July 22, 2026 4:09 AM
July 22, 2026
Town Councilmember Goes Berzerk at Surveillance Camera Ban, Threatens to Outlaw Virtually All Modern Technology
Like data centers, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are incredibly unpopular with voters around the US. Plenty of…
SpaceX Stock May Actually Be a Horrendous Investment
Elon Musk has just pulled back the curtain on the biggest public stock offering in history, and the…
Fake OpenAI Ads Appear on Subway: “Yes, We Built a Machine That Tells Teenagers to Kill Themselves… But It Might Also Help Them With Their Homework”
An artist in London plastered fake OpenAI ads inside city subway cars calling attention to ChatGPT’s close ties…
Scientists Detect Huge Structure Under Ocean Fueling the Deadly Upcoming El Niño
Scientists say they’ve pinpointed the super-warm undersea structure responsible for this year’s El Niño weather pattern, which they…
The Trump Phone Appears to Have Already Leaked Its Customers’ Personal Information Through a Glaring Exploit
Donald Trump’s smartphone has only been in reviewers’ hands for a few days, and it’s already coming apart…
Jeff Bezos Lectures the Public, Saying They Should Be Grateful for the Wonders of AI
Feeling grateful for all the wonderful ways AI has changed your life yet? Jeff Bezos thinks you should…
Zuckerberg Tells the Tattered Remainder of His Workers That He Won’t Conduct Another a Mass Firing for at Least Seven Months
The tech giant Meta fired about 8,000 workers yesterday — about 10 percent of its staff — and reassigned 7,000…
Elon Musk’s Ex Says He Bragged About 10,000 Lasers in Orbit That Are “Not a Piece They’ll See on the Chess Board”
If “always keep them guessing” was actually a strategy for success, Elon Musk might be president right now…
A CEO of a Bank Just Said Something So Ghoulish About Its Plans for AI That He’s Now in Full Damage Control Mode
AI has emboldened CEOs to make all kinds of smug declarations that betray their contempt for lowly human…
It Seems a Lot Like Trump Accidentally Invested $1 Million in a Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant Thinking It Was an AI Hardware Company
Donald Trump is nothing if not a keen investor. As recent tax filings have shown, the US president…
Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to Decimate What’s Left of Journalism
It’s looking like time to sound two death knells. One for the demise of the simple Google search,…
Why Is Mark Zuckerberg Taunting His Employees Before Firing Them?
In ancient Roman times, military generals are thought to have used a tactic known as decimation to punish…
Samples From Distant Asteroid Contain All DNA and RNA Building Blocks
In June 2019, a Japanese spacecraft called Hayabusa2 touched down on Ryugu, a 3,000-foot asteroid some 185 million…
Analyst Warns Against Using Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday Afternoons
As Microsoft has aggressively pushed its Copilot AI, it’s logged more than a few high-profile errors. Copilot has…
Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Unveils Plans for Orbital Anti-Asteroid Defense Weapons
Its rockets may have only reached orbit twice so far and its lunar lander is still many years…
SpaceX’s One Million Orbital Data Centers Would Be Debilitating for Astronomy Research, Scientists Say
Earlier this week, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, successfully…
Scientists Just Found Something Rather Grim That Happens When You Stop Taking GLP-1s
Much has been said about how GLP-1s are “miracle” drugs, providing myriad health benefits beyond weight loss or…
The Head of the FBI Just Admitted Something Moderately Horrifying
Turns out the FBI’s been on a shopping spree. And it’s not just any spending binge: as director…
Quadcopter Drone Caught Trying to Deliver Hunting Knives to Inmates in Prison
Last weekend, a neon-green quadcopter drone released a mysterious package into a New York state prison, which was…
Scientists Startled by What Happens When They Point Hubble at Comet
Lady Fortune was on astronomers’ side when they pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a comet drifting through…
Birds Are Getting Hooked on Cigarettes
Nicotine, the highly addictive chemical compound in cigarettes, is having a bit of a resurgence as of late…
Engineer Says It’s Time to Rebuild the Twin Towers as Giant Data Centers With Anti-Aircraft Lasers on the Roof
After their grisly destruction in a terror attack in 2001 — and the chaotic and deadly wars that…
Scientists Recruit Undergrad to Step Into Room Filled With Ravenous Mosquitoes for “Full-Body Massacre”
Some dedicate their lives to science. Others, like Georgia Tech student Chris Zuo, give their bodies. A bizarre…
Gen Z Is Using AI to Have Difficult Relationship Conversations, and the Results Are Massively Cringe
Researchers, teachers, and mental health professionals alike have spent the past few years reeling as teens and young…