August 26, 2026 9:42 AM
August 26, 2026
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…
Bitcoin Developers Are Debating a Move That Could Send Crypto Markets Into a Tailspin
Researchers have long warned that the advent of quantum computers, advanced systems that exploit the counterintuitive laws of…
Sam Altman Issues Grim Apology
In February, an 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar killed eight people and herself — while wounding dozens more…
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…
NASA Says It’s Just Gonna Stare Into Cosmic Voids for a While
With NASA’s operations under existential threat from the Trump administration, maybe it’s not surprising that the agency will…
The Epstein Files Release Website Is Completely Busted
Now that the Department of Justice is releasing hundreds of thousands of long-awaited records from its investigation into…
Furious Residents Say AI Data Centers Are Sucking Up the Great Lakes
Throughout the United States, data centers are popping up like weeds, devouring water and electricity to fuel the…
TikTok Accounts Are Using AI Slop to Sell Seeds to Plants That Don’t Exist
There are thousands of varieties of hosta — a leafy decorative plant that you’ve probably seen adorning outdoor…
NASA Now Letting Mars Rover Drive Autonomously
Think self-driving cars are impressive? Try a self-driving rover on a planet over a hundred million miles away.…
Investors Warn That Humanoid Robots Are the Next Financial Bubble
AI powered robots are slowly making their way into our world, from delivery bots on wheels to caregiver…
Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Is Causing Blindness
Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs have been found to cut risks for a variety of health issues…
Bitcoin Crashing is Actually Awesome News for Regular People, Economist Says
After a year of record gains for the crypto industry, recent forces have sent itinto a tailspin. Bitcoin,…