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Facebook Just Bought a Brain-Computer Interface Startup
Brain

Facebook Just Bought a Brain-Computer Interface Startup

Facebook may have paid as much as $1 billion for this brain interface tech.

Researchers used to think quasars took thousands of years to form. Then they caught six galaxies transitioning into quasars in a matter of months.
Science & Energy

Six Galaxies Just Suddenly Ignited Into Voracious Quasars

"The forces at play must be very extreme and very dramatic."

After complaints of a car show that blocked an entire town's Tesla Superchargers made their way across the web, its organizers say they'll do better.
Tesla

Car Show Organizer Begged Gas Guzzlers Not to ICE Tesla Chargers

That Supercharger-blocking car show had issued a courtesy reminder in advance.

A new video uploaded by Boston Dynamics shows off the robotics company's humanoid robot called Atlas perform an impressive gymnastics routine.
Boston Dynamics

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Humanoid Nail a Tricky Gymnastics Routine

Step aside, Simone Biles.

Tinder is about to launch a weekly apocalypse-themed event called Swipe Night that matches people based on how they play a choose-your-own-adventure game.
Future Society

Tinder Wants to Pair People Based on Their Apocalypse Strategy

In "Swipe Night," you have to survive the apocalypse — and maybe find a match.

Researchers created an autonomous roofing drone by strapping a nail gun to an octocopter and using cameras and markers to teach it where to place nails.
Drones

Researchers Strapped a Nail Gun to an Autonomous Drone

There’s no way this could go wrong.

Nerf’s New DRM’d Ultra Blaster Won’t Fire Knockoff Darts
Robots and Machines

Nerf’s New DRM’d Ultra Blaster Won’t Fire Knockoff Darts

Did Nerf just... Nerf its guns?

The Android app TwinFACE promises to give you "the opportunity to create an anime picture based on a real selfie." But it does a terrible job.
Artificial Intelligence

Finally, an App That Turns Your Selfie into an Anime Character

The only problem: it's glitchy as heck.

Chinese researchers have created a handheld sonic gun designed to help the nation's military and law enforcement agencies disperse crowds.
Brain Implants

China’s New Weapon: A Sonic Gun That Vibrates Your Brain

Ready for your brain and eyeballs to vibrate painfully?

Deepfake pioneer Hao Li believes the average person will have access to "perfectly real" deepfakes in just six to 12 months.
Artificial Intelligence

Deepfake Pioneer: “Perfectly Real” Fake Vids Are Six Months Away

Last week, he thought we had three years. Now he's saying it's less than one.

According to a German magazine, the Tesla Model S just sliced an impressive 20 seconds off of Porsche's recent Nürburgring race track record.
Tesla

Tesla’s Model S Just Crushed Porsche’s Lap Time in Germany

Did Tesla just throw down the gauntlet and come out on top?

Three U.S. military videos that show footage of "unidentified aerial phenomenon" are authentic, according to U.S. Navy statements.
Off-World

Navy Confirms That Three UFO Encounter Videos Are Real

There's some weird stuff in these vids.

A YouTuber deepfaked Bob Odenkirk in a scene of "Breaking Bad" with the face of president Donald Trump to explain money laundering.
Future Society

Someone Deepfaked Trump Into “Breaking Bad” and It’s Horrifying

Are you ready for President Saul Goodman?

Alphabet-owned company Wing announced a partnership with FedEx and Walgreens to start making drone deliveries as soon as October.
Drones

Walgreens Will Start Making Drone Deliveries in October

They'll have a little help delivering your prescriptions from Google and FedEx.

Chinese-owned video social media sharing app TikTok is accused of censoring its user's content surrounding protests against in the government in Hong Kong.
Future Society

China Appears to Be Censoring Hong Kong Protests From TikTok

Is the Chinese government silencing citizen protests on one of the most popular social media apps?

After promising results in animal studies, doctors from the University of Pennsylvania are about to test an experimental herpes vaccine on humans.
Developments

Scientists Are Testing a Herpes Vaccine on Humans

Mouse and guinea pig tests yielded promising results.

The US military PR unit took to Twitter to "joke" that it would attack anyone who tried to storm Area 51 with a stealth bomber.
Military

US Military Threatened to Bomb “Millennials” Storming Area 51

Well, that escalated quickly.

The head of Russia's space agency says it know what caused a mysterious Space Station hole — but NASA's head claims it hasn't shared the info with him.
NASA

Russia: We Know Cause of Space Station Leak but Haven’t Told NASA

NASA head: "[I]t is clearly not acceptable that there are holes in the International Space Station."

NASA's InSight Lander on the surface of Mars detected a series of strange magnetic pulses that occurred exactly at midnight.
Science & Energy

NASA’s Mars Lander Detects Mysterious Magnetic Pulses

The strange pulses were detected at exactly midnight Martian time.

On Sunday, every Tesla Supercharger within 15 miles of Yorktown Heights, NY got ICEd, leaving Tesla drivers unable to charge up.
Tesla

Gasoline Fiends Blocked Every Single Tesla Charger in This Town

No more Mr. ICE guy.