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Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening the US Semiconductor Revival

While the White House carved out a narrow exemption for some semiconductor imports, President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs still apply to GPUs and chipmaking equipment.

This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence

A new platform from data training company Scale AI will let artificial intelligence developers find their models’ weak spots.

Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet With This New Superintelligence?’

The academic and author discusses what to expect from the singularity, the need for AI self-correcting mechanisms, and what hope there is for superintelligence safeguarding democracy.

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Release an ‘Open Weight’ AI Model This Summer

The news follows the breakout success of DeepSeek and growing pressure from rivals like Meta.

Amazon's AGI Lab Reveals Its First Work: Advanced AI Agents

Led by a former OpenAI executive, Amazon’s AI lab focuses on the decisionmaking capabilities of next-generation software agents—and borrows insights from physical robots.

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’

Big Tech’s restrictions on adult content are crippling businesses and organizations focused on sexual health, according to a new report shared exclusively with WIRED.

TikTok Is Back in US App Stores

The move reportedly comes after US attorney general Pam Bondi reassured Apple and Google they would not be fined for hosting TikTok.

Inside the Bust That Took Down Pavel Durov—and Upended Telegram

The Russian-born CEO styles himself as a free-speech crusader and a scourge of the surveillance state. Here’s the real story behind Pavel Durov’s arrest and what happened next.

Trump’s Trade War Pushes Canadian Tech Workers to Rethink Silicon Valley

Canada’s top tech talent has long moved to the US for better opportunities, but Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats are raising questions about how to build a stronger ecosystem at home.

Anthropic's Claude Is Good at Poetry—and Bullshitting

Researchers looked inside the chatbot’s “brain.” The results were surprisingly chilling.

Unpacking ‘Good Quests,’ Christianity, and Caviar Bumps

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts ask what impact religion will have on Silicon Valley.

Yahoo Is Still Here—and It Has Big Plans for AI

Even as Yahoo turns 30, CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is still in “building mode.”

I Went Undercover in Crypto’s Answer to Squid Game. It Nearly Broke Me

I spent 10 days competing in Crypto: The Game, a winner-takes-all contest where hundreds of players try to finesse and backstab their way to claiming a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.

A Livestreamed Tragedy on X Sparks a Memecoin Frenzy

When a young man from California broadcast his death on X, profit-hungry traders piled into a cryptocurrency created in his image.

Trump’s ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ Plan Comes With a Twist

Rather than buy bitcoin directly, Donald Trump’s plan calls for holding the US government’s current bitcoin assets in reserve—and creates a separate stockpile for other crypto coins.

Donald Trump’s Not-So-Strategic Crypto Reserve

When US president Donald Trump picked out a handful of cryptocurrencies for potential inclusion in a national strategic reserve, he sparked a trading frenzy—and questions about who stands to benefit.

Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the Name ‘Grok’

Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot.

The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome

In its final proposed remedy filing in the Google antitrust case, the Department of Justice reiterated that Google should stop paying partners for search placement—and divest its dominant Chrome browser.

If Ukraine Loses Starlink, Here Are the Best Alternatives

OneWeb, Project Kuiper, and IRIS2 could all, in time, replace Elon Musk's satellite communications system in Ukraine, but they will struggle to replicate Starlink's coverage and usability.

DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions

Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.

Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science

Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.

The Best Programming Language for the End of the World

Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.

The Worm That No Computer Scientist Can Crack

One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it.

Angelina Jolie Was Right About Computers

“RISC architecture is gonna change everything.” Those absurdly geeky, incredibly prophetic words were spoken 30 years ago. Today, they’re somehow truer than ever.

‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They?

“Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla's polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?

Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue

Tesla says it will fix the sticky issue—which could cause panels to detach from trucks while driving—with a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”

The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers

Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.

What’s Driving Tesla’s Woes?

As Tesla faces a global sales slump, and with shares down for the seventh consecutive week, could Elon Musk's antics really be to blame?

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