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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute say that it might be impossible to rein in superintelligent AI that decides to turn on humanity.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists: It’d Be Impossible to Control Superintelligent AI

By Dan Robitzski

New Technique Uses Entire Milky Way as a Giant Observatory

New Technique Uses Entire Milky Way as a Giant Observatory

By Dan Robitzski

Self-Driving Vehicles

This Is Cadillac’s Wild Flying Car Concept

By Victor Tangermann

Programmer Stefan Thomas has thousands of Bitcoin tucked away, but he forgot his password and only has two guesses left before he loses it forever,

Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236 Million in Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Juno spacecraft reportedly detected an FM radio signal coming from the Jovian moon Ganymede, local Utah news station KTVX reports.

Science & Energy

NASA Reportedly Detects Signal Coming From One of Jupiter’s Moons

By Victor Tangermann

Science & Energy

An Unusual Merger Seems to Have Created a New Type of Star

By Dan Robitzski

Because of bad weather here on Earth, a SpaceX Dragon that was supposed to head home from the International Space Station is hanging out in orbit.

Science & Energy

Bad Weather Leaves SpaceX Dragon Stuck at Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

An online database just released all of the UFO-related records ever declassified by the CIA for anyone to download and peruse.

The CIA’s Declassified UFO Documents Are Now All Available Online

By Dan Robitzski

Before Parler, the far-right version of Twitter, went dark, a hacker and their followers scraped user data from the raid on the U.S. Capitol.

The Pro-Trump Twitter Alternative Parler Has Gone Offline

By Dan Robitzski

South Korean tech giant Samsung has teased its new domestic household helper robot at this year's virtual-only CES — and it's called "Bot Handy."

Watch a Samsung Robot Load Dirty Dishes Into the Dishwasher

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA is developing night-vision goggles that look just like glasses instead of the bulky, binocular-like tech that currently exists.

DARPA Working on Night-Vision Goggles the Size of Normal Glasses

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX is building a restaurant and a "futuristic bar" at its Starship testing facility in Boca Chica, Texas, according to CEO Elon Musk.

SpaceX Building Bar and Restaurant at Starship Testing Facility

By Victor Tangermann

Responding to writer Ben Mezrich, who said that he's "never turning down getting paid in bitcoin again" in a Friday tweet, Musk replied with "me neither."

Elon Musk Says He Would Take a Salary in Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

Social media giant Twitter announced on Friday evening that it was "permanently" suspending the account of embattled U.S. president Donald Trump.

Twitter Permanently Suspends Donald Trump’s Account

By Jon Christian

Climate change could hit cities particularly hard in the future, heating them up several degrees hotter than the global average.

Climate Change Will Roast Cities More Than Anywhere Else

By Dan Robitzski

According to a recent statement, South Korean automaker Hyundai Motors is in early-stage talks with tech titan Apple to develop an electric car.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Apple Is Trying to Find a Manufacturer For Its Self-Driving Car

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and the European Space Agency have graced us with six glorious views of mindbogglingly massive galaxy mergers, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA Releases Hubble Images of Galaxies Smashing Into Each Other

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists developed a proof-of-concept system that could generate fuel for astronauts out of Mars' atmosphere.

Astronauts Could Fuel Their Return Trip Using Mars’ Atmosphere

By Dan Robitzski

If the planet reaches net-zeo carbon emissions soon, new research suggests rising temperatures could stabilize within a matter of decades.

New Analysis Shows Climate Could Stabilize in Several Decades

By Dan Robitzski

A bizarre theory claims that dark matter might be made of tiny primordial black holes, which themselves might contain other universes.

Scientists Claim Black Holes Are Made of Collapsed Universes

By Dan Robitzski

Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled its futuristic vision for its upcoming EQS luxury electric sedan: a wall-to-wall, 56-inch touchscreen called "Hyperscreen."

Advanced Transport

Mercedes-Benz Debuts Dashboard That’s One Giant Touchscreen

By Victor Tangermann

China is set to launch three missions to kick off the construction of its space station. The first launch could happen as soon as this spring.

