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Americans' Anger Against AI Data Centers Is Boiling Over
4+ hour ago (377+ words) Published Mar 14, 2026 2:15 PM EDT America really hates data centers. While the rise of grassroots data center opposition makes compelling evidence on its own, a new survey by the Pew Research Center shows just how bad the tech industry's PR problem…...
Rumors Fly That a Famous Actor Is Dating an AI Chatbot
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (648+ words) Published Mar 13, 2026 11:07 AM EDT For years now, large language model-based chatbots have lured users into intimate relationships " romantic affairs enabled by tech that's surprisingly adept at tapping into your psyche with a sycophantic tone that can be irresistible. On one…...
Evidence Grows That Google's AI Overviews Have Eviscerated the Media Industry
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (442+ words) Published Mar 7, 2026 6:45 AM EST Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Media workers aren't so much being replaced by AI systems as fed to one: Google's gluttonous AI Overviews, which summarize articles and present them to users…...
Discord's Verification Saga Has Devolved Into a Complete Self-Inflicted Embarrassment
2+ week, 4+ day ago (644+ words) Published Feb 24, 2026 4:03 PM EST Messaging platform Discord's efforts to roll out age verification software have been nothing short of a disaster. Back on February 9, the company announced that it was launching "enhanced teen safety features" that would require underage users…...
Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was "Blurry"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (417+ words) Published Feb 3, 2026 4:03 PM EST Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned from his 220-day mission on board the International Space Station in April 2025, the day of his 70th birthday, making him the oldest active astronaut on the space agency's roster. On October…...
Hot New App Makes Single People Check in Constantly in Case They Die Alone
1+ mon, 4+ week 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
1+ mon, 4+ week 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
2+ mon, 1+ week 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
2+ mon, 1+ week 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
2+ mon, 3+ week 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…...