July 16, 2026 10:10 PM
July 16, 2026
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…
Sam Altman Issues Grim Apology
In February, an 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar killed eight people and herself — while wounding dozens more…
Tinder Scanning Users’ Eyeballs to Prove They Aren’t Creeps
Tinder is partnering with Sam Altman’s World project to let its users prove they’re real humans, in just…
Two Delivery Bots Blunder Into the Middle of a Police Incident, Have Awkward Standoff
Delivery robots continue to be a nuisance wherever they roam. As a gaggle of around a half dozen…
Top Medical Journal Publishes Searing Article Warning Against Medical AI
A recent survey found that millions of Americans are asking AI chatbots for medical advice, often instead of…
Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Deploying Ransomware Himself
When a person or company is hit with a ransomware attack, it’s common to hire a third-party negotiator…
Mowing Down Simulated Elephants Could Help Self-Driving Cars Prepare For the Chaos of Real Life Streets
Even the best self-driving cars keep getting confused and crashing into stuff, sometimes with fatal results. Here’s a…
New Helix Video Shows Robot Loading and Unloading Dishwasher Pretty Damn Well
We’ve come across video after video of humanoid robots performing backflips, delivering punches — and even a clip…
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City’s mayor isn’t even a month into his term, and he’s already delivering a crushing blow…
New Study Examines How Often AI Psychosis Actually Happens, and the Results Are Not Good
We’ve seen plenty of evidence suggesting that prolonged use of popular AI chatbots like ChatGPT can coax some…
Lab Grown Meat Is Failing For One Key Reason, Analyst Claims
For years, the cultivated meat industry has struggled to emerge as a practical alternative to the brutal factory…
Cybertruck Attempts to Fling Baby Onto Highway
A couple says their Tesla Cybertruck nearly dumped their baby onto the side of the highway after its…
Galactic Monsters Grew in Cocoons Like Giant Bugs, Scientists Say
How the most massive objects in the universe first formed is one of the biggest headscratchers in astrophysics.…
This Photo of Mars at Night Is Straight Up Haunting
The length of a night on Mars isn’t too different from here on Earth, lasting just over 12…
Experts Growing Worried About World in Which AI Takes Your Job and You Have No Way to Provide for Yourself
In a massive 20,000-word screed, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that AI will act as a “general labor…
Evidence Grows That AI Chatbots Are Dunning-Kruger Machines
If using an AI chatbot makes you feel smart, we have some bad news. New research flagged by…
Tech CEOs Say AI Is Ushering in an Age of Abundance, But Instead the Evidence Shows That It’s Pushing Down Wages
Billionaire tech CEOs have often insisted that AI is ushering in an era of plenty, in which automation…
Former NASA Employee Issues Desperate Plea to Head of Agency
Last year, the Trump administration declared war on climate science. In the first two weeks of Trump’s second…
Major AI Companies Aren’t Even Pretending to Make Money
In a way, Silicon Valley has always asked investors to suspend disbelief to fund pie-in-the-sky projects, but the…