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Elon Musk Says “At Least” Half His Tweets are Made on Toilet

Elon Musk Says “At Least” Half His Tweets are Made on Toilet

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of researchers say that the Moon is peppered with craters from miniature black holes — and they may reveal some breakthrough insights on dark matter.

Science & Energy

Scientists Say Mini-Black Holes May Have Smashed Into the Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

Back in October, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently had to adjust its orbit to dodge out of the way of India's Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter.

NASA’s Moon Orbiter Almost Crashed Into India’s Moon Orbiter

By Victor Tangermann

The body of a deceased cargo ship captain spent six months in the ship's walk-in freezer with 13 countries refusing to take care of it.

Cargo Ship Spent Months With Captain’s Corpse in Walk-in Freezer

By Victor Tangermann

"Don’t want to brag but... I’m the best at humility," Musk tweeted today. To his credit, the billionaire hasn't shied away from admitting when he was wrong.

Elon Musk Brags That He Is the “Best at Humility”

By Victor Tangermann

A woman is suing Tesla after she allegedly received near daily sexual harassment while working at the company — and she says Elon Musk is partly to blame.

Women Accuses Tesla of Disgusting Sexual Harassment

By Tony Ho Tran

Cryptographers are unhappy they are no longer the de facto association of the term "crypto." But is that really a bad thing?

Cryptographers Furious That “Crypto” Now Means Something Else

By Victor Tangermann

A Canadian teenager was arrested after stealing roughly $36.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from just one individual based in the US.

Teen Hacker Arrested for Stealing $36 Million in Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

A new pirate website called The NFT Bay is already hosting 15 terabytes of NFTs for "right clickers" to download.

New Website Shows How Silly NFTs Are by Pirating Them

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is sending a spacecraft to the lunar surface to explore "one of the most distinctive and enigmatic natural features on the Moon."

2024 NASA Landing to Explore Mysterious Magnetic “Swirl” on Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A bipartisan effort is being made in Congress to develop an official office to study "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP).

Robots and Machines

Politicians Push for “UFO Office” to Study Tech From “Adversaries or Any Other Entity”

By Tony Ho Tran

Engineers have created a powerful camera that can see through solid and opaque objects such as fog, corners, or even human flesh and bone.

Robots and Machines

Scientists Invent Camera That Can See Through Almost Anything

By Tony Ho Tran

As if nothing is sacred anymore, the home arena of the Los Angeles Lakers is getting a new name: the Crypto.com Arena. Not everybody is thrilled.

The Staples Center Will Be Renamed the “Crypto.com Arena” Because We Are Condemned to Eternal Damnation

By Victor Tangermann

Bank Sues Tesla for $160 Million Because of Elon’s 420 Tweet

Bank Sues Tesla for $160 Million Because of Elon’s 420 Tweet

By Tony Ho Tran

Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffet have chosen a tiny Wyoming city to build an experimental nuclear power plant in.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet Are Building an Experimental Nuclear Plant in a Tiny City

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers have discovered that the Moon might have frozen pockets of carbon dioxide — and it could be used to create lunar greenhouses in the future.

Researchers Say CO2 “Traps” On Moon Could Be Used to Grow Plants

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has scooped up its next Martian soil sample — and this time, the rock has got a fascinating, new geological feature.

NASA Mars Rover Samples Mars With “Greenish Mineral”

By Victor Tangermann

A new music video from rapper Post Malone features an NFT product-placement cameo that is much more bizarre than you'd expect.

Watch Post Malone Buy An NFT While We Slowly Chart Our Descent Into Hell

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new theory posits that, actually, wormholes can remain stable enough for particles to enter it and leave through the other side.

Science & Energy

New Paper Claims That Yes, You Could Climb Through a Wormhole to a Distant Galaxy

By Tony Ho Tran

Massive rain, dust, and snowstorms (yes, snow too) in Aswan, Egypt have caused swarms of scorpions to wreak havoc on the city.

Killer Storms Drive Deadly Scorpion Swarms Into Home-Invading Fury

By Tony Ho Tran

Earlier this month, NASA announced where it is planning to probe the lunar surface for water ice — potentially a watershed moment.

NASA Reveals Moon Location for Ice Drilling Mission Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has shared stunning new images originally taken by the crew of four space tourists, who spent three days circling the Earth in September.

