August 29, 2026 7:33 PM
August 29, 2026
Eye Implant That Restores Vision to the Blind Cleared for Sale
An eye implant that can help blind people see again is poised to hit the market — in…
MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras
What happens when you deploy hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras against a student population known for their hacking…
AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale
Traditionally, books have been good for two things: reading, and looking nice on a shelf. But AI companies…
Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads
AI is upending the way voters take part in the democratic process. The worst part? You might not…
People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and It’s Gross
It’s become strangely difficult to attend a work meeting without the presence of an AI recording tool that’s…
Meta Working on Crushingly Sad AI App That Tells Bedtime Stories to Children, for “Tired” Parents
Meta is testing an app that uses AI to automate bedtime stories for children. The future is here,…
Incredible Video Shows Chinese Rocket Get Hit by Lightning Mid-Launch
A Chinese rocket was smitten by a bolt from the heavens right after it lifted off. And if…
Computer Science Enrollment Now Declining Under Dark Cloud of AI
For years, the conventional wisdom for ambitious students and languishing jobseekers alike was “learn to code.” Do that,…
SpaceX Investors in Meltdown Over All the Money They’ve Lost
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is many different things to many different people — but one thing that it definitely…
Braindead Politician Accidentally Reads AI Slop That Someone Left in His Speech: “Here’s a More Natural, Flowing Version of That Section That Reads Like a Legislative Speech”
AI chatbots and politicians who aren’t even pretending to try anymore are a match made in heaven. Exhibit…
This May Be the Most Damning Single Fact in Tesla’s Quarterly Earnings Report
Tesla’s latest earnings report was very bad news for the company. In the second quarter, it made $1.1…
Investors Laying Groundwork to Profit Massively When Economy Collapses
Another glowing red indicator just lit up on the control panel steering the US economy: short sellers have…
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,…
Grocery Stores Deploying “AI Shopping Carts” Stuffed With Cameras to Track Your Exact Coordinates and Bombard You With Ads
Whether you’re dodging Flock cameras on the freeway, ever-listening smartphones in your pocket, or AI bots at the…
Out-of-Control Icebergs Are Wreaking Havoc on the Oceans
One consequence of climate change you probably haven’t considered? Iceberg traffic. In a new study published in the…
Scientists Building World’s Most Powerful Radio Telescope Deep in the Nevada Desert
Researchers at Caltech are gearing up to begin construction on what could become the most sensitive and fastest…
OpenAI Just Hired a Guy Accused of Terrible Things
OpenAI, a company currently fighting more than a dozen consumer safety and wrongful death lawsuits, just hired Noam…
Get Ready for a Catastrophic Leak That Reveals All Your Messages and Search History
AI is revolutionizing cyberattacks, as advancements in the tech allow bad actors to find and exploit unknown vulnerabilities…
We Are Admittedly a Bit Startled by This Medical Case Report About Giving an Elderly Woman With Advanced Alzheimer’s a Gigantic Dose of Psychedelic Mushrooms Just to See What Would Happen
Scientists continue to investigate the potential clinical use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms, for everything…
Tension Flared on Space Station as Russia Threatened to Drill and Saw Into Wall, Prompting NASA Astronauts to Take Shelter
For many years, both NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos have struggled to contain persistent leaks plaguing the…
Cop Accused of Using AI to Fake Evidence
Law enforcement agencies across the world have rushed to integrate AI into their investigations, promising faster arrests and…
Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest With the Trump Administration Regulating SpaceX Are So Profound That They Have Grim Implications for Society
After SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO last week, it’s facing an agonizing crunch to show investors that it has a…
SpaceX Stock Has Officially Fallen All the Way Down to the Low $170s
At first, it felt like the sky was the limit. After its blockbuster Wall Street debut on Friday,…
Anthropic Sued for Allegedly Ripping Off Its Highest-Paying Customers
An angry customer is suing Anthropic on behalf of all users of its priciest subscription tiers. In a…