October 5, 2026 5:33 PM
October 5, 2026
AI Startup’s Bizarre Plan to Launch a Hundred 24/7 Cafes Disintegrates as Reality Sets In
When you’re building out an experimental AI-powered insurance company, it’s probably best to stick with the business fundamentals…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children’s Minds to AI Is a Price He’s Willing to Pay
With so much hype about the future of AI safety, it can be easy to overlook the harms…
People Are Already Lusting After Meta’s New AI Assistant Muse
Meta, for once, is doing something pretty novel in the AI sphere. It’s created — and heavily marketed…
Kalshi Admits That It Took a Random Guy’s Video and Used AI to Make Him the Host of an Ad, Changing His Race in the Process
As the public backlash to cheap AI-generated slop continues to grow, companies continue to insist on cutting costs…
Tesla Argues in Court That the N-Word Is Acceptable Under Certain Circumstances
Whatever special kind of brain worms have established themselves in Elon Musk’s noggin appear to be spreading throughout…
Google Gearing Up to Launch Experimental “Data Center” Into Space Next Week
It’s not just Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin looking to send data centers into orbit.…
World Braces for Nearly a Half Million El Niño Deaths
As climate change continues to rear its ugly head, this summer has been particularly brutal for much of…
New York Sues Polymarket, Accuses It of Running an “Illegal Gambling” Operation
Just over a month after suing prediction market Kalshi for running an “illegal gambling” operation, New York state…
Stanford Scientists Find That the Human Brain Is Actually Two Separate Organs
Despite centuries of scientific research, the human brain remains an enigma. It’s made up of tens of billions…
Google Has Its Hand Around the Throat of the Independent Media and It’s Squeezing Harder and Harder
The shift to digital platforms has not been kind to the independent media industry, which has had to…
Software Update Turns Samsung’s “AI Fridges” Into Useless Bricks
It’s become common knowledge among home owners to avoid Samsung home appliances like the plague. They’re notorious for…
It Turns Out That Meta’s Muse AI Has an Amazingly Dirty Secret
Meta brags that its new AI agent, Muse, can be an all-around “personal assistant” that takes care of…
Earth May Have Had a Larger Cousin that the Sun Devoured
Did the Earth once have a larger cousin that was devoured by the Sun? And more importantly: would…
GLP-1 Users Are Being Cruelly Shamed by Their Own Families
GLP-1 weight loss drugs are changing lives in more ways than one. In a new piece for The…
College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection
You wouldn’t be remiss to accuse college students using AI to cheat of being lazy. But some of…
Federal Agents Are Secretly Monitoring Americans’ Financial Transactions So Cops Can Arrest People They Find Suspicious
The surveillance state is trying out a new tactic: pocket watching. 404 Media reports on how secretive “predictive…
China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years
The number of space launches has skyrocketed over the last few years, rapidly turning the Earth’s atmosphere into…
Werner Herzog Demolishes Talentless Hacks Who Use AI to Imitate Other Filmmakers
The legendary German director Werner Herzog had a few choice words about other so-called “filmmakers” who use AI…
Lawyers Already Lining Up to Defend Victims of Cybercab Crashes
Tesla’s mawkishly sleek new Cybercab has begun rolling out to Austin, Texas this week, with more sighted in…
Top Chinese Court Issues Sweeping Legal Crackdown on AI Deepfakes
Months after China’s Intermediate People’s Court ruled against a company using AI to liquidate an employee’s position, the…
Firefighters Say There’s a Glaring Issue With Tesla’s Cybercab
Tesla’s flashy gold Cybercabs are rolling out to the streets of Austin, their butterfly doors glowing under the…
Meta Releases Uber-Creepy AI Chatbot as Its Platforms Crumble Under Grotesque Child Abuse
Meta’s platforms are in a sorry state as grotesque AI slop continues to proliferate widely. As a recent…
Elon Musk Is So Mad About This New Documentary That He’s Threatening Legal Action
Does Elon Musk, who claims to be so smart that chess bores him, understand what the Streisand effect…
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP Meme Coin Is Either a National Disgrace or the Funniest Thing He’s Ever Done, and We’re Not Entirely Sure Which
At this point, if you’re not using personal access to political power to run billion-dollar crypto scams, you’re…