July 16, 2026 11:28 PM
July 16, 2026
Sam Altman Caught in What May Be His Most Spectacular Lie Yet
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s unsettling blockchain-based side gig, a startup with the uninspired name “World,” has left us…
Woman Convicted for Attacking Police With Swarm of Furious Bees
Look, evictions are violent affairs. When the state sends armed officers to kick residents out of their homes…
Scientists Scan Gigantic Structure Hiding Behind Our Galaxy
In 2016, researchers discovered an enormous supercluster of galaxies in the constellation of Vela that had been hiding…
If You Thought Mark Zuckerberg Was a Pathetic Little Worm Before, Wait Until You Hear About His Latest Move
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has long been the poster child for the billionaire class, a hyper-capitalist and unnervingly…
OpenAI in Shambles as IPO Looms
OpenAI is still committed to a whopping $600 billion in AI infrastructure investments over the next four years,…
A Tiny Town Is Building So Many Data Centers That There’ll Be Almost Nothing Else Left
Enticed by cheap land, abundant resources, and massive tax breaks, tech companies are gobbling up land in small,…
Scientists Experimenting With Quantum Effect That Some Fear Could Cause Chain Reaction That Ends Entire Universe
In quantum physics, there’s a state with even less energy than a vacuum, called a true vacuum, which…
Weird Things Happen When You Give AI Agents Money and Let Them Spend It
Late last year, Anthropic had its AI model, Claude, run a large vending kiosk in the Wall Street…
The War in Iran Is Causing China to Sell So Many Solar Panels That Your Jaw Will Drop
The ongoing war on Iran may have drastically reduced the amount of oil passing from West Asia to…
Bosses Are Blowing More Money on AI Agents Than It’d Cost Them to Just Pay Human Workers
Mindlessly unleashing AI agents to take over employees’ jobs can be pretty costly, it turns out. Some companies…
AI Agents Linked to OpenAI Are Pretending to Be Human Journalists
A news website with apparent links to OpenAI is using AI agents that pose as flesh-and-blood reporters to…
Bitcoin Developers Are Debating a Move That Could Send Crypto Markets Into a Tailspin
Researchers have long warned that the advent of quantum computers, advanced systems that exploit the counterintuitive laws of…
Police Raid SpaceX’s Brand New Offices
It was only yesterday that Elon Musk announced that SpaceX had acquired his AI company xAI, a merger…
Grok’s Analysis of Whether Mamdani Is Related to Epstein May Be the Single Most Amazing AI Response We’ve Ever Seen
Along with being used to generate nonconsensual sexual images of women and girls, spread racist rhetoric, and doxx…
NASA Runs Into Trouble Fueling Up Moon Rocket
Late last month, the four daring NASA astronauts who are scheduled to venture around the Moon and back…
Democracy Itself Is Falling Apart, Harvard Professor Warns
In the wake of ruthless arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort in Minneapolis, one Harvard political…
The Streets Are Saying Bitcoin Is Gonna Fall to $30,000
The digital Beanie Baby has had a rough week. Last week, whispers of impending crypto regulation sent Bitcoin…
SpaceX Just Bought Elon Musk’s CSAM Company
On Monday, Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX bought his AI firm xAI, whose most notable contribution to humankind…
Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal
Elon Musk hasn’t been handling the latest batch of Epstein files well. After the newly released emails from…
Mamdani Is Shutting Down NYC’s Disastrous AI Chatbot
Just one month into his new job, New York City mayor Mamdani is cracking down on more than…
Alarm Grows as Social Network Entirely for AI Starts Plotting Against Humans
Someone finally invented a social media site that isn’t terrible for our brains. Unfortunately that’s because it’s populated…
Alarm Grows as Social Network Entirely for AI Starts Plotting Against Humans
Someone finally invented a social media site that isn’t terrible for our brains. Unfortunately that’s because it’s populated…
Tesla Stock Took a Beating After Elon Musk’s Epstein Island Revelations
The Department of Justice released millions of files from its investigation into deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein last…
There’s Something Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find
The enormous storms of impenetrable clouds covering Jupiter’s surface make it nearly impossible for us to get a…