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It's been nearly five years since Musk first announced the full self driving feature and very little progress has been made on it.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Owners Furious That Elon Musk Keeps Pushing Back Full Self-Driving

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of students from Eindhoven in the Netherlands have created an awesome-looking mobile home that depends entirely on solar energy.

Advanced Transport

This Solar-Powered RV Looks Absolutely Awesome

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese scientists are studying lunar rock samples to assess whether or not they're a good fuel source for nuclear fusion.

China Analyzing Moon Rocks as Potential Fusion Power Source

By Tony Ho Tran

The Inspiration4 all-tourist crew is not wasting no time catching zillion-dollar views from a massive glass dome — and indulging in some space gambling.

Billionaire SpaceX Tourist Places Las Vegas Bet From Outer Space

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey had an incredibly weird exchange of tweets regarding crypto and safe words on Thursday.

Elon Musk Tells Jack Dorsey “Crypto” Is His Safe Word

By Tony Ho Tran

This video demo of a Snapchat lens from augmented reality developer Kavin Kumar shows how it's able to turn a person's body into a spooky skeleton.

Watch Augmented Reality Turn a Dude Into a Straight-Up Skeleton

By Tony Ho Tran

Jeff Bezos Grits Teeth to Congratulate Elon Musk, Who Makes Fun of Him Constantly

Jeff Bezos Grits Teeth to Congratulate Elon Musk, Who Makes Fun of Him Constantly

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX launched the first-ever all-tourist mission into orbit Wednesday evening. The launch caused an epic "jellyfish"-like aurora to form in the night sky.

SpaceX Launch Spits Out Epic, Firey Jellyfish in Night Sky

By Victor Tangermann

Amongst the myriad equipment at the Inspiration4 crew's disposal are a set of zip ties and sedatives in case anyone poses a danger.

SpaceX Launched Tourists With Zip Ties, Sedatives In Case Someone Gets Dangerous

By Tony Ho Tran

There are a total of 14 humans in space right now circling the Earth on board three different spacecraft, a new historic record.

There Are More People in Orbit Right Now Than at Any Other Point in Human History

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced it will award high-dollar contracts to five US companies to help support the Artemis program — including one to Blue Origin.

NASA Awards $26.5 Million to Company That Sued It

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew has the best view — from a bathroom, which is right next to the Crew Dragon spacecraft's giant glass cupola.

The View From Inspiration4’s Toilet Is Absolutely Incredible

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just left its private space industry competitors in the dust after it took a crew of four civilians into orbit on Wednesday.

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Already Blasted Past Jeff Bezos’ Highest Point

By Victor Tangermann

An Israeli company has unveiled a remote-controlled, semi-autonomous robot that can be outfitted with two machine guns, cameras, and sensors.

Israel Shows Off Massive Military Robot With a Huge Machine Gun

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Says Its Tech Can Kill Hurricanes Before They Get Strong

Science & Energy

Startup Says Its Tech Can Kill Hurricanes Before They Get Strong

By Tony Ho Tran

A study has been released that shows that more than half of young adults believe that "humanity is doomed" and "the future is frightening."

More Than Half of Young Adults Think “Humanity Is Doomed,” According to New Poll

By Tony Ho Tran

Here's how you can catch SpaceX's coverage of its first all-civilian launch into space tonight from the comfort of your own home.

How to Watch SpaceX’s Historic All-Civilian Space Launch Tonight

By Victor Tangermann

Harold "Sonny" White, a big name in warp drive research, left NASA in late 2019 to work on the Warp Drive with a private firm. He took everything with him.

Science & Energy

Warp Drive Scientist Took All His Equipment With Him When He Left NASA

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Chinese scientists have developed a concept for a Mars drone that weighs 1,100 pounds and could travel at five times the speed of sound.

Chinese Scientists Working on Mars Drone That Flies Faster Than Sound

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronomers observing Jupiter got a surprise on Monday when a large unknown object smashed into the planet’s surface causing a "bright flash of light."

Something Big Appears to Have Just Smashed Into Jupiter

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Twitter that the new Full Self-Driving software would automatically avoid UFO debris blocking the road ahead.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk: Tesla Self-Driving Will Be Able to Dodge UFOs That Crash Into Roadway

By Victor Tangermann

Grimes Brings Sword Made Out of an AR-15 to Met Gala

Grimes Brings Sword Made Out of an AR-15 to Met Gala

By Tony Ho Tran

Dubbed "Rozy," a CGI influencer was created by Korean media company Sidus Studio X to sell products and services for more than 100 brands.

