August 29, 2026 7:04 PM
August 29, 2026
Meta So Desperate for Compute That It’s Building “Data Centers” That Are Just Tents Filled With AI Chips
It’s a desperate time for tech companies trying to assert dominance in the AI boom. Back in April,…
AI Will Consume as Much Water as a Billion People By 2030, UN Report Estimates
AI data centers will consume as much water as the water needs of 1.3 billion people by 2030,…
NASA’s James Webb Discovers That 3I/ATLAS Let One Rip as It Passed Through Solar System
The mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS fascinated scientists as it made its way through the inner solar system last…
Chinese Post Office Deploys Humanoid Robots to Sort Mail
It’s no secret by now that the Chinese tech sector is going all-in on robotics. Last September, the…
Researchers Put AI Models in Charge of Analyzing Sports, and They Choked Spectacularly
Good news for sports broadcasters and fans who’d prefer their play-by-plays to have that human-touch: AI doesn’t know…
It Turns Out Lookmaxxing Has Some Extremely Emasculating Side Effects
Earlier this year, so-called “looksmaxxing” influencer Braden “Clavicular” Peters was rushed to the hospital after suffering a suspected…
New York Times Roasted for “Profiling” the “AI-Generated Actress” Tilly Northwood
The New York Times is getting torn apart by readers after its magazine published a “profile” of the…
Anthropic Scared, Calls for Global Freeze on AI Advances
Anthropic is calling for a global “pause” on AI development, claiming that the technology is nearing a point…
You Will Be Shocked to Hear That George Santos Is Under Investigation for Insider Trading on Kalshi
Gasp! Disgraced former Republican congressman George Santos is under federal investigation for insider trading on the prediction market…
CEO Says There Will Be No Raises Because He Spent All the Money on AI
For years, tech CEOs have used AI as an excuse to justify layoffs. In reality, though, many experts…
Kevin O’Leary Pleads With Locals to Allow His Massive Data Center If He Shrinks It Down to the Size of One Manhattan
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary wants to build a menacingly large data center facility near the Great Salt…
It’s Possible That SpaceX Could Collapse Spectacularly
Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO is a mere week away, with the space company aiming to raise a whopping…
NASA Has No Plan to Rescue Lunar Astronauts in Case of Emergency
Late last month, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman announced during a livestreamed press conference that the space agency would…
Watchdog Issues Grim Warning About Letting AI Run Your Life
These days, the AI stack beckons: emails, shopping, personal finance — there’s hardly a task some company isn’t…
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…