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Spot robot dog maker Boston Dynamics laid off five percent of its workforce while "burning through cash" at an unsustainable rate.

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Lays Off Human Employees, Says It’s “Burning Through Cash”

By Victor Tangermann

Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano posted a picture of a "crashed drone." It's a TIE fighter movie prop from Star Wars.

Dunce-Like Senator Posts Photo of “Drone” That’s Actually a TIE Fighter From “Star Wars”

By Victor Tangermann

After mysterious drones were spotted in the skies of New York and New Jersey, people began calling in tips to the government in droves.

Dimwit Americans Are Looking at the Night Sky and Mistaking Stars and Airplanes for “Drones”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Eric Schmidt, the one-time head of Google, is warning that humans have to "unplug" artificial intelligence before it's too late.

Former Google CEO Warns We Need to Pull the Plug on AI If It Starts to Evolve

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microsoft's AI powered "Recall" feature is still screenshotting sensitive personal information even though it's not supposed to.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s AI “Recall” Feature Caught Screenshotting Your Social Security Number

By Frank Landymore

Skechers Refuses to Comment on Ad With Signs of Lazy AI

Artificial Intelligence

Skechers Refuses to Comment on Ad With Signs of Lazy AI

By Victor Tangermann

After blowing the whistle on OpenAI's alleged use of copyrighted material, one of its former researchers has been found dead.

OpenAI Says It’s “Devastated” That a Whistleblower Against It Has Been Found Dead

By Noor Al-Sibai

An AI startup called Artisan has incited outrage over its "Stop Hiring Humans" ad campaign in San Francisco.

Artificial Intelligence

Humans Alarmed at AI Company’s “Stop Hiring Humans” Billboards

By Frank Landymore

Amid the fallout from UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder, the firm's prescription drug middleman made a huge AI oopsie.

Artificial Intelligence

UnitedHealth Accidentally Makes Claims-Judging AI Public for Anyone to Use

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to documents obtained by Reuters, the Trump transition team is looking to drop a car-cash reporting requirement for Tesla.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Trump Admin Planning to Drop Requirement for Tesla to Report Self-Driving Crashes

By Victor Tangermann

Apple's Apple Intelligence AI feature incorrectly summarized a report from BBC News by making it sound like Luigi Mangione had shot himself.

Artificial Intelligence

Apple AI Tells Users Luigi Mangione Has Shot Himself

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have found that not just older adults are succumbing to dangerous temperatures driven by climate change.

Mexico Is Getting So Hot That Even Young People Are Dropping Dead

By Victor Tangermann

Schools are employing dubious AI-powered software to accuse teenagers of wanting to harm themselves — and sending the police to their homes.

Artificial Intelligence

Schools Using AI to Send Police to Students’ Homes

By Victor Tangermann

Fusion Startup Conducts Strange Ceremony Involving Woman With Wires Coming Out of Her Back

Science & Energy

Fusion Startup Conducts Strange Ceremony Involving Woman With Wires Coming Out of Her Back

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite using artificial intelligence tools to help resuscitate old John Lennon vocals, Paul McCartney is now against some AI uses.

Artificial Intelligence

Paul McCartney Reverses Opinion on AI After Using It to Produce New “Beatles” Song, Now Alarmed It Will “Wipe Out” the Music Industry

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX space tourist Jared Isaacman may soon have to go on a hiatus from his trips into orbit now that he's been named NASA administrator.

Trump’s New Billionaire Head of NASA Says He May Pause His Own Personal Vacations Into Space While Leading Agency

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have discovered an unusual exoplanet with a long "tail" of gas trailing behind it, not unlike a comet.

Scientists Intrigued by Planet With Long Tail

By Victor Tangermann

The head of the "buy now, pay later" firm Klarna is now bragging that AI has begun to successfully replace his human workforce.

Artificial Intelligence

CEO Says He Hasn’t Hired Anyone in a Year as He Replaces Human Workers With AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

In China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling spherical robot that can chase down suspects and beat them in a fight.

Chinese Police Deploy Rolling BB-8-STyle Robot to Patrol Streets, Chase Down Suspects

By Noor Al-Sibai

A video shows an aimless Waymo robotaxi repeatedly circling around a roundabout, seemingly unable to figure out how to escape.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Hilarious Video Shows Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Stuck in Roundabout

By Frank Landymore

Footage shows SpaceX crews retrieving debris belonging to the upper stage of SpaceX's enormous Starship rocket.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX Spotted Scooping Pieces of Starship Out of Ocean After Impact

By Frank Landymore

Government scientists are calling on the European Union to ban massive space mirrors and other forms of solar geoengineering.

