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Updated 2024-11-21 19:01
A Missile Radar in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Is Now a Protected Heritage Site
For decades the Duga-1 radar array warned the Soviet Union of incoming missiles, now it’s a monument to a nuclear disaster.
‘We Are Not a Match’: Bumble Date Turns Capitol Rioter In to the FBI
“I made it all the way to Statuary Hall,” he said. “We are not a match,” she responded.
American Honey Is Radioactive From Decades of Nuclear Bomb Testing
A new study found that bees have been harvesting elevated levels of irradiated pollen for decades
The Pentagon Wants More, Better Nuclear Weapons
The Commander of Strategic Command went to Congress to paint a terrifying picture of a dangerous nuclear world.
The Pentagon Was Interested in Hawaiian UFO Sighting, Documents Reveal
A newly released Federal Aviation Authority claims it has no record of anything flying through the sky that night.
The CIA’s Tweets About Tupac Are ‘Vital to the Legitimation of the Agency’
If you think of the CIA as a funny person posting cat memes, then you don’t think of them as a violent and extrajudicial nightmare organization with a long history of torture and death.
Texas Man Tried to Blow Up the Internet
Federal Investigators allege that a Texas man wanted to use C-4 to blow up around 70% of the internet.
This Freaky Little 'Eyecam' Wants You to Know Your Computer Is Watching You
The Eyecam is made of several motors, silicone, and human hair, to replicate a real human eye socket on top of your monitor.
Intel’s Dystopian Anti-Harassment AI Lets Users Opt In for ‘Some’ Racism
Intel's 'Bleep' is an AI solution that will ignore a systemic problem rather than address it.
Criminals Hid Guns, Cash, Drugs in Iris-Scanning Vaults in a Strip Mall, Feds Say
“We don’t even want to know your name,” said the advertisements. According to the feds, the drug dealers poured in.
Feds Allege Tech CEO Designed ‘Parasitic Narco Sub’ for Drug Cartels
Millionaire Marty Tibbitts died in 2018. The DEA said he was at the center of a vast criminal conspiracy involving cocaine, submarines, and cash.
Captain America Goes to War With Jordan Peterson
Red Skull, Steve Rogers' old Nazi supervillain, sounds a lot like Jordan Peterson.
Human Actors Bring an AI-Written Script to Life
The future of artificial intelligence in the arts is collaborative.
Colorado Denied Its Citizens the Right-to-Repair After Riveting Testimony
Stories of environmental disaster and wheelchairs on fire weren’t enough to move legislators to pass right-to-repair.
The Last Time the Suez Canal Was Blocked a Utopian Communist Micronation Was Formed at Sea
The last time ships got stuck in the Suez Canal, they were there for eight years and developed a separate society with its own Olympic Games.
A Scientist Taught AI to Generate Pickup Lines. The Results are Chaotic.
"I Love You, I Love You, I Love You To The confines of death and disease, the legions of earth rejoices. Woe be to the world!"
YouTuber’s Game Boy Mining Rig Will Mine One Bitcoin in Several Quadrillion Years
With a few extra pieces of equipment, you can turn the original Game Boy into a bitcoin mining rig.
Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code on Github
The secrets of the Moderna vaccine are there for all to see, they run about two pages.
Think You Can Tell the Difference Between Human and AI? Take This Test
You’re probably incapable of telling the difference between something an AI and human generated art
One of America’s $135.8 Million Fighter Jets Shot Itself
The F-35 is the most expensive weapon ever made. One just shot itself and did at least $2.5 million in damage.
PSA: The FCC Wants to Know How Much Your Internet Sucks
The FCC is redrawing it’s map of America’s broadband internet access. Here’s how to tell them how bad it is where you are.
Read the Pentagon’s 20-Page Report on Its Own Meme
According to internal Pentagon communications, it took U.S. Cyber Command 22 days to finalize and post the meme.
This Transparency Project Is Creating a Massive Collection of Police Data
America police data is a fractured mess of different departments and standards, the Police Data Accessibility Project wants to change that.
The UK Wants to Grow Its Nuclear Stockpile for the First Time in 50 Years
In a defense review, Britain’s government has declared its intent to grow its nuclear stockpile to ensure the safety of its nation and its allies.
Mac Guy Finally Bends the Knee in Humiliating Show of Fealty to PC
For years PC people suffered under the cruel hipster tyranny of Apple, but now the Mac Guy is one of us.