SpaceX Tourists Share Stunning In Orbit Photos in Full Resolution

By Victor Tangermann

US-Russian relations have hit a new low after Russia conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) test in orbit.

US Government Furious at Russian Anti-Satellite Test

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk apparently cannot stop tweeting about Bernie Sanders -- and this time, the meme allegations include something about ketamine.

Elon Musk Can’t Stop Rageposting About Bernie Sanders

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of researchers at Lancaster University have created a new cursed type of WiFi that transmits data wirelessly using nuclear radiation.

Science & Energy

Scientists Create Cursed WiFi That Transmits Using Nuclear Radiation

By Tony Ho Tran

IBM Says It’s Achieved a Huge Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Quantum Computing

IBM Says It’s Achieved a Huge Quantum Computing Breakthrough

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos thinks the Earth will be like a protected national park in the future and become a galactic tourist attraction.

Jeff Bezos Says Most People Won’t Be Able to Live on Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

It shouldn't be so surprising that Kiss legend Gene Simmons is loudly in support of vaccines, but it's 2021, and here we are.

Gene Simmons to the Unvaccinated: “You Are an Enemy”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Glen de Vries, an entrepreneur who recently went to space alongside actor William Shatner on a Blue Origin launch, tragically passed away in a plane crash.

Astronaut Who Recently Flew in Blue Origin Launch Dies in Plane Crash

By Victor Tangermann

Miami mayor Francis Suarez has announced on Twitter that he is giving out cryptocurrency funds to city residents.

Florida City Announces Crypto Giveaway to All Residents

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk took to Twitter to throw some cold water on the rival carmaker Rivian's enormous $116 billion valuation on Thursday.

Elon Musk Is Beefing With Another Electric Carmaker Again

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX’s Orbital Starship Prototype Just Fired Up All Its Engines

SpaceX’s Orbital Starship Prototype Just Fired Up All Its Engines

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Chinese researchers have discovered a mysterious barrier stopping cosmic rays from penetrating through to the center of the Milky Way.

Science & Energy

Scientists Surprised by Mysterious Barrier at the Core of our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla Model Y was "severely damaged" after crashing into an oncoming car while reportedly having the "Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta active.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla in “Full Self-Driving” Mode “Severely Damaged” in Crash

By Victor Tangermann

In a new study, scientists say they found evidence that the quasi-Moon is an ancient fragment of the Earth’s primary Moon.

Science & Energy

Study: Earth Has Another Tiny Moon That Broke Off from the Big One

By Tony Ho Tran

The astronauts of Crew-3 spotted something strange during their ISS docking on Thursday: a mysterious object floating past their craft.

International Space Station

SpaceX Astronauts Encounter Mystery Object During ISS Docking

By Tony Ho Tran

Uber is once again under fire for discrimination after allegedly punishing disabled riders with "wait-time" fees.

DOJ Sues Uber For Treating Disabled Riders Like “Second-Class Citizens”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The US government's Office of Foreign Assets Control declaring this week that numerous NFTs, and even one entire exchange, are now verboten.

The US Government Says These NFTs Are Now Illegal

By Jon Christian

Yikes: Complex reports that Jay-Z was warned by the FBI that he was soon to fall victim to an "imminent hack," and urged to delete his emails.

FBI Warned Jay-Z of ‘Imminent’ Email Hack

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to new financial filings, Elon Musk appears to have unloaded approximately $1.1 billion worth of his stock in Tesla.

Elon Musk Just Sold $5 Billion of His Tesla Stock

By Jon Christian

Spokesmen for the US and China announced a surprise climate agreement deal at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) on Wednesday.

US and China Stop Bickering, Announce Surprise Climate Agreement Deal

By Tony Ho Tran

The International Space Station is maneuvering out of the way of space junk, which was created after China destroyed a derelict satellite in 2007.

ISS Forced to Dodge Debris From Chinese Anti-Satellite Weapon

By Victor Tangermann

In response to the so-called "labor shortage," companies are looking to finally replace replace workers with machines.

Robotics CEO Says Goal Is to “Remove” Human Labor From Economy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers say they’ve found evidence that the expanding universe is causing black holes to grow with it.

Science & Energy

Uh Oh, Turns Out the Universe Might Be Making Black Holes Even Bigger

By Tony Ho Tran

In spite of running a healthtech company, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes apparently didn't understand how prostates work.

