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Ethics

Short Sellers Are Having a Field Day Betting Against SpaceX as Shares Continue to Slip

It could soon get even worse.

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Anthropic

Terrified Tech Execs Are Traveling With Armed Bodyguards as AI Backlash Grows

"It really feels like the people in power want to be kings. Historically, that doesn't work out for kings..."

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xAI

Elon Musk’s AI Startup Is a Complete Disaster Behind the Scenes

It's stuck playing catch-up with its rivals.

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Finance

SoftBank CEO Says You’re Too Stupid to Understand What’s Going on If You Believe the AI Bubble Is Real

"I don't think people who ask that ‌question know ⁠what AI is about."

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Finance

In Case You Still Think Insider Trading on Prediction Markets Isn’t Real, Trump’s Teleprompter Guy Just Got Busted for Getting Rich on Betting What He Would Say

"Even his teleprompter guy is corrupt."

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Robotaxis Are Turning Passengers Into Horrible and Entitled Menaces to Society

First responders are taking notice.

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Privacy

Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes

"Even a single grain of rice can tip the scales."

Customers pump gas at a Freedom Fuel Network station on July 8, 2026 in Dresher, Pennsylvania.
Finance

Prices Already Spiking at Trump’s Mysterious Gas Stations That Promised Cheap Fuel

Who could've seen this coming?

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Parasites

Evidence Grows That Taco Bell Infected Massive Number of Customers With Explosive Diarrhea

Live más — on the toilet.

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Artificial Intelligence

Sixteen Nobel-Winning Economists Warn That Major AI Job Losses Are Coming

The consequences could be devastating.

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Ethics

OpenAI Strikes Bold Deal With Kalshi to Mix Together the Most Hated Technologies in Existence: AI and Prediction Markets

A match made in hell.

Nurses from New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center strike outside the hospital on January 12, 2026 in New York City.
Ethics

Health Care Workers Furious as NYC Replaces Nurses With AI

"We are outraged about these layoffs because these dedicated nurses are being replaced by AI."

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Environment

Terrifying Video Shows Locomotive Engulfed in Wildfire Flames

"Y'all need to hurry up here. Like, seriously, we're encased in flames now."

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SpaceX

SpaceX Investors Are Lamenting All the Money They’ve Lost

"So my Roth IRA is down 25 percent."

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Ethics

We’d Rather Live Through the Trojan War Than Spend 135 Minutes Watching an Entirely AI Version of “The Odyssey”

We can't believe somebody spent tens of thousands of dollars on this.

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Astronomy

Astronomers Horrified by Enormous Mirror Satellite That Reflects Sunlight Back Down to Earth at Night

It's an "existential threat."

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Meta

Meta Used Its Own Flawed AI to Pick Which Employees to Lay Off, Lawsuit Claims

These are some serious allegations.

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Anthropic

New Anthropic Ad Implies AI Could Kill Us All

One heck of a marketing strategy.

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Artificial Intelligence

New York Becomes First State to Ban AI Data Centers

"When companies succeed because of New York, New Yorkers succeed too."

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Ethics

Grok’s Foul-Mouthed AI “Translation” Feature Puts Unspeakably Ghoulish Words Into Users’ Mouths

"Uhhh the automatic translation makes it alarming."