August 25, 2026 8:39 AM
August 25, 2026
European Central Bank Warns That AI Crash Is Looming
While talk of an AI investment bubble usually centers around the designs of Silicon Valley and Wall Street,…
Unitree’s New Robot Can Sprint Faster Than Usain Bolt, Though the Way It Moves May Give You Nightmares About Demons
Unitree says that its new “Superman” humanoid robot can run faster than any recorded human. The Chinese robotics…
ChatGPT for Teens Is an Immediate, Dismal Failure
After years of horrendous scandals, OpenAI has seemingly admitted that ChatGPT wasn’t safe for teenage users. On Tuesday,…
Tesla Robotaxi With No Driver Spotted Smashing Through Traffic Barriers
Like a klutz on an obstacle course, a Tesla Robotaxi with no safety driver seemingly panicked after taking…
Sports Betting Site Boasts That It’s Letting Users Bet on Little League Players
If you thought the online sports betting industry was running out of controversies, think again: they’re now letting…
Flock’s Network Is Losing Value to Cops as More and More of Its Cameras Go Offline
As vandalism against its license plate-reading cameras and backlash against civic leaders who embrace them grows, Flock Safety…
Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
A TikTok video shows a teenage girl walking through the front doors of a large high school. It’s…
Teachers Warn That Students Are Losing the Ability to Think as They Lean on AI for Everything
Students across the country are using AI models to complete assignments and write entire essays. Some of this…
Journalist Alarmed When His Tesla Running FSD Tries to Veer Off Highway and Plunge Into a Ditch
A journalist says that his Tesla running Full Self-Driving nearly drove his car off the highway and straight…
Department of Homeland Security Seeking Humanoid Robots to Patrol Southern Border
When Donald Trump ascended to office for the second time, he promised to deploy an arsenal of high-tech…
In New Low, Flock CEO Insists His AI-Surveillance Cameras Could Have Solved the Nancy Guthrie Case
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley is no stranger to controversy, something he regularly uses to drum up press…
If You Thought Pervert Glasses Were Bad, Wait Till You See Apple’s Leaked AirPods
We just got our first glimpse of Apple’s long-rumored camera-equipped AirPods — and they already look like a…
College Kids Are Using AI Agents to “Take” Entire Online Classes for Them by Logging Directly Into the Course Management Software
With the rise of agentic models, why stop at using chatbots to look up answers? Some students are…
Facebook Is Filling With Viral AI-Generated Silver Foxes Wooing Women by Ranting About How Terrible Men Are
We bring you this dispatch from the AI slop dungeon known as Facebook: fake, AI-generated podcast bros are…
Phoebe Gates Took Secret Stanford Course on Controlling Society, Used It to Recruit for Her Startup That’s Now Facing Accusations
Bill Gates’ 23-year-old daughter Phoebe Gates made headlines this week for all the wrong reasons. Damning internal Slack…
Organisms Living Inside Psychopaths Could Be Driving Bad Behavior, Scientists Claim
In bound-to-be-controversial new research, scientists claim they’ve discovered a link between the specific balance of microflora in the…
Hackers Created a Device That Can Take Over a Boeing 737 Jet’s Autopilot Without Anyone Noticing
Your fear of flying is only going to get worse once you hear what these white hat hackers…
OpenAI’s “Head of Ethics” Suddenly Leaves Company Under Mysterious Circumstances
Following a growing string of high-profile departures, OpenAI has lost its head of ethics at arguably the worst…
Driver Pulls Up Directly to Firehouse When His Tesla Inexplicably Bursts Into Flames
At this point, it’s a pretty well known fact that electric vehicles — and, at least in the…
ICE Reveals Horrific Plan to Outfit Agents With Electrocution Torture Gloves
The good guys protecting us from people who want to work and live here will continue their morally…
Bernie Sanders Issues Warning to AI CEOs
As US lawmakers continue to ponder how to regulate AI, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders (VT-D) is issuing a…
Protests Against Data Centers Are Now Threatening $130 Billion of Big Tech’s Crucial Investments
For protestors rising up against the data centers undergirding the AI boom, the math is simple: wherever they…
It Seems a Like Bill Gates’ Daughter May Be in Serious Legal Trouble
You might assume that Bill Gates’ 23-year-old daughter, Phoebe Gates, is the final boss of all nepo babies…
Transportation Secretary Announces That the Air Traffic Controller Crisis Is History Now That He’s Hired Thousands of Epic Gamers
How do you fix a shortage in air traffic controllers and restore trust in the safety of the…