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A recently surfaced video shows a Tesla Model 3 wading through deep flood waters, spraying water everywhere in the process.
Tesla

Video Shows Tesla Driving Through Deep Flood Waters

It's like a motor boat on four wheels.

By Victor Tangermann

At a blockchain conference today, Elon Musk revealed that "most likely, Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin," but on one condition.
Elon Musk

Oops, Elon Musk Says Tesla Might Start Taking Bitcoin Again

Spoiler alert: there's a big if.

By Victor Tangermann

Despite three COVID-19 vaccines having been made widely available, most people in Alabama are choosing to not get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Developments

Dying COVID Patients Beg for Vaccine

"I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late."

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos's spaceflight company Blue Origin completed its first crewed mission. Meanwhile, experts debate why the rocket looks so "anthropomorphic."
Off-World

Scientists Ponder Why Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Looks like a Giant Dong

Nice, uh, rocket you got there, Jeff.

By Dan Robitzski

Lyft and the autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI plan to launch a small fleet of self-driving cars in Miami later this year.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Lyft Says It’ll Deploy Self-Driving Cars by the End of the Year

Passengers in Miami might have their Lyft roll up all on its own.

By Dan Robitzski

Virgil Griffith, a prominent Ethereum cryptocurrency developer who was previously charged for violating US sanctions against North Korea, has been detained.
Future Society

Crypto Dev Thrown in Jail for Checking His Coinbase Account

Was Virgil Griffith really helping North Korea to "evade sanctions" and "launder money" by teaching them about crypto?

By Victor Tangermann

A top Catholic official resigned on Thursday after hackers revealed that he frequented gay bars and used Grindr, raising questions about digital privacy.
Science & Energy

Top Catholic Bishop Resigns After Hackers Expose That He Was on Grindr

Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill resigned after someone exposed his phone's location data.

By Dan Robitzski

China has built a maglev bullet train that reach a blistering 373 miles per hour, the world's fastest train in the world.
Advanced Transport

China Builds World’s Fastest Train, But No Tracks for It to Travel on

Travel times between Beijing and Shanghai could be even shorter than by air.

By Victor Tangermann

Branson's flight was a testament to the years of hard work put in by Virgin Galactic's engineers — but to call it traveling to "space" would be a mistake.
Off-World

Richard Branson Didn’t Go to Space Yesterday, He Just Cruised Through the Upper Atmosphere

The entire crew got their "astronaut wings," but didn't actually enter space.

By Victor Tangermann

A wobble in the Moon's orbit, coupled with rising sea levels, is about to make coastal flooding a whole lot worse for coastal cities.
Moon

NASA Says a Change in the Moon’s Orbit Will Make Flooding on Earth Worse

Climate change and a lunar "wobble" are about to pack a dangerous one-two punch.

By Dan Robitzski

Over $21 million worth of Bitcoin were just moved out of a ten-year-old wallet that has been dormant since 2012. Was Satoshi Nakamoto behind it?
Bitcoin

A Cache of Ancient Bitcoin, Possibly Mined by Satoshi, Just Awakened

Satoshi, is that you?

By Victor Tangermann

A gun shop in Utah started to sell a kit that covers real handguns in Lego bricks, making the weapons look like a colorful child's toy.
Future Society

Company in Hot Water for Making Real Guns Look Like Lego Toys

Lego, needless to say, was not pleased.

By Dan Robitzski

New research validates MIT scientists' 1972 prediction that civilization is on track to utterly collapse within the next two decades.
Future Society

MIT Prediction of Civilization Collapse Appears to Be on Track

Well, that doesn't seem great.

By Dan Robitzski

Jeff Bezos's great Eureka moment: why don't we take all the bad, emitting stuff and stick it in space out of harm's way?
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Says Now He’s Gonna Pollute Space, Too

"We need to take all heavy industry, all polluting industry, and move it into space."

By Victor Tangermann

New research found high levels of PFAS, a class of plastics used in a wide variety of products, accumulating in new moms' breast milk.
Studies

Scientists Find Alarming Chemicals in Mothers’ Breast Milk

"I realized that I could do the best job I could, and I would still run into things out of my control."

By Dan Robitzski

A veterinarian in China caught and died from an extremely rare and deadly "Monkey B" virus that almost never infects humans.
Developments

Extremely Rare Monkey Virus Kills Veterinarian in China

Thankfully, this seems to be an isolated case.

By Dan Robitzski

Bitcoin has dipped below the $30,000 mark for a second time in months as Wall Street is starting to grow anxious of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Crashes Below $30,000. Again.

The currency is having an awful year.

By Victor Tangermann

The total number of COVID-19 cases among athletes and staff at the Olympic Games in Tokyo rose to 71, the Associated Press reports.
Developments

Number of COVID Cases Linked to Tokyo Olympics Spikes to 71

"It's obvious that the bubble system is kind of broken."

By Victor Tangermann

It turns out that feral hogs release huge amounts of carbon dioxide by diggig up soil as they invade and wreak havoc in new areas.
Climate Change

Feral Hogs Are Contributing Hugely to Climate Change, Experts Say

Globally, feral hogs emit more carbon dioxide than 1 million cars.

By Dan Robitzski

Jeff Bezos Couldn’t Qualify for Normal Astronaut Wings, So Blue Origin Invented Its Own
Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos Couldn’t Qualify for Normal Astronaut Wings, So Blue Origin Invented Its Own

That's one way to do it.

By Victor Tangermann