August 25, 2026 5:07 PM
August 25, 2026
Congressional Staffers Are So Lazy That They’re Using AI to Write New Laws
The use of AI chatbots has invaded almost every profession. From lawyers getting caught citing hallucinated cases and…
McDonald’s Has Hundreds of Pages of Intel on Its Repeat Customers, and You Can Get a Copy of Yours
For most people, the mental calculation to grab a meal from McDonald’s is pretty simple: it’s relatively cheap,…
Man Wearing Pervert Glasses Films Himself Harassing Famous Female Comedian in the Middle of TV Shoot
The public blowback to Meta’s contentious smart glasses continues to grow. The popular camera-equipped accessories, which have earned…
Influencer Melts Down That People Didn’t Like Her Being a Paid Shill for OpenAI
An influencer who attended a “luxury eco-retreat” put on by ChatGPT maker OpenAI got far more of a…
Sensing He’s in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It’s All Been a Big Misunderstanding
In the United States, there’s practically no escaping from mass surveillance company Flock Safety’s 120,000 license plate reading…
Dick Cheney’s Heart Doctor Says Trump Is Showing Very Worrying Signs
The guy we have to thank for Dick Cheney living as long as he did with extraordinary heart…
It’s Getting So Hot That Nuclear Plants Are Being Forced to Power Down
Nuclear energy is often touted as an ultra-efficient alternative to dirtier energy sources like coal or natural gas.…
Astronomers Discover an Entirely New Type of Object: a “Black Hole Star”
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a new type of cosmic monstrosity: a “black hole…
Bill Gates’ Daughter Clearly Has a Traitor Inside Her Startup Who’s Trying to Destroy Her
Last month, Bloomberg revealed that a startup founded by Bill Gates’ 23-year-old daughter, Phoebe Gates, had dabbled in…
Warner Bros Quickly Deletes Behind-the-Scenes Video That Seems to Show Use of AI Slop During “Supergirl” Production
“Supergirl” just can’t flop in peace. The 2026 film is one of the biggest box office failures of…
AI’s Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying, New Paper Finds
The impact artificial intelligence has had on the environment has been nothing short of devastating. The data centers…
OpenAI Reports Goldman Sachs Analyst to FBI for Horrifying ChatGPT Conversations
Content warning: this story includes discussion of sexual assault and other disturbing topics. A 25-year-old Goldman Sachs financial analyst…
Grokipedia Appears to Have Completely Broken and Nobody Noticed
We certainly wouldn’t blame you for having completely forgotten that last year, Elon Musk tried to reinvent Wikipedia…
Andreessen Horowitz Partner Boasts That the Company’s New Tech Can Fabricate Fake History Like in “1984”
Text-to-video AI generating tools have come a long way. Just three years ago, we were all unsettled by…
Gen Z Helicopter Parents Are So Intense That They’re Calling Hiring Managers to Interfere
Few things are as mortifying to a youngster than their parents trying to butt in on their behalf:…
SpaceX Now Faces a Terrible Peril
Investors were not impressed by SpaceX’s first-ever earnings report earlier this week. Shares dropped by more than ten…
We Talked to the Guy Who Built a Chatbot That’s Just Him Manually Responding to People One-by-One
On July 27, a billboard went up in San Francisco advertising an AI service called ChatTJB. But the…
Trump Cabinet Doctor Boasts of Ability to Soil Himself During Dinner Parties Without Detection
In case you need any more evidence that the Trump administration is run and advised by cranks, here’s…
Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen
Whether magicians, thieves, or just fed up citizens, somebody has made an entire city’s worth of ALPRs vanish…
It’s So Hot in Japan That Zoo Animals Are Dropping Dead
Temperatures in Japan have gotten so extreme that zoo animals are dropping dead — though this may be…
Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket have long garnered a reputation for allowing users to make all kinds of…
Texas Data Centers Suffer Brutal Collision With Reality
Texas is tripling down on the construction of AI data centers, at any cost. But there’s a glaring…
Elon Musk Allegedly Stiffing Contractors on Huge Bills
Being unbelievably wealthy comes with powerful perks — like getting away with being too cheap to pay people…
SpaceX Achieves Its First Moon Landing by Accidentally Crashing Into It at 5,400 Miles Per Hour, Causing Huge Explosion and 60-Foot Crater
At long last, a Moon landing for SpaceX — just not the kind it was hoping for. After…