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A photo illustration featuring a policeman with his hands up, both colored over in comically bright red.
Ethics

Cops Caught Using AI to Edit Picture of Pathetic Drug Bust

"I like being lied to by the police, it's good for building trust!"

By Joe Wilkins

A color-treated close-up photograph of a man's eye where the iris color changing from brown to blue.
Developments

Trending Surgical Procedure That Changes the Color of Your Eyes Alarms Scientists

Worth the risk?

By Frank Landymore

A comic photo illustration featuring a cat in a litter box looking scared and guilty.
Parasites

Parasite That Affects Cognition Has Quietly Infected Billions of People

"There is no drug that cures it at this point."

By Joe Wilkins

A graphic photo illustration featuring actor Tom Hanks at attending the premiere of Toy Story 5.
Artificial Intelligence

Tom Hanks Frets AI Could Voice Woody in Even More “Toy Story” Movies

It's "a scary thought."

By Frank Landymore

A human arm is emerging from a smooth, pink, amorphous mound against a bright orange background with a large red circle behind the arm. The arm is reaching upward with fingers slightly curled.
Future Society

Event About How to Adapt to Extreme Heat Canceled Due to Brutal Heatwave

Ouch.

By Victor Tangermann

A photo illustration featuring a Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robot on display for Hyundai in Seoul, South Korea in March, 2026.
Robotics

Korean Workers Vote to Go On Strike, Fearing Robots Could Replace Them

"We are concerned about job security because of robots."

By Frank Landymore

A color-treated graphic illustration of a "wrong way" sign in Los Angeles.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Caught Driving Straight Into Oncoming Traffic

Another day, another wrong-way.

By Joe Wilkins

A color-treated graphic featuring Boeing's Starliner capsule in orbit over the Earth.
International Space Station

Boeing’s Starliner Is Such a Disaster That We Don’t Even Have Words

Will the humiliation never end?

By Victor Tangermann

A color-treated photograph of an infant with large eyes staring into the camera and smiling.
Future Society

Scanning Your Baby’s Eyeballs Will Tell You How Their Brain Will Turn Out, Research Suggests

Optimism in ophthalmology.

By Frank Landymore

A comic photo illustration featuring a fish with a frown on its face.
Future Society

Light Pollution is Causing Fish to Live Miserable, Bitter Lives, Researchers Find

"The consequences could ripple throughout the reef ecosystem."

By Joe Wilkins

A person dressed in a black suit and white shirt is sitting in an office chair with their feet propped up on a wooden desk. The desk has an open laptop, some papers, and a pen. The focus is on the polished black dress shoes and the relaxed posture of the individual.
Machine Learning

AI Companies Are Learning an Ironic Lesson as the People They Pay to Improve Their Chatbots Are Just Feeding AI Slop Into Them

"If these companies want quality data, then they should offer quality contracts."

By Joe Wilkins

White Jaguar electric vehicle equipped with Waymo autonomous driving sensors on the roof and rear, parked on a city street at night with illuminated taillights and a California license plate. The car has "Ride today" and app store stickers on the back. A tram is visible in the background.
Self-Driving Vehicles

You Will Never Guess What Teens Are Doing in Waymos

Viewer: don't try this at home.

By Frank Landymore

A screenshot of an AI doctored image featuring a man holding a digitally inserted child.
Ethics

Deranged Stalker Uses AI to Edit Her Imaginary Baby Into Man’s Photos

"We are still in so much shock that a person is capable to do all of this with the help of AI."

By Frank Landymore

A color treated photograph of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attending the UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn at the White House.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Is Selflessly Building Yet Another Horrible Product Nobody Asked For

Somebody's gotta do it.

By Victor Tangermann

The Citic Tower, also known as the Zun Tower. In China's capital, Beijing, a small plane crashed into the city's tallest building.
Future Society

Airplane Crashes Into Skyscraper in China

"I don't think we can rule anything out at this point."

By Frank Landymore

A stylized photo illustration featuring a Ford sign outside a licensed dealership.
Artificial Intelligence

Ford Scrambled to Rehire Engineers After Sabotaging Itself With AI

Oops!

By Frank Landymore

A photo illustration of an overheated woman fanning herself.
Ethics

Massive Data Center Cooks Nearby Residents Alive Amidst Deadly Heatwave

A "data heat island effect" is the very last thing we need right now.

By Victor Tangermann

Early conceptual renderings of cargo variants of human lunar landing systems from NASA’s provider SpaceX.
Starship

NASA Has a Major Problem Threatening Its Entire Moon Plans

It's not just the lagging development of SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's Moon lander.

By Victor Tangermann

A teenager lays on the Passerelle de la Paix bridge, prior to jump in the Rhone river, in Lyon, southern France, on June 25, 2026 during a heatwave in France and Europe.
Climate Change

France Already Demolishing Record Summer Temperatures Predicted for 2050

How hot is it?

By Joe Wilkins

A color-treated photograph of dry, cracked soil.
Climate Change

All But Five US States Are Currently Experiencing Droughts

Can you guess which five?

By Joe Wilkins