August 30, 2026 12:08 PM
August 30, 2026
College Students Consumed by “Resignation and Despair” as They’re Relentlessly Pressured to Use AI
We hear a lot about how college students are happy to use AI to help with their studies,…
Grocery Stores Deploying “AI Shopping Carts” Stuffed With Cameras to Track Your Exact Coordinates and Bombard You With Ads
Whether you’re dodging Flock cameras on the freeway, ever-listening smartphones in your pocket, or AI bots at the…
Out-of-Control Icebergs Are Wreaking Havoc on the Oceans
One consequence of climate change you probably haven’t considered? Iceberg traffic. In a new study published in the…
Scientists Building World’s Most Powerful Radio Telescope Deep in the Nevada Desert
Researchers at Caltech are gearing up to begin construction on what could become the most sensitive and fastest…
OpenAI Just Hired a Guy Accused of Terrible Things
OpenAI, a company currently fighting more than a dozen consumer safety and wrongful death lawsuits, just hired Noam…
Get Ready for a Catastrophic Leak That Reveals All Your Messages and Search History
AI is revolutionizing cyberattacks, as advancements in the tech allow bad actors to find and exploit unknown vulnerabilities…
We Are Admittedly a Bit Startled by This Medical Case Report About Giving an Elderly Woman With Advanced Alzheimer’s a Gigantic Dose of Psychedelic Mushrooms Just to See What Would Happen
Scientists continue to investigate the potential clinical use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms, for everything…
Tension Flared on Space Station as Russia Threatened to Drill and Saw Into Wall, Prompting NASA Astronauts to Take Shelter
For many years, both NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos have struggled to contain persistent leaks plaguing the…
Cop Accused of Using AI to Fake Evidence
Law enforcement agencies across the world have rushed to integrate AI into their investigations, promising faster arrests and…
Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest With the Trump Administration Regulating SpaceX Are So Profound That They Have Grim Implications for Society
After SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO last week, it’s facing an agonizing crunch to show investors that it has a…
SpaceX Stock Has Officially Fallen All the Way Down to the Low $170s
At first, it felt like the sky was the limit. After its blockbuster Wall Street debut on Friday,…
Anthropic Sued for Allegedly Ripping Off Its Highest-Paying Customers
An angry customer is suing Anthropic on behalf of all users of its priciest subscription tiers. In a…
NASA Scientists Screamed With Delight When They Saw Something Smashing Into the Moon
As NASA’s Artemis 2 crew careened around the far side of the Moon earlier this week — breaking…
Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets
Google News has started showing Polymarket bets alongside actual news articles, often appearing as large blocks that contain…
The New York Times Says It’s Identified the Creator of Bitcoin
What is the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin? Is it actually a brainy…
We Talked to a Writer Accused of Publishing An AI-Generated Essay in The New York Times
Was AI used to produce a personal essay that wound up in the pages of the New York…
Naked Man Bursts Into Tesla Service Center With a Shotgun
It was bound to happen sooner or later. On Monday this week, a man holding only a shotgun…
Student Dies When Hospital Has No ICU Doctors, Calls One on Videochat Who Pronounces Him Dead Remotely, Lawsuit Claims
The parents of a 26-year-old dental student named Conor Hylton are suing a Connecticut hospital after their son…
Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization
Google’s AI Overviews are peddling misinformation on a scale that may be virtually unprecedented in human history. A…
Moon Astronaut Captures Shot of Earth That Lets You See Its Razor-Thin Atmosphere Perfectly
On December 7, 1972, NASA astronaut and Apollo 17 crew member Harrison Schmitt took a stunning photo of…
Microsoft Mocked for Terms of Service That Admit Copilot Is for “Entertainment Purposes Only”
Users of Microsoft’s Windows have grown frustrated with the company’s insistence on stuffing its Copilot AI chatbot into…
Anthropic Warns That “Reckless” Claude Mythos Escaped a Sandbox Environment During Testing
In a move that could be seen as either responsible AI development or an expertly-executed hype maneuver, Anthropic…
Iran Demanding Huge Bitcoin Payments to Pass Through Strait of Hormuz
Late Tuesday evening, US president Donald Trump said the US had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran…
The Moon Spacecraft’s $30 Million Toilet Has Been a Bit of a Disaster
As we continue to feast on breathtaking images of the Moon’s far side taken by the crew of…