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One of the world's preeminent astronomy organizations is decrying a newly-released satellite that has become one of the brightest objects in the sky.

Astronomers Annoyed at Ludicrously Bright SpaceX-Launched Satellite

By Noor Al-Sibai

After promising many major cities a tunnel that could solve their traffic woes by digging tunnels, Elon Musk's The Boring Company has become oddly quiet.

Something Very Weird Is Going on at Elon Musk’s Boring Company

By Victor Tangermann

Mark Cuban, who's currently being sued for his role with the bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital, thinks Sam Bankman-Fried should fear prison.

Mark Cuban Says SBF Should Be Afraid of Imprisonment “For a Long Time”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

From the department of Why Not, Axios reports that a UK-based startup dubbed Joipaw is prototyping a new kind of videogame... made for dogs.

Startup Unveils Videogame for Dogs

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Miami nightclub owners missing the business of high-rolling crypto millionaires, who sought to loudly flaunt their wealth on the city's nightlife scene.

Miami Nightclubs Horrified That Big-Spending Crypto Bros Are Broke Now

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Major cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy, a sign that the ongoing "crypto winter" is really starting to take its toll.

BlockFi Just Filed for Bankruptcy

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared an image of his bedside table — and we can't make heads or tails of what we are looking at.

We Are Alarmed by Every Detail of Elon Musk’s Bedside Table

By Victor Tangermann

An Elon Musk-themed meme coin has plummeted in value after its founders unveiled a bizarre statue that features Musk's head on the body of a goat.

Crypto Guys Spend $600,000 on Hideous Wormlike Elon Musk Statue, Causing Their Coin to Crash

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new artificial intelligence-powered app called AI Time Machine by DNA analysis company MyHeritage is taking the internet by storm.

Artificial Intelligence

New AI Shows What You’d Look Like in Different Eras

By Victor Tangermann

The world's largest active volcano is erupting for the first time since 1984 — and Hawaiian authorities are warning Big Island residents to remain vigilant.

Science & Energy

The World’s Largest Volcano Is Erupting for the First Time in Nearly 40 Years

By Noor Al-Sibai

Passengers on board a commercial jet flying over Florida's Cape Canaveral were able to spot a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off in the distance.

Passenger Jet Flies Over Launchpad Right as SpaceX Rocket Takes Off

By Victor Tangermann

Domino's, the largest pizza chain in the world, is buying a fleet of 800 EV Chevrolet Bolts in the hopes of bringing in more delivery drivers.

Advanced Transport

Domino’s Buying Hundreds and Hundreds of Electric Delivery Vehicles

By Frank Landymore

Coinbase, the second largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is feeling the pressure following the collapse of rival exchange FTX.

Coinbase May Be in Real Serious Trouble Now

By Victor Tangermann

Employers are starting to invest in mind-reading tech, which promise to do things like maximize worker productivity and ensure employee wellness.

Companies Already Investing in Tech to Scan Employees’ Brains

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The hackers that stole hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto from the FTX exchange are now laundering that money into Bitcoin.

Someone’s Converting Millions of the Stolen FTX Funds Into Bitcoin

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's expensive Twitter takeover has had the CEO cutting jobs and costs left and right, and now he's reportedly refusing to pay the company's bills.

Cheapskate Elon Musk Refusing to Pay Bills at Twitter

By Frank Landymore

China's in hot water after being accused of sabotaging a Philippine mission to retrieve Chinese rocket debris from that country's disputed waters.

Chinese Military Forcefully Seizes Debris That Philippines Recovered After It Fell From Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

A theoretical physicist has not only figured out a way to test out the theory that we live in a simulation — and is crowdfunding the experiment.

A Scientist Is Crowdfunding an Experiment to Check if We Live in a Simulation

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk's wealth fell over $100 billion so far this year, the steepest drop of any billionaire to date.

Elon Musk’s Wealth Has Plummeted by Over $100 Billion This Year

By Victor Tangermann

The OMOTENASHI (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor), a JAXA CubeSat that launched with Artemis I, has failed.

Lunar Lander Released by NASA’s Artemis 1 Mission Dies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Testing captured on video reveal multiple instances of a Tesla using full self-driving failing to stop for school buses and ignored school speed limits.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Full Self-Driving Caught Ignoring Stop Signs on School Buses

By Frank Landymore

The next Indiana Jones film, set in 1969, features Indy fighting NASA Nazis. The sad truth? A few of these guys actually existed.

