Pope Leo XIV has decried AI as a threat to human dignity, but it’s not just the devoutly faithful who might worry about how AI squares with their beliefs. David Durman, a nontheistic Humanist, recently secured a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace. “Humanism is a collection of beliefs about the human experience
If you happened to listen to Alphabet’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, you might have heard that searches are up, but ad revenue is down. According to Google Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler, search ad revenue growth slowed in the third quarter of 2026 because user queries are migrating to AI Overviews and AI Mode,
Curry Barker, the director behind the hit horror film Obsession, just published a new horror short on YouTube. The short, titled “Mama Bear,” is nearly five minutes long. The video is pretty unnerving, and fair warning that it gets a little graphic, but it’s a fun one to watch if you’re looking for something scary
A winged Chinese spacecraft bearing a strong resemblance to the US military’s X-37B spaceplane was photographed in orbit by a passing US-owned commercial satellite in 2024, and we finally have the image. The Chinese spaceplane has delta wings, payload bay doors, a dark heat shield, and a rear-mounted service module with power-generating solar arrays. In
Amazon reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday and missed analysts’ expectations for both its total revenue and earnings per share. There were other murky numbers in the report that scared investors, too, including how much cash the company is burning through. But the report did have a big, bright spot: its cloud unit, Amazon Web
Your takeout app might soon be handling all your grocery runs, too. DoorDash, the largest food delivery service in the US, is planning to acquire grocery delivery service Instacart in a massive $17 billion deal, DoorDash announced on Thursday. Teaming up with a grocery delivery service may have been the next expected move for DoorDash,
