August 30, 2026 8:51 AM
August 30, 2026
Robotaxis Are Turning Passengers Into Horrible and Entitled Menaces to Society
Robotaxis are multiplying across the US, and as they do, a not-so-flattering pattern is riding shotgun. Not only…
Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes
The United States is having something of a national referendum on mass surveillance as of late. Embodied most…
Prices Already Spiking at Trump’s Mysterious Gas Stations That Promised Cheap Fuel
Liberty-loving patriots who got themselves amped up about president Trump’s new gas stations are in for a rude…
Evidence Grows That Taco Bell Infected Massive Number of Customers With Explosive Diarrhea
Apocryphal tales of its meals causing the runs have plagued Taco Bell since time immemorial. But this latest…
Sixteen Nobel-Winning Economists Warn That Major AI Job Losses Are Coming
Over 200 economists, researchers and industry executives, including sixteen Nobel Prize winners, signed an urgent letter warning that AI could…
OpenAI Strikes Bold Deal With Kalshi to Mix Together the Most Hated Technologies in Existence: AI and Prediction Markets
Is it not enough to simply watch the beautiful game, unadorned? These days you might use an AI…
Health Care Workers Furious as NYC Replaces Nurses With AI
Twelve nurses in New York City were laid off on Sunday and replaced with AI software, according to…
Terrifying Video Shows Locomotive Engulfed in Wildfire Flames
Apocalyptic footage shows a Canadian train crew trapped in their locomotive as it’s devoured by a wildfire. Through…
SpaceX Investors Are Lamenting All the Money They’ve Lost
Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX are scraping by at record low levels this week, struggling to find any…
We’d Rather Live Through the Trojan War Than Spend 135 Minutes Watching an Entirely AI Version of “The Odyssey”
Many moviegoers this summer are looking forward to Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film “The Odyssey.” But have you…
Astronomers Horrified by Enormous Mirror Satellite That Reflects Sunlight Back Down to Earth at Night
There’s light pollution — and then there are giant orbital space mirrors that blot out the night sky. On…
Meta Used Its Own Flawed AI to Pick Which Employees to Lay Off, Lawsuit Claims
These days, corporations aren’t just using AI as an excuse to justify layoffs, but are increasingly turning to…
Major Teachers Union Pleads With Elementary Schools to Stop Giving Young Kids AI
Angry parents aren’t the only ones railing against the proliferation of AI in schools. The American Federation of…
Behold! Duke Scientists Build Biblically Accurate Angel Robot
Be not afraid, human. A new robot developed at Duke University isn’t intended to strike fear into the…
Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet Factory” Deep Out in Space
Astronomers have spotted a “planet factory” in space that could explain the origins of bizarre meteorites scattered across…
Take-No-Prisoners Professor Will Fail Any Student Who Uses AI
When it comes to AI’s place in the classroom — and its role in education broadly — some…
AI Company Paying Random People $2,000 Per Month to Crank the Hog
AI companies have long relied on armies of data labelers, whose job it is to annotate, tag and…
Random Standard Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are, Alarming New Research Finds
If you were paranoid about digital tracking before, you might want to think twice about reading any further.…
Woman Alarmed When Her Trusted Therapist Starts Recording Her With AI
Therapy is predicated on trust. You can’t be honest and vulnerable, and share how you’re really feeling, if…
Websites Are Spying on Your Solid State Drive
These days, it’s nearly impossible to traverse the web without leaving some trace of your activity. That’s thanks…
Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board
We’ve seen Waymo’s fleet of autonomous taxis cause plenty of mayhem on public streets. They like to ignore…
AI Filmmaker Compares His Tech to Something That Gets Worse the More You Think About It
Jorge R. Gutierrez, the animator behind the beloved animated film “The Book of Life,” is enraging his fans…
Why Is Sam Altman Teaming Up With Jared Leto, a Creep With Extensive Sex Abuse Allegations?
Last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s unsettling blockchain-based side gig seemingly got its Mars all confused. Let’s back…
Tech CEOs Have a Problem: Even Their Closest Allies Now See AI as a Sign of Laziness and Dishonesty
Tech founders and CEOs are all rapidly adopting AI, deploying it across their companies and personally using it…