Escape Zoom Meetings by Faking Technical Issues and Crying With This App
This program will let you blame technical difficulties for leaving a Zoom meeting.
22-Year-Old Bitcoin Entrepreneur Announces ‘Free Speech’ Phone for Trump Fans
The ‘Freedom Phone’ comes preloaded with Parler.
Half the Country Is Now Considering Right to Repair Laws
The movement has gained momentum and now 25 states are considering right-to-repair laws.
Alleged Hacker Who Broke Into AI Surveillance Company Raided By Police
"My apartment was raided by local police this morning 7am my time and all my electronic devices have been confiscated on request of the US Department of Justice."
GPU and Machine Learning Identify Spots on DNA That Are Likely to Mutate
NVIDIA and Harvard teamed up to use machine learning to study human DNA.
Texas Wants to Ban Facebook and Twitter ... From Banning
“Big Tech’s efforts to censor conservative viewpoints is un-American, and we’re not going to allow it in the Lone Star State," said Gov. Greg Abbott.
Ultra Sophisticated Computer Vision Defeated By Pen and Paper
OpenAI’s CLIP can recognize both images and text and therein lies its weakness.
Can You Beat 1024 Bytes of JavaScript at Chess?
This post contains the entirety of a chess program that will baffle and destroy all but the most competent players. And all while a digitized Beth Harmon stares you down.
Why Pay $2,000 for an Apple Monitor When You Can Make One for $700?
Building a new monitor for your iMac will take you an hour and save you lots of money.
Need a Getaway? This Japanese Man Will Take You to the Moon
His call for volunteers came shortly before a prototype of SpaceX’s Starship successfully landed for the first time before blowing up.
Pentagon Report Assessed Lasers and Radar to Detect 'Deception'
It’s almost impossible to tell when humans are lying and the technology we use to do so is based on pseudoscience and bad research.
Alex Jones Said He Wishes He’d Never Met Donald Trump
In leaked video, the conspiracy theorist and radio host wished he’d never gotten involved with Trump.
Gamestonk Terminal Is a DIY, Meme Stock Version of Bloomberg Terminal
This free, custom built stock terminal will help you keep abreast of the latest GME developments.
Black Doctors Are Being Targeted For Debunking Anti-Vaxxers on Clubhouse
Influencers are retaliating against Black doctors who fight vaccine misinformation on the voice-only app.
The Army Is Building a New High Powered Laser
The Army wants to build a new kind of laser that fires in 1 quadrillionth of a second.
Democrats Ask Biden to Give Up His Unilateral Power to Launch Nukes
Haunted by Trump, House Democrats sent a letter to Biden asking the new President to give up some of his nuclear powers.
Court to Decide Whether CIA Can Hide Documents About Poisoning Assassinations
The court's decision about revealing the secrets of decades old poisoning plots could have far reaching consequences for the Freedom of Information Act.
How the Internet Is Saving Gen Z in Flyover Country
The World Wide Web has a very literal meaning for those of us living between the U.S. coasts.
Uber Shuts Down App That Told Drivers If Uber Underpaid Them
Uber got UberCheats removed from Google, claiming the app infringed its trademark on the word ‘Uber.’
Artist Uses AI to Recreate ‘Watermelon Sugar’ Music Video Using Footage of Ronald Reagan
Through AI the deeds were done and done again as Reagan's life is done in Watermelon Sugar.
Twitter Accounts With AI-Generated Cat Avatars at Center of Turkish Porn Bot Ring
Someone is using generative adversarial networks to make networks of bots to advertise porn and sports betting.
State Department Declassified a Report About Cuba’s ‘Sonic Weapon’
Newly declassified report outlines how the Trump administration failed to take the threat of targeted weapons against American diplomats in Cuba seriously.
The 'MetaHuman Creator' Wants to Produce Digital Humans Easily
Epic Games will soon let you design and download photo-realistic humans on demand.
Why Is This Flower on Wikipedia Suddenly Getting 90 Million Hits Per Day?
After India banned TikTok, Wikipedia's servers were hammered for requests to look at this specific flower.
Browser ‘Favicons’ Can Be Used as Undeletable ‘Supercookies’ to Track You Online
Favicons can break through incognito mode, VPNs, and Pi-holes to track your movement online
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