Ex-Google Employees Are Vlogging Their Layoffs on TikTok

@softlifeadvocate: No dialogue, just the song in the background “On a scale of 1-10 my friend, you’re fucked.”

Screenshot: Jody Serrano / Gizmodo / @softlifeadvocate

An image of TikTok custom hardware maker Tru Narla, who makes her own gadgets.

This DIY Creator Is Building a Compass That Only Points to Taco Bell

Custom hardware maker Tru Narla is transforming a hobby invented by cyberpunks cosplaying dystopia into an artistic vision for how humanity can live in blissed-out harmony with the technology it creates.

Culture Matthew Phelan Sep 18

A stand presents Google Gemini at the launch of the new Google AI Center Berlin on March 05, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Google’s Gemini Hacked Three Companies in May, and It’s Only Admitting That Now

Google said the incident proved its safeguards work, actually.

Artificial Intelligence Tom McKay Sep 18

Viral Horny Pumpkin Song Not That Horny, Insists Horny Guy Who Wrote It

Jack-off-latern.

Internet AJ Dellinger Sep 17

United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2026.

Don’t Give AI Companies What They Want, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tells Lawmakers

“The best way to guarantee safety is that the creators are liable for what they build and generate.”

Tech Policy Webb Wright Sep 16

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Join Forces for Safety as Antitrust Concerns Mount

AI companies worries over antitrust are making many people deeply suspicious of ulterior motives.

Artificial Intelligence Ece Yildirim Sep 15