Kurt Vonnegut's descendants sue Anthropic: "Claude's logo is our grandpa's butthole!"

https://lemmy.ml/post/43424638

Envious of America's recent orbital achievements, the Chinese Communist Party released video they claim is their new orbital-altitude aircraft carrier full of drones. 

#NewsOfTheWeird #CCP #WhatEvenIsThis

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/china-unveils-star-wars-space-carrier-luanniao

Influencers and OnlyFans models are increasingly requesting O-1 visas: ‘This is the American dream now’

https://lemmy.ml/post/41669024

Monkeys at loose create strange situation in #SaintLouis as photos of them online tend to be #genAI so they're misleading investigators.

#NewsOfTheWeird #Technology #AI #StLouis #GenerativeAI #AnimalControl #AIArt

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/monkey-on-loose-st-louis-vervet-search-b2899077.html

In-N-Out removes number 67 from menu after being mobbed by teens due to 6-7 trend

https://lemmy.ml/post/40159981

AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day

AOL will end its dial-up internet service, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-based internet connectivity service, on September 30, 2025. Its dial-up service has been publicly available for 34 years.

#AOL #history #dialup #internet #newsoftheweird #endofanera #technology #tech

https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/aol-will-end-dial-up-internet-service-in-september-34-years-after-its-debut-aol-shield-browser-and-aol-dialer-software-will-be-shuttered-on-the-same-day

US military is buying Tesla Cybertrucks to use as targets for missiles

The US military is buying Tesla Cybertrucks to use as targets to shoot missiles at because they think enemies might start using them.

#military #AFTC #tesla #cybertruck #automotive #auto #cars #trucks #transportation #newsoftheweird

https://electrek.co/2025/08/06/us-military-buying-tesla-cybertruck-targets-missiles/

> sudo shutdown -h NOW!!!!

Not that I'm telling anyone what to do but I'm going to live it up for the next four months.

I think that's how long we've got before we're all data miners sleeping in pods to provide energy to our new overlords.

But hey, I could be wrong.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openais-smartest-ai-model-was-explicitly-told-to-shut-down-and-it-refused

#AI
#NewsOfTheWeird
#MovingTowardsSciFi

Ok, ultrasonic data leak smart watch exfiltration what now?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/smartattack-uses-smartwatches-to-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems/

#newsoftheweird #attackvectors