July 21, 2026 8:31 PM
July 21, 2026
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.…
Crowd’s Reaction to BuzzFeed’s New AI App: Uncomfortable Laughter
BuzzFeed made an unfortunate announcement during its company’s earnings report last week, admitting that “there is substantial doubt…
Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over
Thousands of tech workers are being laid off, from Atlassian slashing 1,600 jobs to Jack Dorsey’s fintech company…
Venture Capitalist Warns That It’s All About to Come Crashing Down
AI companies continue to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into enormous infrastructure projects, fully expecting demand for…
Nvidia Ridiculed for “Sloptracing” Feature That Uses AI to Yassify Video Games in Real Time
Nvidia? The gaming GPU company? On Monday, the multi-trillion dollar AI chipmaker unveiled its latest effort at weaving…
Robot Goes Berserk in California Restaurant, Dragged Away by Staff After Smashing Tableware
Humanoid robots are rapidly gaining hype, from battlefields to the factory floor. But there are clear growing pains…
Panicked OpenAI Execs Cutting Projects as Walls Close In
In 2025 alone, OpenAI released a controversial text-to-video generator, dubbed Sora, and an abysmally slow web browser called…
Details Emerge About OpenAI’s “Adult Mode”
In October, ChatGPT maker OpenAI announced it would be opening the floodgates for “mature apps.” “Now that we…
Chinese Space Station Astronauts Harvest Space Tomatoes
China’s Tiangong space station may only be a fraction of the size of the International Space Station —…
AI Data Center Security Guards Are Not Human
As AI companies continue to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into buildouts of data centers, they’re looking…
Elon Musk Just Made a Small Change That Speaks Volumes About His Desperation
As xAI reels from a mass exodus of cofounders, remains mired in numerous controversies, and loses ground to…
This Video of a Humanoid Robot Playing Tennis Is Extremely Impressive
The excitement surrounding recent strides in humanoid robotics is palpable. They’re being used to assemble electric cars, sort…
Netflix Buys Startup That Modifies Footage Using AI
The use of AI in Hollywood has turned into a lightning rod, especially as ongoing contract negotiations between…