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CultureYouTube Mistakenly Penalizes Popular Science Channel Kurzgesagt For AI-Generated Slop
The science and technology explainers warned audiences in the past about the entropy AI will unleash upon the web and, after being forced to remove a video on microscopic superpredators, they're living through it
By Zack Kotzer Published August 8, 2026 -
CultureNewsWindows 11 Is So Poorly Optimized That Microsoft’s Latest $900 Laptop Reportedly Can’t Use It Without Freezing
Thanks to a combination of factors, including AI-induced RAMageddon and Windows 11 bloat, Microsoft's latest Surface Laptop reportedly can barely handle basic functions without freezing
By Lewis Parker Published July 21, 2026 -
CultureOne Country Is Already Trying To Outlaw People From Falling In Love With AI Chatbots
Preferring productive bots to flirtatious ones, and stemming AI psychosis disasters, China is instructing companies to remove the more intimate behavior from their models
By Zack Kotzer Published July 18, 2026 -
CultureTechHardwareValve Says Retail Memory Prices Are ‘Lagging’ And Are About To Become Even More Expensive: ‘It’s Still Getting Worse’
Valve's top Steam Machine engineers think we have 'three to six months' before memory prices somehow become even more extortionate
By Lewis Parker Published July 18, 2026