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Neural Network Is Frighteningly Good at Drawing Cthulhu
Virtual Reality

Neural Network Is Frighteningly Good at Drawing Cthulhu

Do you dare to gaze upon the AI-generated eldritch horror?

By Tony Ho Tran

Streaming giant Twitch was hacked this week, resulting in a bunch of background images throughout the site being replaced by pictures of Jeff Bezos.
Jeff Bezos

Twitch Hacked Again, Gets Defaced with Jeff Bezos Pictures

This has been a bad week for the streaming platform.

By Tony Ho Tran

VR Strip Clubs Have an Advantage: Dancers Can Accept Money for Sex
Virtual Reality

VR Strip Clubs Have an Advantage: Dancers Can Accept Money for Sex

"It's basically run almost exactly like a real-life strip club."

By Tony Ho Tran

Facebook announced it would be cracking down on people using the platform to sell land in the Amazon rainforest
Future Society

Facebook Vows to Stop Selling the Amazon Rainforest

Apparently, you could have been buying Amazon land this whole time.

By Tony Ho Tran

Lockheed Martin delivered a laser weapon called the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) to the Air Force, meant to be mounted to a gunship.
Military

Lockheed Delivers Laser Weapon for Mounting to Military Gunship

The "technology is ready for fielding today."

By Victor Tangermann

The World Health Organization gave the world's first malaria vaccine the green light, but it will be a challenge to deploy for the countries that need it.
RX and Medicine

Bureaucracy Could Keep Kids From Getting the Lifesaving New Malaria Vaccine

Logistical, financial, and communications problems will make this a challenge.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk admitted that he is "so dying to do a supersonic, electric VTOL jet" in a recent tweet responding to entrepreneur Peter Diamandis.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He’s “Dying” to Develop a Supersonic Electric Jet

The project might make his "brain explode," though.

By Victor Tangermann

Justin Bieber seemed to think the deepfake "deeptomcruise" was real, complimenting a guitar video as if it were the real actor playing.
Science & Energy

Justin Bieber Thinks Deepfake of Tom Cruise Is Real, Challenges It to Fight

Bieber tried to start beef with DeepTomCruise.

By Dan Robitzski

Two men spent 29 days lost at sea, only to be rescued 250 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea. To them it was a "nice break" fro COVID.
Future Society

Man Lost at Sea for 30 Days Says It Was a “Nice Break” From Pandemic

"I didn’t hear about COVID or anything else."

By Victor Tangermann

Disappointed by Roscosmos' lack of results and failure to keep pace with SpaceX, Vladimir Putin is drastically cutting the space agency's budget.
Off-World

A Disappointed Putin Is Slashing Funding for Russia’s Space Program

Roscosmos is about to see some pretty severe budget cuts.

By Dan Robitzski

When SpaceX tourist Sian Proctor was asked if she'd embark on a similar journey again, she said that she would "go for longer" due to space sickness.
SpaceX

SpaceX Tourist Says She Was Sick First Two Days of Mission

She felt much better on the third.

By Victor Tangermann

China seems to be powering a massive array of intercontinental ballistic missile silos with a huge new wind farm, so at least it's environmentally friendly.
Wind

Rejoice! China Is Powering Ballistic Missile Silos With Environmentally-Friendly Wind Turbines

What's the carbon footprint of mutually assured destruction?

By Dan Robitzski

The exoplanet where it rains molten iron every day has a calcium-rich atmosphere, meaning its even hotter than scientists thought.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Hell Planet Where It Rains Molten Iron Is Actually Worse Than We Thought

As if the iron rains weren't bad enough.

By Dan Robitzski

According to the US Navy, a nuclear submarine sustained damage and several injuries after hitting an "unknown object" in the South China Sea.
Nuclear Fusion

US Nuclear Sub Damaged in Collision With “Unknown Object”

A Chinese official voiced "grave concerns" over the incident.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a recent tweet, Lil Nas X would love to go all the way — and perform sexual acts with himself. But will science ever make his dream come true?
Gene Editing

Lil Nas X Says He Wants to Clone Himself and Have Sex With the Copy

Will he ever be able to?

By Victor Tangermann

New images from NASA's Perseverance rover confirm that Jezero Crater used to be a massive lake supplied by an ancient river or glacier.
NASA

NASA Rover Confirms Gigantic Martian Crater Used To Be a Lake

"Without driving anywhere, the rover was able to solve one of the big unknowns."

By Dan Robitzski

A new documentary sheds light on the abuse top infectious diseases specialist Anthony Fauci has had to endure since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Future Society

Fauci Says People Are Threatening His Wife and Daughters With Violence

At one point, he received a letter that opened with "a puff of powder."

By Victor Tangermann

Research suggests that the funniest kids are also the smartest, based on how well middle schoolers could come up with captions for cartoons.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find That “Class Clowns” Are Actually the Smartest People in Class

Humor seems to be a valuable tool for schoolchildren.

By Dan Robitzski

A Bitcoin mining operation in Canada tried to tap a nearby unused natural gas well for power — and got busted after neighbors started complaining of noise.
Science & Energy

Bitcoin Miners Open Secret Power Plant, Get Busted

The company claims it wasn't doing anything illegal.

By Victor Tangermann

Prominent astrophysicist Martin Rees criticizes global leadership for ignoring climate change, comparing them to frogs boiling in a pot.
Climate Change

Astrophysicist Warns That Humanity Will Boil Like a Frog in a Pot

"It would be shameful if we left our descendants a depleted planet."

By Dan Robitzski