Scientists Call for Ban on Hacking the Earth’s Climate With Chemicals or Giant Mirrors

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's charity is falling short of the minimum amount of money it is supposed to giveaway by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Elon Musk’s “Charity” Is Hoarding Money Instead of Giving It to the Needy

By Frank Landymore

Embattled media company BuzzFeed is selling off First We Feast, the company behind the extremely popular interview show called "Hot Ones."

Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Sells “Hot Ones” as It Pivots to AI-Generated Content

By Victor Tangermann

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for NASA administrator billionaire SpaceX tourist Jared Isaacman wants to send troops into space.

Trump’s New NASA Head Announces Plans to Send Troops to Space

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets

Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets

By Frank Landymore

Solar particles have wreaked havoc with satellites in our planet's orbit, messing with tractors and other farming equipment that rely on GPS.

Farmers Say Intelligent Tractors “Acted Like They Were Demon Possessed” After Signal Out of Space

By Victor Tangermann

A security startup ominously named Sauron is offering elaborate but dystopian sounding surveillance systems for wealthy homes.

Home Security Startup Sauron Secures Funding for All-Seeing Eye

By Frank Landymore

Footage recently shared by NASASpaceflight shows a massive robotic arm appearing to weld one of the company's Starship nosecones.

Video Shows Robot Welding SpaceX Starship

By Victor Tangermann

After discovering that his Cybertruck had a fatal flaw, one of the motors gave out completely, and had to be towed.

Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Owner Brags and Brags About Performance in Winter… Before Suffering Terrible Surprise

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's valuation has sky-rocketed to $350 billion following a secondary share sale, making it worth more than McDonald's.

SpaceX Now More Valuable Than McDonald’s and Coca-Cola

By Victor Tangermann

Sightings of mysterious drones that began in New Jersey mid-November have now reached the state of New York.

Mystery “Car-Sized” Drones Reach the Skies of New York

By Frank Landymore

"Wanted" posters for healthcare executives begin cropping up in the wake of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson's stunning assassination.

Wanted Posters for More Insurance Executives Appearing in NYC

By Noor Al-Sibai

Authorities are now confident that the weapon recovered from suspected CEO shooter Luigi Mangione was 3D-printed.

Cops Say CEO Shooter’s Pistol and Silencer Were Both 3D-Printed

By Frank Landymore

Law enforcement has recovered a notebook that belonged to Luigi Mangione, who was charged with shooting health insurance CEO Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangione’s Notebook Details Plan to “Wack the CEO at the Annual Parasitic Bean-Counter Convention”

By Victor Tangermann

UCLA says it is offering a new comparative literature course that will make heavy use of AI materials, included an AI-generated textbook.

Artificial Intelligence

UCLA’s AI-Based Literature Class Ridiculed for Incomprehensible AI-Generated Textbook

By Frank Landymore

The family of a man who died after his Tesla crashed on Autopilot is suing the EV maker, accusing CEO Elon Musk of misleading the public.

Tesla Sued by Family of Man They Say Was Killed by Autopilot

By Victor Tangermann

Suspect UHC killer Luigi Mangione was caught not with AI facial recognition, but by a random person who recognized him in a McDonald's.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Completely Failed to Catch CEO Killer, With Cops Instead Relying on Random McDonald’s Employee

By Noor Al-Sibai

Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione was reportedly carrying a handgun that appears to be 3D-printed when he was arrested.

Police Say Suspect May Have 3D Printed Pistol Used to Assassinate Insurance CEO

By Frank Landymore

A family in Texas has filed a lawsuit, accusing Google-backed AI chatbot company Character.AI of sexually abusing their 11-year-old daughter.

Google-Funded AI Sexually Abused an 11-Year-Old Girl, Lawsuit Claims

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI Concerned About Illegal Activity on Sora, Releases It Anyway

OpenAI Concerned About Illegal Activity on Sora, Releases It Anyway

By Frank Landymore

The suspected killer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was reportedly carrying a two-page document when he was arrested.

