August 26, 2026 3:55 AM
August 26, 2026
AI Investors Are Suddenly Quaking in Their Boots
German AI researcher and hedge fund manager Leopold Aschenbrenner became the poster child for the hubris of an…
Amazon’s New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States
Tech Goliaths are scrambling to build as much AI computing capacity as they possibly can, come hell or…
Homeschool Parents Are Planning Lessons With ChatGPT
As if the practice of homeschooling wasn’t fraught enough already, parents are now bragging about using large language…
Zuckerberg Under Fire After His Superyacht Declined to Help a Vessel in Distress
What’s the point of having a superyacht if you’re forced to share it with some unwashed poors? That’s…
Zuckerberg’s Manifesto About the Glorious Freedoms AI Will Bring Was Completely Contradicted by His Own CTO During a Company Meeting
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg just dumped a lengthy manifesto on his utopian vision for an AI “superintelligence”-driven future.…
Scientists Warn That New Satellites Could Cause Eye Damage for People on the Ground
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission approved an experimental and controversial new satellite being developed by venture Reflect…
USA Today Journalists Horrified by Newspaper’s Partnership With Palantir
Last week, Nieman Lab revealed that USA Today‘s parent company USA Today Co (formerly Gannett) was partnering with…
Flock’s Secret Surveillance Plan Will Make You Gasp
Flock had a devious plan to expand its surveillance network past its army of AI-powered license plate scanners.…
Amazon Used a Startlingly Dirty Trick to Build a Data Center Without Consent of Community
A quiet war is playing out in rural communities across the country. City council meetings are bursting into…
Meta Exec Rages Against Employees Asking for More Time Off Because AI Made Them More Efficient
Even as they promise AI will supercharge productivity, tech leaders are sending a clear message: any efficiency gains…
Droughts Are Getting So Intense That Ancient Ruins Are Beginning to Surface From Dried Up Rivers
Water levels in rivers across Europe are reaching astonishing lows lately as a record heatwave continues to bake…
Volunteers Tracking Lost Dog Baffled When Locals Trash Thermal Imaging Drone
In a time of rising skepticism against tech surveillance, it seems not even the best intentions can spare…
Father-Son Duo Accused of Kidnapping Government Biologists Who Were Out Studying Frogs
An expedition to study frog habitats in Northern California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest was cut short last week, with…
Meta Is Letting Fake AI-Generated Doctors Sell Quack Cures on Its Platforms
Fake AI-generated doctors and health gurus have taken over Facebook and Instagram, sharing unproven medical advice and peddling…
Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI “Pervert Glasses”
Meta’s camera-equipped AI glasses have quickly turned into a massively controversial accessory. They’ve been used by all kinds…
Scientists Discover Massive Alien “Exosatellite”
Scientists have discovered a puzzling object in a distant star system that defies classification. Hear us out. The…
Bryan Johnson Says He’s Cloned Himself “As a Newborn” to “Grow Organs for Transplantation,” Which Is a Preposterous Exaggeration
Zillionaire eccentric Bryan Johnson, fresh off of being diagnosed with an incurable disease, says he just “cloned” himself…
Man Accused of Horrific Crimes Caught Hiding as Pharma Executive
For over two decades, a notorious fugitive accused of horrible crimes in Rhode Island hid out in one…
Sex Doll Company Strikes Bizarre Deal to Put Its Robot in High School Classrooms
Robotics company Realbotix has long struggled to beat the allegations that its voluptuous humanoid robots are designed with…
Eye Implant That Restores Vision to the Blind Cleared for Sale
An eye implant that can help blind people see again is poised to hit the market — in…
MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras
What happens when you deploy hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras against a student population known for their hacking…
AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale
Traditionally, books have been good for two things: reading, and looking nice on a shelf. But AI companies…
Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads
AI is upending the way voters take part in the democratic process. The worst part? You might not…
People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and It’s Gross
It’s become strangely difficult to attend a work meeting without the presence of an AI recording tool that’s…