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A programming error accidentally — and permanently — shut down the entire Solana blockchain-based platform OptiFi, wiping out $661,000 worth of USDC.

Crypto Dev Enters Wrong Command, Destroys Entire Company

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA astronaut and Axiom-1 mission commander Michael López-Alegría revealed that the "worst" part of his journey to the ISS was the bathroom.

International Space Station

Commander of First Private SpaceX Flight to ISS Reveals Worst Part of Journey

By Victor Tangermann

Pakistan's climate change minister says one-third of the country is underwater following summer flooding. At least 1,100 died in the Pakistan flood.

Pakistani Official Says a Third of the Country Is Underwater in “Apocalyptic” Flood

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Both AliExpress and Walmart listed the same fake 30TB hard drive for sale on their respective online stores. It's definitely a scam.

Robots and Machines

Walmart Caught Selling Fake Hard Drive That Just Shreds Your Data

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists are warning that it's now "inevitable" that Greenland's ice cap will melt, leading to a major rise in sea levels, The Guardian reports.

Science & Energy

Now “Inevitable” That Greenland’s Ice Cap Will Melt and Cause Major Sea-Level Rise, Scientists Warn

By Victor Tangermann

China wasted no time criticizing NASA — and its administrator, Bill Nelson — after the US space agency's uber-expensive moon rocket failed to launch.

China Slams NASA Leadership After Its Moon Launch Failure

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have long thought early galaxies to be chaotic, misshapen messes — but new James Webb imagery proves that theory to be completely false.

James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Puzzled Because James Webb Is Seeing Stuff That Shouldn’t Be There

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

College student and visual effects artist Curt Skelton managed to convince countless users on TikTok that he was the creation of an AI algorithm.

Artificial Intelligence

TikToker Fools Fans Into Thinking He Was Created With CGI

By Victor Tangermann

The UK's Environmental Agency announced that Britons may soon be drinking sewage water to counter the region's worsening environmental circumstances.

UK May Have to Make Peace With Drinking Water Made From Sewage, Official Says

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Eminem and Snoop Dogg took to the stage at this year's MTV Music Video Awards (MVAs) to perform their hit single "From the D 2 the LBC," a NFT-laden anthem.

Snoop Dogg Did a Song in the “Metaverse” and His Bling Kept Clipping Through His Torso

By Victor Tangermann

Less than a year after Facebook rebranded for its "Metaverse," the head of Meta's virtual reality platform is leaving the company for greener pastures.

The Head of Facebook’s Beleaguered “Metaverse” VR Platform is Leaving the Company

By Noor Al-Sibai

Onlookers have spotted an extremely beat up Tesla Cybertruck — which has yet to make its public debut — being towed on a public street.

Extremely Beat Up Tesla Cybertruck Spotted on Public Street

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's mom said her son puts her up in his garage when she visits his demure home in Texas — even though he has a tiny guest house.

Elon Musk’s Mom Says She Has to Sleep “in the Garage” When She Visits Him

By Noor Al-Sibai

Flash floods in the Mojave National Deserve forced one unlucky Tesla Model 3 driver to abandon their vehicle after it got swallowed by the ground.

Amazing Photo Shows Tesla That Drove Into Flood Waters, Got Swallowed by the Earth

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's first test of a planetary defense system — developed to deflect Earth-threatening asteroids or comets — is slated for launch in late September.

Red Alert! NASA Is About to Test Deflecting a Killer Asteroid

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The late Nichelle Nichols's DNA is to be launched into space on a Vulcan rocket, and will be joining Gene Roddenberry on the final flight of the Enterprise.

Nichelle Nichols’ DNA To Join Gene Roddenberry in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

Twelve homes in a resettlement community for climate change survivors opened their doors to new owners this week in New Isle, Louisiana.

Louisiana Opens First Climate Change Resettlement Community

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A federal judge just sided with a student, finding that an anti-cheating software used by the institution that scanned his room, was unconstitutional.

Anti-Cheating Software That Scans Students’ Rooms Is Unconstitutional, Court Rules

By Victor Tangermann

A scientist is attempting to build a framework for understanding "plant neurobiology," with the hope of answering the question: are plants conscious?

Science & Energy

New Experiments Examine Whether Plants Might Be Conscious Beings

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Watch AI Generate Dozens of Fashion Designs in a Mesmerizing Video

Artificial Intelligence

Watch AI Generate Dozens of Fashion Designs in a Mesmerizing Video

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to Insider, there are several silly, annoying, and/or stupid words forced upon Amazon employees by its founder and Executive Chairman, Jeff Bezos.

