July 22, 2026 12:46 AM
July 22, 2026
A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot
Sometimes we like convenience stores for their charm as much as their actual convenience. Now, a new one…
A New Type of Gambling Scandal Is Sweeping Through Sports
Before playing at this year’s World Cup, the Ivory Coast soccer player Elye Wahi was arrested on alleged…
Controversial MIT Study Investigates What’s Really Worse for the Environment: Gas or Electric Cars
Debates have raged for years over whether electric vehicles are really better for the environment than old-school ones…
Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison
Sometimes it feels like no good deed goes unpunished. You can’t hand out food to the homeless without…
Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers
Not that anyone in power is going to care, but there’s even more evidence that Americans are coming…
Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers’ Spirits
Workplace morale at Meta is in a tailspin after Mark Zuckerberg and his executive crew slashed thousands of…
Waymo Has Been Defeated by New York City
It’s not exactly straightforward to navigate New York City by car. Manhattan, in particular, is a confusing maze…
Companies That Embraced AI Are Now Rotting Away in a Very Specific Way
Companies that went all-in on using generative AI tools are developing a major “workslop” problem. In their pursuit…
Weather So Brutal That Dean Passes Out at College Graduation
It’s official folks: El Niño is upon us. For some, that means get ready for an unseasonable deluge…
Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss
In a world of mouse jigglers and workplace surveillance, there’s a clear divide between employees who wish to…
TikTok Has Been Completely Taken Over by AI Slop
AI slop has become practically inescapable on social media, with low-rent and at-times terrifying AI-generated videos drowning out…
College Students Consumed by “Resignation and Despair” as They’re Relentlessly Pressured to Use AI
We hear a lot about how college students are happy to use AI to help with their studies,…
Zuckerberg Tells the Tattered Remainder of His Workers That He Won’t Conduct Another a Mass Firing for at Least Seven Months
The tech giant Meta fired about 8,000 workers yesterday — about 10 percent of its staff — and reassigned 7,000…
Elon Musk’s Ex Says He Bragged About 10,000 Lasers in Orbit That Are “Not a Piece They’ll See on the Chess Board”
If “always keep them guessing” was actually a strategy for success, Elon Musk might be president right now…
A CEO of a Bank Just Said Something So Ghoulish About Its Plans for AI That He’s Now in Full Damage Control Mode
AI has emboldened CEOs to make all kinds of smug declarations that betray their contempt for lowly human…
It Seems a Lot Like Trump Accidentally Invested $1 Million in a Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant Thinking It Was an AI Hardware Company
Donald Trump is nothing if not a keen investor. As recent tax filings have shown, the US president…
Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to Decimate What’s Left of Journalism
It’s looking like time to sound two death knells. One for the demise of the simple Google search,…
Why Is Mark Zuckerberg Taunting His Employees Before Firing Them?
In ancient Roman times, military generals are thought to have used a tactic known as decimation to punish…
New Data Suggests That AI Really Is Already Replacing Human Jobs
For several years, a debate has been raging among economists: is AI really taking our jobs, or are…
Top Literary Magazine Offers Bizarre Response to Accusations That It Published an AI-Generated Short Story
The literary world is being torn asunder after a prestigious magazine was accused of publishing an AI-generated short…
NOAA Issues Stark Warning About Upcoming El Niño
It’s never a good sign when meteorologists start throwing around phrases like “double whammy.” But that’s what scientists…
Worker Dies at Starbase as SpaceX Rushes Toward Starship Launch
A worker died in an accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas on Friday. According to The Wall…
This Robot Trying to Dance Like Michael Jackson But Wiping Out Pathetically in Front of a Crowd Perfectly Illustrates the Industry’s Deep-Seated Problem
An amazing video has been making the rounds today. It shows a humanoid robot strides out in front…
xAI Employees Say Elon Musk Promised Them $420 to Feed Their Taxes Into Grok, But Stiffed Them on the Payment
We’ve long known that internet memelord Elon Musk is a big fan of 420. Well, he also reportedly…