March 8, 2026 12:56 PM
March 8, 2026
AI-Generated Film Pulled From AMC Cinemas
Moviegoers just took a stand against slop and won. Following a flurry of online backlash, AMC Theaters said…
NASA Spots Sun-like Star Inflating Massive Bubble
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have spotted a young star just 120 light years away engaging in…
MIT’s New 3D Printer Can Print a Working Motor, Complete With Moving Parts
The tech behind 3D printing has come an extremely long way. The additive manufacturing technique, which generally involves…
Bacteria Engineered to Eat Tumors From the Inside
While plenty of bad bacteria — like E. coli — can get you sick, many other types are…
Uber Employees Have Created an AI Clone of Its CEO
In need of a little confidence boost before a face-to-face with your boss? That urge seems to be…
Woman Annoyed When Delivery Robot Comes Into Her Yard, Tears Up Her Garden and Steals Her Fence
These days, moles and gophers aren’t the only pests you have to worry about tearing up your yard.…
Bill Gates’ Daughter Says Her $185 Million AI Startup Will Succeed Entirely Due to Her Merits, Not Even a Little Bit Who Her Dad Is
Against all odds, Phoebe Gates has managed to raise $35 million for a browser extension, despite the pernicious…
This Is How Big a Telescope Aliens Would Need to See Dinosaurs on Earth
Roughly 66 million years ago, scientists believe an enormous meteor, dubbed Chicxulub, smashed into the Earth in an…
Startup Generates Caring Letters to Your Friends Using AI, Handwrites Them Using Robot Pen
Think back to the last time you peeled open an envelope to find a handwritten letter. Maybe it…
Constant Space Launches Turning Earth’s Atmosphere Into a “Crematorium,” Scientists Say
Constant space launches are turning the atmosphere into a “crematorium” for satellites and other space debris. That was…
Creator of Claude Code Fears This Could Be the Last Year That Software Engineers Are Employable
The warning signs are piling up for anyone still working as a software engineer in 2026. In a…
Government Insiders Concerned by Musk’s Erratic and Sycophantic Grok Being Deployed for Incredibly Sensitive Purposes
The Trump administration is scrambling to replace Claude, the chatbot embedded throughout the Pentagon’s entire scaffolding, with Elon…
A Serial Killer Used ChatGPT to Plan Murders, Police Say
An accused serial killer in South Korea used ChatGPT to help plan a string of murders, investigators alleged…
Here’s How Many Remote Operators Waymo Has Per Self-Driving Taxi
Autonomous ride-hailing services companies have built their image on the concept that their vehicles fully drive themselves. The…
Japan Opens School Staffed Entirely by Virtual Waifus
Japan’s gakushu juku industry — private, after-hours study schools — has spent decades monetizing the country’s notoriously busted…
AI Is Destroying Grocery Supply Chains
Whole Foods shelves sit empty after a data breach shut down its wholesale distributor. Meat packers working for…
Barrage of Emails From AI Politics Platform Defeats Clean Air Initiative
Late in 2023, the corporate world was abuzz with the utopian promise of AI — especially about the…
Eric Trump Pouring Funding Into “Low Cost-Per-Kill” Drone Corporation
Somewhere in the long tradition of Trump family grifting, there’s a line between “nakedly corrupt” and “genuinely mortifying.”…
Antarctica’s Gravity Hole Growing Stronger, Scientists Find
For decades, scientists have been studying intriguing “gravity holes,” which are enormous depressions in the Earth’s crust where…
Cities Are Shredding Their AI Surveillance Contracts en Masse
Since the start of 2025, at least 30 cities have canceled their contracts with Flock Safety, the AI…
AI “Filmmaker” Gets Funding, Begs For Ideas On What to Actually Make
An AI “filmmaker” was viciously mocked after begging his followers for ideas on what to make. “I will…
Hackers Working on Method to Make Ring Cameras Store Footage Locally, Never Giving It to Amazon
When you buy a Ring camera for your house, you’re also agreeing to let Amazon store everything it…
In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana
High-quality cables have long been marketed as a key way to get the most out of high-end equipment,…
The Economics of 3D Printed Homes Are Surprisingly Horrible
The pitch for 3D-printed housing has always been the same: robots build faster, waste less, need fewer humans…