August 29, 2026 1:38 PM
August 29, 2026
Paper Claims the “Asteroid” Japan’s Probe Is Approaching Is Actually a Derelict Spacecraft
After successfully rendezvousing with near-Earth asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 and sending a sampled cache of rocks back…
Elon Musk Says He Only Got Involved in Politics Because He Couldn’t Deal With Having a Transgender Child
Dismantling the federal government. Building a “MechaHitler” AI. Waging a war on Woke. Donating nearly $300 million to…
Now You Gotta Buy a Second Computer Just for Your AI Agent, Nvidia Declares
While gamers beg for cheaper GPUs, and consumers at large yearn for affordable devices amid constant chip shortages,…
AI Billionaires Are Starting to Get Scared
As it turns out, telling the world’s workers to prepare for a dystopia rife with poverty and alienation…
Jeffrey Epstein’s Biopreserved Sperm Is Missing
Today in news we regret having to deliver: Jeffrey Epstein’s missing sperm. According to documents in the Epstein…
Trump Shovels $4 Billion Directly to Elon Musk, Who Spent a Fortune Getting Him Elected
Elon Musk spent just shy of $300 million supporting Donald Trump’s reelection in late 2024 — a full-throated…
Meta’s AI Support Bot Is Giving Hackers Access to Other People’s Instagram Accounts Just by Asking
In March, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced a new Meta AI support assistant feature on both Facebook and Instagram,…
Dick’s Sporting Goods Launches AI Personal Trainer to Fix Your Horrible Golf Swing
These days, retailers are increasingly hitching their wagon to the AI horse: big box stores like Target have…
Sports Betting Scandals Are Tearing College Football Apart
The rise of gambling platforms like DraftKings and Polymarket has supercharged a timeless phenomenon: sports stars ruining their…
Scientists Say They’ve Cracked Mystery Behind a Dozen Strange Signals From Deep Space
Since 2022, astronomers have been tracking highly unusual bursts of radio emissions that repeat at precise intervals, ranging…
Authorities Alarmed as Mysterious Figures Emerge From Sewers
City officials were were left scratching their heads following two separate incidents involving mysterious individuals climbing in and…
Neighbors Horrified by Data Center Twice the Size of Manhattan
TV personality and businessman Kevin O’Leary is looking to construct a mammoth data center facility more than twice…
Bacteria Engineered to Eat Tumors From the Inside
While plenty of bad bacteria — like E. coli — can get you sick, many other types are…
Uber Employees Have Created an AI Clone of Its CEO
In need of a little confidence boost before a face-to-face with your boss? That urge seems to be…
Woman Annoyed When Delivery Robot Comes Into Her Yard, Tears Up Her Garden and Steals Her Fence
These days, moles and gophers aren’t the only pests you have to worry about tearing up your yard.…
Bill Gates’ Daughter Says Her $185 Million AI Startup Will Succeed Entirely Due to Her Merits, Not Even a Little Bit Who Her Dad Is
Against all odds, Phoebe Gates has managed to raise $35 million for a browser extension, despite the pernicious…
This Is How Big a Telescope Aliens Would Need to See Dinosaurs on Earth
Roughly 66 million years ago, scientists believe an enormous meteor, dubbed Chicxulub, smashed into the Earth in an…
Startup Generates Caring Letters to Your Friends Using AI, Handwrites Them Using Robot Pen
Think back to the last time you peeled open an envelope to find a handwritten letter. Maybe it…
Constant Space Launches Turning Earth’s Atmosphere Into a “Crematorium,” Scientists Say
Constant space launches are turning the atmosphere into a “crematorium” for satellites and other space debris. That was…
Creator of Claude Code Fears This Could Be the Last Year That Software Engineers Are Employable
The warning signs are piling up for anyone still working as a software engineer in 2026. In a…
Government Insiders Concerned by Musk’s Erratic and Sycophantic Grok Being Deployed for Incredibly Sensitive Purposes
The Trump administration is scrambling to replace Claude, the chatbot embedded throughout the Pentagon’s entire scaffolding, with Elon…
Anonymous Kalshi User Makes Huge Bet That the White House Is About to Confirm Alien Life or Technology
Is the US government about to confirm that aliens are real? That’s the claim floating around among those…
The Hubble Is Inexorably Falling to Earth
For years now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has had its fair share of brushes with death. The groundbreaking…
The Economy Is Lurching Downward as Fear of AI Spreads
AI chipmaker Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, demolished analyst expectations this week when it posted a massive…