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SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk just dropped a generic-sounding EDM song on SoundCloud. Seriously. No, we're not making this up.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Dropped a Heavily Auto-Tuned Song on SoundCloud

Here's where you can listen to it.

On the Third Row Tesla podcast last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that at first, he had his doubts about the company's recently announced Cybertruck.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Admits He Worried “Nobody Would Buy” Tesla’s Cybertruck

"What’s tougher than a truck? A tank. A tank from the future."

A memo obtained by The Hollywood Reporter suggests that distributor Universal has notified thousands of theaters that they'll receive a new "Cats" version.
Future Society

The “Cats” Movie Was So Awful They Patched It

The update is not going to make it any less awful.

YouTube deleted hundreds of cryptocurrency videos earlier this week. Now it says they're back and called the whole thing a mistake.
Cryptocurrency

YouTube Calls Mass Deletion of Cryptocurrency Videos a Mistake

Hundreds of videos were flagged as "dangerous content."

General Motors is currently lobbying the federal government for permission to test — on public roads — self-driving cars that don't have steering wheels.
Self-Driving Vehicles

General Motors Wants Self-Driving Cars to Lose the Steering Wheel

It also wants the cars on public roads.

Eight-year-old YouTuber Ryan Kaji raked in $26 million in 2019, making him YouTube's top earner for the second year in a row, according to Forbes.
Future Society

YouTube’s Top Earner Is an 8-Year-Old Who Reviews Toys

He made a mind-boggling $26 million in 2019.

Team Trees, a tree-planting campaign backed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has officially met its fundraising goal of $20 million.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk-Backed Tree-Planting Campaign Meets $20 Million Goal

The Earth is about to get 20 million more trees.

Virtual pop star Hatsune Miku will be performing at the 2020 Coachella Music Festival, sharing the stage with some of the biggest artists alive.
Future Society

Virtual Music Star Hatsune Miku to Perform at Coachella

The international sensation is heading to Indio.

Soon after the launch of Pokémon Go, players reportedly began wandering onto Canadian military property in pursuit of the game's virtual creatures.
Future Society

Pokémon Go Led to a Surge in Trespassers on Military Bases

The unexpected intrusion left the military hilariously out of its depth.

An astrophysicist has designed a stellar engine that could move Earth's entire solar system from one part of the Milky Way to another.
Solar Power

This “Stellar Engine” Would Move an Entire Solar System

It could push the Sun at a speed of about 50 light years per one million years.

Man Sues Amazon, Claims Ring Camera Hackers Harassed His Kids
Hacking

Man Sues Amazon, Claims Ring Camera Hackers Harassed His Kids

The hacker talked to his children while they played basketball outside.

Elon Musk surprised the audience during an event at Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory by briefly showing off his awkward dance moves.
Elon Musk

Watch Elon Musk’s “NSFW” Dance at Chinese Tesla Factory

Musk — you cannot make this up — briefly does the dance from "Walk Like an Egyptian."

CEO Elon Musk has dropped yet another hint that a Tesla Cybertruck could be headed to Mars aboard a SpaceX Starship rocket.
Mars

Elon Musk Hints That a Cybertruck Is Headed to Mars

Is this for real? Or does Musk just enjoy trolling people online?

A team of scientists at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found traces of two microbial toxins in Juul's nicotine vaping liquids.
Developments

Harvard Researchers Find Microbial Toxin in JUUL Pods

The two most contaminated Juul flavors were exempt by the FDA's new ban.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the terminal used to connect to the Starlink internet network will look like "a thin, flat, round UFO on a stick."
SpaceX

Elon Musk: You’ll Connect to Starlink With “UFO on a Stick”

Just plug the device in and point it at the sky.

Australia's New South Wales police force has charged 24 arsonists for deliberately starting bushfires contributing to the nation's ongoing emergency.
Science & Energy

Australia Arrests Dozens for Starting Bushfires on Purpose

Nearly 200 people have allegedly committed bushfire-related offenses.

Airbnb uses an AI-powered tool to rate guests' likelihood of exhibiting "untrustworthy" traits, such as narcissism, Machiavellianism, and even psychopathy.
Artificial Intelligence

Airbnb Claims Its AI Can Predict Whether Guests Are Psychopaths

"Every Airbnb reservation is scored for risk before it's confirmed."

A new study found that the presence of THC in the blood can accelerate growth of tumors in patients with HPV infection-related head and neck cancer.
Cancer

New Research: Cannabis Accelerates Growth of Common Tumors

Scientists found that daily marijuana use allowed specific cancer cells to grow uncontrollably.

A team of researchers have built what they claim to be the first living robots called "xenobots" that can move, pick up objects, and even heal themselves.
Robotics

Scientists Build “First Living Robots” From Frog Stem Cells

"It's a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism."

On Wednesday, the Australian government began its plan to shoot down 10,000 wild camels that were threatening local communities in their hunt for water.
Future Society

Australian Snipers Are Shooting 10,000 Camels From Helicopters

The ongoing cull is meant to preserve dwindling water supplies.