July 17, 2026 6:42 AM
July 17, 2026
Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatGPT Poured Gasoline on His Religious Delusions
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call or…
Fans Furious as Netflix Uses AI to Bring Gene Wilder’s Voice Back From the Dead for Willy Wonka Reality Show
Beloved actor Gene Wilder, perhaps best known for his portrayal of the titular Willy Wonka in the 1971…
County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to “Turn Off Your Lights” to Save Electricity Ahead of Scorching Heat Wave
Henrico County, Virginia, is home to 37 data centers, with 17 more on the way. Right now, it’s…
Scientists Horrified by Record-Breaking Ocean Temperatures
Global ocean surface temperatures hit record highs last month — and scientists are warning that we’re well into…
Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Rather Badly Humiliated
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was just caught with not just his hand, but his entire arm, inside the…
The Problem With SpaceX’s Secret “AI Device”
Elon Musk, as tech critic Ed Zitron astutely noted, is a master plate-spinner: he always seems to keep…
“Televised Nervous Breakdown”: CEO of Palantir Suffers a Bit of a Meltdown During Live Interview
Everyone has had a bad day at work, but most of us are lucky enough that ours weren’t…
Is Your Air Conditioning Killing People Thousands of Miles Away?
When horrible things happen to people you care about, it’s only natural to seek someone to blame. If…
CEO Says He’ll Fire Any Employee Who Sends Him More AI Slop
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about bosses who have embraced AI so much that they’ve become loose…
SpaceX Investors Are Having Another Brutal Day
In the weeks following its dramatic IPO, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has yet to find stable ground. After shooting…
Scientists Just Found Something Very Disturbing About the AMOC Current Deep Below the Ocean: Evidence That Its Weakening Isn’t Just a Fluke, and If It Collapses, the World Could Be Plunged Into Climate Catastrophe
Chilling news: a mysterious patch of cold water at the bottom of the north Atlantic is caused by…
Scientists Build Fully Synthetic Life Form That Can Eat and Reproduce
Scientists claim that for the first time in history, they have constructed a synthetic cell that feeds, grows,…
Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real
If you Google “SCP-565” — an iconic entry in the collaborative fan fiction universe known as the “SCP…
Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You
AI has wormed its way into every crevice of the 2026 World Cup. It’s dreaming up sloppified soccer…
SpaceX Stock Had Quite a Bad Night
Following its mega-IPO, shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocketed to new heights, peaking at just over $222 on…
The US Military Has Been Using Elon Musk’s Grok AI to Bomb Iran
In the early days of the US and Israeli war on Iran, situation monitors were abuzz at the…
Wall Street Terrified That SpaceX Investors Will Dump Their Stocks
The SpaceX IPO has been a windfall for investors — or most of them, at any rate. But…
Snap’s Stock Plunges the Moment It Reveals Its Comically Gigantic AR Glasses
After losing $40 million on a failed attempt to launch a pair of video-recording sunglasses almost a decade…
Tesla Allegedly Showed Cooked Data to Get Full Self-Driving Approved
As if things couldn’t get any worse for Tesla in Europe, traffic safety researchers now say they’ve caught…
MAHA Furious as Kennedy Moves to Ban Their Medicine: Gas Station Heroin
The Make America Healthy Again movement is in meltdown after their figurehead, Robert F. Kennedy Jr initiated a…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI Caught Letting Hackers Steal Your 2FA Codes Through a Single Click
Earlier this month, Meta’s AI chatbot support assistant feature was caught in an embarrassing cybersecurity incident: the bot…
SpaceX Stock Now in Rapid Decline
Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rallied after a multitrillion-dollar IPO last Friday, reaching a peak of over $222…
The Funniest Possible Thing Happened After Trump Painted the Lincoln Reflecting Pool Blue
If there’s one thing the Trump administration excels at, it’s turning just about anything into a culture war…
Ohio Police Fire Robocop for Helping Make Zero Arrests and Failing to Issue a Single Ticket
Shout out to arguably the world’s most ethical — and laziest — robot cop. After less than a…