July 17, 2026 11:39 AM
July 17, 2026
Elon Musk Confronted With List of People He’s Killed, Including Children
On the same week as his 55th birthday, almost-trillionaire Elon Musk attempted to defend himself after representative Ro…
You Are Entirely Unready to Learn the Name of the Company That Accidentally Filled the Reflecting Pool With Green Algae
US President Donald Trump has been desperately trying stop the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC from…
Anthropic Hires Economist Who Says 33 Percent Chance of Human Extinction Is Acceptable
Out of all the big AI players, Anthropic is the one that likes to doomsay about AI the…
Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue
Demand for the computing power that undergirds AI models — “compute,” in the lingo of the industry —…
Madonna Issues Explosive Take on AI
If you’re using AI to try and make “art,” Madonna Ciccone has some bad news for you. In…
Grim New Prediction Market Lets Gamblers Bet on Raging Wildfires
Ever wanted to role play a claims adjustor in Southern California? Now you can — with Wyldfyre, the…
A24 Is Dealing With a Full-on Crisis Among Fans After Signing an AI Deal With Google
Indie Hollywood darling A24 scored a massive financial hit with its “Backrooms” horror flick this year, netting over…
Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking It Who to Fire
A lawyer was working at a legal tech startup when her boss’s fascination with AI began to veer…
Elon Musk’s Mother Posts Happy Birthday Image for Him That, on Closer Inspection, Is Devastatingly Sad
The world’s first trillionaire just celebrated his 55th birthday. And we can’t tell which possibility is more depressing:…
NASA Prepping to Launch Extremely Risky Rescue Mission
NASA’s Swift observatory, designed to study the most powerful explosions in the universe, launched into orbit over two…
AI Zillionaires Are Starting to Get Scared as the Public Turns Against Them
There’s no doubt that the broader public has turned against AI in a serious way. In the United…
Giant Pickup Trucks Are Killing Pedestrians in Incredible Numbers
The true scourge of American roadways isn’t pot holes, rush hour traffic, or grandmas ambling down the fast…
AI Bro Convinced He Can Vibe Code GTA 6 Before the Real One Comes Out
Are you physically incapable of waiting any longer for Grand Theft Auto VI, which has been in development…
Nike’s AI-Inspired World Cup Jerseys Are So Messed Up That They’re Turning Into a Scandal
From price gouging fans on ticket prices to FIFA’s infamously corrupt leadership handing president Donald Trump a ludicrous…
Extremely Unflattering Statue of Elon Musk Appears in Times Square, Complete With Horrifying Slogan
SpaceX’s IPO this week made founder Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, a sobering milestone highlighting unprecedented levels…
Temperatures Soaring So High That Trump’s UFC Fighters May Just Collapse in the Heat
Donald Trump has gone all-in on a massive fight night to ring in the semiquincentennial of the United…
The More Data We See About SpaceX’s IPO, the More We’re Wincing
Last Call for the Hype Train Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to imminently go public at a valuation…
Bill Gates Offers Bizarre Excuse About Epstein
In 2011 — three years after Jeffrey Epstein plead guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution of a minor…
Teardown of Trump Phone Reveals Incredibly Embarrassing Secret
Ever since it was announced, tech journalists wondered whether president Donald Trump’s “Trump Mobile” smartphone would ever see…
These Logs of ChatGPT Allegedly Driving a Suicidal Woman to Her Death Are Deeply Disturbing
OpenAI is facing yet another lawsuit over a user’s death by suicide. The latest lawsuit, filed today in…
Furious Judge Cancels Entire Trial After Finding Out Lawyers on Both Sides Used AI
Lawyers just can’t stop being caught using AI chatbots, polluting their filings with hallucinated citations that infuriate judges…
Anthropic Was So Concerned About Its New Mythos-Based Model’s Power That It Lobotomized Its Ability to Improve Itself
Earlier this year, Anthropic refused to release its Mythos AI model to the public, saying it was simply…
OpenAI Execs Are Panicking
An AI price war is brewing. Corporations are reeling after finding that the cost to access powerful AI…
New York Accuses Company of Smuggling Injectable Substance Made From Cadavers
The extracted flesh of the dead being used to fulfill the youth-chasing vanities of the living? That’s the…