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INTERPOL warns that organized crime groups will likely try to hoard COVID-19 vaccines or sell their own fraudulent versions.
Viruses

"High demand combined with a limited supply will make COVID-19 vaccines the equivalent of liquid gold to organized crime networks."

By Dan Robitzski

Ian Beer, a professional hacker at Google, found an exploit that lets him completely take over any nearby iPhone with little more than a WiFi antenna.
Science & Energy

Thankfully, Apple already patched the exploit back in May.

By Dan Robitzski

China released video footage today of its Chang'e-5 spacecraft approaching and then safely landing on the surface of the near side of the Moon.
Off-World

Gaze upon the magnificent desolation.

By Victor Tangermann

Future Society

27 unique kits you won't want to miss.

By Futurism Creative

In a world's first, US-based company Eat Just's lab-grown meat just went on sale in Singapore following regulatory approval.
Future Society

The goal is to get the price down below ordinary meat.

By Victor Tangermann

Billions of years from now, scientists predict that the Sun's hold on planets will wane and other stars will steal them out of the solar system.
Solar Power

Our Sun can't hold onto us forever.

By Dan Robitzski

China's robotic Chang'e-5 space probe successfully gathered up lunar samples and is poised to be the first successful lunar retrieval mission since 1976.
Science & Energy

Now Chang'e-5 just needs to blast off from the lunar surface and return to Earth.

By Dan Robitzski

A second mysterious monolith that was spotted near a famous archeological site in northern Romania has disappeared, Reuters reports.
Robots and Machines

The "structure disappeared overnight as quietly as it was erected."

By Victor Tangermann

In the latest perplexing turn of events, state officials say the a mysterious monolith has vanished from the Utah desert.
Robots and Machines

The mysterious monolith has vanished, officials say.

By Jon Christian

Security researchers have figured out a way to hack into a Tesla Model X by overwriting the firmware of the car's key fob via a Bluetooth connection.
Tesla

Tesla has known about the hack since August, researchers say, but still hasn't issued an update.

By Victor Tangermann

As soon as the mysterious twelve-foot metal monolith in Utah disappeared, a new mysterious monolith appears in northern Romania.
Robots and Machines

"It is in a protected area on an archaeological site."

By Victor Tangermann

AI tech composed a Britney Spears song in the style of Frank Sinatra. It was struck down by copyright claims, launching an unprecedented legal case.
Future Society

An AI tool made Frank Sinatra sing Britney Spears' "Toxic." What followed was a battle over who owns the rights when AI gets creative.

By Dan Robitzski

A group of eagle-eyed Reddit users have already discovered the location of the mysterious ten to 12 foot monolith on Google Earth.
Future Society

Wow — Redditors already found it.

By Victor Tangermann

The UK has officially licensed the COVID-19 vaccine developed by multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech.
Viruses

The country will begin vaccinating high risk groups as soon as next week.

By Victor Tangermann

Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first? On Tuesday afternoon, a panel that advises the CDC voted on who that group needs to be. And the big winners?
Developments

20 million Americans could get the COVID vaccine by the end of December. Here's the official word on who should come first.

By Foster Kamer

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that would be open to "have this conversation" about a merger with another carmaker if it "would be a good idea."
Elon Musk

Musk would be open to "have this conversation" if it "would be a good idea."

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI algorithm called RoboGrammer can design robot bodies that are optimized for specific tasks or crossing specific terrain.
Artificial Intelligence

Did they learn nothing from Skynet?

By Dan Robitzski

A volunteer in the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine trial alleges that he suffered severe neurological side effects, a claim that the researchers deny.
Viruses

The research group behind the trial calls the allegations "malicious and misconceived."

By Dan Robitzski

A startup called NewRocket developed a gel-like rocket fuel that's less toxic and more easily controlled than existing fuels.
Science & Energy

The startup says it allows rockets to switch on and off without exhausting their whole supply.

By Dan Robitzski

The founder of Arcimoto, a company producing electric three-wheelers in Oregon, claims that Tesla CEO Elon Musk crashed one of their cars into a brick wall.
Elon Musk

"He jumped into the driver’s seat of Adeo’s Arcimoto and promptly drove it into a brick wall."

By Victor Tangermann