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Celebrity humanoid robot Sophia just sold a digital artwork as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $688,888, as Reuters reports.
NFTs

Humanoid Robot Sophia Sells 12 Second Video NFT for Almost $700,000

What's next? Robots buying other robots' digital artwork?

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the company's long-awaited electric pickup will have "no handles."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck Will Have “No Handles”

"There will be no handles."

A study suggests that the mysterious, giant blobs hidden in the Earth's mantle might be the remains of a protoplanet that crashed billions of years ago.
Science & Energy

There Appears to Be a Huge Chunk of an Ancient Planet Buried Inside Earth

Theia's impact with the Earth created the Moon — and perhaps left some shrapnel behind.

Digital artist Beeple, otherwise known as Mike Winkelmann, decided to sell his share of $53 million in ether he got for selling an NFT.
Cryptocurrency

The Guy Who Sold a $69 Million NFT Thinks NFTs Are Pretty Dumb

He sold out almost immediately.

The European Southern Observatory published a video that shows what it would be like to leave Earth, plunge into M87, and arrive at its central black hole.
Science & Energy

Amazing Video Zooms All the Way From Earth to First Photographed Black Hole

From Earth to M87* in under a minute.

IBM's Project Debater AI is getting better and better at crafting arguments. We're dreading what will happen when that thing makes its way to the public.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Is Designed to Debate People, and It Could Ruin Social Media

IBM's Project Debater is getting more sophisticated, and it sounds exhausting.

An invisible force is tearing apart the closest star cluster to the Solar System — and astronomers are trying to figure out why.
Science & Energy

Something Is Ripping Apart the Nearest Star Cluster to Earth

Could it be dark matter?

A Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet had its Gatling gun discharge a 25mm armor piercing high explosive round causing at least $2.5 million in damages.
Future Society

A US Military Fighter Jet Accidentally Shot Itself With a Gatling Gun

That wasn't supposed to happen.

According to the latest rumors, Apple's virtual reality headset will incredibly light, weighing in at less than 150 grams, less than an iPhone 12.
Virtual Reality

New Details Leak About Apple’s Virtual Reality Headset

Apple's upcoming headset could be lighter than an iPhone 12.

A new image, released by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, shows the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy in polarized light.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Release Stunning New Image of Black Hole

We've never seen a black hole in this much detail.

Crypto fan Cameron Winklevoss says that the NFT fad is going to "liberate art." This whole exercise is getting exhausting.
NFTs

Crypto Titan Makes Grandiose, Nonsense Claim That NFTs “Liberate” Art

Congratulations, you bought a JPG. Stop pretending it means anything.

Europe Builds Autonomous Robotic Orb to Explore Lunar Caves
Robotics

Europe Builds Autonomous Robotic Orb to Explore Lunar Caves

To picture DAEDALUS, think of BB-8 from "Star Wars" minus the head.

Richard Stallman, the former MIT scientist who defended Jeffrey Epstein and criticized age of consent laws, was just restored to a position of power.
Future Society

Scientist Who Defended Epstein and Pedophilia Reinstated to Free Software Foundation Board

Hundreds of foundation members have signed a furious open letter.

A new startup is pitching exciting new lab-grown meat products the world may or may not be ready for: Wagyu meatloaf, lamb burgers, and elk sausages.
Future Society

This Classy Startup Is Working on Lab-Grown Elk, Wagyu Beef

Why eat lab-grown chicken nuggets if you can eat lab-grown elk sausage?

A gruesome study found that one kind of brain cell actually gets more active and starts to grow for hours after people die.
Neuroscience and Brain

After You Die, Some Cells in Your Brain Become More Active

So-called zombie genes make brain cells grow bigger and bigger for several hours.

Tesla has officially started to accept Bitcoin as payment for its vehicles in the US, according to CEO Elon Musk.
Tesla

You Can Now Officially Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin

Buyers beware.

Blue Origin and NASA are developing artificial gravity by rotating the entire rocket and using centrifugal force, kind of like a carnival ride.
Blue Origin

NASA and Blue Origin Developing Artificial Gravity Trick

Blue Origin's rockets are going for a spin.

According to information obtained by NASASpaceFlight, SpaceX may attempt to send a Starship prototype all the way to space as soon as July.
Starship

SpaceX Reportedly Wants to Fly First Starship to Orbit as Soon as July

Starships were meant to fly.

Generation X and especially millennials are aging shockingly poorly, according to a massive new study on health outcomes.
Studies

Millennials Are Aging Really Badly, Experts Say

"The worsening health profiles we found in Gen X and Gen Y is alarming."

The anti-masker woman who assaulted her Uber driver in that horrifying viral video turned herself in to the police and faces up to 20 years in prison.
Developments

Woman Faces Years in Prison For Coughing on Uber Driver

She turned herself in and now faces up to 20 years in jail.