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Aviva, a UK-based insurance company, says that it has seen a 31 percent spike in home accident claims involving VR headsets in 2021, The Guardian reports. It’s also seen a 68 percent rise in such claims since 2016.
Virtual Reality

Insurance Company Says VR Headsets Are Causing Spike in Smashed TVs

Sounds like the metaverse is going great.

Neuralink has responded via blog post to say that yes, they have euthanized a few monkeys during the brain experiments. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Says 21 Percent of Its Monkeys Died Because of Brain Implant Issues

That seems like a lot.

SpaceX is planning the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity in space, involving astronauts venturing outside of its Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX

Astronauts Announce First Ever Spacewalk From SpaceX Spaceship

And it's scheduled soon.

An old SpaceX rocket is about to reach its final destination after a roughly six year journey — and crash on the Moon in spectacular fashion.
Moon

A Derelict SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon

It’s going to give scientists a rare opportunity to study a fresh crater on the Moon.

Some legal experts believe that there could be grounds to sue Elon Musk and SpaceX for the rocket crash — though it likely won’t happen
Moon

SpaceX Could Get Sued When Its Derelict Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, Experts Say

But it probably won’t happen.

An aging SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon — and one space enthusiast has captured it on video.
Moon

Guy With Huge Telescope Spots Tumbling SpaceX Rocket About to Crash Into Moon

Look out below!

Whoops. It turns out that reports of a SpaceX rocket crashing into the Moon were greatly exaggerated -- and it belongs to someone else entirely.
Moon

Fake News! The Rocket Crashing Into the Moon Is NOT SpaceX’s

You'll never guess who it DOES belong to.

New Zealand May Soon Get a Flying Taxi Service
Advanced Transport

New Zealand May Soon Get a Flying Taxi Service

Meet Cora: a taxi that can take off like a helicopter, fly like a plane, and pilot anywhere autonomously.

OpenAI's chief scientist has admitted what we all fear — that artificial intelligence may be gaining consciousness. 
OpenAI

OpenAI Chief Scientist Says Advanced AI May Already Be Conscious

"It may be that today's large neural networks are slightly conscious."

So much for Tesla having the most advanced self-driving technology in the world.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Experts Alarmed by Videos of Tesla Full Self-Driving Totally Screwing Up

"It’s unclear who exactly is in control."

Using the NASA’s NuSTAR space observatory, scientists observed a blast of high-frequency X-rays emanating from Jupiter.
Energy

NASA Spots High Energy X-Rays Coming from Jupiter

It's the highest energy light ever detected from a solar system planet other than Earth.

We've finally gotten our first peek at the James Webb Space Telescope's photos and, naturally, one of them is a "selfie."
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope Just Released Its First Image

It's here.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has once again expressed one of his favorite talking points: the demise of civilization.
Off-World

Elon Musk: “Civilization Is Feeling a Little Bit Fragile Right Now”

"I'm going to be frank, civilization is feeling a little bit fragile these days."

A group of Russian teenagers got in trouble this week for planning to blow up a fake government building built in Minecraft. One was sentenced to prison.
Future Society

Teen Sentenced to Prison for Plotting Terror Attack in Minecraft

The building wasn't even real!?

MoviePass is coming back and it wants to track your eyes. Watch ads to earn credits in-app and trade with other users. But they pause if you look away.
Cryptocurrency

Cursed App Says You’ll Earn Crypto If You Stare at Ads With Your Eyes Open Like in “A Clockwork Orange”

"I might just get off the internet entirely."

The rapping CEO who got arrested for alleged crypto laundering isn't a flight risk because, her lawyer says, she wants to stay close to her frozen eggs.
Bitcoin

Lawyer for Crypto Laundering Rapper Says She Won’t Flee Because of Her Frozen Embryos

This case truly has everything.

A robot travelled to the most-damaged Fukushima reactor and photographed mounds of melted fuel that sank following the tsunami that destroyed the facility.
Environment

Photos From Deep Inside Fukushima Reactor Show Horrid Mounds of Radioactive Sludge

That's gotta be expired, right?

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is investing $200 million into Forbes so that the website can become publicly traded. 
Cryptocurrency

The World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Is Investing $200 Million in Forbes, a Site Where Anyone Can Shill Crypto

Okay, this is messy.

While we anxiously await the first orbital test flight of SpaceX's Starship, CEO Elon Musk tried to keep our — and investors' — spirits up.
Starship

Elon Musk: Each Starship Launch Could Cost Just $1 Million

"These are crazy low numbers by space standards."

The Biden administration has unveiled a massively ambitious plan to install roughly 400,000 EV chargers between now and 2030.
Advanced Transport

White House to Install Hundreds of Thousands of EV Chargers on US Highways

"America must lead the electric vehicle revolution."