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In 2008, Microsoft's top lawyer and top HR officer had to team up to warn Gates to stop hitting on a female employee via email.
Future Society

Microsoft’s Top Lawyer Had to Tell Bill Gates to Stop Hitting on Employee

There's a lot to unpack here.

China’s New Space Station Looks Like an Apple Store Inside
Off-World

China’s New Space Station Looks Like an Apple Store Inside

It puts the ISS to shame.

The New York Stock Exchange is expected to start allowing traders to bet on Bitcoin, in a milestone for the world of cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Is Hitting The New York Stock Exchange Tomorrow

"2021 will be remembered for this milestone."

NASA's Hubble telescope just snapped a photo of a supernova's aftermath, which is shaped like Pac-Man, as it goes about gobbling up stars.
Off-World

Gaze in Awe at This Fiery Pac-Man Shaped Supernova, Gobbling Stars

Okay, wow.

Elon Musk popped in on a rival carmaker’s executive conference to give a motivational talk as a "surprise guest."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Gives Surprise Motivational Talk to Rival Carmaker’s Employees

He gave a motivational speech about efficient car production.

China claims that it was testing a totally harmless, reusable spacecraft — and not a hypersonic nuclear-capable missile as was reported this weekend.
Future Society

China Says It Was Testing a New Spaceship, Not a Hypersonic Missile

A spokesperson said that it was a "routine spacecraft experiment."

After 12 days of filming aboard the International Space Station, the first ever feature-length movie shot in space has finally wrapped.
Future Society

Russian Film Crew Returns to Earth, Continues Shooting Immediately After Landing

"Please, do not do any filming on your smartphones... because right now, this is actually the future end of the movie."

Uranus has a name that lends itself to butt jokes. But it's also immensely important to scientists, who have mixed feelings on the juvenile humor.
Science & Energy

Here’s What Uranus Scientists Think About Your Disgusting Jokes

"If the public thinks it's a joke, the next thought in that thread is 'Do they think it's a waste of money?'"

A team of scientists used AI to uncover a lost Picasso portrait painted over by the artist back in the early 1900s.
Future Society

Scientists Use AI, 3D Printing to Uncover Hidden Picasso Painting

Here's what it looks like.

China launched a hypersonic missile test in late August that took the United States government by surprise.
Future Society

US Officials Shocked by Chinese Missile Test That Went All the Way Around the Earth

"We have no idea how they did this."

Fraudsters used a deepfaked voice of a company executive to fool a bank manager to transfer the millions to their possession in early 2020.
Future Society

Bank Robbers Steal $35 Million by Deepfaking Boss’s Voice

Dubai investigators say that “deep voice” tech was used in the heist.

More Cops Have Died from COVID-19 than Guns Since Start of Pandemic
Developments

More Cops Have Died from COVID-19 than Guns Since Start of Pandemic

The pandemic has claimed five times more officer lives than guns since the pandemic's start.

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel
Solar Power

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel

Her model could unify two structures in the sky previously thought to be unconnected.

Avi Loeb, former chair of Harvard’s astronomy department, theorizes that the universe could have been formed in a lab by other lifeforms.
Future Society

Harvard Scientist Suggests That Our Universe Was Created in a Laboratory

It’s a compelling (and scary) theory.

WHO Honors Woman Whose Cells Were Taken Without Consent for Medical Research
Developments

WHO Honors Woman Whose Cells Were Taken Without Consent for Medical Research

Henrietta Lacks is getting recognition she justly deserves.

Tesla has mysteriously scrubbed the price and specs of the much-hyped Cybertruck from its website entirely. 
Tesla

Tesla Just Scrubbed the Cybertruck Prices, Specs from Its Website

This comes after its release was delayed to next year.

A Dutch inventor has helped create a device, dubbed "Jenny," that has collected nearly 20,000lbs of plastic from the Pacific Ocean.  
Climate Change

Huge Machine Cleans Up Vast Load of Ocean Plastic

But there are still concerns about its efficacy.

Elon Musk Meets with Creator of Iron Man-Style Suit at SpaceX Launch Site
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Meets with Creator of Iron Man-Style Suit at SpaceX Launch Site

"I request an audience with the Cyber King."

non alcoholic Kin Lightwave
Future Society

Non Alcoholic ‘Euphoric Beverages’ Let You Socially Lubricate Without Booze

Kin Lightwave tastes great and makes you feel great, but without the hangover.

Former US general Stanley McChrystal warns that AI with the power to launch lethal strikes is inevitable, even if the idea is frightening.
Artificial Intelligence

Former General Warns About Rise of Killer Robots

He says putting AI in charge of pulling the trigger is inevitable but frightening.