What happens in Liberland stays in Liberland. Liber Free A crypto bro who’s been accused of fraud has just become one of the most powerful men in a 2.7-square-mile, self-proclaimed “micronation” of Liberland. As Quartz reports, crypto network Tron founder Justin Sun was elected this week in a so-called “blockchain-based elec

“This is the first time we’re ever seeing something like this.” Full Steam Ahead NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was used to spot a completely new kind of alien planet: a watery, far-off “steam world” comprised almost entirely of hot water vapor. As detailed in a new study published in The Astrophysical Journa

Image by Getty / Futurism To lose weight, one woman decided to eat nothing but canned sardines for three months — and apparently, it’s working out great for her. That’s despite health practitioners warning it’s a terrible idea and not a sustainable way to keep healthy. “This is not a diet,” explained North Carolina res

“The fabric of nature is unraveling.” De-Natured Amid widespread environmental destruction and the pressures brought by climate change, the average size of wildlife populations across the Earth has plummeted by 73 percent in just fifty years, according to a new analysis released by the World Wildlife Fund. This astonishing figure comes

It’s a privacy nightmare. Gotcha! A Colorado school district is using facial recognition technology to police vaping in bathrooms. As the Denver Post reports, the Cheyenne Mountain School District in Colorado Springs already boasts a network of 400 AI-powered facial recognition cameras scattered throughout its school buildings. The school dis

Do a barrel roll! Dip and Dive Despite being top-secret, the Pentagon is promising that its X-37b spaceplane is going to do some sick-ass stunts in the upper atmosphere soon. As SpaceNews reports, the Department of Defense’s secretive X-37B craft is slated to do some aerobraking maneuvers while it passes through Earth’s upper atmosphere

Ice cold. Ouch That’s cold. Apple’s latest iOS software update for its iPhones includes a series of generative AI-enabled “Apple Intelligence” upgrades. Among the many upgrades is the option to receive message AI-generated “summaries” of unread messages. But in some scenarios, the feature could have some unintend

This soundtrack will make your skin crawl. Flip Flop Tens of thousands of years ago, the Earth’s magnetic field flipped — and now, scientists have recreated the haunting sound it made during that cataclysmic event. Using data from the European Space Agency’s three-satellite Swarm mission delving deep into our planet’s magnetic fie

“We consider the event a best-case outcome for Uber.” Best-Case Scenario Tesla’s stock took a dive following its much-hyped but disappointingly lackluster robotaxi event. But ironically, Uber and Lyft — two ride-sharing companies who theoretically stand to lose some of their dominance if a competitor’s driverless taxi servic

At least he still has a sense of humor. Hustle Mindset The LinkedIn grind never stops — not even for prison. Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, was sentenced in May to seven and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges related to conspiracy to […]