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Billionaire and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway said he wouldn't take $25 for all the cryptocurrency and bitcoin in the world. What happened?

Warren Buffett Says He Wouldn’t Buy All the Bitcoin in the World for $25

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have created a special device that can trick you into feeling like a spider is crawling across your mouth.

Virtual Reality

Rejoice! Scientists Say Amazing Technology Can Make You Feel VR Spiders Crawling on Your Mouth

By Victor Tangermann

The Event Horizon Telescope project, which brought us the first-ever image of a black hole back in 2019, is back for its latest announcement this month.

Science & Energy

The Black Hole Telescope Scientists Are Hyping Something Huge

By Victor Tangermann

Canada has snuck a Criminal Code amendment into its 2022 federal budget making it a crime to commit illegal acts — in outer space.

Canada Says Astronauts Are No Longer Allowed to Murder Each Other

By Victor Tangermann

Despite hackers stealing $13.7 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, interest was so high in its metaverse plots the Ethereum crypto blockchain crashed.

Bored Apes’ New Drop Was So Popular That It Crashed the Entire Ethereum Blockchain

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The European Space Agency posted new photos of Mars' topography captured by the Mars Express. The depressions look like "fingernail" scratches.

Scientists: It’s As If Something With Huge “Fingernails” Scratched the Surface of Mars

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, assumed Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez subtweeted him on Twitter yesterday in an awkward exchange.

Elon Musk Is Feuding With [Checks Notes] AOC

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Future Interfaces Group modified a virtual reality headset to simulate haptics on the mouth and kissing in VR.

Scientists Invent Weird Device to Simulate Kissing in VR

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Paleontologists have found a giant ichthyosaur tooth in the Swiss Alps that re-writes what we know about their size. Glacial melt could meant more.

Scientists Find Giant Tooth

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The Federal Aviation Association's environmental assessment of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft has been set back yet again, according to a notice.

The FAA Just Pushed Back SpaceX’s Starship Orbital Test Even Further

By Victor Tangermann

More than 30 residents reported a fireball and loud boom that turned out to be a meteor yesterday. Was it connected to that other asteroid?

Science & Energy

Residents Hear Loud Boom That Turns Out to Be a Meteor

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Tesla Model 3 owner's vehicle was taken apart by a local body shop, after he rented it out to them over peer-to-peer carsharing app Turo.

Man Freaks When Someone Rents His Tesla and Starts Taking It Apart

By Victor Tangermann

After breaking his promise to not trash talk Russia, former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly appears unable to shut up.

Former Astronaut Muzzled by NASA Unloads on Russia Again

By Noor Al-Sibai

A study published by Princeton co-authors says climate change and carbon emissions are killing ocean and marine life so fast it could cause mass extinction.

Humans Causing Worst Ocean Extinction Event Since Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to start peering into deep space later this year, having completed its alignment phase.

James Webb Space Telescope

Huzzah! The James Webb Is Fully Aligned and Ready to Spy on Deep Space

By Victor Tangermann

The crew of the latest space tourist mission into space had to figuratively knock on the door of the Russian segment of the ISS to use their bathroom.

The Curse of the Toilet Continues! Bathroom Broke During Tourists’ Stay on ISS

By Victor Tangermann

Grocery Chain Using “Cashiers” Paid $3/Hour to Video in From Nicaragua

Grocery Chain Using “Cashiers” Paid $3/Hour to Video in From Nicaragua

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The Russian Navy has reportedly deployed several trained dolphins to defend a naval base at the Sevastopol harbor in southern Ukraine in February.

Russia Reportedly Deploys Military Dolphins in Ukraine

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has released a stunning new video of its Crew Dragon spacecraft firing its thrusters to dock with the International Space Station.,

Beautiful Video Shows Dragon Capsule Making Final Approach to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has gone far and beyond its original task of completing five flights on the surface of the Red Planet.

NASA Scientists Thrilled to Spot Wreckage From Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

The United Nations Environment Program is warning that we are facing a "sand crisis" unless we put limits on and start regulating the extraction of sand.

Science & Energy

The World Is Running Out of Sand, Scientists Lament

By Victor Tangermann

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage

By Victor Tangermann

A Japanese company is taking service robotics to a whole new level with their humanoid power line-fixing robot.