Artificial Intelligence

This CGI Influencer Is Shilling For More Than 100 Brands

By Tony Ho Tran

Engineers in England have developed a jetpack that they claim is so easy to use, anyone can fly it with minimal training.

Advanced Transport

Startup Says Anyone New Jetpack Is So Simple That Anyone Can Fly It

By Tony Ho Tran

Engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center's Ballistic Impact Lab are shooting prototype spacesuits with a 40-foot air gun.

NASA Testing Spacesuits by Shooting Them With a Giant Gun

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of atmospheric scientists wants to create whiter clouds that reflect more sunlight to cool down the Earth.

Scientists Reveal Plan to Cool the World Through Geoengineering

By Tony Ho Tran

Steve Wozniak's new venture called Privateer may be a space junk cleanup company — something that makes a lot of sense right now.

This Clue May Show What Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Is Doing in Space

By Victor Tangermann

Hoax Press Release Claims Walmart Will Accept Litecoin, Causing Spike and Then Crash

Hoax Press Release Claims Walmart Will Accept Litecoin, Causing Spike and Then Crash

By Tony Ho Tran

227 environmental and land rights activists were murdered throughout the world in 2020, according to the report from Global Witness.

A Huge Number of Environmental Activists Are Getting Murdered

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX hid a little Easter egg in the background of a photo of the Inspiration4 crew, who are heading to space later this week.

There’s a Morse Code Message Hidden in Photo of SpaceX Tourists

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created the largest computer simulation of the Universe, and have made the data available for anyone to download for free

Science & Energy

Scientists Create 3,000 TB Simulation of the Universe You Can Download

By Tony Ho Tran

Eagle-eyed Reddit users noticed something a bit out of place in the Dragon capsule: a roll of duct tape amongst a dizzying array of cargo and equipment.

Hidden Compartment on SpaceX Spacecraft Contains Emergency Duct Tape

By Tony Ho Tran

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is launching a private space company called Privateer — but that's about as much as we know about the venture.

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Is Launching His Own Space Company

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has officially adopted a furry companion friend called Floki — and, of course, the internet is aflame.

Elon Musk Adopts Shiba Inu, Causing Cryptocurrency Mayhem

By Victor Tangermann

An experimental form of male birth control involves using magnets to heat up nanoparticles inside the testes to prevent sperm formation.

Scientists Debut Magnet Powerful Enough to Lift an Aircraft Carrier

By Tony Ho Tran

A new crop of lenders have emerged doling out loans to cryptocurrency enthusiasts who, in turn, use it to buy more crypto.

Crypto Fanatics Are Taking Out Loans to Buy More Crypto

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers have discovered more evidence that oil spills can have long lasting impacts on marine life even more than a decade after the spill.

Scientists Find Tissue Deformities in Seafood Linked to Deepwater Horizon Spill

By Tony Ho Tran

DeepFaceLive is an open-source AI software that can transform your face into someone else’s on video conferencing platforms like Zoom.

New Deepfake Tool Turns Livestreamers Into Someone Else in Real Time

By Tony Ho Tran

A pair of massive claw-like structures have been sighted at SpaceX’s launch site, and it's likely a part of the Mechazilla rocket catching system.

Giant Claw Spotted at SpaceX Rocket Facility

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance finally managed to scoop up and study rock samples after a series of baffling failures and mishaps.

It Worked! NASA’s Mars Rover Definitely Scooped up Rock Samples This Time

By Dan Robitzski

The upcoming all-civilian SpaceX mission Inspiration4 will bring dozens of NFTs into space for charity, including an unreleased Kings of Leon recording.

SpaceX Tourist Spacecraft Will Be Loaded With Dozens of NFTs

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk isn't exactly basking in the limelight ahead of Wednesday's launch, the first time an all-non-professional team has flown to space.

SpaceX Space Tourists Say Elon Musk Has Barely Talked to Them

By Victor Tangermann

Snakes equipped with GPS trackers and dosimeters are monitoring radioactivity levels near the Fukushima nuclear disaster site.

Scientists Monitoring Radioactive Snakes Near Fukushima Meltdown Site

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook has teamed up with Ray-Ban to come up with a pair of smart sun glasses that absolutely nobody asked for.The design is as creepy as it is familiar.

