March 17, 2026 9:32 PM
March 17, 2026
The Saga of NASA’s Space Station Evacuation Keeps Getting Stranger
In early January, NASA unexpectedly announced it had been forced to delay a scheduled spacewalk involving two crewmates…
Burger King Adding AI to Employees’ Headsets to Constantly Monitor Whether They’re Being Friendly Enough
Fast food franchises have struggled to reliably replace drive-thru employees with AI chatbots, resulting in abundant corporate frustration.…
Bill Gates Admits to Multiple Affairs in Epstein Fallout
Microsoft founder Bill Gates spent his Tuesday doing something only the richest men in the world get to…
Damage to Chinese Spacecraft Was Worse Than Reported
In early November, Chinese astronauts on board the country’s Tiangong space station made a terrifying discovery. According to…
Man Bet Entire Life Savings of $342,195.63 That Elon Musk Would Fail
Ten years ago, betting your life savings against the success of Elon Musk would have seemed like financial…
Mysterious Chinese Space Plane Conducting Unknown Mission in Orbit
The United States Space Force has been testing its top-secret Boeing X-37B space plane for over a decade.…
Astronomer Who Discovered Water on Distant Planet Murdered Outside Home
A renowned Caltech astronomer who studied distant exoplanets was shot and killed outside his home in a rural…
Something Very Alarming Happens When You Give AI the Nuclear Codes
In 2024, Stanford researchers let loose five AI models — including an unmodified version of OpenAI’s GPT-4, its…
Intriguing New Smartphone Design Features a Small Robot Arm
The form factor of smartphones hasn’t changed all too much since the original iPhone debuted back in 2007.…
The Average American Would Pay $49 Per Month to Drink Recycled Toilet Water, Study Finds
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Similarly, the water in your toilet bowl could be another person’s…
Kalshi Says It’s Busted a MrBeast Staffer for Insider Trading
There are plenty of reasons to suspect that insider trading could be rampant on prediction platforms Kalshi and…
If AI Causes an Office Job Wipeout, It’ll Cause Huge Problems for Blue Collar Work Too
Blue collar workers may be enjoying a certain degree of schadenfreude at seeing the panic over tech, finance,…
AI Is a Burnout Machine
Some software engineers are finding that AI is speeding up their work, but at a cost: it’s also…
OpenAI Fires Top Safety Exec Who Opposed ChatGPT’s “Adult Mode”
OpenAI fired a top safety executive after she opposed the company’s decision to allow adult and sexual content…
Cofounders Fleeing Elon Musk’s xAI
On paper, Elon Musk’s xAI is gearing up for a big year. After being folded into Musk’s SpaceX,…
The Scientist Who Predicted AI Psychosis Has a Grim Forecast of What’s Going to Happen Next
When the Danish psychiatrist Søren Dinesen Østergaard published his ominous warning about AI’s effects on mental health back…
You Are Not Prepared for What Actually Shut Down the El Paso Airport This Morning, But Let’s Just Say It Involves a Military Mega-Laser Shooting Something Down
When the Federal Aviation Administration announced it was shutting down El Paso Airport this morning, social media lit…
It Seems Almost Statistically Impossible That This Polymarket Bettor Didn’t Profit Off Inside Knowledge About the Super Bowl Half Time Show
Earlier this year, an anonymous bettor on Polymarket perfectly predicted the US invasion of Venezuela mere hours before…
Ring Boasts About Power to Surveil Entire Neighborhoods
When Ring’s latest commercial came on over a Super Bowl ad break, it offered a service that seems…
Sickos Cackle With Glee as Bitcoin Starts to Fall Again
Mainstream cryptocurrency Bitcoin plummeted earlier this month, crashing down to a sliver over $60,000 — which is well…
Erratic Elon Musk Tells Employees to Build Massive Catapult on Moon
As Elon Musk tries to sweep his Mars ambitions under the rug like an embarrassing teenage phase, he’s…
Job Board for AI Agents Immediately Overrun With Humans Desperate for Work
When you start a “bounty” board meant for AI agents during one of the worst job markets since…
Law Firm Sacks Hundreds of Employees Amid Pivot to AI
The Chicago based multinational law firm Baker McKenzie is laying off up to a thousand employees as part…
Fear Grows That AI Is Permanently Eliminating Jobs
In 2026, the grim comedy of late capitalism seems to have found a perfect punchline: workers laid off…