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SpaceX has successfully launched the first all-private crew of space tourists to the International Space Station, as part of Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission.

SpaceX Successfully Launches First All-Private Mission to the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Watch Elon Musk Drive a Tesla Onstage While Blasting Dr. Dre

By Victor Tangermann

A hacker called Los Pelaos posted bizarre video to Justin Bieber, Travis Scott, Taylor Swift and other official celebrity YouTube acconts for Paco Sanz.

A Hacker Just Stole Justin Bieber’s YouTube Channel and Uploaded Something Truly Bizarre

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has made a fascinating discovery on Sol 401, 412 Earth days since landing on the Red Planet: the remains of its parachute.

NASA Rover Finds Its Own Parachute in Martian Desert

By Victor Tangermann

New reserach shows fungi and mushrooms create electrical pulses and may be communicating with each other, or talking to each other.

Scientist Says Mushrooms Have a Language They Use to Talk to Each Other

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Campaign Zero, a police reform group, says the ShotSpotter camera rarely produces evidence of a gun crime and detect fireworks, slamming doors and more.

Robots and Machines

Gun Shot Detection Cameras Alerting Cops to Slamming Doors Instead

By Lonnie Lee Hood

On top of making jokes about finally convincing Twitter to add an Edit button, Elon Musk did what he does best: post silly memes.

Elon Musk Jokes That He’s Gonna Smoke Weed at Twitter Board Meetings

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook parent company Meta is looking to cash in with "Zuck Bucks" now that Facebook's popularity has finally turned a corner.

Facebook Secretly Working on Virtual Currency Dubbed “Zuck Bucks”

By Victor Tangermann

A crypto startup promising users $20 worth of its Worldcoin cryptocurrency hasn't actually paid anything out despite claiming to help alleviate poverty.

Startup That Exchanges Crypto for Eyeball Scans Descends Into Chaos

By Lonnie Lee Hood

OpenAI has released its latest product dubbed DALL-E2 — an impressive piece of coding that can turn simple text descriptions into photorealistic images.

Drat! OpenAI Says Its Image-Generating AI Is Incapable of Making Porn

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists from MIT built a robot that can help dress a human. Future mobility aid applications are included in their study publishing this month.

MIT Trained a Robot to Dress You Like a Cartoon Mad Scientist

By Lonnie Lee Hood

OpenAI has released its latest creation called DALL-E2 — a truly impressive demonstration of the power of generative adversarial networks.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazing New AI Can Spit Out Realistic Images From Simple Descriptions

By Victor Tangermann

UK-based startup First Light claims to have achieved a fusion energy "breakthrough" by shooting a projectile into a fuel target to release energy.

Startup Claims Fusion Power “Breakthrough” Using Massive Gun

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter bot creator Jack Sweeney tracked Elon Musk's private jet and refused $5,000 to stop. Is he the reason Musk bought so much Twitter stock?

There’s a Very Interesting Theory About Why Elon Musk Bought 9% of Twitter

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A filament of plasma escaped the Sun over the weekend and left behind a "canyon of fire," a deep ridge over 12,000 miles deep and ten times as long.

Science & Energy

A Huge “Canyon of Fire” Just Opened Up on the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon is reportedly working on an internal messaging app — and employees working on it have discussed banning a hilarious number of labor-related words.

Amazon Discussed Banning the Words “Fairness” and “Pay Raise”

By Jon Christian

A Bored Ape NFT owner lost two NFTs worth over half a million dollars after falling victim to an astonishingly simple scam.

Scammer Steals Apes Worth $500,000 by Photoshopping Checkmark Onto JPG

By Victor Tangermann

Space startup Rocket Lab is getting ready for a truly awe-inspiring and action-packed stunt: catching its Electron rocket mid-air using a massive helicopter.

This Startup Is Catching a Rocket With a Flippin’ Helicopter!

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is joining the board of Twitter — and he's already throwing his weight around by promising big changes to the site.

Elon Musk Joins Board of Twitter, Promises “Significant Improvements”

By Jon Christian

A new Bluetooth-related bug plaguing Tesla owners is causing their car stereos to blast at full volume, potentially damaging their hearing.

Elon Musk Jumps to Fix Tesla Glitch “Damaging Users’ Hearing”

By Victor Tangermann

He Jiankui, the scientist who gained wide notoriety for genetically modifying two human babies in 2018, has been released from prison.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Genetically Modified Human Babies Released From Prison

By Jon Christian

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine has been repatured from Russia, both US and Ukrainian officials are saying.

