June 5, 2026 1:24 PM
June 5, 2026
You’ll Snort-Laugh When You Learn How Much AI Actually Added to the US Economy Last Year
Scanning the headlines, it can be easy to get the impression that every investor, banker, and financial analyst…
Doctor Reels as Son Becomes Plumber in Age of AI
Fear not, dreary laborer. There will always be back-breaking jobs you can do when your office ones get…
Mark Zuckerberg Secretly Training an AI Agent to Do CEO Job
Here’s one job we won’t be sorry to see get automated with AI. According to a new scoop…
Microsoft Realizes It’s Epically Screwed Up Windows 11 as Users Rage at Copilot AI Crammed Everywhere
Microsoft’s commitment to shoving its Copilot AI chatbot into every imaginable facet of its widely-used Windows operating system…
Samples From Distant Asteroid Contain All DNA and RNA Building Blocks
In June 2019, a Japanese spacecraft called Hayabusa2 touched down on Ryugu, a 3,000-foot asteroid some 185 million…
Analyst Warns Against Using Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday Afternoons
As Microsoft has aggressively pushed its Copilot AI, it’s logged more than a few high-profile errors. Copilot has…
Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Unveils Plans for Orbital Anti-Asteroid Defense Weapons
Its rockets may have only reached orbit twice so far and its lunar lander is still many years…
SpaceX’s One Million Orbital Data Centers Would Be Debilitating for Astronomy Research, Scientists Say
Earlier this week, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, successfully…
Scientists Just Found Something Rather Grim That Happens When You Stop Taking GLP-1s
Much has been said about how GLP-1s are “miracle” drugs, providing myriad health benefits beyond weight loss or…
The Head of the FBI Just Admitted Something Moderately Horrifying
Turns out the FBI’s been on a shopping spree. And it’s not just any spending binge: as director…
Quadcopter Drone Caught Trying to Deliver Hunting Knives to Inmates in Prison
Last weekend, a neon-green quadcopter drone released a mysterious package into a New York state prison, which was…
Scientists Startled by What Happens When They Point Hubble at Comet
Lady Fortune was on astronomers’ side when they pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a comet drifting through…
Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
Law enforcement has quickly embraced AI for everything from drafting police reports to facial recognition. The results have…
Man Operating Robot Accidentally Makes It Kick Him Directly in the Nutsack
In a now viral video, a man controlling a Unitree robot accidentally made the humanoid kick him right…
Scientists Graft Human Ear Onto Foot
In a bizarre first, the South China Morning Post reports, doctors in China have surgically grafted a patient’s…
China Planning Crackdown on AI That Harms Mental Health of Users
While many world governments seem happy to let untested AI chatbots interact with vulnerable populations, China looks to…
Godfather of AI Warns That It Will Replace Many More Jobs This Year
Rejoice, for the year of 2025 is finally over. During our planet’s latest and seemingly interminable revolution around…
Doctors Find Evidence Microplastics Are Clogging Arteries, Leading to Heart Attacks and Strokes
Microplastics are everywhere, including our arteries. And though their presence there is correlated with cardiovascular issues such as…
Jack White Rages After Congressman Shares AI Deepfake of Him Calling Fans “Fascists”
Since the tragic murder of vaunted filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner, the culture warriors have been feasting. Shortly…
Man in Intensive Care Unit After Slamming Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail That Ruptured His Stomach
There’s perhaps no greater shortcut to a bit of pseudo-scientific flare than a splash of liquid nitrogen, a…
Explosives Reported at Space Force Facility
Emergency officials raced to a Space Force base in Aurora, Colorado on report of possible explosives at a…
2025: The Year AI Became Infrastructure – A Comprehensive Recap
In 2025, artificial intelligence evolved from a transformative technology into a foundational element of global infrastructure, economy, and…
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT “Prioritize” Advertisers in Conversation
Beneath ChatGPT’s flattering persona lies a goldmine for advertisers: an AI chatbot that never gets tired of hawking…
Ship of Scientists Headed to Doomsday Glacier
A team of scientists are staring climate change in the eye, the New York Times reports, setting sail…