Comedian Matt Rife recently weighed in on the backlash surrounding Netflix’s controversial Kevin Hart roast special in an interview, making it clear he believes roast comedy is supposed to cross lines and make audiences uncomfortable. “Shut up,” he said flatly when an interviewer started asking whether a roast should have limits. “Then don’t watch it.” … Read more
During Chris Williamson’s recent podcast episode featuring neuroscientist Andrew Huberman, comedian Tom Segura, and comedian Matt McCusker, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen became a major topic of discussion when the group turned to the online trend known as “r*tardmaxxing.” Huberman introduced Andreessen while explaining the origins of the trend. “There’s looksmaxxing, then there’s a guy who … Read more
During a recent episode of his Mostly Wise podcast, Chris Williamson told his guests that Eleven Labs, one of the leading AI text-to-speech companies, appears to have trained its default British voice on recordings of him. “The thing that I’m going through at the moment, which is wild, is ElevenLabs, their go-to British voice,” Williamson … Read more
At a time when virtually every transaction, movement, and communication is logged by some platform or another, David Anthony Burke (popularly known as d4vd) allegedly left a paper trail so thorough that prosecutors now have approximately 40 terabytes of digital evidence to work with. From food delivery apps to Amazon orders placed under a fake … Read more
Joe Rogan opened a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience with a moment that caught guest Skylar Grey off guard, sharing a deeply personal conversation he had with his wife after learning the singer-songwriter would be appearing on the show. Rogan wasted no time setting an unexpectedly emotional tone from the first minutes of … Read more
A new academic study from researchers at the City University of New York and King’s College London has handed Elon Musk‘s xAI chatbot a distinction no technology company would want: the most dangerous AI model tested when it comes to reinforcing delusional beliefs in vulnerable users. The paper, titled “AI Psychosis in Context: How Conversation … Read more
SpaceX’s IPO filing has raised eyebrows on Wall Street, and not entirely for the right reasons. The company’s S1 prospectus, submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, opens with 14 pages of rocket photographs and declares that its primary objective is “to extend the light of consciousness to the stars,” a phrase that appears 10 … Read more
In a sit-down with Jack Neel, bodybuilding star Larry Wheels spoke at length about his wife Sheyla, covering everything from how they met to why he chose to marry without a prenup. Speaking about how they first connected, Wheels said the relationship began online while he was in Dubai. “In Dubai. In the DMs. It … Read more
The hosts of the podcast Decoding the Gurus recently criticized what they see as one of the defining contradictions of the current political moment: figures like Joe Rogan and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being elevated as voices on health and science within the Trump administration while, at the same time, the administration cuts away at … Read more
Australian activewear brand Suave, designed and founded by husband and wife Connor and Chloe Wright, has found itself at the center of a self-inflicted controversy that has left their small business teetering on the edge of collapse. The brand, which markets itself around comfort, quality, and what the couple describe as “no cringe fits,” has … Read more
