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Infamous antivirus software Norton is being blasted for adding a cryptocurrency mining software called Norton Crypto to its Norton 360 suite.
Cryptocurrency

Norton Antivirus Criticized for Automatically Installing Cryptomining Software

"It's disgusting, gross, and brand-suicide."

A drone carrying a defibrillator saved a 71-year-old Swedish man's life after he suffered a heart attack while shoveling snow in December.
Future Society

Defibrillator Drone Swoops In and Saves Man Having Heart Attack

"If it wasn’t for the drone I probably wouldn’t be here."

A 23-year-old man from Wisconsin reportedly murdered an dismembered the bodies of his parents after they found out that he made up the fact that he worked at SpaceX and would be moving to Florida last summer.
SpaceX

Man Accused of Dismembering Parents After They Discovered He Didn’t Actually Work at SpaceX

"He had burned his parents’ heads in that fireplace."

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak fusion reactor was able to sustain a plasma temperature of 120-million-degrees Celsius for 1,056 seconds.
Energy

China’s “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Just Smashed Its Old Record

The reactor was 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun for more than 17 minutes.

A startup installed a new battery in a Tesla Model S — which allowed the vehicle to cover an astonishing 752 miles on a single charge.
Tesla

Tesla Drives 750 Miles With Upgraded Battery

Double the kilowatt-hours in the "same space as the original battery."

The James Webb Space Telescope launch into orbit means we'll never see photos of it again.
James Webb Space Telescope

This Might Be the Last We Ever See of the James Webb Space Telescope

It's been a wild ride.

The country of France passed a law in December that will require car companies to tell people not to drive in its commercials.
Climate Change

France Passes Law Requiring Car Ads to Tell People Not to Drive a Car

French car commercials will now tell viewers to walk, cycle, or use public transportation instead.

UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts made a big splash with a teaser video of its expressive humanoid robot. Now, it's back for an interview.
Robotics

That Robot With the Super Creepy Facial Expressions Is Back, and Yikes

Yep, it's still as weird as ever.

A new "genome-edited" tomato variety is being sold to Japanese customers as a way to chill out and is a first made with CRISPR technology.
Science & Energy

Company Claims Gene-Edited Tomato Contains Neurotransmitter

A tomato a day keeps the doctor away?

Reality TV star Stephanie Matto has announced that she would stop selling her farts in jars — and start selling them as NFTs.
NFTs

Reality TV Star Stops Selling Her Farts in Jars to Sell Fart NFTs Instead

We live in hell.

KFC has brought its plant-based chicken nuggets to restaurants nationwide, the latest in meat alternative products changing the face of the industry.
Science & Energy

KFC Will Now Start Selling Fake Chicken Nationwide

We're so ready..

Some people actually like looking at themselves when they're in Zoom meetings.
Future Society

Some Freaks Love Gazing at Themselves in Video Meetings, Scientists Find

Narcissus, eat your heart out.

A Russian rocket booster is making its uncontrolled re-entry through the atmosphere right now — and officials aren't entirely sure where it will hit.
Off-World

Russian Rocket Part Careening Back Down to Earth After Failed Launch

Nobody knows where it will make impact.

Big name companies such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Cisco have begun offering weeks- to months-long sabbaticals to long-time employees.
Health & Medicine

Chill Employers Are Letting Burned Out Employees Take Sabbaticals

Turns out, letting your employees rest and relax for a bit is good for the company.

A meteor exploded over the skies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on New Year's Day — causing a boom the equivalent of 30 tons of TNT.
Science & Energy

Pittsburgh Shaken by Exploding Meteor

NASA says it was as strong as 30 tons of TNT — and 100 times brighter than the Moon.

Mozilla is dipping its toes into cryptocurrency — much to the chagrin of two people who were instrumental in the erstwhile browser's creation.
Cryptocurrency

Mozilla Founder Horrified by Browser’s Foray Into Cryptocurrency

"You were meant to be better than this."

In spite of years of repeated delays, the James Webb Space Telescope's progress seems to be chugging along in kind.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Telescope Just Rolled Out Its First Mirror

"We actually have a telescope."

An increasing number of experts are suggesting the dream of terraforming Mars and making it at least a little bit more habitable for humans is still alive.
Mars

Former NASA Scientist Explains How We Could Terraform Mars

"It's like an umbrella for a planet."

In yet another odd marriage of capitalism and space travel,  Lockheed Martin has announced that it will be sending an Amazon Echo as part of the upcoming Artemis 1 mission.
Moon

NASA Is Installing Amazon Alexa on Its Next Moon Mission, for Some Cursed Reason

Alexa, open the pod bay doors.

DMT is joining the ranks of party drugs including LSD, MDMA, ketamine and psilocybin mushrooms as a promising mental health treatment.
Medical

Scientists Are Now Testing Medical DMT on Human Subjects

Doctor Machine Elf will see you now.