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Facebook has announced it will shut down its face-recognition system, deleting the unique faceprints of over one billion users.
Facial recognition

Facebook Is Shutting Down Its Facial Recognition System

It's deleting the unique faceprints of more than one billion users.

A team of researchers successfully tested a sample of Martian dirt by directing NASA's Curiosity rover to mix it with chemical reagents inside a cup.
Science & Energy

NASA Rover Detects Organic Molecules on the Surface of Mars

NASA's rovers are getting closer to unraveling the Red Planet's mysterious past.

Tesla shares are surging yet again — and that has Tesla CEO Elon Musk's net worth blasting past the competition, leaving Warren Buffet in the dust.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Net Worth Is Now Three Times That of Warren Buffett’s

It's an obscene concentration of wealth.

The orbital observatory has been put into safe mode yet again, according to a NASA update, and halting all science operations.
NASA

Oops: NASA Admits That the Hubble Space Telescope Is Busted Again

Back into safe mode.

Despite its very recent approval, startups are already lining up to prescribe a new weight loss drug called Wegovy, a tradename for semaglutide.
Health & Medicine

Startups Are Rushing to Prescribe a New Weight Loss Drug, But Questions Remain

Is this drug a game changer? The answer is complicated.

A NASA official said that astronauts headed to the ISS on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon will have to rely on their "undergarments" due to a leaky toilet.
NASA

NASA: SpaceX Toilet Still Broken, Astronauts Will Have to Pee Themselves

Astronauts will have to rely on their "undergarments."

From rockets to space telescopes, space enthusiasts showed up in full force this year for their Halloween costumes.
Off-World

Here Are the Coolest Space-Themed Halloween Costumes We Could Find

This flat Earth costume is a bit of a head scratcher.

SpaceX's fourth crewed launch to the International Space Station on board a Crew Dragon spacecraft had to be delayed yet again due to a medical issue.
NASA

NASA Delays SpaceX Launch Due to “Medical Issue”

"The issue is not a medical emergency and not related to COVID-19."

A cryptocurrency called SQUID, inspired by Netflix's most popular TV show of all time, "Squid Game," rocketed into existence last week and then disappeared.
Cryptocurrency

Chaos Ensues as “Squid Game” Crypto Crashes 99.9999 Percent

"I guess this will serve as a valuable lesson for me to not just jump into meme coins."

During the days leading up to Halloween, the Sun's surface was roiling with activity, blasting powerful bursts of radiation towards the Earth.
Solar Power

The Sun Just Blasted the Earth With an Enormous Solar Flare

The footage is unreal.

World Leaders Mocked for Flying Private Jets to Climate Conference
Climate Change

World Leaders Mocked for Flying Private Jets to Climate Conference

An estimated 400 private planes flew into Glasgow for the event.

Billionaire Elon Musk asked David Beasley, the director of the United Nation's World Food Program "exactly how $6B will solve world hunger."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s World Hunger Tweet Is Taking the UN Wildly Out of Context

That's not what he meant.

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr went on a Twitter rant this week about robodogs, citing apocalyptic science fiction movies and television
Robot Dogs

FCC Commissioner Says He’s Afraid of Robodogs and We Can’t Tell If He’s Joking

What in the world?

Several Musk's tweets appear to have crossed a line even for him — because, after an outcry, he deleted them, in a rare reversal for Musk.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Deletes Sexist Tweets

"That’s a disgrace."

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.