Prosthetics and Devices

We’re Losing It at Elizabeth Holmes’ Excuse for Why Theranos Results Made No Sense

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the Tesla CEO's net worth slid some $50 billion since the beginning of the week.

Elon Musk Loses $50 Billion in Two Days, But He’s Still Richer Than Bezos

By Victor Tangermann

NASA boss Bill Nelson has made it clear: the mission to return humans to the Moon is delayed a year — and it’s mostly Jeff Bezos’ fault.

NASA Head Says Moon Landing Delayed a Year, Blames Jeff Bezos’ Lawsuit

By Tony Ho Tran

Astrophysicist Says Scientists Need to Stop Searching for Alien Civilizations

Astrophysicist Says Scientists Need to Stop Searching for Alien Civilizations

By Noor Al-Sibai

The grift behind NFTs is unsurprising given the capitalist dystopia we call home.

Cory Doctorow Roasts NFTs as “Massive, Fraud-Ridden Speculative Bubble”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The value of Bitcoin has hit all-time highs, trading at above $68,000 Tuesday morning — and investors are predicting its rise isn't over yet.

Bitcoin Crushes All-Time Record, With JPMorgan Predicting $146,000

By Victor Tangermann

It appears that billionaire Jeff Bezos may have a sense of humor after tweeting a "threat" at Leonardo DiCaprio.

Jeff Bezos Mad That Girlfriend Is Thirsting for Leonardo DiCaprio

By Noor Al-Sibai

During the descent home, one of the Crew Dragon capsule's four parachutes was slow to deploy by a few seconds — adding last second drama to the mission.

SpaceX Crew Dragon’s Parachute Was Slow to Deploy During Splashdown

By Tony Ho Tran

China's military has built mockups of US Navy aircraft carriers and other warships, seemingly in order to use them as target practice, Reuters reports.

Robots and Machines

China’s Building Fake US Ships, Seemingly for Target Practice

By Victor Tangermann

An innovator in early AR systems has a dire prediction: the metaverse could destroy reality as we know it.

AR Pioneer Warns That Metaverse Could Make “Reality Disappear”

By Tony Ho Tran

After Elon Musk saying that he would sell off his shares in the electric car company based on a Twitter poll, stock prices for Tesla dropped on Monday.

Tesla Stock Prices Drops After Musk Asks Twitter Whether He Should Sell Stock

By Tony Ho Tran

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet was able to follow along with this year's super intense solar storm from the ISS, taking pictures of breathtaking auroras.

Space Station Astronaut Captures Incredible Photo of Solar Flare Hitting Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Americans bought roughly half a million e-bikes in 2020. For comparison, customers bought just 231,000 electric cars during that same time period.

Advanced Transport

E-Bikes Are Absolutely Crushing Electric Cars in Sales

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX Workers Spotted Doing Pullups Near Top of Mechazilla Tower

SpaceX Workers Spotted Doing Pullups Near Top of Mechazilla Tower

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning to sell roughly $21 billion of stock in the company. A possible reason why: to avoid paying a ton of taxes.

There’s a Reason Elon Musk Is Suddenly Desperate to Sell Tesla Stock

By Tony Ho Tran

Once the James Webb Space Telescope got to an ESA spaceport, officials donned protective gear and took it out of its enormous box.

James Webb Space Telescope

Video Shows Glorious Unboxing of James Webb Space Telescope

By Jon Christian

A viral TikTok is making the rounds about engineer David Miller retelling a rather unusual story: how he accidentally got a job at NASA.

Man Says He Got a Job at NASA Accidentally

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is sending thousands of tons of rocket propellant to its facilities, signaling that the company's orbital test launch could happen soon.

SpaceX Loading Huge Amount of Rocket Fuel at Starship Launch Site

By Victor Tangermann

A new facility in the Bay Area is producing lab-grown meat on a massive scale, capable of producing an astonishing 400,000 pounds a year.

Science & Energy

California Factory Producing 50,000 Lbs of Lab Grown Meat Per Year

By Victor Tangermann

A massive solar storm is bombarding the Earth with so much radiation and at such a force, it could end up interfering with power grids.

Science & Energy

Eruption From the Sun May Affect Power Grid, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann