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Terrifying video footage going viral on social media shows an amusement park ride splitting in half and collapsing in western Saudi Arabia.

Robots and Machines

Horrifying Video Shows Amusement Park Ride Breaking Apart Mid-Ride

By Victor Tangermann

The Saudi crown family's dreams of building a gigantic city of the future called Neom in the desert are getting a brutal reality check.

Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper Is Turning Into a Disaster

By Victor Tangermann

A brain-computer interface startup called Paradromics is partnering with Saudi Arabia's megalomaniac Neom city-building project.

Saudi Arabia Hires Startup to Develop Brain-Computer Control Implants

By Victor Tangermann

The head of the world's largest and most ambitious construction project has stepped down amid some jaw-dropping claims about its death toll.

CEO in Charge of Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper Out After Allegations of Mass Employee Death

By Noor Al-Sibai

As Saudi Arabia pushes ever forward with its futuristic NEOM project, the endeavor's staggering death toll has been revealed.

Science & Energy

A Staggering Number of Workers Have Reportedly Died While Building Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper

By Noor Al-Sibai

This year's hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia has been deadly with more than 1,300 Muslims dying this month, due to extreme hot weather.

More Than 1,300 Muslim Pilgrims Die From Extreme Heat

By Sharon Adarlo

Ex-intelligence officer Rabih Alenezi told the BBC that Saudi forces were given green light to use lethal force to clear land for The Line.

Whistleblower Says Saudi Arabia Told Operatives It’s Okay to Kill Villagers to Build 105-Mile Skyscraper

By Victor Tangermann

Neom and its enormous skyscraper, the Line, is set to cost trillions more than anticipated and is already mired in construction setbacks.

Saudi Arabia Discovers It’s Hard to Build a 105-Mile Skyscraper

By Frank Landymore

After its robot was caught on camera seeming to grope a female reporter's backside, a Saudi firm is defending its behavior.

AI Company Defends Robot After It’s Accused of Groping Woman On Camera

By Noor Al-Sibai

Saudi Arabia is publicly committed to cutting carbon emissions, but it has plans to push developing countries to use its oil and gas exports.

Saudi Arabia Apparently Scheming to Get Poor Countries Addicted to Oil

By Sharon Adarlo

A man has been sentenced to death for tweets critical of his government — and self-professed free speech absolutist Elon Musk is silent.

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Has Nothing to Say About Man Sentenced to Death for Tweeting

By Noor Al-Sibai

Welcome to New Murabba, the "world's largest modern downtown," with a skyscraper that is as wide as the Empire State Building is tall.

Saudi Arabia Announces Gigantic Cubed Skyscraper Filled With Holographic Worlds

By Frank Landymore

Satellite images obtained by MIT Technology Review show Saudi Arabia's astonishing progress in building its 100-miles-long megacity called the "Line."

Science & Energy

Satellite Images Show Progress on 100-Mile Long Skyscraper in Saudi Arabia

By Victor Tangermann

Saudi Arabia has broken ground on its gigantic and controversial 100-mile skyscraper city called The Line, which is meant to house up to 9 million people.

Saudi Arabia Says Its 100 Mile Skyscraper Will Have a Population of 9 Million

By Victor Tangermann

New drone footage shows that Saudi Arabia has begun excavating for its giant skyscraper megacity — just after sentencing a group of people to execution.

Saudi Arabia Begins Construction of 100 Mile Skyscraper

By Noor Al-Sibai

A journalist says a hacker was able to access his iPhone after sending him a text message — even though he never clicked on any links.

iPhones Can Apparently Now Be Hacked Just By Texting Them

By Tony Ho Tran