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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is finally paying his taxes this year. "For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year," he tweeted.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Brags That He’s Paying More Taxes Than Anyone Else in History

"For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year."

A new scientific study says the universe may actually change its own laws of physics to achieve stability and evolution, called "The Autodidactic Universe."
Off-World

Scientists Say the Laws of Physics May Be Changing

The cosmos is stranger than we know.

Baby Maeve was born in the backseat of a Tesla driving on autopilot while parents Keating and Yiran raced to the local hospital.
Tesla

Woman Gives Birth in Tesla While It’s Driving on Autopilot

Incredible.

A new lawsuit accuses Tesla CEO Elon Musk of tweeting in a way that hurts Tesla stock prices. His feud with Elizabeth Warren violates a 2019 agreement.
Elon Musk

Tesla Sued Over Elon Musk’s Feud With Elizabeth Warren

Let him pay!

A professor wanted to give students a reward for reading the syllabus and hid a scavenger hunt clue inside, but no students claimed the free cash.
Future Society

Professor Hides Location of Free Cash in Syllabus, Zero Students Find It

The Devil's in the details.

NASA's Mars helicopter briefly lost connection last week, and it could be because of Apache Log4j flaw that allows hackers to attack with little effort.
Mars

NASA Says Its Mars Helicopter Does Not Have the Log4j Security Flaw

What's really going on here?

A team is ready to open a Moon soil container from the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. The opening will allow the extraction of precious lunar gases for testing.
Moon

Scientists Opening Sealed Container From Final Moon Landing

Okay, that's pretty cool.

A new article in Russian news details missed deadlines, unsafe space equipment and malfunctions as well as corruption and embezzlement at Roscosmos.
Off-World

Russian Newspaper Publishes Brutal Takedown of Russian Space Program

Oof, that's brutal.

A huge cargo ship will use a large kite to drag itself across the ocean in a test run next month in an effort to reduce carbon emissions the shipping industry emits each year.
Climate Change

Cargo Ship Will Get Dragged Through Ocean by Giant Kite

You mean.... a sail?

The FDA permenantly lifted a rule that requires patients to meet in person to get abortion pills and allow them to receive them by mail instead.
Developments

FDA Says That Abortion Pills Can Be Sent by Mail

This makes abortion more available to folks who can’t easily travel to abortion providers.

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a video on Twitter of the giant Starship and its steering engines, a sign production may be back on track.
Starship

Elon Musk Shares Video of Starship Steering Its Mighty Engines

Talk about powerful.

Nuclear experts in the Netherlands are warning against "anti-5G" pendants that some are wearing to ward off harmful frequencies, they say, are being emitted by 5G towers.
Prosthetics and Devices

Experts: Stop Wearing Radioactive “Anti-5G” Necklaces, Idiots

This is beyond stupid.

Nick Clegg, Meta's vice president for global affairs and communications, isn't impressed with the design of the company's Quest virtual reality headset.
Future Society

Facebook Exec Laments the Company’s Bulky, “Wretched” VR Headset

"Can we get the sneering and mockery out of the way?"

A Minecraft builder has built an 8-bit processor inside the video game, a truly impressive demonstration and understanding of what makes them tick.
Future Society

Genius Builds Computer Inside Minecraft That Can Run Its Own Games

Anybody up for an extremely slow game of Snake?

An NFT project selling different poorly-drawn illustrations of George Floyd was released on the OpenSea platform on December 7.
NFTs

Someone’s Selling Shockingly Racist NFTs of George Floyd

Just when you thought NFTs couldn’t get any worse.

The ousted CEO of a SpaceX copycat — and the man who gave Elon Musk his first rocketry books — is being sued for embezzlement.
Off-World

Elon Musk’s Mentor Accused of “Brazen” Embezzlement

This is what happens when you get too high on your own supply.

A text exchange between an Amazon driver and her managershowcase some of the chaos and gross negligence by the company during the weekend’s disaster.
Future Society

Amazon Wouldn’t Let Driver Stop Deliveries as Tornado Struck

"That’s waiting to turn this van into my casket."

Because nothing matters any more, a dog appears to have taken control of a Tesla vehicle, according to a groundbreaking investigate report.
Tesla

Tesla Spotted Cruising Down Highway With Dog in Driver’s Seat

"This is crazy!"

How to Respond to Omicron Like a Rational, Smart, Non-Hysterical Adult
Health & Medicine

How to Respond to Omicron Like a Rational, Smart, Non-Hysterical Adult

"It's too soon to tell" needs to be a comforting mantra, not a cause for freakouts.

As many as 30 feral hogs invaded a Texas neighborhood last week, damaging garden beds and yards. How should we deal with them?
Climate Change

Video Shows Dozens of Feral Hogs Invading Neighborhood

Oink oink!