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Facebook is starting to squeeze ads into the magical virtual reality environments enabled by its Oculus Quest VR headset.
Virtual Reality

Dystopian Marketers, Unite: Facebook to Start Dropping Ads Into VR Spaces

VR advertising is upon us, and right in your face.

By Victor Tangermann

A Canadian fusion energy company is set to break ground on a large-scale nuclear fusion demonstration plant in Culham, UK — and it's being funded by richest man in the world
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Is Helping Build a Fusion Power Plant in the UK

Yes, fusion. Billionaires are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into fusion energy startups.

By Victor Tangermann

Killer drones are already making airstrikes without any humans involved in the decision making, according to a recent UN report. 
Robots and Machines

Academics: Ban the Killer “Slaughterbots” Before We All Die

It's not too late.

By Victor Tangermann

Two NASA astronauts conducted an hours-long spacewalk Wednesday morning to install new solar panels on the International Space Station.
Off-World

Watch Astronauts Venture Outside the Space Station to Install Solar Panels

Don't slip!

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists unraveled a mystery of planetary formation by discovering that chaotic perturbations help trigger protoplanetary disks to clumb together.
Science & Energy

Study: An Extra Pinch of Chaos, and BAM, New Planets

Scientists find the missing ingredient.

By Dan Robitzski

A gigantic swarm of autonomous warehouse robots becomes both more sophisticated and efficient the more individual robots are put to work.
Robotics

Terrifying Robot “Swarm” Gets Smarter the More We Make It Work

The robots find their own way around while their algorithm is constantly tweaked and improved.

By Dan Robitzski

Three astronauts successfully entered China's Tiangong space station on Thursday afternoon Beijing time, just hours after launching.
Off-World

First Astronauts Arrive at China’s New Space Station

"It feels great."

By Victor Tangermann

Bacteria could provide us with a far more effective and green method of extracting precious metals from used electric car batteries.
Bacteria

Bacteria Could Allow Us to Recycle Electric Car Batteries

Microbes may be the answer to our EV recycling woes.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found that a mysterious dip in the brightness of Betelgeuse was not the sign of an imminent supernova, but evidence of the creation of stardust.
Science & Energy

Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Dimmed Mysteriously, and Now We Know Why

"We have directly witnessed the formation of so-called stardust."

By Victor Tangermann

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Finance

With Millennials Renting Homes Like Crazy, It’s a Great Time To Buy Rental Property

Roofstock makes investing in rental properties as easy as investing in the stock market.

By Futurism Creative

The UK decided to delay lifting its coronavirus restrictions by another four weeks as the delta variant continues to spread.
Developments

UK Delays Reopening Over Alarming Spread of Delta COVID Variant

The new variant doubles the risk of hospitalization.

By Dan Robitzski

Germany's minister of transportation Andreas Scheuer is reportedly in talks with Tesla about opening up its Supercharger network to other carmakers.
Tesla

Germany Wants Tesla to Share Its Supercharger Network With Other Carmakers

"There are a few technical issues to be cleared up, but I expect we will come to a resolution."

By Victor Tangermann

Employees at Canon's office in China have to smile into a facial recognition camera before they're allowed into the building.
Facial recognition

Chinese Canon Employees Must Smile at the Facial Recognition Camera Before Returning to Work

Ubiquitous workplace surveillance — with a smile!

By Dan Robitzski

The world's first flying race car has taken to the skies for the very first time, setting the stage for an entirely new kind of racing league.
Advanced Transport

Watch the World’s First Flying Race Car Take Flight for the First Time

Move over Formula 1.

By Victor Tangermann

China just launched the first astronauts to its nascent space station, who blasted off aboard a Long March 2F rocket, a sign of its immense space ambitions.
Off-World

China Just Launched the First Astronauts to Its Space Station

"Exploring the vast universe, developing space activities and building a powerful space nation is our unremitting space dream."

By Jon Christian

Streamers are trying to preserve fading indigenous languages live by broadcasting them on Twitch, but they say it's an uphill battle.
Future Society

Activists Are Keeping Fading Indigenous Languages Alive — on Twitch

"Nowadays, if you're not on the internet, you don't exist. The same will happen very soon with languages."

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers are shipping the world's most powerful magnet to the construction site of the world's largest experimental fusion reactor called ITER.
Energy

World’s Strongest Magnet Could Help Make Fusion Energy a Reality

This mammoth magnet can generate a magnetic field about 280,000 times stronger than the Earth's.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers developed a new artificial skin for prosthetic limbs or robots that actually forms bruises whenever it gets bonked or damaged.
Health & Medicine

Robot Skin Now Gets Bruised When Punched, Horrifyingly

Valuable medical tool or camouflage for Terminators?

By Dan Robitzski

US regulators have rung the alarm bells over the recent rise in stablecoins, cryptocurrency tokens that have a fixed price and are backed by reserves.
Cryptocurrency

US Regulators Are Terrified of Stablecoins

"They’re dangerous to both their users and, as they grow, to the broader financial system."

By Victor Tangermann

COVAX, the international vaccine program for less wealthy nations, is struggling due to low buy-in from richer countries that decided to hoard shots.
Viruses

International Vaccine Program Still Struggling After Rich Countries Hoard Shots

Unfortunately… low-income countries continue to be at back of the line or at the mercy of high-income countries."

By Dan Robitzski