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Underwater view of a large, dark blue iceberg with a smooth, rounded surface, partially submerged beneath a calm water surface with a cloudy sky above.

Disaster Strikes as Scientists Tunnel Into Core of Doomsday Glacier

A new render of China's conceptual spacecraft called the Luan Niao, an orbital mothership designed to launch uncrewed fighter drones from high above the planet.

China Provides Glimpse of Colossal Orbital Aircraft Carrier

The crypto community is reeling from the discovery that Epstein was a huge backer of early Bitcoin efforts.

Crypto Bros Nauseated After Realizing Bitcoin Itself Was Funded by Jeffrey Epstein

Political scientist Steven Levitsky warns that the project of US democracy is at its breaking point, and there may be no going back.

Democracy Itself Is Falling Apart, Harvard Professor Warns

Bitcoin analysts are scrambling to assess just how far Bitcoin might fall, as it appears to be entering a prolonged bear market.

The Streets Are Saying Bitcoin Is Gonna Fall to $30,000

New York City's new mayor is unplugging a disastrous government chatbot that encouraged small business owners to break the law.

Mamdani Shuts Down NYC’s Disastrous AI Chatbot

New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.

Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers

The cultivated meat industry is struggling to find its footing under intense government regulations and bans throughout the US and Europe.

Lab Grown Meat Is Failing For One Key Reason, Analyst Claims

Financial experts and tech CEOs are deeply anxious about what happens if AI takes everyones jobs, a question without an obvious answer.

Universal Basic Income

Experts Growing Worried About World in Which AI Takes Your Job and You Have No Way to Provide for Yourself

One economist explains why it's important for the AI bubble to burst as soon as possible, as the tech wreaks havoc on wages.

Tech CEOs Say AI Is Ushering in an Age of Abundance, But Instead the Evidence Shows That It’s Pushing Down Wages

In a stunning twist, Donald Trump is exacerbating the onset of population decline, a key anxiety for his right-wing voters.

Trump Is Causing the United States’ First-Ever Population Decline

AI companies working on foundation models have yet to even break even, let alone turn record-breaking investments into profit.

Major AI Companies Aren’t Even Pretending to Make Money

Full-grown adults are embracing AI companion toys in China as the government tries to reconcile a tricky contradiction.

Chinese Adults Taking Strange AI Devices to Bed With Them

China's solar energy production is reaching simply staggering levels, dragging energy costs down around the globe.

Renewable Energy

The Amount of New Solar Power Production Capacity China Is Manufacturing Is Legitimately Mind-Blowing

One tech publication's experience hiring a remote software engineer shows just how degraded the job search has become.

If You’re a Real Person Looking for a Job, the Flood of Fake AI Job Applications Will Make Your Blood Boil

As AI appears to do much of the work of entry-level job seekers, the entire premiss of a college education seems to be collapsing.

It’s Starting to Look Like AI Has Killed the Entire Model of College

In staggering brain drain, United States federal agencies have lost over 10,000 highly-experienced PhDs since Donald Trump took office.

The United States Is Suffering Stomach-Churning Brain Drain

After months of intense volatility, crypto traders are struggling to maintain a cohesive narrative as the blows keep coming.

Crypto Bros in Meltdown as Bitcoin Crashes

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently admitted that the team working on the latest version of ChatGPT screwed it up.

Sam Altman Says Oops, They Accidentally Made the New Version of ChatGPT Worse Than the Previous One

Federal agents have reportedly been compiling data on protestors who haven't been charged or arrested for a crime.

Immigration Officers Sweeping Protestors’ Photos, License Plates and Personal Data Into Huge Database

Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of allowing Meta's companion chatbots to engage in sexual conversations with minors.

Court Filing Reveals Something Very Nasty About Mark Zuckerberg

Polar researchers hoping to drill half a mile into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have established a base camp on the surface.

Scientists Scramble to Set Up Outpost on Rapidly Melting Glacier

The company's head of security admitted that an ICE agent tried to force his way into a Google office in fall of 2025.

Google Staffers Terrified of ICE After Attempt to Force Entry Into Company Building

After a bizarre screening of the first-lady's documentary "Melania," American tech titans have been tongue-tied.

The Industrialists

Tech Execs Weirdly Silent After Private Screening of “Melania” Documentary

The Department of Transportation is excitedly working to integrate Google's Gemini into its regulatory process.

Trump Department Responsible for Airline Safety Using AI to Write New Regulations, So They Can Be Churned Out as Fast as Possible

In a bizarre interview, Trump claimed the US had access to a mysterious "discombobulator" that hamstrung Venezuela's defenses.

Trump Says the Military Deployed a Secret “Discombobulator” Weapon in Venezuela

Job seekers are suing a company for subjecting them to the whims of a bizarre algorithm in order to advance in the job market.

Job Seekers Sue Company Scanning Their Résumés Using AI

The financial logic of America's media ecosystem has created an environment of fear, which has taken the place of rational discussion.

When You Learn How Low the 2025 Murder Rate Was, You’ll Realize How Profoundly the Media Has Failed the American People

A former analyst at the UK central bank warned of apocalyptic financial scenarios if we ever confirm alien life.

Former Banking Insider Makes Strange Warning About Discovery of Alien Life

In a press conference, the director-general of the Africa CDC addressed plans for a controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial.

RX and Medicine

Top African Health Official Blasts Trump Administration’s Plans for Human Experimentation in Africa

The financial situation behind Donald Trump's Stargate AI project could soon become unsustainable, analysts warn.

