July 15, 2026 10:24 AM
July 15, 2026
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…
Meta Caught Running Ads for Child Abuse
For many years now, child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has run rampant on Meta’s platforms. The Mark Zuckerberg-led…
Man Sucked Out of Airplane, Dangles by Seatbelt
It pays to buckle up. A passenger on Ryanair — because of course — had his insistence on…
OpenAI Is Shutting Down Its Browser That Was Supposed to Change Everything
In October, OpenAI unveiled an AI browser dubbed Atlas, purportedly designed to help you “understand your world” and “achieve…
Journalist Alarmed When He’s Fired, But Company Keeps Posting AI Slop Under His Name
Being fired was only the first indignity that one freelance writer had to suffer. Even though Ben Touati…
Scientists Propose Dimming Sun to Combat El Niño
Last month, the United Nations warned that this year’s El Niño, a naturally occurring climate pattern characterized by…
Christopher Nolan Unloads on AI Slop
Director Christopher Nolan has a reputation for tortuous storytelling. His movies elliptically jump across time (“Memento”), or move…
Palantir Insiders Disgusted by Company’s Leadership
As tech companies go, the surveillance giant Palantir plays it looser than most. Specializing in deadly military targeting…
The Logo for Donald Trump International Airport Appears to Be AI Slop
Donald Trump is now the first president to have an airport named after him while still in office.…
Eric Trump Has Lost $600 Million of Daddy’s Money Betting on Crypto
President Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, cofounded a crypto mining venture called American Bitcoin Corp last year —…
Someone Reportedly Mailed a Live Squirrel to Meta, Where It Sent an Employee to the Hospital
We’ve been hearing plenty about how Meta’s workforce is in total disarray. But this latest story takes the…
Flock Cameras Screw Up, Swarm Innocent Man With Armed Police
Flock surveillance cameras are blanketing the country, and to no one’s surprise, innocent people are being caught in…
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible
The massive surge of fossil fuel-powered data centers cropping up across the country are emitting an enormous amount…
Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer’s May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis
If you drive, your car’s tires are shredding more than just tread: they may be mincing up our…
Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth’s Magnetic Field, in Orbit
Satellites perform a delicate dance to maintain their orbit, by locking themselves to a speed just fast enough…
New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis
For many years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sworn up and down that the use of radar and…
You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming
The United States is in the grips of one of the most drastic reversals of green energy infrastructure…
American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AI
The head start that the US companies enjoyed in the AI race is quickly vanishing. Chinese competitors are…
Coinbase AI Sends Mass “Breaking News” Alert That’s Completely Hallucinated
Crypto marketplace Coinbase is under fire after sending out an AI-generated breaking news alert that Norway’s national men’s…
Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety
Two men in Southern China are alive thanks to a daring rescue involving a hulking quadcopter drone. Footage…