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Robots and Machines

The New iPhone Design Is Horrifying People With an Obscure Phobia

The iPhone 11's weird triple-camera design is leaving people disgusted.

Starship

SpaceX Files Paperwork for Starship Maiden Voyage

Will Starship Mk1 be ready for its launch debut in October?

Climate Change

Scientist Suggests New Response to Climate Change: Cannibalism

He says he'd be open to tasting it. Would you?

Artificial Intelligence

Amazing AI Turns Your Selfie Into a 3D Video Game Character

Researchers solved the pressing crisis of character customization taking too long.

Artificial Intelligence

Taylor Swift Reportedly Threatened Microsoft Over Racist Chatbot

Apparently "Tay" was too close to Swift's name for comfort.

Brain Implants

Scientists: Brain Implants Could Essentially Make Us Telepathic

"Not only thoughts, but sensory experiences, could be communicated from brain to brain."

Future Society

New Tech Can Switch Your Car’s Paint Job “Like a Chameleon”

This special spray could allow you to change the color of your shoes every morning.

Off-World

Virgin Galactic’s Plan: Send Tourists to Space Every 32 Hours

If every flight is fully booked, more than 3,000 people would launch into space in the next few years.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Got a Posh “Billionaires’ Dinner” With Jeffrey Epstein

Tesla declined to answer questions about Musk rubbing shoulders with the convicted sex offender.

Off-World

For the First Time Ever, Astronauts Mix Cement in Space

Concrete could open a lot of doors for constructing habitats in space.

Future Society

Prominent Researcher Predicts That Democracy Is Going to Collapse

"In sum, the majority of Americans are generally unable to understand or value democratic culture, institutions, practices or citizenship in the manner required."

Drones

Police Drone Caught Barking Orders at Chinese Driver

Are nagging, hovering drones the future of the surveillance state?

Science & Energy

Scientists: Birthplace of All Comets Could Explain Life on Earth

All 14 comets he studied share an origin story.

Future Society

Watch a Deepfake That Casts Will Smith as Neo In “The Matrix”

We really dodged a bullet.

Science & Energy

China Claims Its Moon Rover Found a Colorful “Gel-Like” Substance

Did somebody goo the Moon?

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”

Let the war of the electric supercars begin.

Future Society

Bizarre MIT Meeting About Jeffrey Epstein Ends In Tears, Yelling

The meeting devolved into something that sounds more like reality TV than MIT.

Future Society

A Porn Company Bought, Promptly Incinerated a Website That Doxxed Performers

It's good news but a reminder that the internet is written in pencil.

Tesla

Tesla Researcher Says New Battery Could Last One Million Miles

The goal is to make a future fleet of robot taxis more cost-effective.

Chemistry

Doctors Identify New Link Between “Vape Lung” Sufferers

These cells could be key to understanding — and preventing — vape lung.