August 28, 2026 7:53 AM
August 28, 2026
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
When the United States ratified the 13th amendment in 1865, federal lawmakers very nearly outlawed slavery for good…
FTC Concerned About Meta Surveillance of Users of Erectile Dysfunction Apps
If you’re among the 2.6 million active users of the popular telehealth apps Hims and Hers to obtain…
Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason
Book publisher Minotaur, which is owned by leading publishing company Macmillan US, has walked away from a $2.4…
Iran Appears to Be Blasting Amazon Data Centers Off the Map
There’s data center activism, fought with Facebook groups and petitions, and then there’s data center annihilation, fought with…
Kalshi Sued for Running Illegal Gambling Operation
After years of facilitating a surge in gambling addiction by allowing users to make dubious bets on anything…
Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks
Google Earth is the de facto record of our entire planet. But today, the company undermined its own…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly
Despite having almost nothing to show from his enormous spending on AI, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is doubling…
Amazon Insiders Horrified at “Catastrophically Expensive” Internal AI Usage
Even the gazillion-dollar empire that is Amazon is reeling from the costs of letting its employees run loose…
US Government Displays AI-Mangled Map of Africa That Gets Every Single Country Wrong
This government sure loves its AI slop, doesn’t it? While presenting at the global AIDS 2026 conference in…
Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign
There’s been plenty of buzz lately around vandalism of Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers, which are AI-integrated…
Almost the Entire Country Is Drowning in Cases of Explosive Diarrhea
Just over a week ago, Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr declared that the ongoing…
Shell Is Profiting Massively Off the War in Iran
Don’t worry about the death toll and economic devastation. There’s money to be made! As the United States…
Weird Al Turns Down Huge Sum to Appear in Ad for AI
Celebrities that you don’t actually know probably shouldn’t be your role models. Still, we’d be lying if we…
Simple Prompt Turns ChatGPT Into a Sociopath That Ignores Safety Guardrails
Researchers at the British AI security startup Mindgard found that a simple prompt spurred ChatGPT to drop its…
Amazon Is Spewing a Record Breaking Amount of Pollution to Power Its AI Data Centers
Amazon is breaking all kinds of records on the back of the AI boom, and not the good…
Biohackers Attempted Neurosurgery to Control a Lobster’s Nervous System and Give the Controls to OpenClaw, and How It Ended Will Tell You a Lot About the Ethics and Competence of AI Bros These Days
David Foster Wallace once asked readers to “consider the lobster,” in his famous essay about the ethics of…
The Amount of Profit Trump Is Making Off Crypto and Corruption Will Blow Your Mind
As the first billionaire president of the United States, Donald Trump is nothing if not an indictment of…
Tesla’s Semi Truck Involved In Horrific Crash That Killed Married Couple
A Tesla Semi was involved in a grisly crash earlier this week with two passenger vehicles that killed…
Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatGPT Poured Gasoline on His Religious Delusions
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call or…
Fans Furious as Netflix Uses AI to Bring Gene Wilder’s Voice Back From the Dead for Willy Wonka Reality Show
Beloved actor Gene Wilder, perhaps best known for his portrayal of the titular Willy Wonka in the 1971…
County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to “Turn Off Your Lights” to Save Electricity Ahead of Scorching Heat Wave
Henrico County, Virginia, is home to 37 data centers, with 17 more on the way. Right now, it’s…
Scientists Horrified by Record-Breaking Ocean Temperatures
Global ocean surface temperatures hit record highs last month — and scientists are warning that we’re well into…
Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Rather Badly Humiliated
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was just caught with not just his hand, but his entire arm, inside the…
The Problem With SpaceX’s Secret “AI Device”
Elon Musk, as tech critic Ed Zitron astutely noted, is a master plate-spinner: he always seems to keep…