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A gigantic pro-Trump propaganda Facebook page called "I Love America" with 1.1 million fans is being managed by a small group of people based in Ukraine.
Future Society

Ukraine-Run Pro-Trump Facebook Page Has Over 1.1 Million Followers

The page's online presence dwarfs that of some of the biggest publications in the country.

This Site Is Selling Decorative AirPods That Don’t Play Sound
Future Society

This Site Is Selling Decorative AirPods That Don’t Play Sound

Total savings: $149.50 — minus your dignity.

A new website called M-Journal will turn Wikipedia articles into fake academic articles so that students can cite it in their homework.
Artificial Intelligence

This Site Turns Wikipedia Pages Into Fake Academic Papers

M-Journal is all about helping students trick their teachers.

Amazon, a company that makes facial recognition software for police, is now attempting to write the laws that regulate facial recognition.
Facial recognition

Amazon Is Writing Its Own Facial Recognition Bills

CEO Jeff Bezos says it will share the draft regulations with federal officials.

A team of NASA scientists have caught three supermassive black holes in the act of merging together a measly one billion light-years away from Earth.
Black Holes

Three Supermassive Black Holes Are About to Collide

Three's a crowd.

Dr. Ben Margolis founded the Autopsy Center of Chicago, where provides the option to have the procedure recorded for educational videos or streamed online.
Developments

Meet the Doctor Who’s Livestreaming Human Autopsies

This doctor had an oddball idea: start broadcasting human autopsies on Facebook Live.

In a new investigation, NBC News tested bootleg vape cartridges — and found that they all contained a chemical that can turn into hydrogen cyanide.
Chemistry

Investigation Finds Cyanide, a Literal Poison, in Vape Cartridges

Your vape pen might be dosing you with the same toxic chemical used in the Jonestown Massacre.

Watch SpaceX Complete Its Starship Prototype Live on YouTube
Starship

Watch SpaceX Complete Its Starship Prototype Live on YouTube

The towering rocket will end up being 165 feet tall.

A new paper argues that the “primary colonists” of Mars should be microbes like the ones which support life on Earth in order to terraform the Red Planet.
Science & Energy

Contaminating Mars With Microbes Could Kickstart Colonization

A controversial new paper argues that we should infect Mars — with Earthly microorganisms.

Autoblow is taking pre-orders for its "Autoblow AI," which promises to harness the power of AI to provide users with the perfect oral sex experience.
Robotics

This AI-Powered Oral Sex Robot Puts the “Deep” in Deep Learning

They hired people in Serbia to train the algorithm.

Researchers say new observational equipment could help spot hundreds more interstellar visitors, like 'Oumuamua, every year.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say We’ll Soon Discover More Interstellar Visitors

"Or we’ll discover multiple dead civilizations — that is, we’ll find their remains."

Scientists: This Massive Gas Planet Should Not Exist
Science & Energy

Scientists: This Massive Gas Planet Should Not Exist

It's way too big to be orbiting this tiny star.

For the first time in history, a startup called Momentus is testing a new in-orbit water plasma propulsion system to maneuver satellites.
Off-World

Startup Tests Water Plasma Propulsion in Orbit

This marks the first time water plasma has been used to propel a spacecraft.

According to a recent Q&A with the New York Times, a UFO and alien research group may have gotten its hands on some "exotic material samples from UFOs."
Robots and Machines

UFO Research Group Implies It Has Obtained Alien Artifacts

The former singer of Blink-182 says that aliens exist — and this time, maybe he can prove it.

A rare glimpse of a supermassive black hole obliterating a star in what's called a Tidal Disruption Event could help astrophysicists understand the cosmos.
Physics

Astronomers Just Watched a Black Hole Shred a Star

NASA caught a rare glimpse of a star getting straight up obliterated.

Mathematician Kevin Buzzard warns that the field of math could be full of nonsense, as many prominent researchers don't double-check others' proofs.
Science & Energy

Mathematician: Everything We Know About Math Could Be Wrong

Too many mathematicians trust that proofs are correct instead of testing them.

Japan Airlines has a new tool that will allow you to get as far away as possible from a crying baby on your next trip by airplane.
Advanced Transport

Airline Tells You Where Crying Babies Are so You Can Avoid Them

Spot the baby.

Researchers Researchers are suggesting that in the orbit of the Milky Way's sun may be a free-floating "primordial black hole" — or even more than one.are suggesting that the Sun's orbit might have captured a free-floating "primordial black hole" — or even more than one.
Science & Energy

Astrophysicists: There May Be Black Holes Orbiting Our Sun

In a mind-bending new paper, researchers suggest that there could be black holes orbiting the Sun, out past Pluto.

A Fremont police officer had to cut a high-speed highway pursuit short after his modified Tesla Model S cop car's batteries ran down.
Tesla

Tesla Police Car Runs Out of Battery During High Speed Chase

This is what happens when you forget to charge your cop car.

Earlier this year, a video claiming to be the legendary Trump pee tape surfaced online. It's almost certainly a fake, but it's also unclear how it was made.
Artificial Intelligence

Yes, There’s a “Pee Tape” — and It’s Unclear If It’s a Deepfake

This tape is probably fake. But it's totally unclear how it was made.