June 5, 2026 2:33 AM
June 5, 2026
Scientists Say Something Bizarre Is Hiding Inside Black Holes
What’s “inside” a black hole? Are they portals to another universe, or are actually other universes in miniature? Those…
Elon Musk Orders Sweeping Layoffs as xAI Fails to Catch Up
In a Thursday tweet, Elon Musk said he was looking to rebuild his AI startup xAI “from the…
Trump’s Disastrous Truth Social Company Hits Rock Bottom With Lowest Stock Price Ever
President Donald Trump’s Truth Social bid, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), has burned through an alarming amount…
BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI
In January 2023, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a memo to staff that the company was making…
Iran Declares Google and Microsoft to Be Military Targets
There’s a new target in 21st century warfare: US tech companies. According to Al Jazeera, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…
Elon Musk Says He’s Epically Screwed Up at xAI, Is Rebuilding “From the Foundations”
Besides headlines about the majority of original cofounders fleeing the company, Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has struggled…
Disturbing AI Food Slop Is Strangling the Internet
Women crashing through glass bridges. Cat parents grinding their children into mincemeat. Poor people rioting in Walmart. Whichever…
China’s Moon Landing Is Starting to Look Very Real
In an announcement last month, NASA officials announced major changes to its Moon program, pushing the first lunar…
Iran Says It’s Ready to Destroy the Global Economy
If the Trump administration was expecting it’d quickly wrap up its “little excursion” in Iran like in a…
People Really, Really Despise AI — Even More Than ICE, Poll Finds
Anti-AI sentiment surged over the last year as the hype surrounding the tech showed no signs of slowing…
Retired Air Force Major General With UFO Connections Disappears in New Mexico
The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) in Ohio has played a central role in UFO lore. The base…
CEOs Say Yeah, AI Might Be a Bubble, But They’re Gonna Keep Shoveling Money Into the Furnace Because All Their Friends Are
A new survey by accounting firm KPMG US found a contradiction in how CEOs are thinking about AI:…
Mysterious Interstellar Object Now Approaching Earth
For months now, astronomers have been closely watching the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it rips through the…
Woman Orders Waymo, Finds Man Hiding in Trunk
Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing service is going through a lot of firsts these days. Earlier this week, a pregnant…
Years After a Girl’s Death, the AIs That Killed Her Are Still Sending Notifications to Her Phone
We’ve written previously about Juliana Peralta, who was only 13 years old when her parents say an AI…
Scientists Say the Time Has Arrived to Land Astronauts on Mars
The goal of sending astronauts to the surface of Mars has been a major point of contention, with…
Librarians Dumbfounded as People Keep Asking for Materials That Don’t Exist
Librarians, and the books they cherish, are already fight a losing battle for our attention spans with all…
Brace for Disaster as the Washington Post Launches an AI-Generated Podcast
The podcast format has largely remained the same since its inception in the early 2000s: short shows recorded…
Chinese Astronauts Clamber Outside Space Station to Inspect Damaged Spacecraft
Last month, Chinese astronauts on board the country’s Tiangong space station discovered cracks in the window of their…
Sam Altman Says Caring for a Baby Is Now Impossible Without ChatGPT
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently admitted he needs extensive assistance from his company’s AI chatbot to get through…
You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into
Getting tired of dusting off Grandpa’s stuffy old urn? One startup has the solution for you. It’s called…
Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Tropical Oasis on Mars
Scientists suspect that the surface of Mars was once teeming with water, a lush oasis full of river…
Details Emerge on Sam Altman’s Panic Sweats
OpenAI has long made it its number one goal to realize artificial general intelligence, which it described in…
Russia Damaged Protective Dome Around Chernobyl, Can No Longer Contain Radiation
A multibillion-dollar dome built around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown was badly damaged last year…