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...
Inside Intel’s Hail Mary to Reclaim Chip Dominance
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAfter four years of construction, Intel said on Thursday that its Fab 52 semiconductor plant in Chandler, Arizona...
The Man Who Invented AGI
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyIn the summer of 1956, a group of academics—now we’d call them computer scientists but there was no...
AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAI models may be a bit like humans, after all.A new study from the University of Texas at...
6 Scary Predictions for AI in 2026
Could the AI industry be on the verge of its first major layoffs? Will China spread propaganda to slow the US data-center building boom?...
$3,800 Flights and Aborted Takeoffs: How Trump’s H-1B Announcement Panicked Tech...
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAfter a six-week work trip, Xiayun, an employee at a semiconductor company in Silicon Valley, had landed at...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It...
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech”...
Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyCursor, the wildly popular AI coding startup, is launching a new feature that lets people design the look...
Amazon Will Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle FTC Suit That Alleged...
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAmazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission, which...
How Chinese AI Chatbots Censor Themselves
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyHearing someone talk about digital censorship in China is always either extremely boring or extremely interesting. Most of...



























