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A "decentralized autonomous organization" called CityDAO was hoping to turn 40 acres in Wyoming into a crypto city — but they got hacked.
Hacking

Hackers Plunder “Cryptocurrency City” That Had Promised “Dank Memes”

"DO NOT CONNECT YOUR WALLET."

By Victor Tangermann

After celebrating a hallmark heart transplant in which a human patient received a pig heart, news outlets have been reporting on the man's troubled past.
Health & Medicine

Newspapers Criticized for Reporting That Patient With Gene-Hacked Pig Heart Stabbed Someone Decades Ago

Doctors really shouldn't make that call.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One tour company owner in Lapland, the northernmost region in Finland, went viral after posting her reindeer-powered sled to avoid high gas prices.
Climate Change

Gas Prices So High in Finland One Woman Gets Around With Reindeer

"How many carrots per mile does that model get?"

By Lonnie Lee Hood

To the surprise of literally no one, Tesla is delaying the release of its Cybertruck until at least 2023.
Tesla

Tesla Is Apparently Delaying the Disastrous Cybertruck Another Year

A watched pot never boils.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Just over a month after an MIT professor warned of "slaughterbots" being used by civilians, Vice is now reporting that cartels are using them to drop bombs.
Drones

Video Appears to Show Drug Cartel Using Drone to Bomb Enemies

The footage is seriously disturbing.

By Victor Tangermann

Man Performs Cringey Vaccination Rap at City Council Meeting
Developments

Man Performs Cringey Vaccination Rap at City Council Meeting

"Dr. Fauci, give me that ouchie."

By Victor Tangermann

A recent investigation found damning evidence that famed physicist Erwin Schrödinger was a pedophile — and even groomed and impregnated a 17-year-old girl.
Quantum Physics

Turns Out Schrödinger, the Father of Quantum Physics, Was a Pedophile

He was a monster.

By Tony Ho Tran

The metaverse has already proven to be cash cows for investors looking to make millions off of literally nothing.
Blockchain

In Further Evidence of Deranged Financial Bubble, Investors Are Paying Millions for Virtual Real Estate

"You’re buying something that isn’t tied to reality."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have found that astonishingly both men and women looked more attractive to study participants when most of their face was obscured by a mask.
Future Society

Study: Face Masks Make People Look More Attractive

Fascinating.

By Victor Tangermann

The US Department of Defense has helped develop technology that allows a single person to control 130 drones for military operations.
Drones

New Military Tech Lets One Person Fly Swarm of 130 Drones

The operator would use VR and voice commands to control the swarm.

By Tony Ho Tran

The American Cancer Society revealed on Wednesday that overall cancer death rates dropped 32 percent from its peak in 1991 to 2019.
Cancer

Good News: Cancer Deaths Have Dramatically Fallen in the Past 30 Years

But there's a catch.

By Tony Ho Tran

Not everybody was impressed by KFC's latest plant-based chicken offerings.
Science & Energy

KFC’s Fake Chicken Isn’t Quite as Disgusting as Everybody’s Saying

It tasted fine — but it's still KFC.

By Victor Tangermann

Autonomous driving startup Nuro has come up with a delivery vehicle that has a giant external-facing airbag in case it ever hits a cyclist or pedestrian.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Has Giant Airbag for When It Accidentally Plows Into Pedestrians

That's one way to make it safer.

By Victor Tangermann

A British transplant surgeon has finally been stripped of his medical license after infamously branding his initials into patients' organs in late 2013. 
Developments

Surgeon Stripped of License for Carving His Initials Into Patients’ Organs

Why did this take so long?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists are developing a vaccine that targets oxycodone addiction and are currently testing it on volunteers with substance abuse disorders.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Are Testing a Vaccine to Treat Opioid Addiction

The vaccine is currently being tested on patients with substance abuse disorders.

By Tony Ho Tran

A group of 270 doctors and educators have signed a letter calling on Spotify to start moderating misinformation, particularly on the Joe Rogan Experience.
Developments

Hundreds of Medical Experts Sign Letter Condemning Joe Rogan

They're calling on Spotify to start moderating misinformation.

By Victor Tangermann

A new report released by the agency’s Office of Investigator General revealed that the astronaut corp is the lowest it’s ever been since the 1970s.
NASA

NASA Says It’s Running Out of Astronauts

This is the smallest astronaut corps in roughly 50 years.

By Tony Ho Tran

Two US companies are launching 9mm handguns that can only be fired by verified users this year — and it has some second amendment activists worried.
Robots and Machines

9mm Handguns That Can Only Be Fired by Owners Hitting Stores in US

But some are worried that it’ll bring increased government regulations.

By Tony Ho Tran

Beanie Babies collectors are still going nuts over the little animals, but this time, some of them hoping to turn them into NFTs — what else?
NFTs

In Proof That Irony Is Dead, People are Trying to Make Beanie Babies NFTs

"There’s a lot of parallels between what’s going on with NFTs now versus Beanie mania in the 90s."

By Victor Tangermann

Wordle, a popular word-guessing game that skyrocketed in popularity this month, was immediately ripped off by a different developer called Zach Shakked.
Future Society

Guy Who Shamelessly Ripped Off Beloved Word Game Issues Apology

"I realize I crossed a line."

By Victor Tangermann