August 27, 2026 8:08 PM
August 27, 2026
Andreessen Horowitz Partner Boasts That the Company’s New Tech Can Fabricate Fake History Like in “1984”
Text-to-video AI generating tools have come a long way. Just three years ago, we were all unsettled by…
Gen Z Helicopter Parents Are So Intense That They’re Calling Hiring Managers to Interfere
Few things are as mortifying to a youngster than their parents trying to butt in on their behalf:…
SpaceX Now Faces a Terrible Peril
Investors were not impressed by SpaceX’s first-ever earnings report earlier this week. Shares dropped by more than ten…
We Talked to the Guy Who Built a Chatbot That’s Just Him Manually Responding to People One-by-One
On July 27, a billboard went up in San Francisco advertising an AI service called ChatTJB. But the…
Trump Cabinet Doctor Boasts of Ability to Soil Himself During Dinner Parties Without Detection
In case you need any more evidence that the Trump administration is run and advised by cranks, here’s…
Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen
Whether magicians, thieves, or just fed up citizens, somebody has made an entire city’s worth of ALPRs vanish…
It’s So Hot in Japan That Zoo Animals Are Dropping Dead
Temperatures in Japan have gotten so extreme that zoo animals are dropping dead — though this may be…
Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket have long garnered a reputation for allowing users to make all kinds of…
Texas Data Centers Suffer Brutal Collision With Reality
Texas is tripling down on the construction of AI data centers, at any cost. But there’s a glaring…
Elon Musk Allegedly Stiffing Contractors on Huge Bills
Being unbelievably wealthy comes with powerful perks — like getting away with being too cheap to pay people…
SpaceX Achieves Its First Moon Landing by Accidentally Crashing Into It at 5,400 Miles Per Hour, Causing Huge Explosion and 60-Foot Crater
At long last, a Moon landing for SpaceX — just not the kind it was hoping for. After…
Google’s AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper
Google’s notorious AI Overview just handed would-be Flock vandals a perfect excuse to carve into the company’s controversial…
Startup Upset After Journalist Points Out How Creepy Its Humanoid Robots’s Hands Are
The VP of a humanoid robotics company was in for a surprise after finding that a Wired article…
A Staggering Number of People Are Dying Because of Record Heatwaves
Europeans are being crushed by deadly temperatures. Record-breaking heatwaves across much of the continent have claimed thousands of lives…
A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry
To say Americans are divided on AI would be an understatement. Polls have shown that more people than…
LAPD Abandons Flock Contract After Making a Horrifying Discovery
Rarely has the Los Angeles Police Department found a police toy it doesn’t love. The third-largest police force…
US Companies Are Realizing That Chinese AI Models Are Way Cheaper, Ditch American Ones
As corporate AI bills spiral out of control, many companies are beginning to ask themselves a simple question:…
The Economics of Data Centers Creating Jobs Are So Bad That They Sound Like a Joke
Whenever big data center developers roll into town, their pitch ends up sounding something like this: hand over…
SpaceX Stock Plunges to All-Time Low After Competitor Makes Major Leap
Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX took another beating when trading resumed on Monday, sliding to an all-time low…
The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public
Meta’s camera-equipped “AI Glasses” are so divisive that some adopters are now leaving their expensive smart glasses at…
Law School Bans Laptops and Phones as AI Cheating Scandal Grows
Classes are going to look a little different for the University of Chicago’s first year law students. On…
Lawsuit Claims the Mayo Clinic’s Use of AI Is Butchering Patient Care
One of the largest health networks integrating AI into the medical space is facing allegations that its high-tech…
Chinese Spacecraft Approaches Mysterious Object Near Earth
The Chinese space age is upon us. Beyond banner projects like the nation’s very own orbital space station…
Trump Administration Scrapping Nuclear Energy Rules Requiring Plants to Keep Radiation Levels “As Low as Reasonably Achievable”
As government agencies go, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has left a lot to be desired, often operating…