Bad Guy in New “Indiana Jones” Movie Is Nazi Who Works at NASA

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's Artemis mission has, after months of delay and tens of billions of dollars, finally reached the Moon, which it will orbit for the next 3.5 weeks.

Rejoice! NASA’s Artemis I Is Now Orbiting the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bill Gates took to LinkedIn over the weekend to celebrate one of the nicher holiday: World Toilet Day. And trust us, he's really in the spirit.

Science & Energy

Bill Gates Reflects on Drinking Product of Fecal Sludge

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It appears that NASA's Artemis 1 rocket launchpad caught way more damage than expected when it finally took off from Kennedy Space Center last week.

NASA Launch Pad Sustained Significant Damage During Artemis Takeoff

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Quit Because of His “Incessant and Disruptive Tweeting”

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Quit Because of His “Incessant and Disruptive Tweeting”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers discovered that a meteorite contained water just like Earth's, bolstering the theory that our planet got water from other meteorites like it.

Science & Energy

Evidence Grows That Soggy Meteorites Gave Earth Its Oceans

By Frank Landymore

After just a few days online (and tons of Twitter criticism), Meta-formerly-Facebook has taken down its Galactica academic paper-writing AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Takes Down AI That Churns Out Fake Academic Papers After Widespread Criticism

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is adjusting its orbit to make sure it won't get pelted with even more micrometeorites.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Adjusting James Webb Orbit to Get Damaged by Micrometeoroids Less

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers in Austria are making biodegradable computer chip substrates out of the mushroom skin. The results are promising.

Science & Energy

Scientists Build Circuit Boards Based on Mushrooms

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Astronomers at Johns Hopkins University have made one of the most comprehensive maps of the Universe yet, using data previously unreleased to the public.

Amazing Map Lets You Scroll Through the Entire Known Universe

By Frank Landymore

A spaceflight photographer took to Twitter to post a mesmerizing video of the Artemis I launch, only to find himself the victim of an AI error.

Twitter Claims Video of Moon Rocket Launch Is Revenge Porn

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's astronaut social media handbook just dropped — and they've got some staunch guidelines for safely tweeting on the ISS.

NASA Tells Astronauts That Tweeting Isn’t As Important as Staying Alive

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter is somehow going even worse than expected amid reports that he's locked employees out of the company's office buildings.

Elon Musk Locks Twitter Employees Out Office, Then Asks Them to Meet Him on the 10th Floor

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA apparently barred the press from photographing the Artemis moon rocket launch when it lifted its Orion capsule off to space earlier this week.

NASA Orders Press Not to Photograph Launch Site After Moon Mission Takes Off

By Noor Al-Sibai

The James Webb Space Telescope just released an image of a star being born, and it gives Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper a run for their money.

Science & Energy

NASA Drops Stunning New James Webb Image of a Star Being Born

By Noor Al-Sibai

Experts Baffled by Why NASA’s “Red Crew” Wear Blue Shirts

Experts Baffled by Why NASA’s “Red Crew” Wear Blue Shirts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The value of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs has absolutely plummeted, leaving celebrities with six figure losses, a perhaps predictable conclusion.

Celebrities’ Bored Apes Are Hilariously Worthless Now

By Victor Tangermann

Italian startup Energy Dome has designed an ingenious battery that uses CO2 to store energy, and it only needs non-exotic materials like steel and water.

Startup Says It’s Building a Giant CO2 Battery in the United States

By Frank Landymore

According to BabyCenter's "2022 Hottest Baby Names Trends," the name "Elon" has cratered in popularity over the last year.

“Elon” Plummets in Popularity as a Baby Name for Some Reason

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA has approved a lab grown meat product from Upside Foods for human consumption, which now only needs USDA approval before being sold to customers.

FDA Gives First Go Ahead for Lab Grown Meat Product

By Frank Landymore

In Twitter DMs, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appeared to admit that his "effective altruism" bent wasn't as effective or altruistic as one would think.

Sam Bankman-Fried Admits the “Ethics Stuff” Was “Mostly a Front”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nine SpaceX employees have reportedly been fired from the space company after speaking out against CEO Elon Musk earlier this year.

Elon Musk Has Also Been Firing SpaceX Employees for Criticizing Him

By Victor Tangermann

They say "don't meet your heroes," but what's even worse? When your hero buys Twitter, makes you pay for a blue check, and the check doesn't work.

