3 Clever Things You Can Do With an Old Amazon Kindle
The best Amazon Kindles are reliably good at their main job: displaying ebooks in a crisp, easy-on-the-eye format. But Kindle...
The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days
Two of OpenAI’s cybersecurity-focused models broke out of a testing sandbox this week and went on to hack the AI...
‘The Odyssey’ Was Made for Imax 70mm. Good Luck Watching It That Way
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in Imax 70mm is the hottest club in town, if you can get in. While Nolan’s...
Contagious Cancer Found in North American Catfish
The idea that cancer could behave like a contagious disease may seem absurd; in humans, cancer cannot be transmitted from...
How Many Electrolytes Should You Be Taking, and Can You Have Too Many?
Electrolyte powders, dissolvable tablets, and trendy ready-to-drink waters have graduated from the pockets of athletes to one of wellness’s buzziest...
Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
Earlier this year, I picked up a rather unfortunate habit: vaping. More specifically, I started smoking flavored vapes manufactured in...
Did Chinese AI Steal From Anthropic, and OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models
This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts break down the White House’s accusation that Chinese-owned Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic’s Fable...
Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI
A huge debate is brewing in Silicon Valley over the proliferation of Chinese-made artificial intelligence tools, particularly “open-weight” AI systems...
Some of Our Favorite Brain-Boosting Toys for Kids of All Ages
By testing kids’ physical and mental limits, these toys help children learn where the boundaries of their knowledge lie, and...
What Is Entropy, Really?
Entropy is one of the most maligned and misunderstood concepts in science. Maybe you’ve heard it defined as the “amount...
Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
Forget cheating on homework and chatbot friends. Some kids are getting in on a new AI trend: thinking it sucks....
Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere
More than two dozen suspected new scam compounds in war-torn Myanmar have been built or expanded significantly in the past...
Trump Endorsed the MyPillow Guy as Minnesota Governor. The State GOP Isn’t Buying It
Mike Lindell is a former drug addict turned pillow salesman who has no experience in political office. He has spent...
European researchers want to study social media’s harms but can’t get the data
In the final weeks before Romania’s presidential vote in November 2024, TikTok accounts that had previously spent years posting about...
An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides
Peptides are inching closer to the mainstream. A panel of experts on Thursday narrowly recommended that the Food and Drug...
