Image by Getty Images/Futurism If flossing is, in short, the bane of your existence, a group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania might have an ingenious solution for you. The team has developed the ultimate no-hands dental care in the form of a swarm of shapeshifting microrobots, ready to treat and remove tooth decay-inducing… Continue reading Lazy Flossers Rejoice! Tiny Robot Shapeshifters Will Brush and Floss for You
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Elon Musk Rivals Snatch Up Laid-off Tesla Employees
“If the Emperor of Mars doesn’t want you…” Gold Rush One billionaire’s “super bad feeling” about the global economy is another billionaire’s hiring spree. In the wake of Tesla’s latest round of widespread layoffs, several big tech companies — including both Microsoft and Amazon, led respectively by vocal Tesla CEO Elon Musk nemeses Bill Gates… Continue reading Elon Musk Rivals Snatch Up Laid-off Tesla Employees
WHO “Concerned” Over Skyrocketing Monkeypox Cases
Image by Getty Images It’s looking more and more like, above all, a Hot Zone Summer: On Thursday, the World Health Organization reported the number of confirmed monkeypox cases to be skyrocketing — to the tune of a whopping 77 percent increase week-over-week worldwide, CNBC reports. There are now over 7,000 cases of the mysterious… Continue reading WHO “Concerned” Over Skyrocketing Monkeypox Cases
Scientists Discover That Being “Hangry” Is a Real Phenomenon
Image by Getty Images According to a new study by a team of psychologists, being “hangry” — hungry and angry — is a very real thing, something anyone who’s ever substituted breakfast with coffee before heading to work has known for years. While it’s not the first study on being hangry, it’s the first to examine… Continue reading Scientists Discover That Being “Hangry” Is a Real Phenomenon
YouTube Marked Horror Video as “For Kids,” Wouldn’t Let Creator Reverse It
This is a really bad look. Horror Struck YouTube is once again screwing up its children’s programming after designating a found footage horror video as “for kids” and not allowing the creator to change the erroneous rating manually. The issue apparently began over the holiday weekend, when, as YouTuber Kris Straub tweeted, the social network… Continue reading YouTube Marked Horror Video as “For Kids,” Wouldn’t Let Creator Reverse It
Residents Furious When Bill Gates Swoops in to Buy Huge Amounts of Farmland
They’re “just livid.” Farmer Bill The Associated Press reports that last week, billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates was cleared to purchase 2,100 acres of rural North Dakota farmland. The acquisition, however, wasn’t without drama — the tech mogul had to fight state law to buy it, and a number of locals are less than thrilled with… Continue reading Residents Furious When Bill Gates Swoops in to Buy Huge Amounts of Farmland
Millionaire Refurbishing Cold War Radar Unit to Hunt UFOs
Millionaires are just like the rest of us — when they need help repairing their out-of-commission, Cold War-era radar units to detect UFOs, they turn to the good folks over at Reddit. As spotted by Vice, an anonymous Reddit post featuring a gigantic British AMES Type 84 radar unit led users on a quest to… Continue reading Millionaire Refurbishing Cold War Radar Unit to Hunt UFOs
Elon Musk Reportedly Had Two More Secret Children This Year
With one of his employees. Neuralink Daycare An eyebrow-raising scoop from Insider found that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s brood of children is even larger than previously known, with two new twins having been born last November. For those keeping score, the infants are not Musk’s first secret offspring that have come to light.… Continue reading Elon Musk Reportedly Had Two More Secret Children This Year
Weird Storm Turns Sky Green
Extremely menacing vibes. Spooky Skies Nothing quite says “apocalypse” like Melon Powerade-colored heavens. Case in point, before a bout of severe weather yesterday, the sky in Sioux Falls, South Dakota turned a shade of green akin to that of the gamma radiation that turned Bruce Banner into the Hulk. The ominous occurrence took place as a… Continue reading Weird Storm Turns Sky Green
Cell Providers Are Apparently Gonna Put Ads on Your Phone’s Lock Screen
This looks annoying as hell. Lock Screen Ads Google’s Android smartphone platform could soon be getting flooded with ads — right on the lock screen. According to TechCrunch, a Google-backed subsidiary of Indian advertising company inMobi Group called Glance is in talks with US-based wireless carriers to launch several smartphone models, which could feature ads on… Continue reading Cell Providers Are Apparently Gonna Put Ads on Your Phone’s Lock Screen