Telsa Superfan Dismayed When He Pays for Checkmark and It Doesn’t Even Appear on His Profile

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

British astronomer Thomas Marsh went missing while visiting La Silla Observatory in Chile. 55 days later, his body has finally been found.

Missing Astronomer Found Dead Near Space Telescope in Chile

By Frank Landymore

Metaverse world Decentraland hosted its version of the real life Ozzfest metal festival, and it was about as terrible as you'd expect to be.

Ozzy Osbourne “Performed” in the Metaverse and It Was Comically Horrible

By Frank Landymore

News of the fact that crypyto exchange FTX was short billions of dollars came as a huge shock to some, with one exec reportedly vomiting.

FTX Exec Vomited in Horror When He Learned the Truth

By Victor Tangermann

After reports emerged that Elon Musk may be considering a secondary stock sale for his SpaceX rocketry company, the man himself gave a one-word denial.

Elon Musk Denies “False” Reports of SpaceX Stock Sale

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA Says It’s Fine That Some Pieces May Have Fallen Off Its Moon Rocket During Launch

NASA Says It’s Fine That Some Pieces May Have Fallen Off Its Moon Rocket During Launch

By Noor Al-Sibai

Boston Dynamics is suing computer Ghost Robots, alleging that their rival robot maker has infringed on patents related to the Spot quadruped.

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Sues Competitor That Put a Gun on Its Robodog

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As the holiday season approaches, Jeff Bezos warns of a recession and cautioned consumers and business owners to slow down on making any big purches.

Jeff Bezos Warns People Not to Buy Expensive Things Ahead of Black Friday

By Frank Landymore

NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule is officially making its way to the Moon as we speak. And the views are genuinely breathtaking.

Amazing Video Shows Artemis I Leaving Earth Behind

By Victor Tangermann

In the wake of the FTX crash, Tom Brady and others have deleted evidence of his partnership with the embattled cryptocurrency exchange.

Celebrities Frantically Deleting Tweets Shilling FTX Before Its Collapse

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has successfully launched its gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket early Wednesday morning, a landmark moment.

Giant NASA Rocket Blasts Off Toward the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China's got a lot of explaining to do after one of its rockets broke apart after being launched into orbit and spewed out dozens of pieces.

Chinese Official Squirms at Question About Rocket That Disintegrated in Orbit

By Noor Al-Sibai

Teams have closed the hatch of NASA's Orion capsule sitting on top of its gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket.

NASA Shuts Hatch on Rocket Launching to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Just last week, crypto exchange FTX imploded, wiping out $32 billion in valuation, and forcing it to declare bankruptcy. BlockFi could soon follow.

The FTX Collapse Has Another Crypto Company Preparing for Bankruptcy

By Victor Tangermann

The meal kit subscription service HelloFresh has been accused of using monkey labor in Thailand to source its coconut milk.

Science & Energy

Meal Kit Giant Accused of Using Monkey Labor to Source Coconut Milk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Thanks to a rare and very trippy optical illusion called the "Brocken spectre," the sensation of being followed may not be just in your head after all.

Science & Energy

Chilling Optical Illusion Creates Ghostly Figure Hiding in the Fog

By Noor Al-Sibai

A giant snake quickly darting across the Sun's surface was spotted by the ESA's Solar Orbiter, and it might have been a precursor to an even bigger event.

Amazing Video Shows Huge “Snake” Slithering Across the Sun’s Surface

By Frank Landymore

NASA scientists have provided a heartbreaking theory for why we haven't yet met any alien lifeforms — because they destroyed themselves before we could.

NASA Scientists Suggest The Reason We Haven’t Found Aliens Is They All Killed Themselves

By Noor Al-Sibai

There are few things that wealthy people can do to get in trouble in the crypto-friendly tax haven of the Bahamas. But alas, Sam Bankman-Fried has done it.

The FTX Collapse Is So Egregious That Even the Bahamas Are Investigating

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Tesla driver was captured on video killing two people and injuring three others in China in an alleged brake malfunction.

Police Investigating Deadly Accident In Which Tesla Plowed Into Multiple People

By Noor Al-Sibai

Legal experts have pointed out a shocking loophole that may actually work in the favor of Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX's youthful head.

Experts Say Sam Bankman-Fried’s Best Legal Defense Is to Say He’s Just Really, Really Stupid

By Noor Al-Sibai