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Facebook has removed an event called "Storm Area 51" with some 2 million Facebook users who have RSVP'd, claiming it violated community standards.
Future Society

Facebook Removes “Storm Area 51” Event

The two million event goers won't be able to Naruto-run past this.

NASA has a major wild hog problem at its Kennedy Space Center, with upwards of 12,000 of the animals terrorizing the campus.
NASA

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Is Infested With Feral Hogs. Really.

Probably more than 30-50, though.

A new study reveals that cosmic radiation is even more dangerous than we thought. Mice exposed to Mars-journey levels developed dementia-like symptoms.
Science & Energy

Mars-Journey Levels of Radiation Seriously Damaged Mouse Brains

This is bad news for any would-be Mars colonists.

The newly launched AI Bar system uses facial recognition technology to ensure bar patrons are served in the proper order.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Scans Faces to Let Bartenders Know Who’s Next in Line

Leave it to the Brits to use AI to try to improve queueing.

Facebook has announced it's collaborating with researchers to build a real-time brain decoding device that could help patients with neurological damage.
Meta

Facebook is Making Progress on Its Mind Reading Headset

Facebook really wants to get inside your head.

A massive space rock called Asteroid 2019 OK just flew right past Earth reaching a distance of only 73,000 kilometers away from our planet's surface.
Science & Energy

“City Killer” Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth Almost Undetected

In other words, the Earth just avoided an asteroid disaster of catastrophic proportions.

Sony claims its new wearable air conditioner, the Reon Pocket, can drop your body's surface temperature by 23 degrees Fahrenheit.
Robots and Machines

Sony Unveils Wearable Air Conditioner That Sits in a Shirt Pocket

It can reportedly drop your body's surface temp by 23°F.

Chinese vlogger "Your Highness Qiao Biluo" was ousted to be a 58-year-old woman with a different appearance when her face filtering software glitched.
Future Society

Youthful Vlogger’s Face Filter Fails, Exposing Her as 58-Year-Old

Is it okay to use tech to make yourself look young?

Financial aggregation services are giving hackers everything they need to access and empty wealthy targets' bank accounts.
Science & Energy

Hackers Are Cracking Online Banking Sites to Steal Your Cash

A couple easy tricks make it easy for hackers to drain your bank account.

Israeli lunar lander Beresheet crashed onto the surface of the Moon on April 11 spilling thousands of dehydrated "water bears" or tardigrades.
Science & Energy

Crashed Moon Lander Splattered Live Organisms Onto Lunar Surface

And they may still be alive.

SpaceX has launched a SmallSat Rideshare Program, an initiative designed to let smaller satellite operators split the cost of launches.
SpaceX

SpaceX Debuts “Rideshare” Program For Launching Satellites

Space has never been this cheap.

A fertility clinic's 30-minute operation is making it possible to delay menopause — and all the nasty health side effects that come with it.
Health & Medicine

New Operation Could Delay Menopause for 20 Years, Says Clinic

For about $10k, you can now press pause on menopause.

In response to two mass shootings, Trump says social media companies should spot mass shooters before they commit and violent crimes.
Future Society

Trump: Social Media Companies Should Spot Mass Shooters in Advance

He wants them to make a system for spotting red flags.

No, Violent Video Games Don’t Cause Mass Shootings
Future Society

No, Violent Video Games Don’t Cause Mass Shootings

Blaming violent media for mass shootings is a gross oversimplification.

A new CGI system can create a fully-rendered video game character based on a performer's motion capture data in real time.
Robots and Machines

Amazing Tech Turns You Into a CGI Character In Real Time

The tech cuts rendering times down to near-instantaneous.

Israel believes soldiers might control the "tank of the future" using a joystick like the one that comes with an Xbox gaming console.
Robots and Machines

Israel Demos “Tank of the Future” Featuring Xbox-Style Controller

Gaming hardware is making its way into the military.

Fed up with the challenges of living with diabetes, a biohacker built himself an artificial pancreas to automatically manage his insulin pump.
Prosthetics and Devices

How This Engineer Hacked Together His Own “Artificial Pancreas”

A biohacker turned an insulin pump into an artificial organ.

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

Elon Musk Fans Think His Meme Tweets Are Teasing a New Tesla

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

Hoverboard Guy Crosses English Channel, Shifts Focus to Flying Car

"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

Biohackers Are Attempting to Make Their Own Insulin

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