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After facing significant backlash for deploying a dystopian robot dog, the New York Police Department has decided to return the device sooner than expected.
Robot Dogs

The contract with Boston Dynamics was quietly cut short.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers in Japan have managed to successfully establish cell lines in a coral, meaning that they were able to culture cells of a coral.
Science & Energy

There might be a way to stop coral bleaching.

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that orbital debris, to say nothing of still-operational satellite constellations, is impeding astronomers' work.
Science & Energy

"Since there are objects orbiting the Earth in all manner of orbital inclinations, really nowhere is safe from this."

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk has been publicly defending Tesla after a recent crash killed two passengers, and a Senator wishes he'd stop until the investigation ends.
Tesla

Senator Blumenthal wishes Musk would wait until after the investigation to tweet.

By Dan Robitzski

The head of user interface design at Tesla has left the company — and on the way out the door, leaked some spicy images and videos of the Cybertruck's UI.
Tesla

That's one slick UI.

By Victor Tangermann

According to The Warzone, swarms of drones sent by foreign adversaries could be behind the many recent UFO sightings made by the military.
Military

It's a compelling argument.

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla owner shared footage of a bizarre glitch. His Model 3's Autopilot kept slamming the brakes when it spotted a fake stop sign on a billboard.
Tesla

Another sign that autonomous vehicles can't compare to human cognition.

By Dan Robitzski

Wall Street is warning that the value of Bitcoin could soon fall off a cliff, as CNBC reports.
Bitcoin

Is Bitcoin headed towards a "major correction?"

By Victor Tangermann

"Do you ever get so excited about what you're working on that you forget to eat meals?" Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Thursday status update.
Future Society

"I think I've lost 10 pounds in the last month from this, but our new products are going to be [fire emoji]."

By Victor Tangermann

In just four years, China's population is set to peak, worrying national authorities, as the South China Morning Post reports.
Future Society

"We need to pay attention to the impact of demographics on future consumption."

By Victor Tangermann

About 1,000 French soldiers and 20 former generals signed an open letter blaming racial minorities for violence and warning of a civil war.
Future Society

A bizarre letter condemned by the government blamed racial minorities for putting France "in peril."

By Dan Robitzski

China is getting ready to launch the core module for its Tianhe, or "Heavenly Harmony," space station on board a Long March 5B rocket.
Off-World

It's the culmination of decades of preparation and development.

By Victor Tangermann

The CEO of a Silicon Valley-based startup was dismissed for microdosing LSD right before a meeting in 2019.
Health & Medicine

He said he was using it to boost focus.

By Victor Tangermann

During its third heroic flight on the surface of Mars on April 25, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter managed to catch the Perseverance rover in the frame.
Mars

Hello down there!

By Victor Tangermann

China’s space agency plans to launch two space probes beyond the solar system, which would make China the second country to reach interstellar space.
Off-World

That will make China the second country to leave the solar system.

By Dan Robitzski

Google and Alphabet are under fire from their own investors over weak whistleblower protection and poor human rights enforcement.
Future Society

Google and parent company Alphabet are under fire for not protecting whistleblowers.

By Dan Robitzski

On a recent call with Tesla investors, CEO Elon Musk compared the automaker’s production and supply chain challenges to World War II.
Elon Musk

"I'm not kidding. The scale is insane."

By Dan Robitzski

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Developments

The situation in India is horrific.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla Just Sold a Large Amount of the Bitcoin It Just Bought
Tesla

Tesla’s Bitcoin gambit may have paid off.

By Victor Tangermann

If companies want to save money, it would make more sense to replace executives with AI rather than their lower-paid workers.
Artificial Intelligence

Automating the top of a company instead of the bottom could save more money.

By Dan Robitzski