How Elon Musk became an industry icon and a tech hero: an illustrative guide

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People like to compare Elon Musk to a real-world Tony Stark, but that’s not really giving Musk a fair shake. For years, Musk has been a driving force behind some of the most impactful, important and revolutionary businesses on the planet. Whether it’s his involvement with online payments via PayPal or the incredible work he’s been doing at both Tesla and SpaceX, Musk continues to push the limits of what society things is possible.

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Tupac blasts Donald Trump in unearthed 1992 MTV interview

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Well before Tupac Shakur became a household name and transcendent rapper – we’re talking pre-Death Row and even pre-Keep Ya Head Up – Pac was hardly one to shy away from speaking his mind and imparting knowledge upon the masses. Earlier this week, MTV News unearthed an old interview they conducted with Tupac back in 1992, months before his first album had even hit store shelves. During the course of the interview, Tupac waxes poetic on societal responsibility, poverty, the distribution of wealth and more.

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Harrison Ford’s infamous ‘Force Awakens’ injury was a blessing in disguise

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Remember when news leaked out that Harrison Ford had an accident on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens that left him with a broken leg? At the time, many people just cracked jokes about Ford being too old to still play a hero in an action movie, but it turns out that Ford’s injury was really a blessing in disguise for The Force Awakens. IGN brings us word that Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams revealed this week that Ford’s unfortunate accident gave him a chance to completely rethink the way he’d written the interactions between Rey and Finn.

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Watch Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt in the first ‘The Magnificent Seven’ reboot trailer

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Classic western The Magnificent Seven is getting a reboot and there’s an impressive cast playing all the major parts. Even better, a first teaser trailer for it was just released. The Magnificent Seven remake stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Peter Sarsgaard, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier and Lee Byun-hun. The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua, who also worked with Washington on Training Day.

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One of Danny McBride’s first movies is streaming in its entirety for free on YouTube

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Late last year, we pointed our readers in the direction of The Paramount Vault, a YouTube channel where Paramount Pictures uploads full-length films from decades past. Admittedly, most of the movies aren’t going to make you consider canceling your Netflix subscription, but there was one very interesting addition this week.

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Two new studies will forever change how you think about evolution

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Forget what you thought you knew about evolution because researchers have determined that a particle responsible for the way DNA information is decrypted comes from space. Added to this, in an unrelated study, some biologists make the case that human hands actually derive from shark-like gills.

So did we all descend from a race of space sharks?

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I can’t stop watching this video of a rocket-powered train breaking the MagLev speed record

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It’s not technically a train, but it is travelling on tracks. It’s not transporting anyone to any destination either, but it does levitate with impressive speed it’s definitely a sight to behold.

The U.S. Air Force recently conducted an experiment where it accelerated a sled on a magnetic levitation track at 633 miles per hour, which just happens to be the new world record for maglev. That’s more than 120mph faster than in previous runs.

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Amazon sale offers a killer Windows 10 laptop-tablet hybrid for under $275

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If we were making bets right now, we would bet that whatever you’re reading this post on isn’t nearly as cool as the Acer Aspire Switch 10 SW5-015-198P10.1-inch HD 2-in-1 Tablet & Laptop. This powerful little device runs full Windows 10, giving you access to all of the great Windows software out there. Then, pop the display off of the keyboard part and you’ve got yourself a cutting-edge touchscreen tablet.

Best of all, it’s on sale right now on Amazon for $272.

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