The Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this story2026 will be the year when US dollar dilution—the quiet erosion of its global dominance as countries trade...
WIRED Roundup: The 5 Tech and Politics Trends That Shaped 2025
In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into five stories—from AI to DOGE—that encapsulate the year and give us clues as to what...
Palantir Wants to Be a Lifestyle Brand
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyPalantir Technologies, which moved from Silicon Valley to Denver in 2020, sells software that immigration authorities use to...
Trump’s CZ Pardon Has the Crypto World Bracing for Impact
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyChangpeng Zhao, the multibillionaire founder of crypto exchange Binance, spent four months last year locked in a federal...
The Biggest AI Companies Met to Find a Better Path for...
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAt Stanford for eight hours on Monday, representatives from Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft met in...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyOn Monday, Elon Musk’s xAI startup launched Grokipedia, which the billionaire is pitching as an AI-generated alternative to...
Introducing a New Chapter for ‘Uncanny Valley’
In this episode, we look back at 2025 and look ahead to what's happening in 2026—including what’s in store for Uncanny Valley.
AWS CEO Matt Garman Doesn’t Think AI Should Replace Junior Devs
The head of Amazon Web Services has big plans to offer AI tools to businesses, but says that replacing coders with AI is “a...
AI Is Here to Replace Nuclear Treaties. Scared Yet?
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyFor half a century, the world’s nuclear powers relied on an intricate and complex series of treaties that...
Nvidia Becomes a Major Model Maker With Nemotron 3
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyNvidia has made a fortune supplying chips to companies working on artificial intelligence, but today the chipmaker took...





