China Is Launching Three Missions to Construct Its Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now the richest man in the world, beating out incumbent Jeff Bezos.

Elon Musk Is Now Officially the Wealthiest Person on Earth

By Victor Tangermann

After President Trump instigated and stoked an armed terrorist plot against the U.S. Capitol, Twitter locked his account.

Trump Thrown Into Twitter Jail

By Dan Robitzski

According to Bloomberg, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk could soon surpass Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in the world.

Elon Musk Poised to Become the Richest Person in the World

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter Censors Trump Tweet “Due to Risk of Violence”

Twitter Censors Trump Tweet “Due to Risk of Violence”

By Victor Tangermann

In a test, the Department of Homeland Security found that new facial recognition can identify 96 percent of people despite their face masks.

Facial recognition

Government Facial Recognition Can Identify 96 Percent of Masked People

By Dan Robitzski

Recreating the impacts of psychedelics in neural networks could help scientists understand how these drugs cause hallucinations in human brains.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Want to Give Neural Networks Virtual Drugs

By Dan Robitzski

Climate expert Matthew Hoffman argues that despairing over the environment or calling climate change a lost cause will only make things worse.

Climate Expert: Don’t Give Up, We Can Still Fix the Environment

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are trying to figure out if we can send robots that are made out of ice to another planet

Scientists Want to Send a Robot Made of Ice to Another Planet

By Victor Tangermann

In Chaotic Project, Mechanic Installs Gas Engine in Tesla

In Chaotic Project, Mechanic Installs Gas Engine in Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

International Space Station crewmembers dug into radishes that were the first non-leafy green veggies to be grown and consumed on the ISS.

NASA Let Astronauts Feast on Space-Grown Vegetables

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers from Rutgers University in New Jersey have created a 3D-printed smart gel that can change its shape when exposed to light.

Super-Flexible Display Could Enable Real-Life Active Camouflage

By Victor Tangermann

Congress is expecting a progress report from the National Science Foundation on how to rebuild the collapsed radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory.

Science & Energy

Congress Is Investigating the Collapsed Arecibo Observatory

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese billionaire and founder of e-commerce platform Alibaba Jack Ma has been unusually absent from public view for the last two months.

The Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma Has Disappeared

By Victor Tangermann

South Korea recorded more deaths than births for the first time last year, and the government is trying to pay new parents to reverse the trend.

More South Koreans Died Than Were Born in 2020

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists found that Irish soda bread can serve as a viable, low-cost alternative for cell scaffolding in the lab.

Scientists Are Using Bread as a Scaffold for Human Cells

By Dan Robitzski

Unsuspecting residents in Hawaii spotted something exceedingly strange: a large blue unidentified object falling out of the sky and into the ocean.

Video Shows Blue UFO Falling Into Ocean in Hawaii

By Victor Tangermann

The logic behind simulation theory, or the idea that we live in a virtual reality, doesn't really make sense, according to mathemetician Jonathan Bartlett.

Mathematician: Here’s Why the Simulation Theory Is Stupid

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the company will try to catch a Super Heavy booster rocket with a launch tower so it doesn't need to rely entirely on its legs.

SpaceX Wants to Catch Starship Booster With Its Own Launch Tower

By Dan Robitzski

A boutique automotive manufacturer is challenging Elon Musk to race the Cybertruck at the 2023 Baja 1000 with a hydrogen-powered vehicle.

Advanced Transport

Carmaker Challenges Cybertruck to Off-Road Race Against Fuel Cell Vehicle

By Victor Tangermann

UK Military Unveils Tiny Spy Drones That Can Travel Over a Mile

UK Military Unveils Tiny Spy Drones That Can Travel Over a Mile

By Dan Robitzski

A new video shows a crew of Boston Dynamics robots busting some impressive dance moves, to the beat of The Contours' 1962 smash hit "Do You Love Me":

Boston Dynamics

Video Shows Boston Dynamics Robots Busting Impressive Dance Moves

By Jon Christian

The Russian oil company Gazpromneft built a Bitcoin mining facility in its Siberian oil field to make use of energy from excess gases.