Facebook: Taping Over Camera LED on Our Glasses is a TOS Violation

By Victor Tangermann

El Salvador is now the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender, and Edward Snowden predicts that many more will soon follow.

Edward Snowden Predicts Massive Bitcoin Adoption by Governments

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla has shared a video of its Model S Plaid supercar ripping around the Nürburgring racecar track in Germany, setting an official full lap time of 7:35.

Watch a Tesla Model S Set a World Record on a Racetrack

By Victor Tangermann

iRobot, the makers of the Roomba robot vacuum, specifically trained the new model's AI to avoid running over dop poop and smearing it everywhere.

New Roomba Boasts Dog Poop-Avoiding AI

By Dan Robitzski

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the next Beta of the company's Full Self-Driving beta (FSD) will "blow your mind." But is it safe?

Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk: Next Full Self-Driving Beta “Will Blow Your Mind”

By Victor Tangermann

A ship called the Coral Crystal temporarily blocked the Suez Canal again, forcing authorities to reroute the ships behind it while they got it unstuck.

Advanced Transport

Oh Great, Another Giant Ship Blocked the Suez Canal

By Dan Robitzski

US Space Force chief John Raymond, told Japanese newspaper Nikkei in an interview that he's worried about China's anti-satellite technologies.

Space Force Head Says China Could Blow Up Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists got an incredible look at Kleopatra, also known as the "dog bone asteroid," which is spinning so fast it might rip itself apart.

Science & Energy

Rapidly Spinning “Dog Bone” Asteroid Near Mars Could Break Itself Apart

By Dan Robitzski

Two adjacent Raptor engines recently installed on SpaceX's Super Heavy booster prototype on Wednesday were numbered "RB4" and "RB20" — the weed number 420.

SpaceX Installs Rocket Engines on Starship Booster to Spell “420”

By Victor Tangermann

The world's largest carbon capture facility, which can scrub 4,400 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air each year, just went online.

Scientists Fire Up World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Machine

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla has managed to lock down a rather unusual patent last week: using laser beams as windshield wipers, as first spotted by Electrek.

Tesla Locks Down Patent for Laser Windshield Wipers

By Victor Tangermann

NASA finally announced a launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope, the long-awaited orbital observatory meant to replace the aging Hubble.

Science & Energy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finally Has a Launch Date

By Dan Robitzski

MIT engineers managed to create an intensely powerful magnetic field in a very compact space, which they say is a huge step toward nuclear fusion energy.

MIT Announces “Major Advance” in Fusion Power

By Dan Robitzski

The water supply on the International Space Station is teeming with bacteria, so scietnists are trying to figure out what that means for astronaut health.

Study: Space Station Drinking Water Is Teeming With Bacteria

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX tourists were put through the ringer ahead of their journey into space, Axios reports, including a 30-hour simulation that almost ended in disaster.

SpaceX Tourists’ Mission Simulation Included Life-Threatening Situation

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is hoisting its first flightworthy Super Heavy booster prototype onto its orbital launch pad at the company's testing facilities in South Texas.

SpaceX Lifts Massive Starship Booster Onto Launchpad

By Victor Tangermann

California-based startup JetPack Aviation is selling two of its jetpack units for $400,000 a piece to an "undisclosed military customer in South-East Asia."

A Startup Is Selling Jetpacks to an “Undisclosed Military Customer”

By Victor Tangermann

A group of Bitcoin bros' plan to buy a cruise ship and turn it into a floating crypto utopia, fell apart during the boat's (empty) maiden voyage.

Bitcoin Dudes Buy Cruise Ship for Crypto Utopia, Immediately Bungle Everything

By Dan Robitzski

Apple's car project lead Doug Field is leaving to join Ford as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer, another big blow to the project.

Advanced Transport

The Lead of Apple’s Secretive Car Project Just Left to Join Ford

By Victor Tangermann

China's Chang'e-5 orbiter, the spacecraft that helped ferry Moon rocks back to Earth last year before heading to deep space, just started a return journey.

Chinese Probe Returns to Moon From Deep Space, for Unknown Purpose

By Dan Robitzski

Officials from a local Swiss skiing resort are now trying to slow the melting by throwing giant fleece blankets over the glacier

Science & Energy

Switzerland Covers Glacier With Giant Blankets to Keep It From Melting

By Victor Tangermann