Prediction Market Philosophers Got What They Wanted. They’re Not Happy About It
On June 11, Kalshi released a buzzy ad featuring noted New York Knicks fan Timothée Chalamet. It was a zeitgeist-capturing...
Canada Missed Chances to Inspect Titan Before Fatal Implosion
A report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has highlighted regulatory failures that allowed OceanGate’s unregistered, unflagged, and uncertified Titan submersible...
Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach
A clinic in London, run by a former maker of artisanal ice cream, is treating patients with stage 4 cancer...
How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members
Dialog, the private network cofounded by Peter Thiel, grades its event attendees on a hidden scale, ranking them by wealth...
The White House Is Making Up Its Rules for AI in Real Time
It’s been nearly a week since the Trump administration sent an export control directive to Anthropic, forcing one of the...
Meta’s AI Workers Are Revolting, Peter Thiel’s Secret Society, and SBF’s Plea to Trump
This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts discuss the meltdown that has been recently unfolding at Meta and what it...
Trump Mocked Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos by Showing Off Fawning Texts
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sought to ingratiate themselves with President Donald Trump after he won...
3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers
Earlier this month, five current Amazon employees publicly urged Seattle City Council to regulate data centers. It was an unprecedented...
Silicon Valley’s Elite Financial Advisers Say This Era of Wealth Is Different
If anyone in tech has already started their Hot IPO Summer, it’s Silicon Valley’s elite wealth advisers. Two private wealth...
Waymo Recalls Robotaxis Over Risk They’ll Drive at Speed Into Freeway Construction Zones
Waymo has filed its fourth safety recall since February 2024, after its driverless cars were caught entering closed freeway construction...
How to Watch the Knicks Parade on NYC Traffic Surveillance Cameras
For the first time in 53 years, New York Knicks fans will be celebrating the team’s NBA championship win with...
Halo Stops Bedtime Scrolling so You Can Go the F to Sleep
I had every intention of reading when I got into bed, but my e-reader wouldn’t power up. Instead, I launched...
Locked Out of the World Cup: A Year Marked by Barriers, Borders, and Broken Access
For the first time in World Cup history, eight Arab nations have qualified for this year’s tournament, including Morocco, Tunisia,...
The Sperm-Maxxing Bros Are Actually Onto Something
Supplements are “like a religion” for Pachi Paris, a 29-year-old from Miami who works in finance. So when he and...
The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed
Age verification is consuming the internet. From social media bans in Australia to porn restrictions in half of US states,...
