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In her new book "The Genesis Machine," futurist Amy Webb warns that terrorists could create viruses in a lab and use them for nefarious purposes.
Gene Editing

Scientists Warn That Terrorists Could Release a Horrifying Virus

"The last thing we need right now is a biological arms race."

The American West's "megadrought" has made the region the driest it's been in more than a millennium. 
Climate Change

The American West’s “Megadrought” Is The Worst It’s Been in 1,200 Years

"The worst-case scenario keeps getting worse."

YouTuber and professional boxer Logan Paul is starting his own NFT marketplace because we live in the absolute worst possible timeline.
NFTs

Notorious Scoundrel Logan Paul Files Paperwork to Start NFT Marketplace

Could hell be any worse?

A team of researchers gave sheep vastly improved vision, using bionic eyes surgically implanted behind their retinas. The same could work in humans.
Prosthetics and Devices

Bionic Eyes Give Sheep Sight, Heading to Humans Next

Do bionic sheep dream of ultra sharp vision?

Prominent NFT Marketplace Shuts Down Almost All Sales for Fraud
Cryptocurrency

Prominent NFT Marketplace Shuts Down Almost All Sales for Fraud

The CEO straight up admitted it.

Billionaire Jared Isaacman has purchased three flights with the company as a part of their upcoming “Polaris” missions to take humans into high Earth orbit.
SpaceX

Billionaire Space Tourist Buys Three More SpaceX Launches in Shocking Display of Wealth

"We’re going to go farther into space than humans have gone since we've last walked on the Moon."

The latest recall forced Tesla to call back a software update that allowed drivers to use the outside pointing speakers as a "Boombox" and fart machine.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Furious at Gov for Shutting Down Tesla Feature That Farts at Pedestrians

"The fun police made us do it."

Meta aired a rather bizarre Super Bowl ad for its Quest 2 virtual reality headset, in which it compared its customers to a thrown away animatronic.
Robot Dogs

In Bizarre Super Bowl Ad, Facebook Imagines Its Users as Robot Dogs Stuffed into Trash Compactor

That's quite an image.

Aviva, a UK-based insurance company, says that it has seen a 31 percent spike in home accident claims involving VR headsets in 2021, The Guardian reports. It’s also seen a 68 percent rise in such claims since 2016.
Virtual Reality

Insurance Company Says VR Headsets Are Causing Spike in Smashed TVs

Sounds like the metaverse is going great.

Neuralink has responded via blog post to say that yes, they have euthanized a few monkeys during the brain experiments. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Says 21 Percent of Its Monkeys Died Because of Brain Implant Issues

That seems like a lot.

SpaceX is planning the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity in space, involving astronauts venturing outside of its Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX

Astronauts Announce First Ever Spacewalk From SpaceX Spaceship

And it's scheduled soon.

An old SpaceX rocket is about to reach its final destination after a roughly six year journey — and crash on the Moon in spectacular fashion.
Moon

A Derelict SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon

It’s going to give scientists a rare opportunity to study a fresh crater on the Moon.

Some legal experts believe that there could be grounds to sue Elon Musk and SpaceX for the rocket crash — though it likely won’t happen
Moon

SpaceX Could Get Sued When Its Derelict Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, Experts Say

But it probably won’t happen.

An aging SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon — and one space enthusiast has captured it on video.
Moon

Guy With Huge Telescope Spots Tumbling SpaceX Rocket About to Crash Into Moon

Look out below!

Whoops. It turns out that reports of a SpaceX rocket crashing into the Moon were greatly exaggerated -- and it belongs to someone else entirely.
Moon

Fake News! The Rocket Crashing Into the Moon Is NOT SpaceX’s

You'll never guess who it DOES belong to.

New Zealand May Soon Get a Flying Taxi Service
Advanced Transport

New Zealand May Soon Get a Flying Taxi Service

Meet Cora: a taxi that can take off like a helicopter, fly like a plane, and pilot anywhere autonomously.

OpenAI's chief scientist has admitted what we all fear — that artificial intelligence may be gaining consciousness. 
OpenAI

OpenAI Chief Scientist Says Advanced AI May Already Be Conscious

"It may be that today's large neural networks are slightly conscious."

So much for Tesla having the most advanced self-driving technology in the world.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Experts Alarmed by Videos of Tesla Full Self-Driving Totally Screwing Up

"It’s unclear who exactly is in control."

Using the NASA’s NuSTAR space observatory, scientists observed a blast of high-frequency X-rays emanating from Jupiter.
Energy

NASA Spots High Energy X-Rays Coming from Jupiter

It's the highest energy light ever detected from a solar system planet other than Earth.

We've finally gotten our first peek at the James Webb Space Telescope's photos and, naturally, one of them is a "selfie."
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope Just Released Its First Image

It's here.