August 25, 2026 10:49 AM
August 25, 2026
Head of NASA Calls for Pluto to Be Made a Planet Again
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman is necroposting about an age-old debate in astronomy that was considered officially settled two…
AI Spy Cameras Suddenly Blanketing America
There’s a specter haunting the United States. Americans may not have noticed it, but it’s sure noticed them:…
Uninstalls of ChatGPT Are Spiking at the Worst Time Imaginable for OpenAI
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that ChatGPT maker OpenAI had missed its internal targets of…
Another Military UFO Guy Just Died
Last week, the FBI announced it was investigating the deaths and mysterious disappearances of at least ten scientists…
Man Trapped in Dystopian Nightmare Thanks to AI Surveillance Cameras Flagging His Every Move
A man in Colorado might not have done anything wrong, but that hasn’t stopped the AI surveillance state…
Dark Cloud Gathers as Bill Comes Due for AI Industry
AI companies have swept customers onto the bandwagon by offering cheap and even free access to their AI…
John Oliver Just Took the AI Industry Behind a Shed and Beat It With a Pipe Wrench
John Oliver just did what he did best: demolished a harmful industry piece by piece. On the latest…
OpenAI Hit With Barrage of Lawsuits Over Failure to Report School Shooter Before Massacre
Seven families — the first wave of dozens, lawyers say — are suing OpenAI, alleging that the company failed to…
Police Are Using AI Camera Networks to Stalk Women
Police officers across the US are using automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to stalk personal romantic interests. According…
Sam Altman Caught in What May Be His Most Spectacular Lie Yet
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s unsettling blockchain-based side gig, a startup with the uninspired name “World,” has left us…
Woman Convicted for Attacking Police With Swarm of Furious Bees
Look, evictions are violent affairs. When the state sends armed officers to kick residents out of their homes…
Scientists Scan Gigantic Structure Hiding Behind Our Galaxy
In 2016, researchers discovered an enormous supercluster of galaxies in the constellation of Vela that had been hiding…
Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare
Disney’s robot of its character “Olaf” is incredibly impressive. It’s also kind of terrifying. This weekend, engineers at…
AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art
For hundreds of years, humans have engaged in the fine craft of art forgery. Indeed, in 1496, a…
Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify
Hacktivists with the group Anna’s Archive — a search engine for shadow libraries, which are unauthorized collections of…
Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI
As generative AI seeps into virtually every aspect of our daily lives through jobs, entertainment, and even food,…
Elon Musk’s Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers
On January 16, SpaceX conceded that the latest prototype of its enormous Starship spacecraft had “experienced a rapid…
Man Describes How ChatGPT Led Him Straight Into Psychosis
32-year-old Anthony Duncan first used ChatGPT to help with the business side of his career as a content…
Top Software Engineering Students Can’t Get a Job Because of AI
Graduates at some of the top universities are finding it nearly impossible to find new jobs in software…
Korea Tests Ultra-Rugged Robot to Explore the Moon’s Mysterious Caves
If humans finally colonize the Moon, lunar caves formed from primeval volcanic activity could provide shelter from cosmic…
Zuckerberg Already Blowing Up Relationship With New Head of AI He Paid Ten Zillion Dollars to Hire
This summer, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg moved heaven and earth to recharge his company’s lagging AI division, spending…
We Could Hitch a Ride to Unknown Frontiers on Super-Fast Interstellar Objects Like 3I/ATLAS
Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million…
Waymos Cause Traffic Jams Across City During Power Outage
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stay these robotaxis of their appointed trips…
Sam Altman Unhappy With Fate He’s Created for Himself
Several major companies — including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Sam Altman’s OpenAI, and competitor Anthropic — are eyeing enormous…