

Literally nothing matters anymore.

Ugh, Men! Study Finds That Dudes Spread Way More COVID
Studies

Ugh, Men! Study Finds That Dudes Spread Way More COVID

Men: 0, COVID: 1

United Launch Alliance delayed the Atlas 5 rocket launch after a leak was found in the fuel ground storage. The rocket carries Space Force satellites.
Off-World

Military Satellite Launch Delayed After Fuel Leak

Explosion averted.

The SEC opened an investigation into Tesla over the company failing to notify shareholders of solar panel defects that could lead to fires.
Tesla

Whistleblower: Tesla Didn’t Tell Buyers Its Solar Panels Might Catch Fire

Investors aren't impressed.

China has succeeded in literally changing the weather, a new study claims.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say They Caught China Successfully Changing the Weather

Talk about making it rain!

This YouTuber bolted three jet thrusters to the back of his Tesla Model S, allowing him to drive the 4,500 pound vehicle on jet thrusters alone.
Tesla

Someone Strapped Three Jet Engines to a Tesla and, Uh, Wow

This guy did it first.

Researchers are building a massive, indestructible box that’ll record scientific data to give future civilizations insight on how exactly humanity fell.
Climate Change

Scientists Are Building a “Black Box” to Record the End of Civilization

"It’s built to outlive us all."

A new chewing gum that neutralizes the COVID-19 virus could help reduce its spread using plant-grown proteins and three universities' collaboration.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Say a New Chewing Gum Reduces COVID-19 Spread

But can you pop bubbles with it?

A condo owner says their condo association banned charging or parking electric vehicles, or EVs, in their own garage because they pose a fire hazard.
Advanced Transport

Condo Association Bans EVs From Parking in Garage, Saying They Pose Fire Risk

No parking at your own home!?

A man in Italy used a fake arm to try and avoid getting a real COVID-19 vaccine. The man's arm seemed different, and a nurse realized it was rubber foam.
Developments

Antivaxxer Caught Using Fake Arm to Pretend to Get Vaccine

He got caught faux-handed.

A Harvard astronmer corrected Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the billionaire incorrectly tweeted his Tesla Roadster was orbiting Mars in space.
Off-World

Harvard Professor Roasts Elon Musk For Dumb Space Mistake

Is this a joke to you?

One brave Tesla owner took a red Model 3 off-road this week, posting a video of the car driving through what appears to be the ocean.
Tesla

Watch This Maniac Drive His Tesla Through the Ocean

Wait, do Teslas float?

Chinese lunar rover Yutu-2 captured images of a cube on the Moon's surface this week. The rover is moving in to check out the object.
Moon

Chinese Rover Exploring What Appears to Be Cube-Shaped Object on Moon

Okay, that's weird.

Future Society

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