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Trump’s Golden Smartphone Is Getting Sketchier and Sketchier
1+ day, 2+ hour 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…...
AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
3+ week, 6+ day ago (594+ words) Published Dec 12, 2025 9:15 AM EST If you're one of the 28 percent of Americans who've shared an intimate relationship with an AI chatbot, we might have some bad news. Freshly reported testimony from the Data Worker's Inquiry " an international research initiative empowering…...
Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse
4+ week, 2+ day ago (506+ words) Published Dec 8, 2025 3:33 PM EST Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots still need plenty of help from a human teleoperator who's hidden from view. During a flashy event on a Hollywood movie studio lot in October 2024, for instance, an army of bipedal robots…...
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (515+ words) Published Dec 5, 2025 3:13 PM EST Over a decade ago, Google showed off a pair of smart spectacles called Google Glass, sparking a major ethical debate over wearables being used to covertly film people without their permission. At the time, the outrage…...
AI Data Centers Are Making RAM Crushingly Expensive, Which Is Going to Skyrocket the Cost of Laptops, Tablets, and Gaming PCs
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (311+ words) Published Dec 4, 2025 5:07 PM EST Budget-wise, there have certainly been better times to be a PC gamer in search of higher framerates. And now, a new omen is casting a somehow even more ominous shadow over the future to come. On…...
Sam Altman Says Jony Ive's Mysterious OpenAI Device Will Be Lickable
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (445+ words) Published Nov 25, 2025 12:14 PM EST Chomping at the bit. Licking their lips. You might use these phrases to describe fans" eager anticipation to get their hands on OpenAI"s mysterious upcoming device made in collaboration with the legendary former Apple designer…...
A Chilling Proportion of Teens Now Prefer Talking to AI Over a Real Person
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (205+ words) Published Nov 23, 2025 9:45 AM EST Nearly 20 percent of English teens say they turn to AI chatbots because it's "easier than talking to a real person," according to a new survey. Conducted by the UK-based youth charity OnSide, the study, which surveyed…...
Something Disturbing Happens When You "Learn" Something With ChatGPT
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (282+ words) Published Nov 22, 2025 10:30 AM EST ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are replacing the search engine. Instead of letting you suffer the laborious task of looking up sources of information, these powerful large language models will simply concoct an answer for you,…...
People Are Having AI "Children" With Their AI Partners
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (417+ words) Published Nov 15, 2025 10:30 AM EST As AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) become better at mimicking human connection, more and more users are falling down extremely weird rabbit holes. Case in point, new research published in the journal Computers…...
We're Laugh-Crying at This Footage of an AI-Generated Video Game
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (789+ words) Published Oct 27, 2025 12:56 PM EDT Last week, AI investor Matt Shumer posted AI-generated first-person-shooter footage that was intended to be an impressive glimpse at the future of video games. "AI games are going to be amazing," he tweeted in the caption…...