June 5, 2026 12:30 PM
June 5, 2026
Atlassian in Trouble for Firing Employee Who Mouthed Off to CEO
Fresh off of annihilating a tenth of its workforce, Atlassian is being accused of illegally firing an employee,…
Staff at New Data Center Powered by Human Brain Cells Need to Swap Out Cerebrospinal Fluid Every Day
A grisly detail about a new data center powered by human neurons: technicians have to constantly replenish the…
Large Hadron Collider Discovers All-New Particle
In particle physics, atoms are the building blocks of matter in the universe, each consisting of a nucleus,…
CEO Says He’ll Hire Anyone Who Can Vibe Code With AI, Regardless of Actual Skill
Steven Bartlett, the host of the podcast “The Diary of a CEO,” apparently takes a vibes-based approach to…
Teens Are Using AI to Create “Slander” Videos of Their Teachers
If teachers thought rampant cheating was the worst way AI would impact their livelihoods, we’ve got some bad…
Scientists Bring Mouse Brains Back to Life After “Cryosleep” Deep Freeze
The concept of “cryosleep” — spending prolonged periods of time in suspended animation in a deep freeze state…
Novel Pulled From Shelves After Author Is Accused of Using AI
A prominent publisher is pulling a horror novel after the author was widely accused of using AI to…
Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns
An analysis of hundreds of thousands of chats between AI chatbots and human users who experienced AI-tied delusional…
Blockchain Slumlord Startup Implodes in Real Time
If you’re not a renter in Detroit, you might not have heard about RealT, a startup that allows…
Self-Driving Cars Slated to Clog Roads With Horrendous Congestion
Self-driving cars might seem like the future, but they still share the same asphalt as your grandma’s ’98…
Man Caught Using Smart Glasses to Get Advice While Being Cross-Examined in Court
The emergence of smart glasses, which feature largely concealed cameras, microphones and speakers, has turned into a major…
A Grim Truth Is Emerging in Employers’ AI Experiments
The tremendous hype surrounding AI coding shows no signs of dying down. Last month, Anthropic released a suite…
Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare
Disney’s robot of its character “Olaf” is incredibly impressive. It’s also kind of terrifying. This weekend, engineers at…
AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art
For hundreds of years, humans have engaged in the fine craft of art forgery. Indeed, in 1496, a…
Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify
Hacktivists with the group Anna’s Archive — a search engine for shadow libraries, which are unauthorized collections of…
Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI
As generative AI seeps into virtually every aspect of our daily lives through jobs, entertainment, and even food,…
Elon Musk’s Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers
On January 16, SpaceX conceded that the latest prototype of its enormous Starship spacecraft had “experienced a rapid…
Man Describes How ChatGPT Led Him Straight Into Psychosis
32-year-old Anthony Duncan first used ChatGPT to help with the business side of his career as a content…
Top Software Engineering Students Can’t Get a Job Because of AI
Graduates at some of the top universities are finding it nearly impossible to find new jobs in software…
Korea Tests Ultra-Rugged Robot to Explore the Moon’s Mysterious Caves
If humans finally colonize the Moon, lunar caves formed from primeval volcanic activity could provide shelter from cosmic…
Zuckerberg Already Blowing Up Relationship With New Head of AI He Paid Ten Zillion Dollars to Hire
This summer, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg moved heaven and earth to recharge his company’s lagging AI division, spending…
We Could Hitch a Ride to Unknown Frontiers on Super-Fast Interstellar Objects Like 3I/ATLAS
Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million…
Waymos Cause Traffic Jams Across City During Power Outage
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stay these robotaxis of their appointed trips…
Sam Altman Unhappy With Fate He’s Created for Himself
Several major companies — including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Sam Altman’s OpenAI, and competitor Anthropic — are eyeing enormous…