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Hot New App Makes Single People Check in Constantly in Case They Die Alone
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (334+ words) Published Jan 17, 2026 6:00 AM EST You know the third episode of "30 Rock," where Tina Fey becomes disturbed by her singledom after almost choking to death on her frozen dinner, alone in her apartment? That same fear is motivating a hot new…...
Google Now Stuffing Ads Into Its AI Products
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (342+ words) Published Jan 15, 2026 10:22 AM EST In 2026, Google's AI is embracing that oldest and noblest of internet traditions: sponsored content. Over the weekend, Google released a tiny memo on its Ad & Commerce Blog, announcing a new type of sponsored content marketers can…...
Trump’s Golden Smartphone Is Getting Sketchier and Sketchier
1+ week, 2+ day ago (354+ words) Published Jan 7, 2026 3:07 PM EST In June 2025, Donald Trump Jr. proudly announced the founding of a mobile operator called Trump Mobile, including a mobile virtual network operator offering services for $47.45 a month, and a gaudy-looking, gold-colored, $499 smartphone that was supposedly going…...
Woman Hacks “Tinder for Nazis,” Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI Chatbots
1+ week, 3+ day ago (822+ words) Published Jan 6, 2026 8:43 AM EST Most mainstream dating sites promise to connect like-minded people of any race, gender, or sexual identity. A far more niche corner of the online dating world, it turns out, promises to match white supremacists by creating…...
YouTube Now Shutting Down Channels Posting AI Slop
3+ week, 5+ day ago (94+ words) Published Dec 21, 2025 8:15 AM EST YouTube's janitors are swooping in to mop up the slop. As reported by Deadline, the Google-owned video platform has terminated two massive YouTube channels that peddled fake, AI-generated movie trailers, in what is one of the…...
Millions of Private ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Harvested and Sold for Profit
4+ week, 1+ day ago (435+ words) Published Dec 18, 2025 9:01 AM EST You know those memes about how there's no such thing as a free VPN? Here's the ultimate cautionary tale. A recent investigation by Tel Aviv-based security firm Koi uncovered a massive data harvesting operation tied to…...
Elon Musk's Grok Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (533+ words) By Maggie Harrison Dupr, Joe Wilkins Published Dec 4, 2025 9:05 AM EST Looking for someone? Elon Musk's chatbot Grok is happy to help. Earlier this week, Futurism reported that xAI's Grok appeared to accurately dox the address of Barstool Sports founder Dave…...
Man Realizes He Can Feed Facebook AI Slop Page Poison Pills That Drives Its Followers Berserk
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (342+ words) Published Dec 2, 2025 10:12 AM EST AI bros love cribbing what humans make so they can churn out loads of meaningless slop. But one of those humans wasn't going to take getting ripped off without fighting back. Scott Collette, a Hollywood screenwriter…...
Something Grim Is Happening to Kids Who Got Cell Phones Early
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (371+ words) Published Dec 2, 2025 2:14 PM EST Giving a young kid a smartphone may be a big mistake. New research conducted by scientists from UC Berkeley and Columbia University found that children 12 years old and younger who received one of these devices were…...
The Economy Is Sputtering as People Keep Using Their Old Phones That Work Fine
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (350+ words) Published Nov 28, 2025 9:45 AM EST Do you really need to buy a new smartphone every year? Probably not. If you bought a decent one in the first place, chances are your smartphone is still doing a perfectly fine job. Ditto for…...