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A bizarre plot to steal a domain name at gunpoint has earned Instagram influencer Rossi Lorathio Adams II a 14-year prison sentence.
Future Society

Man Behind Plot to Steal a Domain at Gunpoint Is Headed to Prison

He'll be behind bars for 14 years.

By Kristin Houser

NVIDIA has built an AI that can create a detailed 3D model of an object in less than 100 milliseconds from just a single image of it.
3D Printing

New AI Can Create a 3D Model of an Object From a Single 2D Image

And it does so in less than 100 milliseconds.

By Kristin Houser

GEDMatch, the DNA ancestry company that famously helped police track down a serial killer, just got bought by a genetic forensics firm.
DNA

Tech Firm That Develops Tools for Police Buys Massive DNA Database

Verogen claims it will only give people's info to cops if they opt in.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists encoded instructions for creating a 3D-printed plastic bunny in DNA and then embedded the DNA right in the bunny itself.
Science & Energy

This Plastic Bunny Has DNA Explaining How to Make More Bunnies

It could hold the key to solving the world's data storage problem.

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists wants to colonize and populate another world to protect humanity from Earth's eventualy demise or destruction.
Off-World

Scientists Are Planning a 1,000 Year Trip to Another Planet

"There are a lot of challenges, but no fundamental principle of physics is violated."

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is reportedly testing bullets that can be shot underwater.
Military

The U.S. Military Is Reportedly Testing Underwater Bullets

You can shoot them with a regular gun.

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency has officially approved funding for ClearSpace-1 — the world's first mission dedicated to cleaning up space junk.
ESA

The ESA Is Sending a Robotic Junk Collector Into Space

It’ll be the first mission to snatch space debris out of Earth’s orbit.

By Kristin Houser

Elizabeth Warren just announced a package of environmental protection policies focused on the ocean that she's calling the Blue New Deal.
Climate Change

Elizabeth Warren Announces Ocean-Protecting “Blue New Deal”

It's the first ocean-focused environmental package offered by a presidential candidate.

By Dan Robitzski

After many years of delay, NASA has finally shown off its Space Launch System (SLS) that aims to ferry American astronauts to the Moon as soon as 2024.
NASA

After Years of Delays, NASA Unveils Its Most Powerful Rocket

The rocket is meant to ferry American astronauts to the Moon by 2024.

By Victor Tangermann

United States forces reportedly killed a terrorist using an R9X missile — a "ninja bomb" that crushes its target while also slicing them up with blades.
Robots and Machines

Sword-Covered “Ninja Bomb” Reportedly Used to Crush Terrorist

"This strike is very distinctive."

By Kristin Houser

A team of bioethicists argue that it's high time GoFundMe better regulate its platform to keep out medical scammers and unregulated treatments.
Developments

Bioethicists: GoFundMe Is Profiting off Medical Scams

"I think they should be ashamed of themselves for taking part in it."

By Dan Robitzski

New York City plans to replace its infamous Riker's Island prison with four high-rise prisons spread throughout the NYC boroughs.
Future Society

NYC Is Planning Giant High-Rise Prisons

The proposal is forcing conversations about how to approach incarceration.

By Dan Robitzski

Waymo is now offering cusomters the chance to take rides in its self-driving taxis but without a human safety driver behind the wheel
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Is Taking the Safety Drivers out of Its Autonomous Taxis

The self-driving car company is going fully autonomous.

By Dan Robitzski

A Tesla Model 3 with Autopilot engaged crashed into the back of a police cruiser parked on Connecticut's Interstate 95 to help a disabled vehicle.
Tesla

Tesla With Autopilot Engaged Rear-Ends Parked Police Car

The driver was checking on his dog in the back seat.

By Kristin Houser

Iran is the latest country to propose its own state-run internet, a tool that would effectively end online freedom and crush protests.
Future Society

Iran’s President Wants to Build a State-Controlled Internet

Another country is working to erase internet freedoms.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has announced it will coat one of its third batches of Starlink satellites with a special, less reflective coating.
Future Society

SpaceX: We’re Working to Fix Sky-Killing Starlink Satellites

"We want to make sure we do the right thing to make sure little kids can look through their telescope."

By Victor Tangermann

a recent discovery about 1,600-foot space rock Bennu has scientists scratching their heads: it keeps spitting up small asteroid particles.
Science & Energy

NASA Baffled: Asteroid Bennu Keeps Spitting Out Small Rocks

"No one has ever seen an active asteroid up close like this."

By Victor Tangermann

Geneticist George Church is creating a DNA-based dating app that matches people based on their likelihood of not passing genetic diseases to offspring.
Future Society

Famous Geneticist’s Dating App Would Match Users Based on DNA

He thinks it could lead to the elimination of all genetic diseases.

By Kristin Houser

Future studies researcher Roey Tzezana says workplace automation will mean the destruction of the middle class and the "end of the world as we know it."
Future Society

Futurist Predicts “The End of the World as We Know It”

"This figure is the end of the world for the average people."

By Dan Robitzski

Videos captured by TMZ show Tesla CEO Elon Musk driving the Cybertruck, and swiping a traffic pylon while exiting a Malibu restaurant's parking lot.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Drives Cybertruck to Restaurant, Hits Traffic Cone

Oops.

By Victor Tangermann