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A team of hackers stole 7.5 terabytes of information from a company working for Russian intelligence, revealing a number of troubling projects.
Science & Energy

A Russian Intelligence Contractor Just Got Hacked

The hackers revealed several Russian projects, including one to deanonymize Tor traffic.

Leaked NYPD documents reveal the police department's strategy for building public trust through funny social media posts.
Future Society

Leaked NYPD Documents Instruct Cops to Be Funny Online

The guide says humorous tweets will "build and maintain trust."

Students in Oregon can now miss school for "mental health days," making the state one of the first to offer excused absenses for mental illness.
Mental Health

New Law Lets Students Miss School For “Mental Health Days”

Depression is now as valid a reason for missing class as a broken bone.

Juul Labs CEO Kevin Burns just issued a sort of apology for how many vaping teens have become addicted to nicotine by using his company's product.
Health & Medicine

Juul CEO: “I’m Sorry” for Teen Vaping Epidemic

He conceded that the company's teen-centric marketing was inappropriate.

Microsoft just invested $1 billion into OpenAI, which will now try to develop artificial general intelligence for Microsoft's cloud services.
OpenAI

Microsoft Invests $1 Billion in Elon Musk-Founded OpenAI

OpenAI started as a non-profit. Now it's raking in serious dough.

Authorities in Colombia have quarantined four plantations after noticing symptoms of the banana disease TR4 amongst the crops.
Science & Energy

Bad News: A Banana-Killing Fungus Has Likely Reached the Americas

Authorities have already quarantined four plantations and more could follow.

In a recent trial, a tongue stray currently used to treat multiple sclerosis symptoms seemed to help people battling cannabis dependence quit smoking weed.
Health & Medicine

There’s Now a Tongue Spray to Help You Stop Smoking Weed

It’s like a nicotine patch but for marijuana.

Air Force “Stands Ready” to Defend Area 51 From Facebook Event
Meta

Air Force “Stands Ready” to Defend Area 51 From Facebook Event

"The U.S. Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets."

To demonstrate the potential military benefits of the Flyboard Air, the inventor of the flying hoverboard rode it above a parade while wielding a rifle.
Advanced Transport

Someone Carrying a Rifle Just Flew Over Paris on a Hoverboard

Remember the Green Goblin, from Spider-Man?

A Puerto Rican startup called Instarz plans on building a self-assembling, self-sustaining Moon habitat that can support eight astronauts for a year.
Moon

Puerto Rican Startup Plans to Launch Self-Sustaining Moon Habitat

"Remnant" is a self-sustaining lunar habitat that sleeps eight.

The U.S. military says it downed an Iranian drone using a new directed-energy weapon — but Iran is denying to incident even took place.
Drones

US Navy’s Energy Weapon Gets First “Kill,” Shoots Iranian Drone

Instead of disabling a drone with bullets, it uses radio frequencies.

Neither the government nor private tech companies have taken steps to protect the 2020 presidential election from being manipulated.
Hacking

Congressman: The 2020 Election Is Not Safe From Hackers

Adam Schiff says companies like Facebook and Google haven’t prepared for the election.

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

Inventor Set to Fly Across the English Channel on His Hoverboard

"I reckon I’ve a 30 percent chance of succeeding."

Henk Rogers wants to build a lunar spaceport so that all the billionaires building shiny new rockets actually have someplace to land.
Science & Energy

The Guy Who Popularized “Tetris” Wants to Build a Lunar Spaceport

First he brought "Tetris" to America. Now he wants to bring America to the Moon.

India successfully launched their first ever lunar lander as part of its Chandrayaan-2 mission early Monday morning local time.
Moon

India Successfully Launches Lunar Lander Toward The Moon

If all goes according to plan, India could become only the fourth country in the world to land a rover on the Moon.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has big plans for the Starship: a "Super Heavy" variant will feature up to 41 Raptor engines, 35 of which will be used as a booster.
Starship

Elon Musk: Starship Super Heavy Will Have 41 Raptor Engines

This'll be the most powerful rocket ever built. Really.

The FaceApp aging filter may be a viral sensation right now, but earlier versions of the smartphone app were incredibly racist.
Future Society

Earlier Versions of FaceApp Were Incredibly Racist

Everyone's favorite face-aging app isn't actually that new, and it has a checkered past.

The Chinese space station Tiangong-2 incinerated as planned during its scheduled decommissioning on Friday. Now there's video footage of the event.
Science & Energy

Watch a Chinese Space Station Burn up in Earth’s Atmosphere

The space station Tiangong-2 is no more.

A new smart glove makes VR more immersive by making the virtual objects people touch feel as though they're really there.
Science & Energy

Smart Glove Lets You Grip Virtual Objects

The glove helps you "feel" whatever you're grabbing in virtual reality.

Scientists believe they were able to make mice hallucinate by stimulating just 20 of their brain neurons, raising new questions about the human brain.
Science & Energy

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate by Shining Light Into Their Brains

And now they're wondering why humans aren't hallucinating all the time.