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Looking back at 2020, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in the United States. Coronavirus deaths outnumbered gun deaths, for instance, eight-to-one.
Developments

COVID-19 Killed Eight Times More Americans Than Guns in 2020

The number of deaths from COVID almost defies comprehension.

Saudi Arabia has announced it's newest zero-carbon city project called "The Line" that's being built in a straight 100 mile line.
Renewable Energy

Saudi Arabia Is Building a Zero-Carbon City in a 100-Mile Straight Line

The unconventional city will feature "zero cars, zero streets, and zero carbon emissions."

The activist group DC Marijuana Justice plans to hands out free bags of weed to people who get the coronavirus vaccine in Washington D.C.
Chemistry

Activists Plan to Hand Out Free Weed at DC Vaccination Sites

"I want people to get the shots and to know they are appreciated for doing so."

Months after flaws with an internet-connected chastity cage were first revealed, a hacker seized control and demanded a Bitcoin ransom.
Internet Of Things

Hacker Seizes Control of Internet-Enabled Chastity Cages

Did this sex toy really need to be an internet-of-things device?

PC gaming company Razer just showed off Project Hazel, a smart face mask with N95 filters, a charging case, and RGB lighting.
Future Society

High Tech N95 Mask Amplifies Your Voice With Built-In Sound System

Can you hear me now?

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute say that it might be impossible to rein in superintelligent AI that decides to turn on humanity.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists: It’d Be Impossible to Control Superintelligent AI

It'd blow away our best defenses like children's toys.

New Technique Uses Entire Milky Way as a Giant Observatory
Physics

New Technique Uses Entire Milky Way as a Giant Observatory

It's big. Really big.

The Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California will be turned into a "super site" for COVID-19 vaccinations in the surrounding Orange County later this week.
Developments

Disneyland Will Turn Into a Giant Vaccine Distribution Center

The "happiest place on Earth" is about to become a huge COVID vaccine "super site."

Responding to writer Ben Mezrich, who said that he's "never turning down getting paid in bitcoin again" in a Friday tweet, Musk replied with "me neither."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Would Take a Salary in Bitcoin

Two days later, Bitcoin plummeted by 21 percent.

Eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, the Associated Press reports, the first known case amount such primates in the US.
Viruses

Eight Gorillas in Zoo Catch Coronavirus

Gorillas share 98.4 percent of their DNA with humans.

After two white dwarf stars managed to merge without destroying each other, scientists say they've observed a brand new type of star.
Science & Energy

An Unusual Merger Seems to Have Created a New Type of Star

In X-Ray, it glows bright green.

Because of bad weather here on Earth, a SpaceX Dragon that was supposed to head home from the International Space Station is hanging out in orbit.
Science & Energy

Bad Weather Leaves SpaceX Dragon Stuck at Space Station

Expect delays.

An online database just released all of the UFO-related records ever declassified by the CIA for anyone to download and peruse.
Future Society

The CIA’s Declassified UFO Documents Are Now All Available Online

"Plain and simple, the public has a right to know!"

Before Parler, the far-right version of Twitter, went dark, a hacker and their followers scraped user data from the raid on the U.S. Capitol.
Future Society

The Pro-Trump Twitter Alternative Parler Has Gone Offline

And a hacker says they've downloaded all the posts from the Capitol building attack.

South Korean tech giant Samsung has teased its new domestic household helper robot at this year's virtual-only CES — and it's called "Bot Handy."
Robotics

Watch a Samsung Robot Load Dirty Dishes Into the Dishwasher

This is pretty impressive, from an engineering point of view.

DARPA is developing night-vision goggles that look just like glasses instead of the bulky, binocular-like tech that currently exists.
DARPA

DARPA Working on Night-Vision Goggles the Size of Normal Glasses

Can you see me now?

SpaceX is building a restaurant and a "futuristic bar" at its Starship testing facility in Boca Chica, Texas, according to CEO Elon Musk.
Starship

SpaceX Building Bar and Restaurant at Starship Testing Facility

"Fun to imagine that this place could be packed someday with people getting ready to go to Mars."

Elon Musk became the wealthiest person in the world on Thursday. Here are some ideas for what he could do with his riches.
Elon Musk

5 Things Elon Musk Could Do Now That He’s the World’s Richest Person

Just write it off!

Social media giant Twitter announced on Friday evening that it was "permanently" suspending the account of embattled U.S. president Donald Trump.
Future Society

Twitter Permanently Suspends Donald Trump’s Account

Where will Trump go next?

After being arrested in late 2019 for attempting to take biological samples with him to China, cancer researcher Zaosong Zheng was sentenced to time served.
Cancer

Cancer Researcher Sentenced for Stealing Biological Samples

He was caught at the airport, trying to smuggle them out of the country.