July 22, 2026 11:32 PM
July 22, 2026
Bitcoin Is Taking a Nasty Swim
If you bought one single Bitcoin at the currency’s peak price in October of 2025, you’d have lost…
United Nations Issues Grave Warning About El Niño
The United Nations has officially confirmed what months of forecasts have been pointing to: there are overwhelming odds…
College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science
As rampant AI use accelerates a crisis in education, University of California professors are pleading with leadership to…
SpaceX Is Massively Overvalued Ahead of Its IPO, Analysts Find
SpaceX is expected to go public in just over two weeks, and is looking to raise a whopping…
In Leaked Document, Microsoft Plots How to Get People “Addicted” to Its AI
Some copywriter at Microsoft is getting a real stern talking to. In an internal document obtained by 404…
State of Florida Sues OpenAI, Saying Sam Altman Showed “Utter Disregard for the Risk to Human Life”
Florida has become the first state in the union to sue ChatGPT producer OpenAI and its CEO, Sam…
Amazon’s AI-Generated Animated Series Canceled After Relentless Derision
At first, it felt a bit like Emmy-winning writer director Jorge Gutierrez had been living under a rock.…
Anthropic and DeepMind Now Actively Investigating AI Consciousness
Are AI models conscious, and if not, could they be in the near future? The possibility is far-fetched,…
All These Galaxy-Scale IPOs Are Piling on Risk of an Economic Crisis
The United States is facing what’s shaping up to be the largest series of initial public offerings in…
Film Community Aghast as Martin Scorsese Extolls AI Startup, Says He Now Uses AI for Storyboards
The film community is in meltdown after acclaimed director Martin Scorsese promoted a new AI startup called Black…
World Cup Will Be Patrolled by Security Robodogs
The Trump administration’s violent deportations and crackdown on protestors against Immigration and Customs Enforcement have set an ominous…
There’s Something Living Inside Fog, Scientists Find
There’s something living in the fog. Repeat: there’s something living in the fog. It may sound like a…
Companies Just Learned a Brutal Lesson About Training AI to Do Human Jobs
A dismal job market has given rise to a grim new cottage industry: a buzzy San Francisco-based AI…
Man Engineers Giant Robot Hand to Smash His Enemies
One of China’s preeminent engineering influencers is at it again. Fan Shisan, the Sichuan-based content creator who runs…
Earth Now Flying Through a Debris Field, Paper Finds
An eagle-eyed astronomer has discovered that an elusive asteroid is apparently shedding hundreds of fragments — and our…
Berklee College of Music Students Furious That It’s Offering an AI “Songwriting” Class
Hundreds of students at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston have signed an online petition protesting…
Clavicular Rushed to Hospital in Perfect Illustration of Why Looksmaxxing Is a Horrifying Death Cult
Braden “Clavicular” Peters, a so-called “looksmaxxing” influencer who’s gained notoriety for advocating for ill-advised and dangerous attempts to…
Usually, Young People Embrace New Technology. Gen Z’s Attitude Toward AI Should Worry the Entire Tech Industry
Traditionally, young people have eagerly embraced hot new technologies — think Sony’s Walkman, Apple’s iPhone, or Napster —…
AI Use Appears to Have a “Boiling Frog” Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
In a new study, researchers claim to provide the first causal evidence that leaning on AI to assist with…
Man Who Threw Molotov at Sam Altman’s House Warned AI Will Exterminate Humankind
We’re learning more about the guy who allegedly lobbed a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house…
Trump Is Inflicting Massive Damage to His Public Image by Posting Offensive AI Slop
This week, US president Donald Trump posted an AI slop image of himself as Jesus Christ, miraculously healing…
There’s Something Fundamentally Wrong With LLMs
Once you familiarize yourself with the characteristics of ChatGPT’s writing, it becomes impossible to miss. The internet has…
Trump Moves to Let Coal Companies Pollute Waterways With Their Toxic Slag
After a utility company burns a heap of coal to fire a turbine, they’re left with tons of…
There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump’s Disastrous New NASA Budget
Months after Congress voted against the Trump administration’s brutal NASA budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, the White…