July 21, 2026 3:25 PM
July 21, 2026
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.…
James Webb Spots Strange Structure at Core of Distant Galaxy
A stunning new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows a nearby galaxy bursting with light…
If You Used Insider Knowledge to Score Big on Polymarket, You May Now Be in Huge Trouble
The spoilsports at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission no longer want you profiting off of geopolitical turmoil…
Investors Flocking to Super-Anonymous Cryptocurrency Used for the Sketchiest Stuff Imaginable
When Bitcoin first launched in 2009, it promised its users a decentralized digital currency that would be free…
Robophobic Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Disruption
Southwest Airlines appears to have become the first airline to enshrine a no-robots policy into their rulebook, after…
Swarm of Empty Waymos Descends on Unsuspecting Suburb, Circle Cul-de-Sacs for Hours on End Like Strange Ghosts
Nearly a year after Waymos touched down in Atlanta for the first time, residents of the community of…
Mayor Eats His Words After Admitting He’s Delegating Work to 11 AI Agents
Employees haven’t been shy about pushing back against AI in the workplace. In a clear disconnect, bosses are…
Woman Sues Tesla After Cybertruck Tries to Drive Her Off Bridge
Elon Musk has long promised fans that Tesla cars can already drive themselves, when the reality is that…
Trump Supporters Getting Scammed by AI-Generated Foot Fetish Model
For an Instagram page only a few months old, Jessica Foster is thriving. The model has over a…
Atlassian Lays Off 10 Percent of Its Workforce as It Pivots to AI
Another tech giant is culling immense numbers of workers. On Thursday, prominent Australian software firm Atlassian announced it…
Trucker Awarded $20,000 for Hauling a Massive Amount of Nuclear Waste
The US government might not know where to store its spent nuclear waste, but that sure hasn’t stopped…
Company Testing Humanoid Robot Soldiers on Frontlines of Ukraine
Humanoid robots are already folding clothes, running marathons, and assembling cars — so it was probably only a…
Americans’ Anger Against AI Data Centers Is Boiling Over
America really hates data centers. While the rise of grassroots data center opposition makes compelling evidence on its…
NASA Has No Plan to Rescue Lunar Astronauts in Case of Emergency
Late last month, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman announced during a livestreamed press conference that the space agency would…
Watchdog Issues Grim Warning About Letting AI Run Your Life
These days, the AI stack beckons: emails, shopping, personal finance — there’s hardly a task some company isn’t…
Scientists Say Something Bizarre Is Hiding Inside Black Holes
What’s “inside” a black hole? Are they portals to another universe, or are actually other universes in miniature? Those…
Elon Musk Orders Sweeping Layoffs as xAI Fails to Catch Up
In a Thursday tweet, Elon Musk said he was looking to rebuild his AI startup xAI “from the…
Trump’s Disastrous Truth Social Company Hits Rock Bottom With Lowest Stock Price Ever
President Donald Trump’s Truth Social bid, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), has burned through an alarming amount…
BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI
In January 2023, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a memo to staff that the company was making…