May 15, 2026 11:44 PM
May 15, 2026
A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well
Who could’ve guessed that when you give millions of kids free access to a homework-writing chatbot, they’d stop…
AI-Generated Film Pulled From AMC Cinemas
Moviegoers just took a stand against slop and won. Following a flurry of online backlash, AMC Theaters said…
NASA Spots Sun-like Star Inflating Massive Bubble
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have spotted a young star just 120 light years away engaging in…
MIT’s New 3D Printer Can Print a Working Motor, Complete With Moving Parts
The tech behind 3D printing has come an extremely long way. The additive manufacturing technique, which generally involves…
Bacteria Engineered to Eat Tumors From the Inside
While plenty of bad bacteria — like E. coli — can get you sick, many other types are…
Uber Employees Have Created an AI Clone of Its CEO
In need of a little confidence boost before a face-to-face with your boss? That urge seems to be…
Woman Annoyed When Delivery Robot Comes Into Her Yard, Tears Up Her Garden and Steals Her Fence
These days, moles and gophers aren’t the only pests you have to worry about tearing up your yard.…
Bill Gates’ Daughter Says Her $185 Million AI Startup Will Succeed Entirely Due to Her Merits, Not Even a Little Bit Who Her Dad Is
Against all odds, Phoebe Gates has managed to raise $35 million for a browser extension, despite the pernicious…
This Is How Big a Telescope Aliens Would Need to See Dinosaurs on Earth
Roughly 66 million years ago, scientists believe an enormous meteor, dubbed Chicxulub, smashed into the Earth in an…
Startup Generates Caring Letters to Your Friends Using AI, Handwrites Them Using Robot Pen
Think back to the last time you peeled open an envelope to find a handwritten letter. Maybe it…
Constant Space Launches Turning Earth’s Atmosphere Into a “Crematorium,” Scientists Say
Constant space launches are turning the atmosphere into a “crematorium” for satellites and other space debris. That was…
Creator of Claude Code Fears This Could Be the Last Year That Software Engineers Are Employable
The warning signs are piling up for anyone still working as a software engineer in 2026. In a…
As Controversy Grows, Mattel Scraps Plans for OpenAI Reveal This Year
Experts have been urgently warning that allowing young kids to play with AI-powered toys could have negative consequences,…
AI Industry Insiders Living in Fear of What They’re Creating
They may be responsible for creating the AI tech that many fear will wipe out jobs — if…
The Things Young Kids Are Using AI for Are Absolutely Horrifying
New research is pulling back the curtain on how large numbers of kids are using AI companion apps…
Amazon Deletes AI-Generated Recap of “Fallout” Season 1 After It’s Called Out for Being Full of Errors
Earlier this month, Amazon revealed a new feature that aims to use AI to recap its Prime Video…
China Is Absolutely Obsessed With Copying SpaceX’s Starship Rocket
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket ushered in a new era, offering a fully reusable launch platform that brought outer…
SpaceX Furious at China, Saying It Almost Destroyed One of Its Satellites
The Earth’s orbit is becoming incredibly crowded. A growing number of companies and world powers are establishing new…
Company in Huge Trouble for Creating “Tinder for Kids” App
These days, startups are trying just about everything. Some of them are wacky, if harmless, like the company…
Streamer Sued for Assaulting Gay Robot
Earlier this year, a cowboy hat-toting bipedal robot dubbed “Jake the Rizzbot” burst onto the scene, baffling residents…
Founder of Mental Health Startup Has Epic Public Breakdown, Tries to Start Fire, Flees in Tesla, Crashes
The idyllic countryside of a Bay Area winery was rudely disrupted this weekend when a man allegedly tried…
OpenAI Preparing to Launch Smut Blaster 5000
The AI smut market is booming, and tech executives are starting to notice. Indeed, one study found that…
Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI
On the topic of states rights, Donald Trump doesn’t exactly follow the party line. During his first term,…
Police Investigating Weird Man Found in Waymo by Passenger
Earlier this week, a woman made a startling discovery while hailing a Waymo autonomous cab for her daughter…