Russian Oil Company Builds Bitcoin Farm in Siberia

By Dan Robitzski

A man is suing NJ police after he was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned because of flawed, since-banned facial recognition AI.

Facial recognition

Lawsuit Claims Facial Recognition AI Sent the Wrong Man to Jail

By Dan Robitzski

Following reports of a jetpack flying near LAX, a new video appeared of a mysterious jetpack traveling at 3,000 feet in Southern California.

Advanced Transport

Video Claims to Show Person Flying Jetpack Near Airport

By Victor Tangermann

A Japanese startup called Sumitomo Forestry is teaming up with Kyoto University to develop the world's first satellites — that are made out of wood.

A Japanese Startup Is Building Wooden Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

A new Tesla update allows drivers to change their vehicle's horn sound to basically anything they'd possibly want — including fart noises.

Tesla Owners Can Now Set Their Horn to Fart, Meme Sounds

By Victor Tangermann

German carmaker Volkswagen has unveiled a working prototype of a robot that can autonomously charge electric cars.

Advanced Transport

VW Shows Off Futuristic Car Charging Robot Prototype

By Victor Tangermann

In a recent interview with Autoblog, Ford VP Darren Palmer threw some serious shade at other electric car makers' quality control — likely including Tesla.

Ford VP Throws Serious Shade at Tesla’s Lack of Quality Control

By Victor Tangermann

A space tourist smuggled remains of James Doohan, known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series, into space.

Astronaut Secretly Smuggled Human Remains to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

South Korea's fusion reactor just set a new world record, maintaining temperatures of over 100 million degrees for 20 long seconds.

Korean “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Sets New World Record

By Victor Tangermann

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued Santa Claus and his sleigh special commercial flight permissions to visit the International Space Station.

FAA Issues Santa Claus Commercial License for Launch to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

A German court ordered Tesla to stop clearing the forest where it wants to build its Gigafactory because a protected lizard species is hibernating there.

Hibernating Lizards Are Blocking Tesla’s Plans for a Berlin Gigafactory

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has laid out its governmental laws for its future colonies on Mars. But lawyers have their doubts if those rules will be enforceable.

Elon Musk Will Run Into Trouble Setting up a Martian Government, Lawyers Say

By Victor Tangermann

TikTokers have been picking up Simulation Theory over the last few weeks, posting "glitches in the Matrix" to demonstrate that our world isn't real.

Kids on TikTok Are Convinced We’re Living in a Simulation

By Dan Robitzski

An internal review process at Google reframes research on controversial AI technology in a "positive tone," censoring accurate discussions on its dangers.

Google Reportedly Forcing Its Researchers to Say Its Tech Is Good

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has rolled out its next full-scale Starship prototype called SN9 onto the launchpad, setting the stage for yet another high-altitude test flight.

SpaceX Moves Next Starship Prototype to Launch Pad

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists caught octopuses occasionally punching nearby fish on film. Sometimes its to keep them in line during a hunt, other times it just seems spiteful.

Scientists Say That “Spiteful” Octopuses Punch Fish When They’re Angry

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reflected on a recent Reuters report that suggested Apple is bringing a self-driving passenger vehicle to market as soon as 2024.

Elon Musk Reveals That Apple Refused to Buy Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

In a new ad, Ford showed off its massive electric F-150 truck tearing through a winter wonderland, drifting around a frozen lake track like a pro.

Advanced Transport

Watch an Electric F-150 Truck Absolutely Shred on a Snowy Track

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Oxford scientists found a way to take carbon dioxide and turn it back into jet fuel, potentially cleaning up the aviation industry.

Oxford Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

A close look at an asteroid fragment revealed crystals that likely formed on an ancient, long-gone dwarf planet-sized object.

Scientists Say There Was a Huge, Mysterious Object in the Early Solar System

By Dan Robitzski

Startup Jupe is selling prefabricated portable shelters that were designed by ex-Tesla and SpaceX designers. And they come wtih an "average-sized monolith."

Former SpaceX, Teslas Designers Selling “Pods” for Human Habitation

By Victor Tangermann