Amazon Makes Its Employees Use a Bunch of Stupid Made-Up Words

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new fossil found in a man's backyard may be the biggest ever discovered in Europe. The Late Jurassic sauropod is 82 feet long and nearly 40 feet tall.

Man Discovers 82-Foot Dinosaur Skeleton in Backyard

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Former President Donld Trump's social media outlet, Truth Social, has allegedly stiffed its host company RightForge more than $1.6 million in unpaid bills.

Trump’s Social Network Apparently Owes $1.6 Million in Hosting Fees

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Some Tesla Model S owners are complaining that at just ten to 20,000 miles on their vehicles, their steering yokes have started to, uh... disintegrate.

Tesla’s Futuristic Steering Yokes Are Already Falling Apart, Drivers Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA just closed up the hatch of its Orion spacecraft, yet another step towards the agency's historic return to the Moon next week.

NASA Closes Hatch on Spacecraft Headed to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first "clear detection" of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, according to NASA.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots “Clear Evidence” of CO2 in the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet

By Victor Tangermann

Joe Rogan recently sat down with Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to chat about some of the privacy implications of the company's hardware.

Joe Rogan Just Casually Obliterated Mark Zuckerberg

By Victor Tangermann

More than 900 people are dead and 50,000 more are homeless in Pakistan following record-breaking amounts of rain. Flooding has also impacted crops.

At Least 900 Dead, 50K Homeless in Pakistan After Summer Floods

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's former second-in-command is once again warning that the public may be in for some major surprises with the SLS launch next week.

Former NASA Official: Moon Launch This Month May Be “Embarrassing”

By Noor Al-Sibai

An international team of astronomers have announced the discovery of a "ocean planet" exoplanet orbiting a star some 100 light-years from Earth.

Astronomers Discover Apparent “Ocean Planet” 100 Light-Years From Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Hong Kong is putting street lights on the ground at crosswalks to warn pedestrians distracted by looking down at their phones of the danger.

Hong Kong Puts Street Lights On The Ground Because People Won’t Stop Looking At Their Phones

By Lonnie Lee Hood

North Carolina drivers who own a Ford Lightning F-150 may get paid to provide power to the local energy grid. It could prevent grid failures.

Ford F-150 Lightning Drivers Who Boost the Power Grid Might Get Paid in North Carolina

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Less than two weeks after its signing by Capitol Records and a recent wave of social media backlash, the major label says its "severing ties" with FN Meka.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Rapper Dropped By Label After Being Slammed As Racist Caricature

By Frank Landymore

One of Elon Musk's ex-girlfriends is auctioning off photos and memorabilia from their time together at the University of Pennsylvania.

Newly Unearthed Photos Show Elon Musk Goofing Off in College

By Noor Al-Sibai

Binance CCO Patrick Hillman claims cybercriminals have been using a deepfake to take meetings with — and money from — a number of eager crypto projects.

Scammers Deepfake Crypto Exec to Steal Money From People

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new viral video that has been viewed well over 12 million times shows a robot in Poland miserably failing at putting a weiner in hot dog bun.

Internet Loses Mind When Robot Miserably Fails to Assemble Hot Dog

By Victor Tangermann

Historic inflation means that raising a child will be more expensive too, and a new Brookings Institution estimate puts the cost well over $300,000.

Raising One Kid Now Costs a Third of a Million Dollars

By Frank Landymore

A Whole Bunch of Tesla’s Lawyers Are Quitting for Some Reason

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The infamous MoviePass — best known for ripping off its own customers — returns next month as a beta app, and it we're not really sure why.

Sigh… MoviePass Is Back From the Grave Yet Again

By Frank Landymore

An AI that predicts crime before it happens is being implemented in several US cities — but it's founder says that he forsees no police abuse of the system.

Professor Says He Foresees No Issues With His AI That Predicts Crimes Before They Happen

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Dogs literally cry tears of joy when they see their owners after they've been away, scientists have found in the first study of its kind.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover That Dogs Cry Tears of Joy When Reunited With Owners

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's been a banner month for billionaire crypto whisperer Sam Bankman-Fried — and now, he's showing his hand and hinting at his next moves.

