August 30, 2026 9:47 AM
August 30, 2026
Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real
If you Google “SCP-565” — an iconic entry in the collaborative fan fiction universe known as the “SCP…
Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You
AI has wormed its way into every crevice of the 2026 World Cup. It’s dreaming up sloppified soccer…
SpaceX Stock Had Quite a Bad Night
Following its mega-IPO, shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocketed to new heights, peaking at just over $222 on…
The US Military Has Been Using Elon Musk’s Grok AI to Bomb Iran
In the early days of the US and Israeli war on Iran, situation monitors were abuzz at the…
Wall Street Terrified That SpaceX Investors Will Dump Their Stocks
The SpaceX IPO has been a windfall for investors — or most of them, at any rate. But…
Snap’s Stock Plunges the Moment It Reveals Its Comically Gigantic AR Glasses
After losing $40 million on a failed attempt to launch a pair of video-recording sunglasses almost a decade…
Tesla Allegedly Showed Cooked Data to Get Full Self-Driving Approved
As if things couldn’t get any worse for Tesla in Europe, traffic safety researchers now say they’ve caught…
MAHA Furious as Kennedy Moves to Ban Their Medicine: Gas Station Heroin
The Make America Healthy Again movement is in meltdown after their figurehead, Robert F. Kennedy Jr initiated a…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI Caught Letting Hackers Steal Your 2FA Codes Through a Single Click
Earlier this month, Meta’s AI chatbot support assistant feature was caught in an embarrassing cybersecurity incident: the bot…
SpaceX Stock Now in Rapid Decline
Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rallied after a multitrillion-dollar IPO last Friday, reaching a peak of over $222…
The Funniest Possible Thing Happened After Trump Painted the Lincoln Reflecting Pool Blue
If there’s one thing the Trump administration excels at, it’s turning just about anything into a culture war…
Ohio Police Fire Robocop for Helping Make Zero Arrests and Failing to Issue a Single Ticket
Shout out to arguably the world’s most ethical — and laziest — robot cop. After less than a…
The Moon Astronauts Just Broke the Record for the Farthest Any Human Has Ever Traveled From Earth
Roughly five days after taking off from the historic Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
Startup Approved to Let AI System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication
You’ve probably heard of AI psychosis. Well, now get ready for AI psychiatrists — with prescription pads. A…
Moon Astronauts Forced to Do It in Bags as “Burning Odor” Emanates From Toilet
NASA’s historic Artemis 2 mission launched without a hitch last week, sending the first astronauts toward the Moon…
Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That’s Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, a Warning From the FDA, and Other Glaring Red Flags?
On Thursday, the New York Times published a glowing profile of a company called Medvi. The basic premise…
ICE Foiled At Every Turn By One Vibe Coding Man In His Pickup Truck
Vibe coding often gets a bad rep. “Vibe” is a euphemism for “not really thinking,” and that “not…
Scientists Gene Hacked a Plant So It Grows Five Types of Psychoactive Drugs at Once
From the psilocybin in magic mushrooms to dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in toads to the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana, a…
Groups Set Up to Shill AI and Data Centers Are Pouring Huge Sums of Money Into the Midterm Elections
Artificial intelligence remains deeply unpopular with the American public. One poll found it’s even more reviled than ICE,…
Nonprofit Research Groups Disturbed to Learn That OpenAI Has Secretly Been Funding Their Work
If you’re running a frontier AI company, now’s not the time to rest on your laurels. The stakes…
Man Caught Sleeping Behind the Wheel While FSD Tesla Cruises the Streets After Decadent Feast of Wine and Pizza
Some cars these days might be able to drive themselves, but unless you run a multibillion dollar robotaxi…
China Cracking Down on the Types of AI That Are Tearing America Apart
The Cyberspace Administration of China is cracking down on “digital humans,” with incoming regulations that will soon require…
Target Warns That If Its AI Shopping Agent Makes an Expensive Mistake, You’ll Have to Pay for It
Big box chains have proudly embraced artificial intelligence — but don’t expect them to help when their AI…
Polymarket Has Turned Our Climate Apocalypse Into a Casino
Intensifying wildfires, coastal erosion, and increased hurricane activity are taking an ever-rising toll on humanity. And as the…