“They’re posting Luigi like he’s Beyoncé.” Pitch Perfect On China’s RedNote social network, alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione has struck a chord. As folks on X-formerly-Twitter have documented, the so-called “TikTok refugees” preemptively rushing to Chinese social media ahead of the slated banning of the video app in the states are discovering that their China-based counterparts… Continue reading Americans Flood Chinese App RedNote, Discover Its Users Are Obsessed With Luigi Mangione
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Commercial Jets Forced to Divert After Elon Musk’s Starship Explodes, Raining Fiery Debris Through Sky
Scary. Dodge This While it may have provided an eye-popping spectacle for spectators on the ground, the mid-flight explosion of SpaceX’s Starship on Thursday evening posed a serious threat to nearby aircraft. As Reuters reports, the rocket’s debris that rained down over the Caribbean forced airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to change course… Continue reading Commercial Jets Forced to Divert After Elon Musk’s Starship Explodes, Raining Fiery Debris Through Sky
Greedy Landlords Are Massively Price-Gouging Rents After LA Wildfires
Is nothing sacred? City of Shamegels As Angelenos look to rebuild in the wake of the region’s devastating wildfires, landlords are taking advantage of their misery. As the Los Angeles Times and other outlets report, landlords are hiking prices tens of thousands of dollars — or 100 percent more than what they were asking in 2024… Continue reading Greedy Landlords Are Massively Price-Gouging Rents After LA Wildfires
Apple Halts Disastrous AI System That Was Making Up Fake News Stories and Pushing Them to iPhone Users
It’s about time. Failed Experiment Apple has temporarily halted its disastrous “Apple Intelligence” feature which consistently bungled its one task of summarizing breaking news alerts. An upcoming iOS 18.3 update will disable the summaries for news and entertainment apps, as the Washington Post‘s Geoffrey Fowler reports. Apple’s admission that its feature has failed is rare… Continue reading Apple Halts Disastrous AI System That Was Making Up Fake News Stories and Pushing Them to iPhone Users
Character.AI Restricts Minors from Interacting With Bots Based on Real People and Fandom Characters
Content warning: this story discusses sexual abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. Character.AI — the Google-backed AI chatbot company currently facing two separate lawsuits concerning the welfare of minor users — appears to have blocked any users under 18 from engaging with some of the site’s most popular bots, such as fictional… Continue reading Character.AI Restricts Minors from Interacting With Bots Based on Real People and Fandom Characters
Elon Musk Lost a Bet That COVID Would Quickly Fade, and What He Did Next Says a Lot About Him as a Person
There’s “something seriously wrong with his moral compass, if not his perception of reality,” Friend to Foe During the early days of the COVID pandemic, Elon Musk lost a bet to a longtime friend — and apparently took the loss incredibly poorly, in what sounds like an early warning sign of his now near-permanent state… Continue reading Elon Musk Lost a Bet That COVID Would Quickly Fade, and What He Did Next Says a Lot About Him as a Person
Embattled Washington Post Secretly Planning Transformation to “AI-Fueled Platform for News”
The Washington Post‘s CEO and publisher Will Lewis is seemingly making good on his promise of turning the newspaper into an AI slop fest. Following a series of scandals and losing 250,000 subscribers in the wake of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos currying favor with president-elect Donald Trump, the newspaper has a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling… Continue reading Embattled Washington Post Secretly Planning Transformation to “AI-Fueled Platform for News”
Husband Unconcerned as Wife Configures ChatGPT to Engage in Cuckolding Fantasy
“I don’t really see it as a person or as cheating.” Cuck Queen Look, we’re not here to yuck anybody’s yum. But as the New York Times reports, a 28-year-old woman configured ChatGPT to act as an AI-powered boyfriend, dubbed Leo. As one does, she used to explore a fetish dubbed “cuckqueaning” — a gender-swap of… Continue reading Husband Unconcerned as Wife Configures ChatGPT to Engage in Cuckolding Fantasy
This “Leaked Photo of Heaven” Went Viral for All the Wrong Reasons
“Leaked photo of heaven is going viral on social media.” God’s Country A “leaked photo of heaven” has been going mega viral on social media this week. The purported photo shows a half-baked and architecturally unsound city, seemingly carved into a chalky material and set against what appears to be the Milky Way, strongly reminiscent… Continue reading This “Leaked Photo of Heaven” Went Viral for All the Wrong Reasons
Chinese Students Repulsed by American School Lunches
“Your school is suspected of violating the Geneva treaty.” Phone Eats First As Westerners flock to RedNote ahead of a looming “TikTok ban,” a large-scale Sino-American cultural exchange is off to the races — and taking some interesting turns. One particularly fruitful dialogue has been a lunch-sharing trend between high-school aged Chinese and American students across… Continue reading Chinese Students Repulsed by American School Lunches