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Some Elon Musk followers are suggesting that the CEO's jokey Twitter feed could be his way of foreshadowing the debut of a new Tesla vehicle.
Elon Musk

Or maybe he's just making jokes about bee emojis.

Franky Zapata's second attempt to cross the English Channel on his flying hoverboard was a success — and now he's turning his attention to his flying car.
Advanced Transport

"It has to come out before the end of the year."

A Bay Area group is attempting to hack insulin to address the skyrocketing cost of the hormone for people with diabetes in the U.S.
Health & Medicine

The skyrocketing cost of insulin has led to a desperate DIY attempt.

Teens and young adults are finding themselves in the hospital with severe respiratory illnesses caused by vaping, even when they're otherwise healthy.
Developments

Fourteen young folks were hospitalized in Wisconsin and Illinois.

A deepfake answers the age-old question: "What would it look like if Keanu Reeves had the body of a child actor singing in an episode of 'Sesame Street?'"
Artificial Intelligence

Yes, they're creepy and democracy-threatening, but deepfakes can also be fun.

CEO Elon Musk has tweeted that SpaceX's Starship prototype should be "almost ready to fly" in time for the company's August 24 update presentation.
Starship

Starship’s debut could be a short hop — or a historic orbital adventure.

Now there's another lawsuit filed against Tesla after a driver died behind the wheel of an "Autopilot"-enabled car that crashed.
Tesla

The family of a man who died in a March crash just sued Tesla.

Right now, AI algorithms can't be granted patents. The restriction originally served as a worker protection, but now it's creating a problem for engineers.
Artificial Intelligence

They say rules requiring that patents go to humans are outdated.

Columbia University's David Kipping thinks we could transform Earth's atmosphere into a planet-sized telescope he'd dubbed the "terrascope."
Science & Energy

His "terrascope" could transform astronomy.

Chinese students are already interacting with AI teachers, and what they learn could affect the future of education on a global scale.
Education

The nation has high hopes for AI-powered education.

Apple has suspended a program that let humans review Siri recordings, including private conversations never meant for the digitial assistant.
Artificial Intelligence

Your drug deals and sex romps are once again private.

Police Investigate Death of Employee at Tesla’s Gigafactory
Tesla

They currently believe the death is related to a medical issue.

With new contracts awarded to weapons developers, the Army is pushing for new laser weapons capable of destroying drones and vehicles.
Energy

Lt. General: "The time is now to get directed energy weapons to the battlefield."

Hong Kong protesters are reportedly shining high-powered laser beams at surveillance cameras to confuse facial recognition technology.
Facial recognition

By confusing the cameras, they're protecting their identities.

Researchers claim they have made significant progress in developing a blood test that can detect Alzheimer's up to 20 years before any symptoms appear.
Health & Medicine

The earlier doctors can detect signs of this "silent disease," the better.

The Pentagon has 25 mass surveillance balloons that can monitor and track individual vehicles as they travel across states.
Future Society

The balloons can track multiple vehicles at once.

A team of researchers just 3D printed functional components of the human heart using a specialized printer that's capable of printing suspended hydrogels.
3D Printing

Yet another step towards being able to 3D print functional organs.

A Cyberpunk Noir Short Film Shows Us What Happens When Tech Goes Skin Deep
Future Society

This sci-fi thriller is a startling prophesy of biohacks-to-come.

In newly released documents, the FBI announced that Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracy theorists pose a domestic terrorism threat.
Future Society

FBI documents specifically mention QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theorists.

Scientists are growing the first human-monkey hybrid embryos in a Chinese laboratory, according to a new story in Spanish newspaper El País.
Science & Energy

But their research has yet to be peer-reviewed or published.