July 23, 2026 11:13 AM
July 23, 2026
NASA’s Next Moon Mission Is a Rube Goldberg Machine of Corporate Failure Points
NASA announced the crew of four astronauts for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission during a Tuesday announcement, an…
Sam Altman’s Eyeball Scanning Company Now Laying Off Workers
Look, nobody roots for workers to lose their jobs. But some companies are built on such a ridiculous…
Investigators Questioning Bill Gates Over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
During a Gates Foundation town hall in February, Microsoft founder Bill Gates apologized for having had extensive contact…
ChatGPT Caught Recommending “Products” That Are Just Scams That Steal Your Credit Card Info
ChatGPT is getting duped by fraudulent storefronts run by scammers — which means you might be getting duped,…
Local Brand Realizes Customers Hate Its AI Ads, Switches to Charming Homemade Ones Instead
In late 2024, the Coca-Cola Company released an unsettling, AI-generated remake of its beloved 1995 “Holidays Are Coming”…
Disaster Strikes When Meme Coin Pays Man to Tattoo Its Name on His Forehead, But They Misspelled It
Earlier this month, crypto marketplace Pump.fun launched an extremely dubious new bounty marketplace that feels like it was…
McDonald’s Deploying AI-Powered Drive-Thru System for Ordering Its Nauseating Foodslop
Coming (back) to a McDonald’s near you: AI-powered drive-thru lanes. That’s right. Those feeling déjà vu aren’t mistaken:…
Argentina Moves to Legalize “Non-Human Corporations” Run by AI
You could already make the case that corporations are faceless monoliths geared purely towards maximizing profits with only…
If You Think AI Companies Are Unethical Now, Wait Until They Go Public
In November 2023, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was unceremoniously forced out of the company following a dramatic power…
You Can Now Get a Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work
In a strongly-worded rebuke last month, Pope Francis called for AI to be “disarmed.” The criticism comes amid…
Soccer Club Places Huge Kalshi Bet Against Itself
A top soccer club in Spain placed a “multimillion dollar bet against itself” on the prediction market Kalshi,…
Scientists Release Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals
In July 2025, astronomers spotted a mysterious object screaming through the solar system from interstellar space. The object,…
Sam Altman Issues Grim Apology
In February, an 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar killed eight people and herself — while wounding dozens more…
Tinder Scanning Users’ Eyeballs to Prove They Aren’t Creeps
Tinder is partnering with Sam Altman’s World project to let its users prove they’re real humans, in just…
Two Delivery Bots Blunder Into the Middle of a Police Incident, Have Awkward Standoff
Delivery robots continue to be a nuisance wherever they roam. As a gaggle of around a half dozen…
Top Medical Journal Publishes Searing Article Warning Against Medical AI
A recent survey found that millions of Americans are asking AI chatbots for medical advice, often instead of…
Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Deploying Ransomware Himself
When a person or company is hit with a ransomware attack, it’s common to hire a third-party negotiator…
Mowing Down Simulated Elephants Could Help Self-Driving Cars Prepare For the Chaos of Real Life Streets
Even the best self-driving cars keep getting confused and crashing into stuff, sometimes with fatal results. Here’s a…
America Trembles as Transportation Secretary Announces Plans for Air Traffic Controllers to Lean on AI Tools
As if air travel in the United States wasn’t cursed enough, the Trump Administration wants to ease the…
New Browser Plugin Adds Typos to Your AI-Generated Emails to Make Them Look Real
The advent of large language model-based writing tools have given lazy or unconfident writers incredible new shortcuts that…
Experts Warn of AI Swarms Hijacking Democracy With Fake Citizens
AI isn’t all chatbots and meme generators. According to a new study published in the journal Science, it…
New AI-Powered Robot Can Destroy Human Champions at Ping Pong
First, they learned how to play tennis on two feet. Then, they came for our half-marathon world record.…
Climate Scientists Shake Their Heads as First US City Running Completely Out of Water
A massive drought coupled with political mismanagement might fully deplete water in a major city: neither in West…
Unions Attack AI for Menacing Human Jobs
Workers across the US have had it with the prognostications of AI taking over the world. And their…