Suspected Insurance CEO Assassin Manifesto Starts to Trickle Out: “These Parasites Had It Coming”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Comedian Bill Burr was brash in his condemnation of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who he likened to a "gangster."

Bill Burr: Murdered Insurance CEO Was a “Gangster”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai thinks that AI development is only going to get harder — but didn't write-off "scaling" as a way of making progress.

Google CEO Says Easy AI Gains Are Over

By Frank Landymore

The NYPD isn't mcuh closer to tracking down the identity of the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Even With Cameras Everywhere and Facial Recognition, NYPD Helpless to Catch CEO Killer

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian spacecraft launched higher than most satellites has long had the Pentagon worried — and it apparently has a space nuke on it.

US Military Alarmed by Russian Nuclear Weapon Platform in Orbit

By Noor Al-Sibai

Christmas queen Mariah Carey has released her latest yuletide dispatch — and it looks a whole lot like it was made with AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Mariah Carey Denies That Her Holiday Video Is AI Slop, But We’re Not Convinced, for Obvious Reasons

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sam Altman said he's totally not worried about Elon Musk vindictively abusing his power to punish his enemies and line his own pockets

Sam Altman Challenges Elon Musk Not to Engage in Corruption

By Frank Landymore

A new payload of fruit flies on China's Tiangong space station will be used to study the effects of living in deep space environment.

China Deploys Fruit Flies in Space Station

By Frank Landymore

If there's anything that can deliver us a sign of aliens, you'd put your money on it being the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

Cornell Astronomer Hoping the James Webb Will Confirm Alien Life in 2025

By Frank Landymore

A kid in his early teens made a small fortune after running a brutal crypto pump-and-dump scheme. His dad is surprisingly proud.

Teen Brutally Rug Pulls Crypto Community, Pleads Them Not to Tell His Parents

By Victor Tangermann

New Jersey residents have been witnessing giant drones flying over their homes for weeks. The FBI is asking for information.

FBI Baffled by Mysterious “Car-Sized Drones” Circling Over New Jersey

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's AI model o1 lied, schemed, and even attempted to duplicate itself to avoid being shut down or replaced, according to red team tests.

In Tests, OpenAI’s New Model Lied and Schemed to Avoid Being Shut Down

By Frank Landymore

Major health insurance companies are removing information about their executives after he shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Health Insurance Companies Pull Down Information About Executives After Assassination of CEO

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI has hopped into bed with Anduril, the killer drone company founded by Oculus' Palmer Luckey that cut its teeth in Ukraine.

OpenAI Strikes Deal With Military Contractor to Provide AI for Attack Drones

By Noor Al-Sibai

A fearless Canadian has thrown himself on top of a polar bear to protect his wife in the country's far north.

Science & Energy

Man Attacks Polar Bear With Bare Hands to Defend Wife

By Victor Tangermann

The performance of a key stock index mirrors how it performed before the Dot-com recession, suggesting that the AI industry is a bubble.

Artificial Intelligence

Alarms Blaring That AI Bubble Could Collapse

By Frank Landymore

Last week, Tesla told workers on its Cybertruck line not to come in for a few days — and now, it looks like we know why.

Advanced Transport

Something Has Gone Seriously Wrong With Cybertruck Production

By Noor Al-Sibai

The space agency's outgoing administrator Bill Nelson announced today that the upcoming crewed Artemis missions will be delayed again.

NASA’s Moon Landing Gets Pushed Back Yet Again

By Victor Tangermann

Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says he'll stop drinking if he gets confirmed by the Senate.

Trump’s Drunkard Nominee Promises to Stop Drinking… If He Gets to Run the Military

By Frank Landymore

In the two years since ChatGPT was unleashed upon the world, the company whose stock value has risen the most is extremely unexpected.

Artificial Intelligence

What the Company With the Highest Stock Gain From AI Actually Does Is Extremely Grim

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three separate words appeared on shell casings recovered at the crime scene of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson's murder.

Something Wild Was Written on the Bullet Casings Used to Execute Health Insurance CEO

By Victor Tangermann

Vivek Ramaswamy has repeatedly lashed out at Musk, accusing him of being a puppet of the Chinese government.

Vivek Ramaswamy Once Called Elon Musk Something Truly Heinous

By Victor Tangermann

President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire tech founder and SpaceX space tourist Jared Isaacman as the next NASA administrator.

Trump Names Billionaire Space Tourist as Head of NASA

By Victor Tangermann