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The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized three upcoming launches of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft, according to a recent statement.
Starship

FAA Authorizes Launch of Next Three Starship Prototypes

Have SpaceX and the FAA finally buried the hatchet?

Space Force chief scientist Joel Mozer says that the military should develop augmented supersoldiers in order to stay competitive with other countries.
Prosthetics and Devices

Space Force Chief Scientist: “Human Augmentation” Is Now Necessary

"In our business of national defense, it's imperative that we embrace this new age, lest we fall behind our strategic competitors."

Aerospace company Stratolaunch has managed to get its Roc aircraft, the world's largest plane, off the ground for the second time this morning.
Future Society

Watch the World’s Largest Aircraft Take Off in the Desert

This thing is a beast.

A Texas family is suing SpaceX for negligence after a crash with a truck blocking the highway left one dead and four injured.
Future Society

Family Sues SpaceX for Death, Spinal Injuries

An early morning car crash with a SpaceX truck left one dead and four injured.

Recent claims that AI can pick up facial expressions to determine how you're feeling are almost certainly wrong, a Microsoft AI expert argues.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Scientist: Emotion-Reading AI Is Doomed To Fail

Why do AI engineers keep reinventing garbage science?

CNN is reporting that several federal agencies are investigating at least two possible "directed energy attack" incidents on US soil.
Energy

Feds Investigating “Directed Energy” Attack Near White House

"Havana syndrome" strikes again — but this time on US soil.

China successfully launched the first and largest module of its upcoming space station into orbit, where it now awaits the other parts.
Off-World

China Successfully Launches First Module of New Space Station

Tiangong-3's core module made it off-world.

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

After Public Rage, NYPD Secretly Fires Robot Dog

The contract with Boston Dynamics was quietly cut short.

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

Scientists Grow Coral in Lab, in Glimmer of Hope for Dying Reefs

There might be a way to stop coral bleaching.

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

Space Junk Is Literally Making the Sky Brighter, Astronomer Say

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

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 Slams Musk for Talking About Deadly Tesla Crash

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

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

New Leak Shows the User Interface of Tesla’s Cybertruck

That's one slick UI.

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

This Theory Could Explain Many Military UFO Sightings

It's a compelling argument.

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

Tesla Keeps “Slamming on the Brakes” When It Sees Stop Sign on Billboard

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

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

Analyst Predicts 50 Percent Drop in Bitcoin Value

Is Bitcoin headed towards a "major correction?"

"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

Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s So Excited About New Project That He’s Forgetting to Eat

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

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

China’s Population Is About to Start Declining, and Its Leaders Are Worried

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

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

Former Generals Warn That France Could Descend Into Civil War

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

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

China Launching First Module of New Space Station This Week

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

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

Silicon Valley CEO Fired for Microdosing LSD at Work

He said he was using it to boost focus.