August 30, 2026 10:04 AM
August 30, 2026
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…
New Anthropic Ad Implies AI Could Kill Us All
Anthropic is doing what Anthropic does best: putting on its most concerned face so it can convince you…
New York Becomes First State to Ban AI Data Centers
Across the United States, lawmakers are increasingly caught between two competing pressures: the massive investment flowing into the…
Grok’s Foul-Mouthed AI “Translation” Feature Puts Unspeakably Ghoulish Words Into Users’ Mouths
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has long garnered a reputation for experiencing horrifically racist meltdowns, enabling child abuse,…
Secretive Silicon Valley Startup Tries to Quash Interview, Says It’s Definitely Not Working on Growing Brain-Free “Organ Sacks”
Last February, Alice Gilman, the cofounder and chief operating officer of a secretive Silicon Valley longevity startup called…
Startup Upset After Journalist Points Out How Creepy Its Humanoid Robots’s Hands Are
The VP of a humanoid robotics company was in for a surprise after finding that a Wired article…
A Staggering Number of People Are Dying Because of Record Heatwaves
Europeans are being crushed by deadly temperatures. Record-breaking heatwaves across much of the continent have claimed thousands of lives…
Harvard Graduation Speaker Unloads on AI in Profanity-Loaded Tirade, Prompting Cheers From Students: “I’m Here to Tell You the Mission of Your Generation Is to Destroy AI”
Earlier this month, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was met with jeers when he brought up AI during…
Tesla Insiders Admit Self-Driving Is a Complete Disaster
It turns out not even the people building Tesla’s self-driving tech trust Elon Musk’s extravagant claims about the…
Fans Aghast as New York Jets Say They’re Switching to AI
When it comes to excuses from the front office, Jets fans have heard it all. The beleaguered New…
The Blue Moon Is Fake. You Are Being Deceived
At the end of this month, the sky will be graced by a rare Blue Moon. But wait:…
DuckDuckGo Installs Spike as Google Moves to Replace Search With AI
At its I/O conference last week, Google made it abundantly clear it’s looking to leave behind the Search…
Scientists Rush to Save One of the World’s Rarest Trees as It Literally Falls Off a Cliff
Scientists are desperately racing to save one of the world’s rarest tree species from disappearing — by collecting…
Kids Are Flying Into Lunatic Rages When Their iPads Are Taken Away
Parents say their kids are going ballistic when they take their iPads away from them, leaving them unsure…
Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Explodes Into Mushroom Cloud, Dealing Massive Blow to NASA’s Moon Plans
In what could turn out to be a huge setback for NASA’s highly ambitious plans to build a…
Corporations Reeling From Huge AI Costs With No Clear Benefits
Companies that fell head over heels for AI are experiencing a rude awakening. Costs to access powerful AI…
CEO Receives Violent Threats After Kicking Off AI Layoffs
As the Australian software firm WiseTech lays off thousands of employees in a pivot to AI, its CEO…
NBA Commissioner Announces Plans to Let AI Take Over for Lazy Referees
Anyone who’s sat through this year’s NBA playoffs has probably noticed: the basketball league has a big problem…
Anthropic Customers Creeped Out by Its Newest Models
Earlier this year, Anthropic started rolling out its latest Mythos AI model to a select number of organizations…