Trump’s Huge AI Project Is Running Into a Major Financial Problem

There's compelling evidence immigration officers are scanning civilians' faces to add to a dystopian government database.

Facial recognition

ICE Is Scanning Civilians’ Faces, Telling Them They’re Being Entered Into a Terrorism Database

trump-project-2025-marriage-camps

Creators of Project 2025 Want to Send Unmarried People to Camps

Major financial leaders are expressing concern about worker's anger over AI as negative sentiment on the shop floor grows.

Business Leaders Suddenly Fearful as Anger Surges Over AI Replacing Human Jobs

As a major winter storm approaches, a viral post on social media has declared an area of "exploding tree risk" for the upper midwest.

Meteorologist Warns That Winter Storm Means Trees Are About to Start Exploding

While the world's elite gather at Davos for the World Economic Forum, hundreds of their ultra-rich peers demand to be taxed.

The Ultra-Wealthy Are Demanding to Pay Higher Taxes

The fast food corporation has announced a paltry Bitcoin bonus which employees have to wait two years to collect.

Steak ‘n Shake Announces Pitiful “Bitcoin Bonus” for Workers

Researchers found a civil war between state and federal troops could start as a result of events similar to those unfolding in Minneapolis.

Simulation Found Civil War Could Be Triggered by Exactly What ICE Is Doing Right Now

Online activists are telling owners of Ring Doorbell cameras that it's time to get rid of their devices, which can be used by ICE.

Activists Say Ring Cameras Are Being Used by ICE

Senior military officials have reportedly drafted frameworks for repelling a US invasion of Canada, including rather ironic tactics.

Canadian Military Exploring Taliban-Like Insurgent Tactics to Repel American Invasion

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Alex Karp said the majority of humanity will be working in manufacturing and vocational jobs.

CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant

The HHS is disparaging its colleagues at the Africa CDC in coarse terms, that are striking even by the standards of the Trump administration.

Trump’s HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as “Fake” and “Powerless”

The University of Austin has now become the very thing it was build to oppose: a haven for cancel culture and academic censorship.

A College Dedicated to Fighting Cancel Culture Is Failing for the Funniest Possible Reason

Today's tech founders are obsessed with building their companies, leaving little room for relationships or even one-time flings.

The Industrialists

Young Tech Bros Are Embracing Celibacy in Favor of the All-Consuming Drive for Wealth

As the Greenland ice sheet melts, it's uncovering troves of minerals, which may explain the Trump administration's fixation with the island.

There’s a Particularly Sinister Explanation for Why Trump Wants to Seize Greenland

Schools deploying AI surveillance systems are traumatizing kids in states with zero-tolerance laws for violent rhetoric online.

AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests

A Denver Broncos beat writer was confused when a popular Facebook page claimed he had passed away due to a "domestic violence incident."

Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He’s Dead

The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.

Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg’s Vision Fails

A journalism professor spent a month logging seven chatbots for their newsworthiness, with horrendous results.

If You Use AI Chatbots to Follow the News, You’re Basically Injecting Severe Poison Directly Into Your Brain

In the final days of the Biden administration, government officials spent millions to buy a device thought to cause the mystery illness.

Government Paid “Eight Figures” for Mysterious Device Believed to Cause Havana Syndrome

The hottest paid app in China is an interactive timer meant to inform loved ones of a single user's lonesome death.

Hot New App Makes Single People Check in Constantly in Case They Die Alone

Washington State University professor of medicine Bruce Davidson says Trump appears to have suffered a stroke.

Neuroscience and Brain

Doctor Says Trump Appears to Be Showing Signs of a Stroke

A highly controversial study funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services on infants in West Africa has been halted.

Trump Administration Says It’s Not Canceling Tuskegee-Style Medical Study That Will Withhold Hepatitis Vaccine From Newborns

In an appearance on the Katie Miller Podcast, the health secretary said he's astonished that Trump is even alive.

RFK Jr Startled by Trump’s Ability to Remain Alive Despite Dumpster-Tier Diet

The immigration agency reportedly deployed an AI system which failed to separate recruits based on prior law enforcement experience.

ICE’s AI Tool Has Been a Complete Disaster

The Department of Homeland Security released a new video featuring something striking: an officer operating a Chinese drone.

There’s Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security’s New Drone Video That We’re Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute

The internet search giant recently announced new ad spots companies can buy to bombard users with links to sponsored products.

Google Now Stuffing Ads Into Its AI Products

Pete Hegseth has chosen to plug Grok into the Pentagon's classified military networks as part of a broader AI push.

Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks

The moguls behind the biggest AI corporations have no unified idea about the world after AI takes everybody's jobs.

Tech Billionaires Have No Answer for What’ll Happen If AI Takes All Jobs

Robovans are flooding roads in Chinese cities, a deployment leading to some unintentionally hilarious results.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Driverless Delivery Vans in China Are Rampaging Through Cities Like Grand Theft Auto

A new analysis by Oxfam found that the top one percent have already used up their fair share of carbon emissions for 2026.

The Richest 1 Percent Burned Their Entire Share of Carbon for the Year in Just 10 Days

The first generation of digital natives is arriving in higher education with major shortcomings in literacy rates.

Gen Z Arriving at College Unable to Read

The buzzy toy of the season crashed and burned over the holidays, as use increased "more than 100x" on Christmas day.

Red Hot Christmas Toy Crashes So Badly That Kids Can’t Actually Use It

Scientists found that those on the political right are much more likely to rely on anecdotes over statistical evidence.

Researchers Just Discovered Something Startling About How Conservatives Pick Political Positions

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