Why some Olympics fans thought swimming finish was a ‘creepy moment’
A White Plains swimmer’s semifinal win provided an “eerie moment” for viewers of the 2024 Olympics. Claire Weinstein took first place in the 200-meter freestyle heats on Sunday in a time of 1:55.24, beating Barbora Simanova of the Czech Republic and Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada, but it wasn’t her fault. But as the top three […]
Creepy Video Shows Creatures Overwhelm Popular Beach Destination
Eerie footage shared on social media on Sunday showed a terrifying swarm of dragonflies descending on a popular Rhode Island beach. The dragonfly landed on Misquamicut State Beach in Rhode Island on Saturday. according to Vacationers and locals could be clearly heard screaming, laughing and reacting to the biblical plague-like event, WCVB-TV reported. In the […]
Supersized swarm of dragonflies overwhelms Rhode Island beach in creepy clip
Strange footage was captured on camera last weekend as a swarm of dragonflies transformed a Rhode Island coast into a scene reminiscent of a biblical plague. A seemingly endless swarm of dragonflies descended on Misquamicut Beach in Westerly on Saturday, sending swarms of the insects buzzing across the beach, under umbrellas and chairs, in people’s […]
NYC fashion exec dyed hair to try to fend off creepy old CEO with penchant for blondes: lawsuit
A fashion executive was so relentlessly harassed by her creepy, octogenarian boss who had a “type” for blondes that she dyed her hair brown to make herself less attractive, only to be assaulted and fired, court documents say. Stephanie Coppin, a 38-year-old mother, claims in a new lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court that she […]
Scientists create creepy lifelike faces with real human skin for robots
“Cyber Guy”: Throw yourself into the game Researchers in Tokyo have developed a way to create living skin for robots using perforating anchors. Kurt Knutsson explains the exciting possibilities. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a groundbreaking way to cover the surface of robots with real, living skin tissue. The idea of a […]
Toys ‘R’ Us Launches Creepy AI-Generated Commercial, Gets Mocked for It
Toys R Us has partnered with ad agency Native Foreign to create what it claims is the first-ever “branded film” using OpenAI’s new text-to-video conversion tool, Sora, and the creepy result has been met with widespread derision on social media. Ars Technical Reports Retail giant Toys “R” Us has taken a surprising step towards the […]
The real story behind the creepy head-swapping operations by robotic surgeons
A shocking video depicting a futuristic “head transplant machine” called “BrainBridge” has gone viral online. The footage, which has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, shows robotic arms swiftly removing a human head and attaching it to a healthy body. The idea is to give severely disabled people a new lease on life by […]
Microsoft Unveils Creepy AI-Powered Windows that Tracks Everything You Do
Microsoft has unveiled a new series of AI-enhanced Windows PCs that aims to revolutionize the way users interact with their devices by integrating its Copilot AI assistant into the Windows operating system. This creepy system constantly takes screenshots of your activities and tracks your every move. luck Report At an event held at the company’s […]
Boston Dynamics’ creepy robotic canine dances in sparkly blue costume
As the world celebrated #InternationalDanceDay, a unique duo took to the stage – or rather, the screen – to perform a different kind of choreography. Spot, a four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics, has found a new friend in Sparkles, a dazzlingly dressed robot designed to explore the fusion of robotics, art, and entertainment. Dog-shaped […]
‘No country for creepy old men’
Sen. John Kennedy on Thursday told Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to crack down on the “creepy old man” at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) following the release of damning findings from a sexual misconduct investigation earlier this week. I urged him to do so. During a Senate hearing on the Department of Labor’s […]