August 30, 2026 5:05 PM
August 30, 2026
Eric Trump Has Lost $600 Million of Daddy’s Money Betting on Crypto
President Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, cofounded a crypto mining venture called American Bitcoin Corp last year —…
Someone Reportedly Mailed a Live Squirrel to Meta, Where It Sent an Employee to the Hospital
We’ve been hearing plenty about how Meta’s workforce is in total disarray. But this latest story takes the…
Flock Cameras Screw Up, Swarm Innocent Man With Armed Police
Flock surveillance cameras are blanketing the country, and to no one’s surprise, innocent people are being caught in…
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible
The massive surge of fossil fuel-powered data centers cropping up across the country are emitting an enormous amount…
Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer’s May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis
If you drive, your car’s tires are shredding more than just tread: they may be mincing up our…
Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth’s Magnetic Field, in Orbit
Satellites perform a delicate dance to maintain their orbit, by locking themselves to a speed just fast enough…
New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis
For many years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sworn up and down that the use of radar and…
You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming
The United States is in the grips of one of the most drastic reversals of green energy infrastructure…
American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AI
The head start that the US companies enjoyed in the AI race is quickly vanishing. Chinese competitors are…
Coinbase AI Sends Mass “Breaking News” Alert That’s Completely Hallucinated
Crypto marketplace Coinbase is under fire after sending out an AI-generated breaking news alert that Norway’s national men’s…
Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety
Two men in Southern China are alive thanks to a daring rescue involving a hulking quadcopter drone. Footage…
If You Thought SpaceX Stock Was Doing Badly Before, Now It’s Really Tanking
Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX took a beating on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the company made…
Students Boo and Jeer as AI Name-Reader Flops Spectacularly at College Graduation Ceremony
The president of Glendale Community College was pelted with a chorus of furious boos after an AI tool…
Trump Caught Buying Tech Stocks and Then Pumping Their Value by Publicly Praising Them
If you’re surprised by any of the Trump family’s grifting since Donald’s return to office, you just haven’t…
Mark Zuckerberg Used Shell Companies to Bully Native Hawaiians
Currently ranked as the sixth richest person on Earth, it should come as no surprise that Mark Zuckerberg…
Marc Andreessen Goes Ballistic Over Video Making Fun of Him
Being a gazillionaire means you have a lot of enemies. It also means you have a lot of…
Sports Illustrated Deletes Entire Author After Accusation of AI Plagiarism
Sports Illustrated deleted an author — and his entire archive of articles — from its website following allegations…
If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX’s Entire IPO
SpaceX has enjoyed a lot of leeway when its Starship rocket has failed or exploded because of the…
Parents Explode in Fury at School’s Plan to Constantly Film Their Children to Train AI
A planned University of Washington study would’ve had preschool teachers wear cameras to record first-person footage of everything…
AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology
A bulk of Americans really hate AI — and many AI CEOs can’t quite grasp why. There’s a serious…
People Are Getting Plastic Surgery to Look More AI-Generated
Life imitates AI art. Plastic surgeons say that more patients are coming in and asking to look like…
Grade Inflation Is Going Nuts as Every Student Is Basically Submitting the Same Essay
Being a straight-A student doesn’t mean what it used to. Today, widely available AI chatbots make cheating on…
Tech Workers, Long Treated Like Aristocracy, Are Now Human Waste
Ten years ago if you had told a tech industry recruiter their days are numbered, you’d be laughed…
An Entire “Local Newspaper” Just Shut Down When All Its Reporters Were Busted as AI Fakes
Ever stumble across an online “news article” that just doesn’t feel quite right? You may be onto something.…