March 18, 2026 3:58 AM
March 18, 2026
Top Machine Learning Developer Speechless at Simple Question: Should AI Simulate Emotional Intimacy?
The question that’s stumping top AI researchers isn’t about consciousness or doomsday scenarios. After interviewing dozens of developers…
Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns
Nearly 500 elementary school children in Texas play on fields where a whistleblower says he once spread tons…
Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens
To hell with your Fermi paradox: we’ve got presidential declarations. During a podcast interview with political commentator Brian…
Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling
Gambling has taken over the country. But it’s not just sports betting that’s emptying wallets. Now, the rise…
Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows
Climate change is leaving plenty of dramatic reminders behind as it reshapes our planet, from rapidly retreating glaciers…
There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”
The internet is so overrun with AI that anywhere you go, you run the risk of accidentally stepping…
US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
“Use Grok to get real answers about real food.” Until very recently, that was the message on the…
Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry
Late in 2025, a whole fleet of delivery robots descended on Chicago, where they clogged sidewalks, injured residents,…
Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface
In 1966, three years before the first humans walked on the Moon, the Soviet Union landed a small,…
You’ll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now
In January 2022, when the world was still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and coping with…
Scientists Find Intense Psychological Differences in People Who Exercise
Ever notice how some people seem weirdly unbothered by the horrible news swirling around us, while others freak…
AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs
In December, Anthropic red teamers and business journalists at the Wall Street Journal teamed up in a bold…
Business Leaders Suddenly Fearful as Anger Surges Over AI Replacing Human Jobs
It’s an agonizing time for the labor market in the US, where unemployment is on the rise and…
There’s Reportedly a Car Secretly Following Every Tesla Robotaxi, and the Reason Why Is So Absurd You Aren’t Going to Believe It
When Tesla launched its Robotaxi service last summer, it came with an embarrassing caveat. Sitting in the front…
Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is About to Launch With Astronauts Aboard
In less than two weeks, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed journey…
Metal Band Releases New Album on N64 Cartridge
Last year saw the highest vinyl record sales since 1984, signaling a strong desire among music enthusiasts to…
Man Explains Why He Shredded Up an AI-Generated Art Exhibit With His Bare Teeth
Last week, a University of Alaska, Fairbanks undergraduate student was detained by police after ripping off pieces of…
Meteorologist Warns That Winter Storm Means Trees Are About to Start Exploding
With a major winter storm about to blast pretty much every US state east of the Rocky Mountains,…
X’s Head of Product One Shotted by Errant Piece of Fried Chicken
If we were a top executive at X-formerly-Twitter, a social media site used by hundreds of millions of…
SpaceX Hit With Back to Back Lawsuits From Workers Who Say They Were Brutally Injured on the Job
SpaceX is facing a one-two punch of personal injury lawsuits after two different workers have sued the Elon…
White House Uses AI to Alter Protester’s Face So That She’s Sobbing, Instead of Looking Brave, During Arrest
The White House published an image on X in which the face of a protester had been altered…
The Ultra-Wealthy Are Demanding to Pay Higher Taxes
The loudest calls for taxing the ultra-rich amid this year’s Davos summit aren’t coming from hooded anarchists or…
Trump’s Other Hand Is Also Now Showing a Grisly Mark
Last year, questions regarding president Donald Trump’s physical health started swirling after photographs showed a large, greenish bruise…
Private Space Station Being Assembled for Launch
The International Space Station is scheduled to be retired in 2030, bringing an end to three decades of…