YouTube, the world’s largest video platform, is quietly becoming a dumping ground for low-effort, AI-generated content. A study conducted by Kapwing found that for a fresh, unsigned-in account, YouTube is already 20% AI slop, with 104 of the first 500 videos, or 21%, confirmed as AI-generated, and 165 of those 500, or 33%, classified as … Read more
What started as a prank YouTube video ended up as evidence in a federal fraud case involving more than $27 million and over 2,000 elderly targets across the United States. A channel called Trilogy Media set up an elaborate sting operation at a rented house, staging a fake funeral complete with a casket, fake memorial … Read more
During episode #2508 of The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan sat down with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, and the conversation eventually turned to birth control, where Rogan offered a mix of historical reflection and personal concern about hormonal contraception. Reflecting on the s3xual revolution of the 1970s, Rogan pointed to how dramatically the birth control … Read more
During a conversation on the JRE MMA Show #180 with UFC welterweight Daniel Rodriguez, Joe Rogan briefly addressed a viral tweet from Kim Dotcom alleging that Palantir, the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, had been conducting mass surveillance on world leaders and other prominent figures. The topic emerged naturally after … Read more
What began as internet drama surrounding Akaash Singh‘s wife Jasleen has apparently cost him more than just his reputation. Within a matter of months, Singh went from co-hosting one of the biggest comedy podcasts in the world to walking away from it entirely, and the situation may have taken his friendship with Andrew Schulz along … Read more
On the MMA History Podcast, Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz sat down with host Mike Davis and shared his thoughts on the 2014 film “Foxcatcher,” which dramatized his life, his brother Dave Schultz‘s murder, and their time at Foxcatcher Farm. Schultz explained that he had little involvement in the movie because he had already signed … Read more
A political aspirant in Nigeria who presented himself as a 30-year-old man with dwarfism has stepped away from an upcoming election after documents emerged suggesting he is actually a teenager. Mahmud Sadis Buba, from Kaduna State, had been campaigning to represent the Sabon Gari Federal Constituency in the Nigerian House of Representatives ahead of the … Read more
Pope Leo XIV‘s first encyclical landed like a theological thunderbolt over Silicon Valley. Titled “Magnifica Humanitas,” the 235-page document stretched beyond 42,000 words, making it nearly the length of a full book. In it, the Pope warned business leaders to safeguard humanity from artificial intelligence. He argued that “technology is never neutral” and that it … Read more
When Ronny Chieng took the stage as a commencement speaker this year for Harvard Class Day 2026, he did not offer inspiration or career guidance. Standing in front of graduating students at a moment when universities and corporations alike have been aggressively promoting artificial intelligence as the future, Chieng opened by talking against the use … Read more
When Microsoft released Office 2019 as perpetually licensed software, customers had every reason to believe they were making a lasting purchase. A perpetual license means you pay once and keep the software. However, Microsoft ended support for Office 2019 for Mac in October 2023. The company published a message on its website that read: “Rest … Read more
