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Creepy or helpful?Cold CaseDetectives are trying something that appears to never have been done before: deepfaking a murder victim in a last-ditch attempt to bring his killer to justice.As Euronews reports, Dutch police are describing their use of "deepfake" technology in the cold case of Sedar Soares' 2003 murder a "world first."The 13-year-old Soares was shot dead in a parking garage in Rotterdam nearly twenty years ago, in what appears to be a classic case of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time, the…

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"Some bankruptcies need to happen."Good RiddanceFresh off his recent Twitter-buying fiasco, Elon Musk is now claiming that it would be good, actually, if the world went into a recession.The SpaceX and Tesla CEO revealed that he believes the world is approaching a recession — which "is actually a good thing," he says."It has been raining money on fools for too long," the world's richest man remarked. "Some bankruptcies need to happen."His remarks come at a rather odd time, given that Tesla stocks have been plunging over…

"Whichever one comes first, I’ll buy it."Chosen OneLong ago, the ancient electric vehicle oracles prophesied that one Michigan resident would be the first to receive an electric truck delivery — but didn't clarify which auto maker would be The Chosen One.As luck would have it, Nicholas Schmidt made history yesterday when he became the first official owner of a brand new electric Ford F-150 Lightning.The electrified version of Ford's most popular truck is looking forward to a long, happy life of hauling firewood, pulling…

There shouldn't have been anything in the sky — because humankind hadn't launched a single spacecraft yet.Light ActionResearchers are puzzled by unexplained lights that show up in photographic plates of the night sky that date back over 70 years, as spotted by Salon.Images taken by the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in California on April 12, 1950, show nine mysterious dots of light in a row seemingly popping in and out of view.It's an intriguing new piece of the sprawling puzzle about unexplained reports of "unidentified…

Amazon has kicked off its Memorial Day Weekend sale early, with thousands of items discounted to their lowest prices of the season. Nobody wants to spend their precious time off combing through every possible deal, which is why we’ve done the work for you. Below are the best items from Amazon’s Memorial Day Weekend sale broken down by category. We’ll continue to update this post as new deals become available, so you check back often. Summer is a time to enjoy yourself, which is why we highly recommend the Google Nest…

If it fits, it ships.Special DeliveryIt looks like Walmart may be able to do what Amazon can't — get its drone delivery program off the ground.According to a recent press release, Walmart announced an expansion to its DroneUp program, which it claims will provide the potential to reach four million US households in six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia — as well as the ability to deliver more than one million packages by drone per year.Those are considerable numbers that could put Walmart way…

This summer, the candy will come to you, not the other way around.Robotic Vending MachineThe days of having to walk over to a vending machine to pick up a snack may be numbered. Now they're going to start coming to you.Robotic vending machines are making their way to malls, airports, and even grocery stores across the US, Axios reports.Take Tortoise, for instance, a startup that claims to have created the first remote-controlled store on wheels, The company has dispatched its adorable mobile stores at various venues,…

"We believe that a lot of the rules have to change."Killing CommentaryThe Pentagon is selling a t-shirt that says not to worry about their "killer robots" — which raises a lot of questions arguably answered by their t-shirt, it seems.During a recent event organized by the Atlantic Council, an international relations think tank in Washington, DC, Marine lieutenant general and artificial intelligence head honcho Michael Groen said that although the military's killer robots are by far the most exciting thing the Pentagon's…

This is honestly pretty great.NFT Robin HoodStealing from the rich to give to the poor is arguably pretty awesome — but stealing from colonial museums to put money back in the pockets of African artists is, somehow, even cooler.Billing itself as "the world's first digital repatriation of stolen art to the Metaverse," the Looty non-fungible token (NFT) project aims to digitally "steal" ancient African art back from institutions like the British Museum, sell the NFTs they make from the art, and use some of the proceeds to…