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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has lost a considerable amount of his wealth, more than $20 billion, since he made his appearance on Saturday Night Live.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has Lost $20 Billion Since Hosting “SNL”

Investors aren't impressed by Elon's flip-flopping.

A new cryptocurrency called Chia, founded by BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen, is promising to make mining cryptocurrencies at home a whole lot easier.
Bitcoin

New Cryptocurrency Kills Your Hard Drive to Mine New Coins

This promising new token has an Achilles heel.

The gene-hacked mosquitoes released in the Florida Keys by the biotech company Oxitec are finally old enough to fly and reproduce.
Genetics

Florida’s Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes Have Hatched and Taken Flight

The controversial experiment has begun.

Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer who for nine of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, called out Bill Gates for not sharing evidence on Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell.
Science & Energy

Lawyer Slams Bill Gates for Connections to Jeffrey Epstein

"Why are you taking business meetings with a person like that?"

Bitcoin won't magically become environmentally friendly over night. In fact, making Bitcoin sustainable would be incredibly difficult.
Bitcoin

It Would Be Incredibly Hard to Make Bitcoin Sustainable, Experts Say

"Change means a loss of billions."

A startup called Veritone is launching a platform that will let celebrities deepfake their own voice to record ads and endorsements.
Artificial Intelligence

Startup Lets Checked-Out Influencers Deepfake Themselves for Product Endorsements

Why bother recording a commercial or cameo when a deepfake can do it for you?

"Working with Doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency," Musk tweeted, referring to Dogecoin. Its value soared as a result.
Bitcoin

Dogecoin Spikes After Elon Tweets About Helping Its Developers

"Working with Doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency."

SpaceX has released glorious new footage of its fifth high-altitude test flight of its Mars-bound rocket Starship on May 5.
Starship

SpaceX Releases Epic Footage From Latest Starship Launch

It looks like CGI.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid of the Securities and Exchange Commission coming after him for tweets about the cryptocurrency dogecoin.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He’s Helping Dogecoin Devs Make It More Efficient

"Potentially promising."

Somehow, no one was hurt after two planes crashed into each other in mid-air and made emergency landings just outside of Denver.
Advanced Transport

Two Planes Collide — With, Miraculously, Zero Injuries

One pilot landed without realizing his plane was almost ripped in half.

In a document filed with the FCC, SpaceX has outlined its plans for the first orbital test flight of its Starship platform.
Starship

SpaceX Reveals Plans for First Orbital Starship Test Flight

The goal is to take take off from Texas — and land off the coast of Hawaii.

The Navy is testing autonomous drones that find and kill bird nests near air fields in order to prevent bird strikes from grounding planes.
Drones

The US Navy Is Developing Drones to Kill Eggs in Wild Bird Nests

Autonomous drones will seek and destroy bird nests near airfields.

Plutonium landed in the Pacific Ocean millions of years ago after traveling to Earth from some distant star. Now scientists want to know where it's from.
Science & Energy

Interstellar Plutonium Found in Pacific Ocean, Scientists Say

An astronomer says it's "freshly-made from exploding stars."

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has announced he's going to visit the ISS before traveling around the Moon on board a SpaceX Starship.
International Space Station

Japanese Billionaire Buys Passage to International Space Station

It's not with SpaceX.

Cases of the brain-eating "black fungus" found in COVID-19 survivors and patients in India are now popping up in Pakistan as well.
Developments

Deadly Brain-Eating Fungus Outbreak Spreads Beyond India

"Black fungus" cases have made their way to Pakistan.

Remorseless Man Brags About Abusing Tesla Self-Driving Features
Self-Driving Vehicles

Remorseless Man Brags About Abusing Tesla Self-Driving Features

He's not the only one to blame.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the car company would suspend car purchases using Bitcoin. The market reacted negatively.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Loses Enormous Amount of Value After Elon’s Flip Flop

All of a sudden, it's about the environment.

After Elon Musk announced Tesla would no longer sell Bitcoin or accept it for car payments, crypto investors are furious over perceived manipulation.
Elon Musk

Bitcoin Fans Are Absolutely Furious at Elon Musk

Tesla said no more Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency's value plummeted.

China will attempt to land its Zhurong Mars lander some time late Friday evening, as part of its Tianwen-1 mission.
Mars

China Will Attempt to Land on Mars Tomorrow

The stakes couldn't be higher.

The wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are starting to look a little rough. But it can always rip them off if they get too damaged.
Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Is Designed to Tear Off Its Own Wheels

Who needs 'em?