July 16, 2026 8:54 PM
July 16, 2026
Coinbase AI Sends Mass “Breaking News” Alert That’s Completely Hallucinated
Crypto marketplace Coinbase is under fire after sending out an AI-generated breaking news alert that Norway’s national men’s…
Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety
Two men in Southern China are alive thanks to a daring rescue involving a hulking quadcopter drone. Footage…
If You Thought SpaceX Stock Was Doing Badly Before, Now It’s Really Tanking
Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX took a beating on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the company made…
Sheriff Unveils Humanoid Robot for Hostage Negotiation Purposes, Which Definitely Won’t End in Disaster
What does it take to keep a county of fewer than 400,000 people safe? For one North Carolina…
Trump Suddenly Opens Dozens of Gas Stations Selling Suspiciously Cheap Fuel, and Experts Are Already Warning of Impending Disaster
Trump Mobile. Trump Steaks. Trump Coin. Trump Vodka. By this point, you know the drill. The president’s latest…
Waymo Takes Revenge, Dropping Drunk Teens Directly Into Squad of Cops
Waymo’s fleet of autonomous taxis has garnered a reputation for causing mayhem on public streets, from trapping drivers…
If You’ve Been Having Explosive Diarrhea, You May Want to Read This
A gut-busting parasite that’s known to cause “weeks of debilitating diarrhea” is spreading across the United States —…
Tesla’s Safety Camera Lets Woman Cruising at Highway Speed While Completely Passed Out
Police in British Columbia are investigating after a viral video shows a woman fast asleep behind the wheel…
Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free
By now, it’s clear that the only way the tech industry can justify the cost of AI is…
Scientists Identify Most Degenerate Known ChatGPT User
AI’s promises tend to be pretty highfalutin: that you can use it as your “second brain,” to invent…
Anthropic Caught Secretly Spying on Users
Anthropic, the self-avowed moral center of the AI industry, has been caught spying on its users. As Ars…
Freak Tornado Sucks Man Out of 12-Floor Apartment
When most of us hear about freak tornadoes, we assume they’re ripping through trailer parks in Oklahoma —…
Anthropic Hires Economist Who Says 33 Percent Chance of Human Extinction Is Acceptable
Out of all the big AI players, Anthropic is the one that likes to doomsay about AI the…
Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue
Demand for the computing power that undergirds AI models — “compute,” in the lingo of the industry —…
Madonna Issues Explosive Take on AI
If you’re using AI to try and make “art,” Madonna Ciccone has some bad news for you. In…
Grim New Prediction Market Lets Gamblers Bet on Raging Wildfires
Ever wanted to role play a claims adjustor in Southern California? Now you can — with Wyldfyre, the…
A24 Is Dealing With a Full-on Crisis Among Fans After Signing an AI Deal With Google
Indie Hollywood darling A24 scored a massive financial hit with its “Backrooms” horror flick this year, netting over…
Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking It Who to Fire
A lawyer was working at a legal tech startup when her boss’s fascination with AI began to veer…
Elon Musk’s Mother Posts Happy Birthday Image for Him That, on Closer Inspection, Is Devastatingly Sad
The world’s first trillionaire just celebrated his 55th birthday. And we can’t tell which possibility is more depressing:…
NASA Prepping to Launch Extremely Risky Rescue Mission
NASA’s Swift observatory, designed to study the most powerful explosions in the universe, launched into orbit over two…
AI Zillionaires Are Starting to Get Scared as the Public Turns Against Them
There’s no doubt that the broader public has turned against AI in a serious way. In the United…
Giant Pickup Trucks Are Killing Pedestrians in Incredible Numbers
The true scourge of American roadways isn’t pot holes, rush hour traffic, or grandmas ambling down the fast…
We Are Extremely Skeptical of MidJourney’s Weird Device That It Claims Submerges Your Entire Body and Scans It With Ultrasound
In February 2024, scientific journal Frontiers was forced to retract a paper by a team of Chinese and…
Woman Surprised When Flock Surveillance Tower Appears in Her Yard Without Warning
The law’s gaze has grown harder to escape, as surveillance drones and AI-integrated cameras now track movement across…