<p>A US tech startup wants to gamify the legal system by allowing people to bet on civil lawsuits with cryptocurrency. If there’s been one major takeaway from the past two years, it’s that the stock market isn’t the allusive, exclusive arena it used to be; just look at the GameStop Reddit saga last year, with <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/tech-startup-wants-to-enable-people-to-bet-on-court-cases-with-crypto/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Elon Musk’s massive ‘Vegas Loop’ tunnel is off to a bad start. Not only has it been branded the ‘lamest thing’ in the city, but some believe it’s a ‘death trap’. He’s spearheaded the household name for premium electric cars with Tesla, shot for the stars with SpaceX, envisioned a ‘mega-constellation’ of WiFi satellites with <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/elon-musks-vegas-loop-tunnel-branded-a-death-trap/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A mafia boss who has been on the run for 20 years has finally been arrested – after being spotted on Google Maps. Notorious criminals throughout history have often been caught in surprising and ridiculous ways. Legendary highwayman of yore Dick Turpin got caught when a postman recognised his handwriting, notorious mobster Al Capone was <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/world-news/mafia-boss-on-the-run-arrested-after-being-caught-on-google-maps/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An out-of-control piece of a Russian spacecraft has re-entered the atmosphere and plunged down to Earth. The Russian Angara A5 rocket blasted off from Earth in a test flight on December 27, 2021, and while the journey initially looked to be going well, a bid to move the spacecraft into a higher orbit proved unsuccessful. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/out-of-control-spacecraft-crashes-to-earth-after-major-failure/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man in Sweden had his life saved by a drone carrying a defibrillator in what is thought to be a medical first. The rescue took place on the morning of December 9, 2021, when the 71-year-old man suffered a heart attack while shovelling snow in his driveway in the Swedish city of Trollhättan. Dr. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/health/drone-saves-heart-attack-patients-life-for-the-first-time-in-medical-history/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A team of researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have taught six goldfish how to drive. We’re not sure how many people ever asked for goldfish to be taught to drive, but the idea behind the experiment was to see if the fish could apply their navigational skills in an unfamiliar <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/scientists-teach-goldfish-how-to-drive-on-land-and-its-incredible/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An advanced version of Amazon’s Alexa is set to cater to ‘virtual crew members’ during NASA’s upcoming Artemis I mission to the moon. Set to launch this year, Artemis I will see the first woman and the first person of colour land on the surface of the moon, more than 50 years since humans first <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/amazon-alexa-to-take-virtual-crew-members-to-space-in-upcoming-trip-to-the-moon/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The world’s richest man has just got richer – Elon Musk has netted another $32 billion. Tesla‘s climbing stock is cited as the reason behind this particular windfall, with the company making nearly 1 million cars in 2021. According to Forbes, Musk remains firmly at the top of the world’s rich list, with his estimated <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/elon-musk-just-got-32-billion-richer/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An advert for cryptocurrency featuring Matt Damon has been mocked by viewers for comparing the virtual money to the moon landing. Crypto.com initially released its ‘Fortune Favours the Brave’ advert online in October 2021, but it gained attention recently after being featured during NFL games in the US on Sunday, January 2. The ad opens <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/matt-damon-compares-cryptocurrency-to-space-travel-in-cringe-advert/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A shocking advert released by Apple has been described by one viewer as ‘probably the darkest bit of marketing I’ve ever heard’. Apple released its Series 7 watch towards the end of last year, offering customers the opportunity to upgrade to what is described as the company’s ‘biggest and brightest thinking yet’. As well as <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/disturbing-new-apple-watch-advert-is-branded-the-darkest-bit-of-marketing-ever/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Bad news for those who you who thought it might be time to fire-up that 10-year-old Blackberry phone after all this time – they’ll stop working from January 4. Despite having a peak of more than 80 million Blackberry users worldwide in 2012, the company soon fell away in the mobile phone market and changed <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/classic-blackberry-phones-to-stop-working-imminently/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>If you ever dreamed about being a spy when you were younger, it probably had a lot to do with the gadgets. Whether it’s Sean Connery’s rocket firing cigarette in Thunderball or the bulletproof umbrella gun in Kingsman, everyone has their favourite spy film gadget, but how do they stack up to the tools used <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/the-cia-used-poop-to-spy-on-soldiers-in-the-vietnam-war/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>