Japanese Railroad Builds Giant Gundam-Style Robot to Fix Power Lines

By Noor Al-Sibai

A hack used a crypto exploit to steal $1 million worth of cryptocurrency but self-destructed the contract and lost the currency permanently.

Oops! Hacker Steals $1 Million in Crypto and Then Destroys It

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists have discovered the building blocks of DNA in meteorites that landed in North America and Australia, Reuters reports.

Scientists Find DNA Building Blocks in Asteroids

By Victor Tangermann

Firebrand ex-astronaut Scott Kelly is again assailing Russia amid the country's invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

Former NASA Astronaut Says Russian Cosmonauts Are Being “Brainwashed”

By Noor Al-Sibai

While Tesla CEO Elon Musk could soon add Twitter to his already lengthy list of companies, his other big ventures are feeling the squeeze.

Elon Musk’s Twitter Stunt Is Wreaking Havoc on Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

AI Generates Painting of Actual “Burger King” and There’s a Terrifying Hunger in His Eye

Artificial Intelligence

AI Generates Painting of Actual “Burger King” and There’s a Terrifying Hunger in His Eye

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the discoverers of CRISPR gene-editing, a groundbreaking new method to engineer genes, believes we could use the technique to tackle climate change.

CRISPR Creator Says We Could Engineer Species to Fight Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

The United Nations has issued yet another terrifying report about our near future — and readers, we're not in for a good time.

UN Warns That Humankind Is Stuck in “Spiral of Self-Destruction”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A top-secret superyacht confessional reveals the Bond-esque lifestyles of the rich and the famous who own these luxury vessels.

Superyacht Allegedly Used Energy Weapon to Defeat Pirates

By Noor Al-Sibai

The United Nations' atomic watchdog is warning that radiation levels at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear disaster site are "abnormal" and have been rising.

Science & Energy

UN Watchdog Says Radiation From Chernobyl “Abnormal” After Russian Attack

By Victor Tangermann

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Twitter workers are apparently really upset that Elon Musk is now their employer.

Twitter Employees Reportedly Furious Over Musk Acquisition

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former president Donald Trump says that even if Twitter's new owner Elon Musk lets him back onto the site, he doesn't want to have anything to do with it.

Trump Declares He Won’t Rejoin Twitter Even If Elon Musk Lets Him

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hackers took control over the Instagram and Discord accounts of Bored Ape Yacht Club and got away with millions worth of NFTs.

Hackers Reportedly Get Away With $13.7 Million Worth of Bored Ape NFTs

By Victor Tangermann

Luxurious Submarine for Rich People Looks Just as Cool as a Space Vacation

Advanced Transport

Luxurious Submarine for Rich People Looks Just as Cool as a Space Vacation

By Noor Al-Sibai

A giant squid washed ashore in Japan, representing perhaps the first time a live specimen of the creature has been taken into captivity.

Science & Energy

Scientists Capture Living Giant Squid

By Victor Tangermann

Machine learning researchers are teaching neural networks how to superficially judge humans — and the results are pretty brutal.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Create “Deliberately” Biased AI That Judges You as Brutally as Your Mother-in-Law

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Boring Company is attempting to "build a working Hyperloop," in the "coming years," according to the billionaire.

Elon Musk Says Boring Company Will Build Underground Hyperloop

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese exoskeleton company Skeletonics has created a suit that can turn its wearer into a fighting exoskeleton ready fort the boxing ring of the future.

Robots and Machines

Japanese Company Creates Suit That Turns You Into a Towering Mecha

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter is getting ready to accept Elon Musk's offer, The New York Times reports, a sign that the Tesla CEO may soon add the social media network to his already lengthy list of businesses. According to NYT, negotiations went on into the early morning hours of Monday.

Elon Musk Reportedly in Final Stages of Deal to Buy Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

Florida's governor wants to dissolve Disney World's tiny self government and special tax status over anti-LGBTQ bills he wants to pass.

In Inadvertently Cyberpunk News, Florida Is Dissolving Disney’s Private Government

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Booster was damaged in part of a SpaceX test and photos leaked online. CEO Elon Musk hasn't said anything on Twitter while trying to buy the platform.

