Wikipedia Editors Tried and Tried to Work With AI Content, Eventually Realized It Was Total Trash and Banned It Entirely
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales once described his creation as a “temple of the mind.” Now, a decade on, it’s taken...
OpenAI’s Obsession With Data Centers Is Running Into Trouble
In January 2025, just one day after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, AI tech leaders convened in the Oval Office as...
Redditors Are Posting Their Blood Pressure “High Scores” and We’re Concerned They May Explode Into a Fountain of Red Mist
A new trend taking shape on the subreddit r/Wellthatsucks has users competing for a dubious high score — with an...
AI Now Causing CEOs to Resign in Fear
Many executives lately have been using AI as a convenient excuse to lay off staff as the economy crumbles. Paradoxically,...
Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma just became the first Indigenous nation to officially ban data center construction from lands under...
Strange Modular Robots Are Writhing Across Landscapes
The future of robotics may not lie in the clunky androids we’ve been seeing so many of lately, but instead...
Ominous Surveillance “Scarecrows” Appearing Across America
Police technology is a major business in the US. Altogether, the law enforcement equipment market was valued at nearly $11.7...
New York’s Beloved Bodegas Are Filling Up With AI Slop
Not even the most enduring symbol of New York city is safe from the AI onslaught. No, we’re not talking...
Elon Musk’s Orbital Data Centers Are Staggeringly Huge
Elon Musk’s promises tend to follow a formula. They involve a number ending in “-illion,” pertaining to something which will...
If Trump’s War in Iran Spirals Into a Full-Blown Recession, It Could Crush the AI Industry and Spark a Catastrophic Polycrisis
Far be it from tech writers to chart yield curves or forecast jobs data, but it doesn’t take a tenured...
Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What ChatGPT Tells Them, Even If It’s Totally Wrong
In a matter of only a few years, AI chatbots have become a common part of many of our daily...
Google Warns That Quantum Armageddon Is Drawing Closer
On Wednesday, Google said it was moving up the date it needs to prepare for when quantum computers will be...
Google Warns That Quantum Armageddon Is Drawing Closer
On Wednesday, Google said it was moving up the date it needs to prepare for when quantum computers will be...
Netizens Terrified of What NASA Grew on the Space Station: A Potato
Extraterrestrial horrors are growing on the International Space Station — or so aghast netizens seemed to believe. Over the weekend,...
Scientists Detect Something Bizarre in Subterranean Structures Under the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is harboring an unexpected secret: a huge stash of water that’s decidedly not salty. A team...
