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A top VR developer at Facebook sounds like he's not entirely on board with the company's refocus on the metaverse -- and his remarks were interesting.
Metaverse

Facebook’s Top VR Expert Seems Pretty Annoyed by Metaverse Push

"I just don't believe that one player — one company — winds up making all the right decisions for this."

After news came out that Facebook is considering changing its name, a former Facebook employee has a theory about what it might be.
Future Society

Is This Facebook’s New Name?

Could this be it?

Scammers are cooking up fake Harvard students to shill brands on the university’s website -- and the practice appears to be widespread.
Future Society

Scammers Are Creating Fake Students on Harvard.edu and Using Them to Shill Brands

Welcome to Harvard — want some CBD, or hair loss treatment?

In a new viral video captioned "this man is living in 2030," a person can be seen zipping along a public road, riding on top of a high-powered drone.
Drones

Man Sighted Flying Through City on Giant Drone

It's like a real life Green Goblin.

A Boston doctor was fined for completely missing a surgery he was scheduled to perform after he ate lunch in his car and fell asleep.
Developments

Doctor Fined for Missing Surgery After He Ate Lunch in His Car, Fell Asleep

Oops.

William Gibson, widely credited with coining the term "cyberspace" and imagining the internet, says he can't send emails due to a glitch.
Future Society

Man Who Coined the Term “Cyberspace” Says He Can’t Send Emails

Well, this is ironic.

Yuval Harari has a stark warning: we need to start regulating AI — otherwise big companies are going to be able to hack humans.
Artificial Intelligence

Expert Warns That Human Beings Are Going to Start Getting Hacked

He says that companies want to "increasingly manipulate you."

Researchers at the Stanford University say that they were able to treat depression in their patients by stimulating their brains with magnets.
Prosthetics and Devices

Stanford Scientists Say Brain Magnets Can Relieve Depression

"I feel much better. I’m sleeping; I’m no longer suicidal."

In a tiring display of late-stage capitalism, the burger chain announced that it created McRib NFTs in celebration of the sandwich’s 40th anniversary.
NFTs

McDonald’s Created a McRib NFT Because We Live in Hell

This is the lamest dystopia ever.

Musk took to Twitter to let the world know he was considering creating a school that might make your parents blush if you applied to it.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Wants to Start a University with a Dirty Name

You won’t believe what it’s called.

Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that breathing polluted air might cause lowered sperm counts.
Pollution

Air Pollution May Be Lowering Sperm Counts, Scientists Say

The air we breathe could be hurting reproductive health.

A New Zealand-based company wants to provide a "digital workforce" for the future metaverse complete with AI that can learn from interactions.
Artificial Intelligence

A Startup Is Creating Digital Human Servants to Work in the Metaverse

Also, they're creepy as hell.

The researchers discovered that there was a positive correlation between the sale of alcohol with the number of patients on liver transplant waiting lists.
Developments

We Drank So Much During the Pandemic that Liver Transplants Spiked

The number of people on liver transplant waiting lists was 50 percent higher than predicted.

NASA scientist and software developer Casey Handmer argues NASA isn't ready for Starship has to offer and needs to make systematic changes to accomodate it.
Starship

NASA Employee Says SpaceX’s Starship Is About to Change Everything

"It’s a continuing and dedicated attempt to achieve the 'Holy Grail' of rocketry."

Facebook hardware insiders told The New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac that "this is going to take a long time, i.e. breakthroughs in physics, etc."
Metaverse

Facebook Hardware Devs Reportedly Skeptical of Metaverse

New hardware could require "breakthroughs in physics" to realize.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at the end of the company’s Connect conference dedicated to its augmented and virtual reality products.
Future Society

Facebook Changes Name, Announces AR Layer Over Physical Reality

"We have a new north star: to help bring the metaverse to life."

SpaceX has flexed the "Chopsticks" arm of its massive Starship-catching tower for the first time earlier this morning at the company's Texas facilities.
Starship

SpaceX Flexes Giant Starship-Catching “Chopsticks” for the First Time

SpaceX's giant robotic "Mechazilla" just came alive.

The US Navy still has no idea what the hell its submarine hit in the South China Sea earlier this month. Officials have yet to find out what it was.
Nuclear Fusion

The Navy Can’t Figure Out What Damaged Its Nuclear Submarine

What the hell was it?

McDonald's is partnering with IBM to implement artificial intelligence tech to take orders at its drive-thru lanes.
Artificial Intelligence

McDonald’s Partners With IBM to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI

"I'm sorry, Dave. I can't give you fries with that."

NASA Says We Need a Plan for When We Discover Alien Life
Exobiology

NASA Says We Need a Plan for When We Discover Alien Life

The agency proposes a framework for communicating — and confirming — extraterrestrial life.