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In a letter to Senators, Ring confirmed at least four instances of employees abusing their power to watch customers' video footage.
Future Society

It's not just hackers spying through your Ring camera.

By Dan Robitzski

Two stars that make up the binary system called V Sagittae some 1,100 light years away are going to collide in an enormous explosion around 2083.
Science & Energy

It'll be the brightest stellar object in the night sky.

By Victor Tangermann

Police charged a man with careless driving for flossing his teeth while his Autopilot-enabled Tesla Model S was driving 84 miles per hour.
Tesla

Police charged the 58-year-old man with careless driving.

By Kristin Houser

Panasonic showed off a VR glasses prototype that looks more like something out of a 90s steampunk movie at this year's CES in Las Vegas.
Virtual Reality

The future of VR is looking very steampunk.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA released a new panorama image of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Aside from looking cool, it could help reveal how the galactic core operates.
Science & Energy

NASA took a panorama of the Milky Way's center.

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese robotics company Vstone has created Hiro-chan, a faceless robot baby that transitions from crying to laughing when held.
Robotics

That’s one way to avoid the uncanny valley.

By Kristin Houser

Netherlands-based startup Hydraloop has developed a wardrobe-sized device that can sterilize and reuse household water, saving you money.
Treatments

Finally, a CES innovation worth celebrating.

By Victor Tangermann

Two more United States websites have been hacked to display pro-Iranian propaganda, though it's still unclear whether Iran itself is behind the attacks.
Hacking

"Hacked by Iranian Hacker."

By Kristin Houser

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is testing the theory that a basic income could increase happiness — by giving away $9 million to his Twitter followers.
Universal Basic Income

He wants to see if the money can make people happier.

By Kristin Houser

A glitch in the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) airplane's software caused all six of the main screens inside the cockpit to go blank during landing.
Advanced Transport

"All six [displays] stayed blank until a different runway was selected."

By Victor Tangermann

While the massive Australian fires were often treated as a local story, they could have massive, far-reaching effects on the global environment and climate.
Climate Change

The fires have turned swaths of Australia into a fiery hellscape

By Dan Robitzski

Cybersecurity firm Check Point has uncovered major security flaws in TikTok, which was already under intense scrutiny by the U.S. government.
Future Society

TikTok claims it fixed the issues within one month of learning about them.

By Kristin Houser

On Monday, SpaceX deployed 60 Starlink satellites, enough to earn the company the title of world's largest commercial satellite operator.
SpaceX

It's now the world's largest commercial satellite operator.

By Kristin Houser

U.S. airline Delta is partnering with Sarcos Robotics to test out if its Guardian XO exosuits can give its employees a hand with lifting heavy things.
Future Society

Watch it heft 200 pound suitcases as if they were weightless.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla shares surged at the beginning of this year, making it the most valuable U.S. auto maker of all time, as The Wall Street Journal reports.
Tesla

The company has yet to actually turn an annual profit.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from Italy claim to have discovered two new cannabinoids, including one they say is 30 times more potent than THC.
Chemistry

A dose of THCP was as active as a larger dose of THC

By Kristin Houser

Startup Ao Air has announced a $350 face mask called the Atmos Faceware, a gadget that promises to protect its wearer against dangerous air pollution.
Climate Change

Should clean air really only be available to those who can afford it?

By Victor Tangermann

China is reportedly working on a "laser attack platform" for cannons that can be attached to its military's planes, the South China Morning Post reports.
Future Society

Attached to an aircraft, the lasers could shoot down incoming missiles or other enemy aircraft.

By Victor Tangermann

Impossible Foods’ Fake Pork Looks Absolutely Scrumptious
Food

Plant-based meat is coming after pork next.

By Victor Tangermann

Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut, firmly believes that aliens exist and that they may even be on the Earth already.
Off-World

"It’s possible they’re here right now and we simply can’t see them."

By Kristin Houser