March 17, 2026 8:51 PM
March 17, 2026
All These Ring Cameras Are Creating a “Surveillance Nightmare,” Critics Say
What if the biggest threat to your safety and privacy isn’t a person, but a device millions of…
Israel Arrests Members of Military for Placing Polymarket Bets Using Inside Information on Upcoming Strikes
For months, experts have warned that prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket were ripe for abuse. Now, some…
Scientists Intrigued as Prominent Star Suddenly Winks Out of Existence
The end of a star’s life can be an extremely violent event. Once it runs out of fuel,…
Creeps Are Using Grok to Unblur Children’s Faces in the Epstein Files
Some of the worst freaks to walk planet Earth are using Elon Musk’s Grok to “unblur” the faces…
Vending Machine Run by Claude More of a Disaster Than Previously Known
Maybe we don’t need the Turing test, because there’s a mighty obstacle that’s proving far more challenging to…
It Appears That Immigration Officials Caused the El Paso Airport Shutdown When They Panic-Fired a Powerful Laser Weapon at a Children’s Balloon
Federal officials made the unprecedented decision to abruptly close the airspace above El Paso, Texas, this week —…
AI Is a Burnout Machine
Some software engineers are finding that AI is speeding up their work, but at a cost: it’s also…
OpenAI Fires Top Safety Exec Who Opposed ChatGPT’s “Adult Mode”
OpenAI fired a top safety executive after she opposed the company’s decision to allow adult and sexual content…
Cofounders Fleeing Elon Musk’s xAI
On paper, Elon Musk’s xAI is gearing up for a big year. After being folded into Musk’s SpaceX,…
The Scientist Who Predicted AI Psychosis Has a Grim Forecast of What’s Going to Happen Next
When the Danish psychiatrist Søren Dinesen Østergaard published his ominous warning about AI’s effects on mental health back…
You Are Not Prepared for What Actually Shut Down the El Paso Airport This Morning, But Let’s Just Say It Involves a Military Mega-Laser Shooting Something Down
When the Federal Aviation Administration announced it was shutting down El Paso Airport this morning, social media lit…
It Seems Almost Statistically Impossible That This Polymarket Bettor Didn’t Profit Off Inside Knowledge About the Super Bowl Half Time Show
Earlier this year, an anonymous bettor on Polymarket perfectly predicted the US invasion of Venezuela mere hours before…
Google’s AI Insists That Next Year Is Not 2027
We have it on good authority that next year is not 2027. That authority, of course, is Google’s…
New Study Finds AI in Schools Is Undermining Kids’ Social and Intellectual Development
AI models are being unleashed into schools across the world, in a massive experiment on kids with uncertain…
Scientists Preparing to Simulate Human Brain on Supercomputer
In 2024, researchers completed the first-ever map of the circuitry of a fruit fly’s brain. Despite its diminutive…
Scientists Now Studying AI as a Novel Biological Organism
AI models are now everywhere, from hospitals to churches. The astonishing thing is that even AI experts still…
If You Use AI Chatbots to Follow the News, You’re Basically Injecting Severe Poison Directly Into Your Brain
As corporate consolidation and ideological capture continue to wreak havoc on journalism across the world, some might be…
Moon Hotel Now Taking Reservations
Do you want to stay at the first ever hotel on the Moon? Well, it’s going to cost…
Wait… All Those Studies May Have “Detected” Microplastics in the Human Body Because of a Severe Error
A deluge of research has painted a picture of our world being drowned in tiny, inescapable microplastics. Our…
Government Paid “Eight Figures” for Mysterious Device Believed to Cause Havana Syndrome
It’s no secret that the US military budget is the largest in the world, and indeed one of…
Robots Have a Small Problem: They Completely Suck
Tech leaders are predicting an imminent revolution in the field of robotics, promising a future in which humanoid…
Matthew McConaughey Is Using a Clever Legal Trick to Bludgeon AI Companies
For years now, actors have rung the alarm bells over the AI industry planning to sell their likeness…
Microsoft Shuts Down Library, Replaces It With AI
Does Microsoft hate books more, or its own workers? It’s hard to say, because The Verge reports that…
AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown
AI data centers on the East Coast are gobbling up so much juice that nonprofit grid operator PJM…