August 29, 2026 4:02 PM
August 29, 2026
Residents Furious at Plan to Seize and Destroy Their Homes for AI Data Centers
As dozens of cities across the US are forced to scrap their plans to build power-hungry data centers,…
BuzzFeed Lays Off 33 Percent of Remaining Staff After Bizarre Pivot to AI
Things just keep getting worse for BuzzFeed. On Monday, the struggling media company announced the layoffs of 180…
Elon Musk Launches New Service Where You Can Send Him All Your Money and Hope for the Best
If you were looking for even more ways to give Elon Musk your hard-earned cash, you’re in luck!…
This New Meta “Advertisement” Is Absolutely Brutal
Last week, we came across a cleverly subversive advertisement for Meta’s controversial smart glasses, which overlaid socialite Kylie…
Sam Altman Says Even the Power of AI Will Never Lead to a Shorter Work Week
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has some bad news to share: AI will never lead to a shorter work…
El Niño Set to Upend the World Economy
The West Pacific has swung back into an El Niño phase, bringing nearly unprecedented heat to vast swaths…
Is Mark Zuckerberg Actually TRYING to Destroy Meta?
Back in the mid-2000s, Mark Zuckerberg had a pretty awesome product: a site called Facebook, which was still…
You Are Entirely Unprepared for the Noise This Data Center Constantly Blasts at Neighbors’ Homes
Earlier this month, we brought you the story of a data center in the sleepy Michigan town of…
It Seems a Lot Like Dead Internet Has Actually Come True
The infamous dead internet theory was originally a conspiracy that posited that the vast majority of the internet…
Suspicion Grows About OpenAI’s Tale About Its Rogue Hacker AI
Last week, ChatGPT maker OpenAI issued what seems like a frightening memo about an “unprecedented cyber incident” involving…
Elon Musk Is Having One of His All-Time Meltdowns
What would you do if you were unfathomably wealthy? Collect superyachts, throw extravagant parties, and just generally live…
High School Teacher Arrested for Clapping in Support of Anti-Data Center Activists
If you’re among the millions of US citizens against power-hungry data centers going up in your town, you…
If There Wasn’t Enough Opposition to AI Data Centers Already, Now They’re Supercharging Inflation
The shockingly unpopular drive to pepper the United States with massive AI data centers isn’t just driving up…
NASA Rover Finds “Complex Organic Matter” on Mars
After more than five years of roaming the desolate and dusty landscapes of the Martian surface, NASA’s Perseverance…
Robot Seen on Street Begging for Change
In today’s global economy, even robots are begging for help. In a now-viral stunt involving a Unitree G1,…
Peppa Pig Owner Demands Child Actors Sign Away Voice Rights to AI
Voice actors have been waging a fierce battle with the entertainment industry over training AI to synthesize their…
Softbank CEO Who’s Invested $64 Billion in OpenAI Says It’s “Blasphemy” to Mention the AI Bubble
For years, Japanese investment group SoftBank has been all-in on the AI gold rush. In early 2025, mere…
Customers Are Ditching Companies That Force Them to Talk to an AI Agent
There’s something grating about finding out that the customer service representative on the other end of the line…
DuckDuckGo’s AI Feature Is Telling Users That Trump Died of Rabies Earlier This Month
According to DuckDuckGo’s AI search feature, US President Donald Trump passed away earlier this month from rabies. As…
Americans Increasingly Alarmed About Tech Industry’s Looming AI Bubble
From coast to coast, the people of the United States are growing resentful of AI. It’s not hard…
Government Scientists Fired by Trump Launch New Website for Sharing Climate Data
Since September of 2024, federal science agencies in the US have axed nearly 120,000 employees, in a stinging…
Experts Concerned About Plan to Destroy International Space Station
Where do you dump a football-field sized, 420 metric ton space station when it’s no longer hosting astronauts?…
Software Engineers Are Facing an Existential Crisis As They Drown In Horrendous AI Code
A lot of ink has been spilled on the programmers who got replaced by AI agents. But it…
DoorDash Delivery Robot Invades SWAT Scene, Won’t Leave as Cops Flashbang Resident
Once again, a bot has barged its way into trouble. During a SWAT response in Arizona last week,…