April 4, 2026 1:04 PM
April 4, 2026
GLP-1s Are an Environmental Catastrophe
Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonist drugs have become an enormously popular way to lose weight. And with generic, much cheaper versions…
Jeffrey Epstein Had a Bizarre Obsession With “Improving” Human DNA, and He Was Emailing With Top Scientists About It
Jeffrey Epstein had a bizarre obsession with genetics and “improving” human DNA — and he was corresponding with…
Scientists Say Heck, Just Nuke a Killer Asteroid Heading for Earth
Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can…
Fortnite Pushes Back Against Claims That Jeffrey Epstein Is Still Alive and Gaming
Suspicious as the circumstances surrounding his death may have been, there’s a broad consensus that Jeffrey Epstein did…
There’s Not Enough Money in the World for Trump’s Golden Dome
At $175 billion, Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system already came with an astonishing price tag. Yet…
US Government Seeking Volunteers to Store Nuclear Sludge
Since the first nuclear power plant went online in the US in December of 1957, administrators have been…
SpaceX Gives $1 Million Prize to Literal Nazi Who Has Bragged About His Profound Racism
Elon Musk’s X — formerly known as Twitter and newly acquired by SpaceX — says it will give…
Chinese Humanoid Robot Does a Demon Twist and Faceplants With a Thud During Demonstration
Chinese automotive company XPeng made a big splash last year with its Terminator-like humanoid robot, dubbed Iron. The bipedal…
The Crotch-Based Allegations at the Winter Olympics Are Getting Stranger and Stranger
Are ski jumpers enhancing their genitalia to fly further? That’s the big question looming over this year’s Winter…
Physicists Think They Saw a Black Hole Explode
Black holes are born from the explosive deaths of stars. But can black holes themselves explode? Nobody knows…
Professional Gamblers Move Into Prediction Markets to Bleed You Dry
Following the federal government’s wide-armed embrace of the tech, professional gamblers are flooding into prediction markets like Kalshi…
NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be an exoplanet that could be a distant Earthly paradise. Or it…
As Controversy Grows, Mattel Scraps Plans for OpenAI Reveal This Year
Experts have been urgently warning that allowing young kids to play with AI-powered toys could have negative consequences,…
AI Industry Insiders Living in Fear of What They’re Creating
They may be responsible for creating the AI tech that many fear will wipe out jobs — if…
The Things Young Kids Are Using AI for Are Absolutely Horrifying
New research is pulling back the curtain on how large numbers of kids are using AI companion apps…
Amazon Deletes AI-Generated Recap of “Fallout” Season 1 After It’s Called Out for Being Full of Errors
Earlier this month, Amazon revealed a new feature that aims to use AI to recap its Prime Video…
China Is Absolutely Obsessed With Copying SpaceX’s Starship Rocket
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket ushered in a new era, offering a fully reusable launch platform that brought outer…
SpaceX Furious at China, Saying It Almost Destroyed One of Its Satellites
The Earth’s orbit is becoming incredibly crowded. A growing number of companies and world powers are establishing new…
Company in Huge Trouble for Creating “Tinder for Kids” App
These days, startups are trying just about everything. Some of them are wacky, if harmless, like the company…
Streamer Sued for Assaulting Gay Robot
Earlier this year, a cowboy hat-toting bipedal robot dubbed “Jake the Rizzbot” burst onto the scene, baffling residents…
Founder of Mental Health Startup Has Epic Public Breakdown, Tries to Start Fire, Flees in Tesla, Crashes
The idyllic countryside of a Bay Area winery was rudely disrupted this weekend when a man allegedly tried…
OpenAI Preparing to Launch Smut Blaster 5000
The AI smut market is booming, and tech executives are starting to notice. Indeed, one study found that…
Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI
On the topic of states rights, Donald Trump doesn’t exactly follow the party line. During his first term,…
Police Investigating Weird Man Found in Waymo by Passenger
Earlier this week, a woman made a startling discovery while hailing a Waymo autonomous cab for her daughter…