July 16, 2026 12:44 PM
July 16, 2026
Prego Pivots From Budget-Tier Pasta Sauce to Small Microphones That Listen to Your Family’s Intimate Conversations
Ever sit down at an awkward family dinner and think to yourself: “You know what this conversation needs?…
Chinese Workers Horrified as Bosses Direct Them to Train Their AI Replacements
For years, a buzzy Silicon Valley startup called Mercor has been hiring an army of desperate job-seekers —…
Concern Grows That AI Is Damaging Users’ Cognitive Abilities
Last year, a team of researchers led by MIT research scientist Nataliya Kosmyna used electroencephalograms to monitor the…
Jeff Bezos’ Botched Space Launch Was So Bad It Could Threaten NASA’s Entire Moon Program
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin experienced a significant setback over the weekend. During its third launch, the…
Guess What This Creepy Underwater Thing Is That Was Photographed by US Navy Divers for NASA
It may look like the underwater remains of a church that’s been submerged for hundreds of years following…
Tesla Drivers Losing Patience at Elon Musk’s Eternal Excuses
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promising that his company’s EVs will be capable of fully driving themselves…
JPMorganChase Data Center Gets $77 Million Handout to Create Grand Total of One Job
Back in March, we shared the story of a $136 million data center going up in Northeastern Ohio,…
Nvidia CEO Loses His Cool at Tough Question
Look, being CEO of the largest company by market cap in the world isn’t a cakewalk. It takes…
CEO of $1.5 Billion AI Startup Accused of Massive Fraud by Justice Department
The AI boom has brought with it untold levels of fraud and graft. One of the largest schemes…
Palantir Issues Ominous Corporate Manifesto
Military and intelligence contractor Palantir has long struggled to beat the allegations of enabling an Orwellian surveillance state…
NASA Shuts Down Voyager 1 Instrument as Its Life Force Fades
NASA’s Voyager 1 has survived nearly 50 years and a light-day of travel from Earth — but in…
Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Just Screwed Up Very, Very Badly
It was a bittersweet launch for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The space company successfully reused one of its…
Stunning Footage Shows Space Station Drifting Through Aurora’s Dazzling Lights
Earlier this week, the Sun unleashed a powerful X-class solar flare, a major burst of electromagnetically charged particles…
Majority of CEOs Alarmed as AI Delivers No Financial Returns
Investors continue to fret over an AI bubble “reckoning,” as gains in productivity from the tech remain elusive.…
These Snapshots of the Moment a Star Exploded Will Fill You With Cosmic Dread
A pair of incredible images taken at the very moment two different stars exploded are also an accurate…
China Has Screwed Up Really, Really Badly
For many decades, the Chinese government attempted to limit population growth through a one-child policy — only to…
Canadian Military Exploring Taliban-Like Insurgent Tactics to Repel American Invasion
While the United States under Donald Trump escalates tensions with its longstanding geopolitical allies, its neighbor to the…
CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant
Wondering what your career looks like in our increasingly uncertain, AI-powered future? According to Palantir CEO Alex Karp,…
Scientists Suddenly Discover That Cow Tools Are Real
After more than forty years, a bizarre panel from “The Far Side” comic strip has finally become prophecy.…
Trump’s HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as “Fake” and “Powerless”
Last week, we broke down a major debacle unfolding in the health research space. To recap: over the…
The CEO of Microsoft Suddenly Sounds Extremely Nervous About AI
It sounds like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is already coming up with excuses in case the whole AI…
Astronauts Helicoptered to Hospital After Mystery Evacuation From Space Station
Earlier this month, NASA announced that it had to cancel a scheduled spacewalk, citing a “medical situation” affecting…
Tesla Cybercab Spotted Dripping Liquid
Anybody who’s regularly driven in winter conditions knows the importance of keeping windshield washer fluid topped up. Keeping…
They Started an Entire College Dedicated to Resisting Cancel Culture, and Then the Funniest Possible Thing Happened
In 2021, a crew of self-described free speech martyrs announced they were founding a university to save American…