August 30, 2026 2:13 PM
August 30, 2026
Research Suggests the Older You Get, the More Weed You Should Smoke
Could smoking weed protect your aging brain? A study recently highlighted by The Washington Post suggests it might.…
A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot
Sometimes we like convenience stores for their charm as much as their actual convenience. Now, a new one…
A New Type of Gambling Scandal Is Sweeping Through Sports
Before playing at this year’s World Cup, the Ivory Coast soccer player Elye Wahi was arrested on alleged…
Controversial MIT Study Investigates What’s Really Worse for the Environment: Gas or Electric Cars
Debates have raged for years over whether electric vehicles are really better for the environment than old-school ones…
Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison
Sometimes it feels like no good deed goes unpunished. You can’t hand out food to the homeless without…
Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers
Not that anyone in power is going to care, but there’s even more evidence that Americans are coming…
Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers’ Spirits
Workplace morale at Meta is in a tailspin after Mark Zuckerberg and his executive crew slashed thousands of…
Waymo Has Been Defeated by New York City
It’s not exactly straightforward to navigate New York City by car. Manhattan, in particular, is a confusing maze…
Companies That Embraced AI Are Now Rotting Away in a Very Specific Way
Companies that went all-in on using generative AI tools are developing a major “workslop” problem. In their pursuit…
Weather So Brutal That Dean Passes Out at College Graduation
It’s official folks: El Niño is upon us. For some, that means get ready for an unseasonable deluge…
Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss
In a world of mouse jigglers and workplace surveillance, there’s a clear divide between employees who wish to…
TikTok Has Been Completely Taken Over by AI Slop
AI slop has become practically inescapable on social media, with low-rent and at-times terrifying AI-generated videos drowning out…
There’s a Glaring Safety Problem With Nuclear Energy Startups
The United States approach to nuclear energy is interesting, to say the least. Of all the countries harnessing…
OpenAI Backing Law That Protects It When AI Causes Mass Deaths and Other Mayhem
On Thursday, Florida’s attorney general James Uthmeier announced his office was investigating OpenAI over a deadly school shooting…
Research Finds That AI Has Already Replaced Work for 20 Percent of Jobs
A new survey from Epoch AI and Ipsos has found that one in five full-time American workers say…
OpenAI Staffers Horrified When Senior Leadership Hatched “Insane” Plan to Pit World Governments Against Each Other
OpenAI leaders horrified staffers after proposing an “insane” plan to enrich the company by pitting world governments against…
Billionaire Says Insider Trading Should Be Fully Legalized
You know how you curb illegal insider trading? Well, according to this one mega-rich billionaire: legal insider trading.…
DOGE Made Drastic Cuts to a Global Vaccine Assistance Program. Now There’s a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Bangladesh
Even after prolonged chaos, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency didn’t end up saving taxpayers much money. It…
Man Creates Tiny Submarine for His Parakeet to Experience Life Underwater
Parakeets, which comprise about 115 species of seed-eating parrots, are frequently bred and sold commercially as pets. They’re…
The Effects of AI-Generated Code Tearing Through Corporations Is Actually Kind of Funny
Corporations are rapidly embracing AI to churn out mountains of code. Outwardly, this is presented as a revolution…
Trump Hires Orbital Towing Company to Build Space Interceptors
When the goal is to construct a multi-tiered orbital missile-defense platform, there aren’t a lot of contractors to…
Psychologists Found Something Horrible About the Kind of Men Seeking Trad Wives
The tradwife aesthetic, as it’s sold to women, is easy enough to understand. In our world of social…
Man Punished for Breaking Into Moo Deng’s Zoo Enclosure
The maniac who broke into Moo Deng’s crib finally got his due. The BBC reports that a Thai…
To Get Swole, Teens Are Pumping Themselves Full of Drugs Meant for Fattening Cows for the Slaughterhouse
In previous years, looks-conscious teens might have splurged on glamour shots at the mall, or fine-tuned their selfies…