Science & Energy

Ukraine Recaptures Chernobyl After Russian Soldiers Reportedly Suffer Radiation Poisoning

By Jon Christian

A robot dog in Shanghai, China, is roaming the streets barking COVID-19 safety instructions through a loudspeaker crudely strapped to its back.

China Straps Loudspeakers to Robot Dog So It Can Scream at People to Stay Home

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, worth almost $3 billion, based on Friday's share prices.

Elon Musk Buys Huge Share in Twitter, Becomes Largest Shareholder

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon organizer roasted founder and billionare Jeff Bezos on Twitter, saying he was in space while the union was organizing.

Jeff Bezos’s Space Travel Used for Scorching Burn On Amazon After Union Win

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Billionare Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he refused to enter exclusive German nightclub Berghain, but he probably got rejected by bouncer Sven.

Yeah, Sure, We Totally Believe Elon Musk “Refused [to] Enter” Berghain

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the space program in Russia, has been tweeting about NASA, Roscosmos and the International Space Station again.

Russia’s Latest Statement on the Space Station Is So Strange That Experts Are Divided

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Four lightning bolts hit the towers surrounding Artemis I, the latest NASA mission to the Moon at the Kennedy Space Center.

Video Shows Lightning Striking NASA’s New Moon Rocket

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Tesla released drone footage of the new Gigafactory in Berlin where CEO Elon Musk just showed off his new groove.

Watch a Drone Fly Directly Through the Tesla Assembly Line

By Lonnie Lee Hood

France's electric grid manager asked people to cut electric consumption because of an incoming cold front, Europe's ongoing energy crisis and Russia.

France Might Run Out of Energy Because of Russia’s War

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Follett cancelled plans to change features of their library software Destiny that would allow parents and schools ban students reading LGBTQ+ books.

Company Backs Down on Software to Block Kids Getting LBGTQ+ Library Books

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Space Station Tourists Will Only Enter Russian Segment If Invited, CEO Says

Space Station Tourists Will Only Enter Russian Segment If Invited, CEO Says

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin — with a capital B — was designed to have a hard cap of 21 million Bitcoins, a limited coin supply. Miners are about to hit the 19 million mark.

They’ve Now Mined Almost All the Bitcoin That Will Ever Exist

By Victor Tangermann

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature says a giant blob in a core part of Earth, called mantle plumes, are actually moving.

Two Huge Objects Inside the Earth Are Changing Shape, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Enhance! NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the agency's tiny four pound Ingenuity Mars helicopter from orbit — an impressive feat.

Enhance! Spacecraft Spots NASA’s Mars Helicopter All the Way From Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Ukraine officials are now saying that the Russian military is making a hasty retreat from Chernobyl nuclear after troops suffered radiation poisoning there.

Russian Military Reportedly Panics, Flees Chernobyl After Radiation Poisoning

By Jon Christian

According to reports obtained by The Verge, Facebook engineers warned of a "massive ranking failure" that allowed misinformation to flood people's feeds.

Facebook Accidentally Boosted Harmful Content Instead of Suppressing It

By Victor Tangermann

Now, Scientific American reports that researchers have created a new message to beam out to any intelligent aliens who might be out there.

Science & Energy

NASA Scientist Creates New Message for Aliens, Including Human DNA

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Hackers have been forging emergency legal requests to get personal information from both Facebook parent company Meta and tech giant Apple.

Oops! Apple and Facebook Gave Personal Data to Hackers Claiming to be Police

By Victor Tangermann

Home security camera manufacturer Wyze kept a vulnerability a secret for three years and didn't let the public know hackers were watching their videos.

Robots and Machines

Home Security Camera Maker Allegedly Hid for Years That Hackers Could Watch Your Most Intimate Moments

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Airbus' A380 test plane took off from France and completed a three-hour flight ran on Sustainable Aviation Fuel, also called SAF, made from cooking oil.

A Jumbojet Just Flew for Three Hours, Powered by Used Cooking Oil

By Lonnie Lee Hood

SpaceX's long-awaited Crew-4 mission, previously scheduled for April 19, is now slated for April 20, a day with particular significance to CEO Elon Musk.

SpaceX Is Launching a Bunch of NASA Astronauts to Space on 4/20

By Jon Christian

Russian soldires dug trenches near Chernobyl and have acute radiation sickness. Some went to a special medical facility in Belarus; others are feared dead.

Science & Energy

Russian Troops Suffer Radiation Poisoning at Chernobyl, Ukraine Says

By Lonnie Lee Hood

While scouring images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft of Pluto's surface, a team of astronomers made a tantalizing discovery: ice volcanoes.

