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Future Society

SpaceX Is Learning a Nasty Lesson About Going Public When Your Main Product Is Experimental

It's not looking good.

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Parasites

Whole Foods Offering Steep Discount on Taylor Farms Shredded Iceberg Lettuce

"The cost is on the back end."

Trucks rest at a Taylor Farms facility on July 17, 2026 in Salinas, California. Taylor Farms, a global fresh produce supplier, is allegedly connected to the recent cyclosporiasis outbreak.
Developments

Taylor Farms Made Huge Donation to Trump Group After Loosening of Rules That Could Have Prevented Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

A cautionary tale.

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OpenAI

OpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast Margin

It's a bloodbath.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete

"The head of strategic futures OpenAI seems a little rattled."

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Food

Gen Z Appears to Be Reversing No-Drinking Trend, Now Lurching Toward Alcoholism

The kids have fallen off the wagon.

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Ethics

There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse

It just doesn't make any sense.

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OpenAI

Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic

"This is not suicide. This is surrender."

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Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Doubles Down on AI Slop As It’s Being Flooded With It

"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say we don't want this."

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Amazon’s Robotaxi Company Recalls Its Fleet After One of its Cars Got Confused by Heavy Smoke

Not a great look.

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Privacy

In Light of Overwhelming Backlash, Flock Cancels Creepy Audio Surveillance Feature

"After careful consideration and community consultation, we decided to remove the feature."

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Ethics

Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid

"We must join forces and resist the anti-democratic power of this small group of the very wealthiest."

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Cybersecurity

It’s Laughably Easy to Poison Open-Weight AI Models, Researcher Finds

"I did a proper backdoor."

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Artificial Intelligence

China Is Cracking Down on AI Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born

"They want to encourage people to be in actual, real-world relationships."

This artist’s impression shows the exoplanet LHS 1140b, which orbits a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth and may be the new holder of the title “best place to look for signs of life beyond the Solar System”.
Exoplanets

Astronomers Thrilled After Discovering Best Spot Yet to Look for Alien Life

"We think all of the really important, essential ingredients are there."

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RX and Medicine

RFK Jr Wants to Waste $5 Billion in the Worst Way Imaginable

"He's an anti-vaccine activist. That's who he is."

A film still of Gollum from the Lord of the Rings film series.
Artificial Intelligence

“The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” Will Use AI to De-Age Actors

"We're not creating AI shots in our movie."

Rowdy Loftin, left, and Zane Brewer of Santa Fe look at the swollen Frio River along State Highway 127 in Concan on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
Climate Change

As Much of the East Coast Is Choking on Wildfire Smoke, Texas Is Drowning in Life-Threatening Floods

It's the perfect storm of extreme weather events.

A photo illustration of the Atlas Humanoid Robot by Boston Dynamics.
Boston Dynamics

Striking Workers Bring Car Factory to a Screeching Halt Over Humanoid Robots

"We have to prepare to ensure there are safeguards in place."

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Facial recognition

Top Meta Exec Describes Controversial Facial Recognition Feature in Detail After the Company Claimed It Didn’t Exist

"Meta didn't answer several questions about how this will work. How could we? The feature doesn't exist!"