Josh Achiam, a former OpenAI scientist who worked at the company for nearly a decade, warned on social media this week that there will be “rogue AIs” that will “replicate in the wild” and seek “money and power.” He suggested that the AI industry has not been talking enough about
Watching short videos you enjoy might temporarily "turn down" parts of your brain that handle self-control and paying attention to your own behavior. This might be connected to a brain chemical called glutamate. The study was published in a science journal called NeuroImage. Short-video apps are
The Pentagon on Friday released a trove of declassified files on UFOs, some stretching back to the late 1940s, from across multiple federal agencies. The documents — which the Pentagon described as containing “never-before-seen” material on what the government now officially calls unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs — are being
Declassified CIA documents from the mid-1960s have resurfaced, revealing long-buried U.S. government efforts to explore weather modification as a tool of power and warfare during the Cold War. The files, made public years ago but recently amplified by online conspiracy communities, detail ambitious plans to influence storms,
The FBI has confirmed that it is actively purchasing commercially available data—including information that can reveal people's movements and location histories—according to Director Kash Patel, who disclosed the practice during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday. This marks the first official acknowledgment since 2023 that
US billionaire Peter Thiel is gathering a handpicked crowd in Rome, literally steps from the Vatican, for a private, four-day deep dive into one of Christianity’s most ominous figures: the Antichrist. The invitation-only talks started Sunday and wrap up Wednesday. Attendees have been told the venues will
An AI designed for games has figured out a mysterious board game from Roman times that has puzzled scientists for 100 years. This is described in a new study in the journal Antiquity. The advanced AI, called Ludii, “played the game against itself and identified a few variants that are
A leaked list shows some members of a very secret men's club in California's wine country. The names include former late-night TV host Conan O’Brien, billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The club is called
A two-hour interview between convicted offender Jeffrey Epstein and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, recorded at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse, leaked online in late January 2026. Offering insights into Epstein's worldview before his 2019 arrest and death. Originally part of an unreleased documentary or PR effort,
Historians are puzzled by an old Egyptian scroll in the British Museum that has come back into the spotlight. It might back up the idea that the giants mentioned in the Bible were real. In the Bible's Genesis chapter 6, it talks about how God reacted to a
Google has agreed to pay $68 million to end a big group lawsuit. The lawsuit said that Google's voice assistant broke the law by recording users without permission and sharing their private talks with advertisers. This early agreement was filed on January 23 in a federal court in
Many people apply for jobs at lots of companies. The first step for them is often getting past an AI system that checks their résumés and decides if they are a good fit. This process is a bit like how credit companies give people a number score based on their
SPACE
A former expert from the Bank of England says the bank needs to get ready for a money crisis that could start if officials announce that alien life is real. Helen McCaw worked as a top analyst on financial safety at the UK's main bank. Her job was
NEWS
In the fall of 1994, a simple rectangular graphic appeared on HotWired.com, the online offshoot of Wired magazine. Sponsored by AT&T, it posed a teasing question: "Have you ever clicked your mouse right here? You will." This unassuming banner ad, launched on October 27, 1994,
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The US used a powerful secret weapon that made Venezuelan soldiers fall to their knees. They were “bleeding through the nose” and vomiting blood during a bold raid to capture dictator Nicolas Maduro. This comes from a witness story shared on X by the White House press secretary on Saturday.
KNOWLEDGE
Sometime in the early 20th century—no one knows the exact date—thieves stole a 2,700-year-old treasure from the Olmec people. The Olmecs were one of the first big civilizations in North America, based in Mexico. The stolen item was a big stone mask, about six feet
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Freemasons have asked a high court for an urgent order to stop the Metropolitan Police's new rule. This rule requires officers to tell their bosses if they belong to the Freemasons group. The Freemasons submitted their request in London on Christmas Eve. They argue that the Met'
VIDEOS
Investigative journalist Nick Shirley dives deep into what he calls Minnesota's billion-dollar fraud nightmare, implicating Governor Tim Walz and a network of Somali-owned businesses. Titled "I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal," the piece exposes how taxpayer funds—potentially up to $8-10
TECHNOLOGY
When most people think about immigration enforcement, they imagine border crossings and airport checks. But now, the main focus might be on your social media posts. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has put out a call for private companies to help start a non-stop social media watching
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A documentary film showing mothers who survived Israel's deadly attacks in Gaza. A video report that looks into Israel's part in the death of a Palestinian American reporter. Another video that shows Israel destroying Palestinian homes in the West Bank, which is under occupation. YouTube quietly
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An open letter came out asking for a ban on building artificial intelligence systems that are “superintelligent.” The ban should stay in place until most scientists agree that these technologies can be made safely and in a way that the public agrees with. The letter was put out by a
SPACE
A new trailer for the documentary film The Age of Disclosure has a big surprise. In it, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio admits something amazing to the director, Dan Farah. Rubio says, "We've had repeated instances of something operating in the airspace over restricted nuclear
KNOWLEDGE
There was a time, not long ago, when scientists believed the physical world—the stuff we can see and touch—was the only thing that was real. They thought everything was made of random pieces of matter with no deeper meaning or order. In other words, “what you see is
NEWS
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released almost 11 hours of video footage they described as “full raw” surveillance from a camera near Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell on the night before he was found dead. The DOJ said the release was meant to stop conspiracy theories