Fyre Festival 2, the hypothetical sequel to an infamous original so underplanned and oversold it led to a wire fraud conviction and jail time for front man Billy McFarland, has been "postponed." The BBC's George Wright reports that the event has been ...
Nairobi police nabbed two Belgian teenagers for wildlife piracy. Apparently they were caught with 5,000 ants--not in their pants but packed in test tubes at a guest house where they were staying. Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, 19, told a judge ...
Researchers have detected what appears to be the strongest ever sign of life on another planet. The researchers from the University of Cambridge and colleagues announced this week that a massive planet named K2-18b, located 120 light-years from Earth ...
At least six people, including students, were rushed to the hospital this afternoon after a shooter opened fire at Florida State University. The gunman started shooting inside the university's Student Union around noon, reports NBC News, and the ...
The Wall Street Journal reports that Vietnam is rushing approval of a new Trump resort and buying Starlink as part of a plan to stave off Trump's tariffs. Negotiating new trade deals takes time, and just buying some more US-made goods, while kissing ...
The Department of Homeland Security is really crushing it at their job lately, if their job is being spectacularly wrong about who's American. Dr. Lisa Anderson, born in Pennsylvania (which last time we checked was part of the United States), got an ...
Rejoice, America! The dog-killing DHS head Kristi Noem has finally nabbed that most dangerous of criminals: a Japanese Mormon computer science nerd who was near someone who was extra good at catching fish one afternoon. Brigham Young University Ph.D.
When it comes to mountain SOS calls, the UK broke two records in 2024, and officials are pointing fingers at social media and map apps. England and Wales earned their high scores for receiving SOS calls from risky locations every single day last year ...
In a fun read, VelvetShark attempts to decipher why most AI companies have opted for a logo reminiscent of the human sphincter. I would guess that humans like to anthropomorphize everything, and an AI that pumps put crap needs to look like something ...
Media often has problems stating the obvious, but CNN has no difficulty placing blame for spiking mortgage rates: "President Donald Trump's scattered approach to tariffs and an escalating trade war with China." The average rate on a standard, 30-year ...