Advanced Transport

Leaked Photo Shows SpaceX’s New Prototype Damaged

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Boulder, Colorado man who set himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court to protest climate change died on Saturday.

Man Who Set Himself on Fire to Protest Climate Change Has Died

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A CBS reporter broke the news that the International Space Station had to swerve to miss debris from a satellite blow up by Russia.

The Space Station Has to Swerve to Avoid Debris from Satellite Russia Blew Up

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new Reddit clip shows a Tesla using the Smart Summon feature at a Cirrus event but crashes into a small private jet worth millions. Autopilot didn't work.

Tesla on Autopilot Crashes Into $3 Million Jet

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Russian tanks are getting stuck in mud in Ukraine as it's the country's muddy or rainy season. President Vladmir Putin didn't plan his invasion properly.

Russia’s Military Is Getting Defeated by Ukrainian Mud

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, confirmed leaked text messages with Microsoft's Bill Gates are real. Musk discussed Gates' stock position.

Elon Musk Tells Bill Gates to Get Lost in Leaked Text Messages

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Head of NASA Completely Bemused by Question from “Angry Astronaut”

Head of NASA Completely Bemused by Question from “Angry Astronaut”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new report states Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with devloping Facebook's metaverse products and contents and is sowing internal chaos.

Facebook Employees Say Mark Zuckerberg Is Weirdly Obsessed With the Metaverse

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Two former gas industry barons, Russian oligarchs worth millions, turned up dead alongside their families as Putin continues to assault Ukraine.

Two Russian Oligarchs Die Suddenly Under Mysterious Circumstances

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA captured video this week of Phobos, one of two Martian moons, and it completes a slow death spiral and will eventually crash into Mars' surface.

NASA Says One of Mars’ Moons Is Going to Crash Into Its Surface

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Ever wanted to travel by both air and sea in a yacht attached to a zeppelin? If you're of the "superyacht" class, you may soon get the chance.

Advanced Transport

This Flying Luxury Yacht Attached to a Zeppelin Looks Downright Amazing

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists are planning to drive a Tesla 9,400 miles around Australia — a journey that's entirely powered by the Sun alone, Reuters reports.

A Tesla Is Driving Around Australia, Completely on Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

The world's foremost believer in extraterrestrials has designed a mission to uncover an interstellar object that crashed off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

Harvard Scientist Says Alien Tech May Have Crashed Into the Pacific Ocean and He Wants to Find It

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new filing with the SEC, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims to have secured $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter.

Elon Musk Claims He Has the Money to Buy the Entirety of Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

For the first entirely private group of space tourists, the ISS is starting to seem a lot like "Hotel California."

Tourists Have Been Trapped on the Space Station for a Hilariously Long Time

By Noor Al-Sibai

During Tesla's earnings call on Wednesday, Musk promised to have a "dedicated robotaxi" ready for "volume production" as soon as 2024.

Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Working on a Car With No Steering Wheel

By Victor Tangermann

Binance, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume, released a new emoji on Twitter this week — that looked like a swastika.

Huge Crypto Exchange Releases Emoji That’s Clearly a Swastika

By Victor Tangermann

Wellness culture has really gone too far this time.

New Cryptocurrency Makes You Exercise to Mine Coins

By Noor Al-Sibai

The military tensions between the US and Russia have not harmed the countries' relationship aboard the ISS — at least, that's what NASA's saying.

International Space Station

NASA Head: Things Are Fine on ISS Despite Russian “Slaughter”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Space company Astrobotic has unveiled the Peregrine Lander, the first US lunar lander designed to touch down on the Moon since the Apollo missions.

NASA Contractor Unveils First US Lunar Lander Since Apollo Missions

By Victor Tangermann

Architects Propose Lighter-Than-Air Buildings That Hover Over City Streets

Science & Energy

Architects Propose Lighter-Than-Air Buildings That Hover Over City Streets

By Noor Al-Sibai

These Chopsticks Make Your Food Taste Better By Electrocuting Your Tongue

These Chopsticks Make Your Food Taste Better By Electrocuting Your Tongue

By Victor Tangermann