Tantalizing Discovery Hints at Possibility of Life on Pluto

By Victor Tangermann

For over 45 minutes this morning, Blue Origin had to hold the launch of its latest rocket launch into the upper atmosphere.

Blue Origin Space Tourists Stuck in Rocket for 45 Minutes as Launch Delayed

By Victor Tangermann

Baseball player Tsuyoshi Shinjo "Big Boss" returned to Japan's Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters team this week and he flew in on a hover bike.

Advanced Transport

Japanese Baseball Star Soars Into Stadium on Flying Motorcycle

By Lonnie Lee Hood

If you live in the Northern part of the United States and catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis tonight, you'll have a "cannibal" solar explosion to thank.

Huge “Cannibal” Solar Explosion Will Make Northern Lights Visible in Areas That Normally Never See Them

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new photo of the International Space Station, you can actually make out two astronauts clambering on its exterior during a space walk.

Guy Snaps Photo of Space Station So Detailed You Can See Spacewalking Astronauts on Exterior

By Jon Christian

Joe Rogan is now offering to help Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk train so that he can fulfill his goal of kicking Russian President Vladimir Putin's ass.

We Must Live in a Horrid Simulation, Because Joe Rogan Just Offered to Train Elon Musk to Fight Vladimir Putin

By Noor Al-Sibai

Facebook is paying one of the largest Republican consulting firms to wage a media war on competitor Tik Tok, using fake news trends and tricking reporters.

Facebook Busted Paying Consulting Firm to Turn Users Against TikTok

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA just released a Hubble Space Telescope image of Earendel, which they say is the most distant and ancient star ever observed.

Science & Energy

NASA Releases Hubble Image of Most Distant Star Ever Seen

By Jon Christian

Sources are telling Reuters that when Russian forces seized Chernobyl, they drove a convoy of vehicles directly through the still-forbidden Red Forest.

Science & Energy

Chernobyl Workers Say Russian Soldiers Entered Forbidden Zone, Inhaled Radioactive Dust

By Jon Christian

This morning, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned from the International Space Station to in a Russian Soyuz capsule, along with two Russian cosmonauts.

NASA Astronaut Returns to Earth on Russian Spacecraft

By Jon Christian

NASA has made the unprecedented decision to conduct a major test of its Space Launch System (SLS) without any press in attendance.

Journalists Slam NASA for Lack of Transparency Behind Moon Rocket Prelaunch

By Noor Al-Sibai

University of Maryland quantum researcher Sankar Das Sarma says that quantum computing is progressing slower than you think.

Quantum Computing

Quantum Computer Researcher Warns That the Industry Is Full of Ridiculous Hype

By Jon Christian

Will Smith's Academy Awards confrontation with comedian Chris Rock has already hit the dubious world of blockchain, with a coin and even NFT drop.

Ah Yes, There’s Already an NFT Collection of Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

By Jon Christian

A new proposition from NASA suggests encasing the entire planet of Venus in a giant shell, letting colonists create a breathable atmosphere above it.

NASA Scientist Releases Plan for Encasing Entirety of Venus in Giant Shell

By Jon Christian

The Russians and Americans working together aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have signaled that in space, at least, there is still peace.

Russian Cosmonaut Hands Over Command of Space Station to NASA Astronaut

By Noor Al-Sibai

Looters have reportedly seized radioactive dirty bomb materials from a lab near the site of the Chernobyl disaster, according to Science.

Robots and Machines

Dirty Bomb Ingredients Reportedly Stolen From Seized Chernobyl Site

By Jon Christian

A new analysis has found that the majority of NFT drops are complete failures -- either generatig no interest, or not enough to cover their minting fees.

Huge Surprise: Two Thirds All NFT Drops Are Complete Failures

By Noor Al-Sibai

Saturn's beautiful rings are vanishing, scientists say — but it's happening slowly, at least, in a geological or cosmic timescale.

Saturn’s Rings Are Disappearing, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

An extraordinary image from the ESA shows the Sun from much closer than Earth — and spoiler alert, it's pretty incredible.

Scientists Release Stunning Picture Taken Really Close to the Sun

By Jon Christian

It's all fun and free speech until someone gets hurt — especially if that someone is the notoriously mercurial Elon Musk.

Elon Musk’s “Free Speech” Social Network Mocked by Employee Who Got Fired for Saying Things Tesla Didn’t Like

By Noor Al-Sibai

Well, turns out that SpaceX's latest Crew Dragon capeule, "Freedom," is probably going to be the last of the iconic spacecraft ever made.

SpaceX Says It’s Not Building Any More Crew Dragon Spacecraft

By Jon Christian