It's a vision in which humankind has gone off world, built an orbital economy, and then watched it slowly disintegrate, like your hometown after the factory closed. It's hard to say if it's plausible, but it's emotionally resonant.

This Old Town

Applebee's on the Moon. Feral dogs on Mars. Is this the washed-up solar system we deserve?

In "Ad Astra," Off-World Colonies Are Crumbling Strip Malls

An experiment in California tested how people would spend a universal basic income, and found that most spent it on food, utility bills and clothing.

Essentials First

Most of the money went toward food, utility bills, and even donations.

Basic Income Recipients Spent the Money on “Literal Necessities”

Contractors hired to collect face scans for Google specifically targeted homeless black people and lied to them about the nature of the collection.

Not Cool

The homeless people "didn’t know what was going on at all."

Google Contractors Tricked Homeless Black People Into Face Scans

According to a decade-long study by a team of scientists, human activity emissions total up to 100 times more than all volcanoes combined.

It'll Buff Out

"We are on the same level of carbon catastrophe which is a bit sobering."

Humans Produce 100x More CO2 Than All Volcanoes Combined

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine released a statement last week about how he's disappointed with SpaceX's efforts to return Americans to space.

Space Race

Elon's latest beef, explained.

Here's Why Elon Musk is Feuding With the Head of NASA

The Russian military is poised to begin testing Belgorod, a submarine that can launch six thermonuclear warhead-carrying deep sea drones.

Bomber Drones

The "Belgorod" will carry six thermonuclear warhead-carrying Poseidon drones.

New Russian Submarine Can Launch Nuke-Carrying Drones

A new paper argues that the “primary colonists” of Mars should be microbes like the ones which support life on Earth in order to terraform the Red Planet.

Microbe Globe

A controversial new paper argues that we should infect Mars — with Earthly microorganisms.

Contaminating Mars With Microbes Could Kickstart Colonization

Johnson Unhinged

He wouldn't stop ranting about "pink-eyed Terminators" and "terrifying limbless chickens." Here's our analysis.

5 Insane Quotes From Boris Johnson's Bizarre UN Speech About Tech

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

Counting Down

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

Deepfake Pioneer: "Perfectly Real" Fake Vids Are Six Months Away

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.

Silencing Social

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

China Appears to Be Censoring Hong Kong Protests From TikTok

IT'S A "BIG YELLOW TAXI" THING

Because tomorrow.

To Our Readers: Why Futurism Isn't Publishing Today

Facebook is soliciting bodycam footage of police shooting their firearms so it can use the video to train its AI to detect violent content.

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