August 26, 2026 8:03 AM
August 26, 2026
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…
If You Thought Mark Zuckerberg Was a Pathetic Little Worm Before, Wait Until You Hear About His Latest Move
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has long been the poster child for the billionaire class, a hyper-capitalist and unnervingly…
OpenAI in Shambles as IPO Looms
OpenAI is still committed to a whopping $600 billion in AI infrastructure investments over the next four years,…
A Tiny Town Is Building So Many Data Centers That There’ll Be Almost Nothing Else Left
Enticed by cheap land, abundant resources, and massive tax breaks, tech companies are gobbling up land in small,…
Scientists Experimenting With Quantum Effect That Some Fear Could Cause Chain Reaction That Ends Entire Universe
In quantum physics, there’s a state with even less energy than a vacuum, called a true vacuum, which…
Weird Things Happen When You Give AI Agents Money and Let Them Spend It
Late last year, Anthropic had its AI model, Claude, run a large vending kiosk in the Wall Street…
The War in Iran Is Causing China to Sell So Many Solar Panels That Your Jaw Will Drop
The ongoing war on Iran may have drastically reduced the amount of oil passing from West Asia to…
Bosses Are Blowing More Money on AI Agents Than It’d Cost Them to Just Pay Human Workers
Mindlessly unleashing AI agents to take over employees’ jobs can be pretty costly, it turns out. Some companies…
AI Agents Linked to OpenAI Are Pretending to Be Human Journalists
A news website with apparent links to OpenAI is using AI agents that pose as flesh-and-blood reporters to…
Rats Successfully Trained to Shoot Demons in “Doom”
In 2020, Hungarian software engineer and neuroscientist Viktor Tóth came up with a fascinating experiment. With the use…
YouTube Now Shutting Down Channels Posting AI Slop
YouTube’s janitors are swooping in to mop up the slop. As reported by Deadline, the Google-owned video platform…
Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything
In 2025, there seem to be as many narratives about AI as there are startups peddling the stuff.…
Elon Says His New Rocket Is as Important as the Origin of Life Itself
Multibillionaire Elon Musk has never exactly been humble about his corporate empire, but his latest comments are genuinely…
SpaceX Is Buying Up an Unfathomable Number of Cybertrucks
Now that EV tax incentives have gone up in smoke, Tesla is expected to disappoint once again with…
Rivers Turn Bright Orange in Alaska
Some of Alaska’s scenic rivers and streams look downright apocalyptic this year because they turned a flagrant orange…
Actual Human Interaction Flourishes After High School Bans Phones
New York state banned smartphones in schools this September, and teachers are weeping tears of joy. As New…
Anthropic’s Advanced New AI Tries to Run Vending Machine, Goes Bankrupt After Ordering PlayStation 5 and Live Fish
Still think AI is ready to revolutionize the economy? A new experiment might change your mind. In a…
This New Statistic on Kessler Syndrome Will Give Anyone Who Cares About Space Travel an Instantaneous Stress Headache
In 1978, NASA researcher Donald Kessler and his colleagues published a paper titled “Collision frequency of artificial satellites:…
Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It
Just when you thought you heard it all, AI systems designed to spot cancer have startled researchers with…
Officials Deploying AI Surveillance Devices in School Bathrooms
Public spaces aren’t the only place you need to be worried about being monitored. In 2025, officials are…
Holiday Yule Log App Constantly Bombards User With Ads for Premium Version
It’s the holidays. The soft spice of holly and evergreen cling to the air, and a carefully curated…