Millennial Says He’s Spending $1 Billion to Bail Out the Crypto Industry

By Noor Al-Sibai

Citizen scientist Judy Schmidt of Modesto, California, collaborated with NASA to create a new image of Jupiter — and it's stunning.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Captures Jupiter in Glorious Infrared

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Capitol Records signs FN Meka, a virtual rapper with over ten million followers on TikTok. It's a move that's not been received well.

Major Record Labels Signs Virtual Rapper Who Is An AI

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX debris keeps being found on Australian cattle farms — but at least the latest rancher to find a piece has a good sense of humor.

Even More SpaceX Debris Crashes Down on Another Cattle Farm

By Noor Al-Sibai

Companies in the shipping industry are using cargo sail boats because of delays and the cost of fossil fuel. Shipping via sail boat is more eco-friendly.

Several Companies Are Switching From Cargo Vessels to Wooden Sailing Ships

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Ocean Builders has unveiled the SeaPod, a rounded, two-person luxury pod home that hovers above the ocean by way of buoyant, air-filled steel tubes.

Science & Energy

Startup Selling Luxurious Homes That Poke Out of the Ocean on Stalks

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Neuralink cofounder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly approached Synchron, a company that manufactures chips that can be implanted in patient's brains.

Frustrated With Neuralink’s Slow Progress, Elon Musk Approaches Competitor

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists Say Future Wind Turbines Could Be Recycled Into Delicious Gummy Bears

Scientists Say Future Wind Turbines Could Be Recycled Into Delicious Gummy Bears

By Frank Landymore

The spotted lanternfly, though invasive and devastating to grape vines and fruit trees, is beautiful. But does that mean it deserves mercy?

Science & Energy

Tender New Yorkers Refuse to Kill Horrible Invasive Bug

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The latest chapter in Elon Musk's endless Twitter-buying drama saw him subpoenaing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who supported his bid to buy the website.

Elon Musk Subpoenas Friend Who’s Been Nothing But Supportive

By Noor Al-Sibai

Cursed Filter Turns Anyone Into Metaverse Mark Zuckerberg

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

US-based Bitcoin mining company Stronghold Digital Mining is facing an uncertain future following the devastating cryptocurrency crash that rocked the industry this year.

Bitcoin Miners Forced to Sell Mining Rigs to Pay Debts

By Victor Tangermann

An Ethiopian Airlines airliner failed to descend to the runway in the country's capital Addis Ababa — because the pilot was reportedly asleep.

Pilot Falls Asleep, Forgets to Land Plane

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla owner Brandon Dalaly now has a contactless, car-unlocking microchip, outfitted with a Tesla-linked app, installed in the back of his right hand.

Tesla Enthusiast Implants Car Key Inside His Flesh

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla is jacking up the price of its still unfinished and misleadingly named Full Self-Driving (FSD) software yet again from $12,000 to $15,000.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla’s Jacking Up the Cost of Its Unfinished Self-Driving Feature Again

By Victor Tangermann

Meet me in the metaverse. Virtual reality dating is here, and as The New York Times reports, it's growing — and frankly, it sounds, uh, super weird.

People Are Going on Dates in the Metaverse and It Sounds Very Strange

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA is gearing up for the Artemis 1 Moon mission launch later this month, and the space program is packing it with appearances by celebrity guests.

NASA Packs Artemis 1 Moon Launch With a Crop of Celebrity Guests

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an effort to bolster tourism, Tanzania just finished building the first installments of a high-speed internet network at Mount Kilimanjaro.

Africa’s Tallest Mountain Gets High Speed Internet So Tourists Can Post Selfies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann is back, with a property management crypto startup. The confusing part? Its crypto can't pay rent.

WeWork Guy’s Apartment Rental Company Plans to Launch Crypto That Can’t Be Used to Pay Rent

By Noor Al-Sibai

Janet Jackson's hip-shaking 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation" was known to crash some Windows XP-era laptops — and as per an official CVE ID, it's absolutely true.

Microsoft Software Engineer Says Specific Janet Jackson Song Was Crashing Hard Drives

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

One specific group of jilted Celsius investors may have found a loophole that, by some miracle, might actually help them get their money back.

People Who Lost Crypto in the Celsius Collapse Desperately Trying to Get It Back

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Zuckerberg’s Lifeless Metaverse Avatar Is Comically Different From the One He Advertised

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk supposedly told the GOP to "get out of people's bedrooms" at a swanky political donor dinner this week.

Elon Musk Warns Conservatives to “Stay Out of People’s Bedrooms”

By Lonnie Lee Hood